No You didn't,
you bought a speaker from a company called "Auratone, LLC" that was founded in 2013.
The original Auratone company was founded in the 50s.

There's no official speaker or any official reissue, Jack Wilson is not here with us unfortunately to let us know his thoughts on what would he consider official.

The speaker you bought has different dimensions, uses different wood and has a completely different speaker than any Original Auratone speaker made by Jack Wilson.
Also the speakers you bought sounds completely different than any of the original Auratone 5C versions.

Auratone is over, there's no originals or officials being made, the only way to get an Auratone is to buy a Vintage speaker made by Jack Wilson and the original Auratone company.

You can believe in anything you want, but this is the truth

Instead of barking every time anyone says any truth related to Auratone, could you please provide us some important information?

What are the dimensions of Jack Wilson's original Auratone 5C and the dimensions of the unit sold by Alex Jacobsen Auratone LLC?

What was the wood used in Jack Wilson's original Auratone 5C and whats the wood used in the unit sold by Alex Jacobsen Auratone LLC?

What speakers were used in Jack Wilson's original Auratone 5C and what speaker is used by Alex Jacobsen Auratone LLC?

Can you please provide Frequency response measurements of Jack Wilson's original Auratone 5C compared to the unit Alex Jacobsen sells at the present?

Thanks

You really think specs actually prove a link or lack thereof between Alex and his Grandfather? Wow.

It's well known that Alex is one of the grandsons of Jack Wilson, nothing new there.

He used the hype of a product that his Grandfather did with his hard work in the past to try to make a career for himself by selling a speaker that is different than what his Grandfather did and that sounds completely different and marketed it using the same name brand his Grandfather had registered in the past.

By the lack of technical info you provide It seems that as a seller of Alex Jacobsen products you don't even know anything about the products you sell

Oh I know a lot about them- I just also know a lot about you. You have an agenda and are trying to damage the company. I wonder if your previous correspondence years ago with Alex congratulating him for restarting the company means anything to you? Or was that a different ILCacillo?

Brad

Hi everyone, Alex Jacobsen here, the owner of Auratone. Thank you for everyone's support. Regarding the Auratone C50A and C5A products manufactured by Behringer/Music Tribe. Last week we initiated contempt of court proceedings in US District Court against Music Tribe to enforce the injunction against them, as there have been continued sales of the Music Tribe Auratone C50A and C5A. This is all in the public record and there will be more details coming soon.

Regarding claims that we are not the original company. Yes, Auratone operates under a different business entity than the original entity my grandfather started in 1958. Though to say that Auratone, which has been family owned for 60 years, "is over" and not the same company because we are different entity now is grasping at straws. Companies relocate and change corporate entities all the time for various reasons, and Auratone is no different. My grandfather originally sold Auratone products under "Jack Wilson Company", then "Auratone Products", then "Auratone Corporation" in 1977, all of which were technically "different companies." Was Auratone not the original company in 1977 then the one my grandfather started in 1958 because he changed entities? Is Universal Audio not the original business because the founder's grandsons restarted the company under a different entity?

There have been 8 different variations of the 5C. I know because I have every one from my grandfather in our shop. As to the claim our latest version "sounds completely different than any original 5C versions", this is subjective and I disagree. What is a fact is that there are multiple grammy award winning artists and engineers who have used vintage 5C's and now are making hit albums with new 5C's. The results in the industry for the past 50 years for both old and new 5C's speak for themselves. Trust me, we aren't paying Tom Elmhirst or anyone else to endorse Auratone. I doubt that Tom, who set a record for the most Grammys as a recording engineer in one night, would use our new 5C's for 50 percent of his mix just to be nice to us.

"The speaker you bought has different dimensions, uses different wood and has a completely different speaker than any Original Auratone speaker made by Jack Wilson.'

This is incorrect, when I revived Auratone, I made the new 5C based off the exact same dimensions as a handwritten drawing from my grandfather from the 1980's. Exact same MDF, same dimensions, same thickness using 5/8 MDF, same internal volume, and same damping material. No original 5C used actual "wood." To clarify, some of the earliest variations of the 5C in the 1970's used particle board and were a 1/4 inch less in depth, though as iLCacciLLo alluded to, there are different "versions of the Original Auratone 5C." Regarding the driver, we still use a 5 inch driver and 4 inch paper cone as the original 5Cs did, and sell many of them as a drop in replacements for vintage 5C's with no complaints. The cone is sourced from one of the same suppliers my grandfather used, which happens to be the only USA cone manufacturer left. Yes, some components have changed over the years based on availability, hence the 8 different variations. This is normal for a product with a 50 year lifespan, and was always a challenge my grandfather dealt with.

