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/
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