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Tony Minasian is the owner of Tonian Labs, a small loudspeaker company based in Southern California who was at the T.H.E. Show for the second year in a row. For 2022, he unveiled a new custom stand-mounted loudspeaker called the Oriaco G6 EM.

The new model follows the smaller Oriaco G6, which impressed many at T.H.E. Show last year. Not only were the G6 quick and airy, but Tony demoed them with relatively modest electronics and run-of-the-mill cabling; a Denon PMA-A100 Integrated Amp from 2011 and a Marantz CD-67SE CD player from 1996 (both discontinued) were the only other electronics in use in the room. The same partnering equipment was back this year and both models were on display.

Tonian Labs Oriaco-G6 EM Edition Loudspeaker with original G6 at T.H.E. Show 2022
Tonian Labs Oriaco G6 (left) with newer Oriaco-G6 EM Edition (right)

Tonian’s loudspeakers were quite surprising — in a good way. The new Oriaco-G6 EM Edition grabs your attention, much like I remembered last year with a distinctive quickness to the midrange. There were no bleeding of notes and musical rhythms had a crispness that made them sound more real.

According to Tony, “The Oriaco G6 speaker began after our failure to find studio monitors that we could rely on to accurately assess our recordings. This realization led us to create our own speakers to deliver the real and natural sound we strive to produce.”

“Our challenge was to produce a point source sound without the pitfalls of the existing point source driver technology currently on the market. The current technology uses either a whizzer cone or concentric drivers. We believe that the physics of both of these designs are unable to achieve a proper balance of sound. For this reason, we broke away from conventional measuring methods and created our own. Through this process, we have finally achieved the sound we had been searching for.”

Although I only heard two tracks during my short time in the demo room, I won’t make a sweeping conclusion other than to say Tony is onto something. Each of his custom hand-built loudspeakers are certainly worthy of an audition.

I recall the original G6 to be priced around $3,500/pair and the EM Edition was listed at $6,500/pair at T.H.E. Show.

Comparison

Oriaco G6 Oriaco G6 EM Edition
Frequency Response 57 – 30 kHz 55 – 40 kHz
Nominal Impedance 8 ohm 8 ohm
Sensitivity 91 dB 90 dB
Power 30 watts 60 watts
MSRP $3,500 $6,500

For more information: tonianlabs.com

Continue reading: Show Reports from T.H.E. Show 2022

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