![]() ![]() The idea behind this was to create the ability to have sound played back in a high-noise environment using light-weight playback systems. “It’s been available for a couple of years now. Bongiovi giving me the Reader’s Digest version of the history of the DPS and how long it’s been available. I knew that I had to chat with this amazing man and within a couple of days, a phone interview was arranged. With this incredible musical history bound up into this one man, even a simpleton like me could see the greatness behind the little Plug-In that I downloaded. He also had a major part in the largest selling disco record in history: Star Wars from the Meco album, Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. Ultimately, Tony’s talents and studios have made significant contributions to over 40 gold and platinum albums for artists as the Scorpions, Ozzy Osborne, Aerosmith, and his cousin’s band, Bon Jovi. Built within an abandoned Con Edison power generation station, the studio provided rooms designed specifically for multi-track recording that gave recordings a live sound. Bongiovi designed and started up Power Station Studios. It didn’t take long for another studio, Media Sound, to hire Bongiovi away where he added artists like The Isley Brothers, Gloria Gaynor, The Ramones and the Talking Heads to his engineering resume.īy 1977, with a resume loaded down with gold record credentials, Mr. Tony engineered albums there for such talent as Jimi Hendrix, Dr. The result was the “Tony Bongiovi sound” and was heard on rock radio in the 60’s. The studio implemented his acoustic design talents to work to improve an already great facility. Tony was eventually wooed away to a little studio a bit closer to home: the legendary Record Plant in New York. So much so that the music mogul regularly flew the young Bongiovi back and forth from Jersey to Detroit to engineer records for the likes of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips and many others on the Motown label. Tony contacted the Detroit-based record label and immediately impressed its brilliant president, Barry Gordy. At the age of seventeen, the Raritan, New Jersey teen was experimenting with sound and uncovered the secret to replicating the Motown Sound. Young Tony was interested in the science and mechanics of sound and amplification at an early age. Bongiovi story is the stuff of legends and the American dream. In fact, Tony preceded his cousin in the music business by a few moons. However, Tony’s pedigree isn’t based on leveraging family relations. ![]() Ring a bell? The founder and big kahuna of Bongiovi Acoustics is Tony Bongiovi and, yes, he’s related to Jon Bon Jovi (second cousins). However, if you’re into rock and roll, I’ll bet you your next download that you know how to pronounce it. Now, if you’re like me and mangle the king’s English, that word before “Acoustics” might seem to be hard to pronounce. It’s called the Digital Power Station and it’s the flagship product produced by Bongiovi Acoustics. I bet you’re wondering what this miraculous gizmo is called. This little gizmo blew my socks off!Īfter listening to my music through my newfound set of ears (and after retrieving my socks), I wanted to know more about the story behind this fantastic application. When I turned off the tool, my beloved and cherished Companion 2’s seemed to sound like a cheap AM transistor radio by comparison. With the Plug-In on, the sound emitting from my speakers was crisp, clean and clear. I toggled the Plug-In on and off, not believing my ears. After a couple of minutes of setup and configuration, I opened up my iTunes library and picked one of my favorite instrumental songs, Cajun Pass, by guitarist, Phil Keaggy. until a couple of weeks ago.Īt that time I was introduced to a little Plug-In that I downloaded to my computer. I thought that they were a great speaker with the best sound for the money. One of the sets of speakers I use quite often are the Companion 2’s that hang off of my Boomerocity computer. I even have a pair of Bose Q3 headsets that I use while traveling. Over the years, I’ve accumulated five sets of Bose speakers of different types and configurations and I really do love them. I also don’t mind investing just a little bit into a set of speakers or amplifier in order to hear my music as perfectly as I can on my meager budget. I’m not an audiophile but I think I know good sound when I hear it. ![]()
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