E190: Boulder Amplifiers: A Conversation and Some Listening

0:00 Intro 0:18 Today's Topic: Boulder Amplifiers: A Conversation 0:51 Four Decades 1:04 Founded 1:23 The Tomcat 2:13 Deane Jensen 2:52 The Boulder 500 3:23 The Boulder 500 AE 3:43 1984 4:26 The origins of the Boulder tradition 5:35 Developing more affordable Boulder products 6:25 The conversation begins 7:01 Meeting the players 7:27 Fortieth Anniversary 8:00 Logan starts us off 8:24 The early days – Westlake Studios 8:49 Making the move to home from studio 9:02 The 90s… 9:27 What they do, and don’t do, in house 10:24 The listening room 12:05 Tours? Call ahead 12:20 Kenzo talks about his involvement 13:55 The Series lineup 14:42 Luxury, or Hyper, Audio. Getting back to the emotion 15:53 The continuous journey forward 16:44 How new Boulder products come about 17:29 Recent performances 18:26 Closing thoughts 20:33 “Calming Notion,” The Carl Saunders Sextet, Live in San Francisco 22:39 “It Could Happen to You,” Dmitri Matheny, Sagebrush Rebellion 24:54 Celebrating Forty Years, and more… 25:33 Martini Time 25:58 Outro-Subscriptions Today we hear from Logan Rosencrans, Boulders International Sales Manager, and Kenzo Horiuchi, Boulder’s Sales Coordinator, as they share what they feel makes Boulder the preeminent US Electronics manufacturer. The Boulder Amplifiers Reference System - Active SME Model 15A with V tone arm Vintage ~$20,000 Van den Hul The Crimson: XGA SG7J050 Cartridge ~$10,000 Boulder 508 Phono Pre $5,900 Boulder 812 DAC Preamplifier - $9,450 Boulder 3010 Preamp - $164,000 Boulder 3050 monos - $306,000/pair Focal Grand Utopia-vintage ~10 years old -$140,000/pair Westlake Audio Speaker Cables ~ $2,000 Boulder CB Interconnects ~ $1,600 (Also in the system) Boulder 2110 Preamp - $78,000 Boulder 1110 Preamp - $24,000 Boulder 1021 CD player ~$12,000 LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH TODAY’S EPISODE Boulder Amplifiers Web Page https://boulderamp.com/ Ways to support the audio analyst©: Become a member - Patreon:   / theaudioanalyst   One-Time gift to “[email protected]” via PayPal One-Time Gift to “@theaudioanalyst” via Venmo One-Time Gift to “$AudioAnanlyst” at Cash App Consultation with the audio analyst© - by appointment only Schedule a Phone or Video Chat – write for pricing – [email protected] Website: http://www.theaudioanalyst.com Facebook:   / theaudioanalyst   Twitter:   / audioanalyst   Instagram:   / audioanalyst