{"id":89,"date":"2024-10-04T06:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:59:47","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"89\" class=\"elementor elementor-89\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df2ba33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3df2ba33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0b73f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f0b73f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I started my audio collection in Los Angeles while I was running a separate business. And as an audio buff, I got into the best: Western Electric.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-78\" style=\"width: 201px; height: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/About_Yun.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/About_Yun.jpg 511w, https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/About_Yun-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I met Mr.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_A._Bonner_Medal_of_Commendation\">John Bonner<\/a>\u00a0of Warner Brothers, sound department manager at that time. I tried to buy his speaker at home \u201cJBL Harts field speaker.\u201d<br \/>After the meeting, he let his worker to handle the deal for him. Since then, he introduced many of his colleagues to me, and eventually I met many technicians at Hollywood\u2019s movie studios. Some of them were employees of the Western Electric company.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>They gave me all the catalogues, brochures of JBL, Altec, Jensen, McIntosh, Marantz, Tru-sonic etc.<\/p>\n<p>My main buyers were from Japan, and later South Korea.<br \/>One day, a customer visited my studio and just listened to the music for 3 hours without a word. He revisited several times accompanied by my friend and finally suggested, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you make replicas of Western Electric?\u201d He reminded over and over a few times, and one day I made up my mind to try.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily I was able to consult technicians from Hollywood, and many of those who were retired provided great help in many aspects. Thankfully the magnet metal alloy was solved without much problems.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the\u00a0process\u2013milling, coil winding, etc. went smoothly, and I had a wonderful replica of the WE555 drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Obtaining the old parts for a replica of the WE555 was quite difficult. However I found some in the old part shops of vintage gears in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The wood horn was also very hard to finish. I put in an order with three veteran carpenters, one after another for three years, but failed to get the right one. Finally I decided to finish it on my own.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" class=\"wp-image-81\" style=\"width: 322px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Signature_02-1024x670.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Signature_02-1024x670.webp 1024w, https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Signature_02-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Signature_02-768x503.webp 768w, https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Signature_02-1536x1005.webp 1536w, https:\/\/angelswesternsound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Signature_02.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>One half size of the WE15A horn, took me three years to finish two size models (large and small).<\/p>\n<p>And quite recently, I finished the whole process. It took me 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I wish to continue to the Western Electric legacy.<br \/>And I will do my best to serve you.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>Yun<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>our Paypal acct: mymuseum1@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mail Address: mymuseum1@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:group --><!-- wp:essential-blocks\/advanced-heading {\"blockId\":\"eb-advance-heading-fbkh9\",\"blockMeta\":{\"desktop\":\".eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9{position:relative;text-align:left;transition:background 0.5s,border 0.5s,border-radius 0.5s,box-shadow 0.5s}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9:before{transition:background 0.5s,opacity 0.5s,filter 0.5s}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-title{text-align:left;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:15px}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-title .first-title{color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-heading-color);transition:border 0.5s,border-radius 0.5s,box-shadow 0.5s}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-title .second-title{color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-heading-color);transition:border 0.5s,border-radius 0.5s,box-shadow 0.5s}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-title .third-title{color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-heading-color);transition:border 0.5s,border-radius 0.5s,box-shadow 0.5s}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-subtitle{text-align:left;color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-text-color);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:20px}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-separator{color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-text-color);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-bottom:0px}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-separator.line{border-style:none none solid;border-color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-primary-color);border-width:4px;width:100px}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-separator.icon{text-align:left;color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-primary-color);font-size:30px}.eb-advance-heading-wrapper.eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 .eb-ah-separator.icon \\u003e *{color:var(\\u002d\\u002deb-global-primary-color)}\",\"tab\":\"\",\"mobile\":\"\"},\"titleText\":\"Announcement\\u003cbr\\u003e\",\"currentPostId\":89,\"currentPostType\":\"page\",\"version\":\"2\",\"commonStyles\":{\"desktop\":\".eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-fbkh9{display:block}.root-eb-advance-heading-fbkh9{position:relative}\",\"tab\":\".eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-fbkh9{display:block}\",\"mobile\":\".eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-fbkh9{display:block}\"}} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-heading root-eb-advance-heading-fbkh9\">\n<div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 \">\n<div class=\"eb-advance-heading-wrapper eb-advance-heading-fbkh9 button-1 undefined\" data-id=\"eb-advance-heading-fbkh9\">\n<h2 class=\"eb-ah-title\">\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started my audio collection in Los Angeles while I was running a separate business. 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