"But Thomann is a big retailer of course they don't care, if Behringer calls one of their Products Auratone they will market it as the original "Auratone Brand", if a guy makes simple speakers in his garage adn calls it Auratone they will gladly market it as the "Original Auratone Company".
Sales is the only thing that matters not the truth."

I'm not "just a guy making simple speakers in his garage." The truth is that there is a lot that goes into this and my family has worked extremely hard to carry on my grandfather's legacy as best we can.

Alex

That argument or perspective seems wrong. If you apply it to Neumann U87i and U87AI, its still a Neumann. Is it George Neumann making them, uhm...no.

Do part/sources change over decades ? yes...and some people just have to have the "aged out" version (and can afford it) and will pay for that version while many get the "current version" and aren't as interested in vintage (or cant afford it).

Or choose any product that's lasted 50+yrs, Fender Stratocasters... SM7 and 7b...

Just my 2 cents, but you sound like someone who believes the originals have the magic dust and so you will probably have to pay more for that "collectors-fee", if the 5C are old and signed by George Martin, you will pay even more at the auction.

But to say the newer Neumann 87AI or the current SM7b is nothing like the original is a stretch I'd disagree with.

I just paid a lot for an old SM7 but my new SM7b sounds interchangeable, the sound difference could be aging , but its the same patent and same mic design for the most part. I bought the old one as a "collector" interest for fun and investment kind of. I saw recent SM7b in use at Abbey Road, it didn't have the foam on it so does that make it a SM7A?

The perspective "they are not alike at all" isn't a perspective I agree with.

off topic...I remember seeing a picture in a magazine, the Auratones sitting on the console in a George Martin/McCartney picture probably at AIR studio?, we thought what are those little speakers? first time to see them.

iLCacciLLo also admitted in a different thread "To be honest I never tried any of the models made after 2000, so I don't know how the reissue sound." So I'm not sure how he can state that its a "fact" that new Auratones "sound completely different than any of the original Auratone 5C versions" and "are as much as a copy as Behringer Auratones."

As I mentioned in my previous post, this is a subjective matter. Though there are clearly opinions other than my own that the new 5C's don't sound completely different. Here is a recent article that came out from Justin Colletti at Sonic Scoop, comparing the new Auratone 5C, his original Auratone 5C, the Avantone, Behritone, and Reftone. https://sonicscoop.com/the-great-aur...udio-monitors/

He states "To their credit, the Auratone reissues were able to stay the truest to the sound and feel of the originals while still increasing bandwidth and transparency somewhat," and "Auratone reissues most closely resemble the sound of the vintage model." He has showed the vintage pair he uses, and I can confirm it's an original model. Note that I had nothing to do with this review.

Also from a recent unbiased review of our product on Sweewater. "What can I say? This Auratone re-release is pretty similar to the OG Auratone. I guess I could go on and on and nitpick nuances and minor differences between the New School and the OG Auratones (I know they exist, how could they not), but I think the more significant point would be that the New School and the OG probably have a lot more similarities than they do differences. So I guess, mission accomplished." https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...-black/reviews

Alex

Um, I've been using Auratones for forty-four years. I got my hands on a pile of them from studios I worked at who dumped them when they went out of favor, but, of course, they are back in favor now.





My favorites are the magnetically shielded ones, because of their slight sound difference.


I did extensive recording and mixing work with the examples I own before they were dumped and now they live at home with me. I would caution you that they are addictive. Highly.

One of the uses for Auratones that I haven't seen discussed much is this: when you are in the middle of an extended session of recording and already have your basic sounds, you can downshift to the Auratones and listen at lower volume to save your ears.

Back in the eighties we swept a pair of Auratones with the mic right up on the speaker and found them to be both remarkably flat and wide-range. We joked that we needed to put a headband on them and use them as headphones.

Oh, and by the way, one place I got some of mine from ended up missing theirs and bought Avantones during the production hiatus. No-one likes them. The beauty of the Auratone is how it makes you mix. For some reason the Avantones don't influence you the same as the Auratones. Funny. They look great, though!

Bob