Reviews
Super 3 XRS by Jeff Day, 6moons
"I now can unhesitatingly recommend the Omega Super 3 XRS as a very high performance loudspeaker."
Superhemp by Gary Beard, Positive Feedback
"I have learned that giving out raves is a tough gig in this business, because nothing is faultless. However, I think Louis Chochos may soon be forced to grow some weed in his backyard to keep up with demand. I am smitten with my new speakers, and I didn’t need to vacation in Amsterdam or to contract glaucoma in California to buy them legally."
Super 3 XRS by Gary Krakow, MSNBC
"I can highly recommend Omega’s Super 3 XRS speakers. They look great and sound great. A pair would be great for a traditional stereo set-up. Two pair would be fantastic for home theater. I’m not even sure you’d need a subwoofer with four of these in the system."
Omega Grande 6s by Gary L. Beard, Positive Feedback
"If you add their finely crafted beauty and low price of admission to their great potential as music makers, the Omega Grande 6s would make a fine selection for those yearning to try the high-efficiency, single-driver sound."
Omega Minuets with 47 Labs by Sandy Green, Dagogo
"But when you get in right there, right in the sweet spot and you have the toe- in right, the sound is truly realistic and emotionally involving. These little speakers (15" tall x 7.5" wide x 12" deep) put out amazing low-end. I couldn’t believe it when I first heard it."
Lotus System with Omega A8s by Michael Lavorgna, 6moons
"Just like Jack Sprat and his wife who was phat, tonal opposites attract and serve up a well-balanced meal. DarkStar as sonic sommelier has pointed the way to this Tripath/Visaton B200 pairing. I say "Bon Appetite"."
Super 3 Review by Jeff Day, 6moons
"The Super 3s with matching Skylan stands are in my opinion a bargain at their price, and the least expensive way I know of to get high-performance sonic and music-making SET-friendly magic into your listening room."
Super 3/Audiozone Review by Paul Candy, 6moons
"To put it plainly, I have heard systems at three times its cost that were nowhere near as involving and gratifying as this."
TS33 by Jim Bosha, 6moons
TS1 & TS3 by Richard George, TNT
TS2R by Richard George, TNT
TS1 by A. Colin Flood , Enjoy the Music
Grande 6 by Stephén Harrell, 6moons
Show Reports
Festival Son & Image 2008 - by Robert Deutsche, Stereophile
"Red Wine Audio has been expanding their range of battery-powered audio electronics: they have the Isabella preamp, with optional built-in DAC; Signature 30.2 power amplifier, with optional volume control, and Signature 70.2 monoblock amplifiers. The system at FSI used Omega Super Hemp speakers, which use a driver that in the version demoed at the show was equipped with an Alnico magnet structure, and it sounded very nice indeed."
Festival Son & Image 2007 - by Robert Deutsche, Stereophile
"The small Super 3XRS speaker, which uses a
proprietary 4.5" Omega hemp-cone driver, had a coherence
and focus that reminded me in some ways of the
$7000/pair Fujitsu Ten Eclipse TD-712z single-driver
speaker that I reviewed in the January, 2007 issue."
Festival Son & Image 2007 - by Paul Candy, 6moons
"Both Patrick and I got our mojo working with
Omega's Max Hemp ($2,495) which sounded great on the Tab
Benoit disc I brought. Definitely a speaker for guitar
lovers."
Festival Son & Image 2007 - StereoMojo
The Omega/Red Wine room grabs a Maximum Mojo Award for
"Best Small System" from StereoMojo
"Another highlight of the show were Louis Chochos’ Omega Speakers. These unique speakers are made almost entirely of hemp - even the single driver. Particularly striking were the Max Hemps in the metal foil coating, seen here on the extreme left and right. They were simply gorgeous with a sound to match."
Festival Son & Image 2007 - SoundStage Highlights
RMAF 2006 by Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound
"The Omega Max Hemp may be one of those
great bargains that come along once in a paper moon. I
can tell you this: I plan to review a pair in the near
future."
RMAF 2006 by Dave and Carol Clark,
Positive Feedback
"Omega Systems loudspeakers $2695 with bases. Way cool!"
HE2004 by Gary Krakow, MSNBC
"Robin Wyatt had a terrific sounding pair of Omega
Grande 8 speakers ($999 a pair, in the foreground) and a
very interesting Tektron integrated amp ($1,779 plus the
price of the tubes of your choice)."
Festival Son & Image 2004 by Paul Candy, 6Moons
"The room shared by Omega Loudspeakers, Eastern Electric
and Hudson Audio Technologies was my favorite low-cost room
of the show. Every component in this system (turntable excepted)
retailed for less than US $1,500. You would never know it
from the warm, pleasant and involving sound emanating from
this good value system."
Festival Son & Image 2004 - Part I
by Sasha Matson, Positive Feedback
"Sharing the room with Tom Hills and Hudson Audio, and making
this one of the standout 'bang-for-the-buck' rooms at the
show, was Omega Speaker Systems. This speaker company is
the love of audio designer Louis Chochos's life, and Louis
is delivering outstanding value for those searching for
reasonably priced speakers on the sensitive side."
CES 2004 Show Report Positive Feedback
"Omega/Sun Audio - I had heard the Omega Loudspeakers playing
on Sun Audio electronics at VSAC 2003 and was very impressed
by both. The Omega speakers come in a range of sizes. All
affordably priced $399 to $1399. The speakers are single
driver, hence no crossover. The speakers are very efficient
90-96dB sensitivity and a perfect match for single ended
triode amps."
VSAC 2003 by Jeff Day, 6moons
"The Bald Brotherhood Award: When I stopped in the Two Bald
Guys Audio room, I felt immediately at home in that special
fellowship that only us bald guys enjoy. Harry and Kent
had a super-fine system that was composed of an Audio Note
CD player, an integrated Sun Audio SV-2A3 amplifier and
Omega Speaker Systems Super 3 loudspeakers. This simple
and inexpensive rig had a synergy that just had to be heard
to be believed. At less than $5000 for the system, this
combination of kit put to shame many much more expensive
setups. "