New Andrew Jones Speaker - TROUBADOUR

[Nikhil]

Jones & Cerreta is a new Los Angeles–based loudspeaker company co-founded by Andrew Jones and brothers Jamie and Bill Cerreta. In this video, Andrew walks us through his newest loudspeaker, Troubadour—the first speaker he has developed for this new company. This is the first video to break down Troubadour ahead of its highly anticipated launch at AXPONA 2026.


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[Nikhil]

Jones & Cerreta is a new Los Angeles–based loudspeaker company co-founded by Andrew Jones and brothers Jamie and Bill Cerreta. In this video, Andrew Jones unboxes the final prototype of his new loudspeaker, Troubadour, shows us his new dual concentric field coil, and introduces his business partners, Jamie and Bill Cerreta.


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[Nikhil]

From the release at Axpona

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[square_wave]

This should be hit if it manages to excite people at their price point. I think it is 32k USD or thereabouts. Designing a loudspeaker that looks so beautiful around that field coil driver is a masterpiece of an achievement. Btw, is that an Enfield motorcycle in the background ?

 

[AP@1992]

AJ most of the times, gets the pricing right. Whilst I am super impressed with this one (sits where my heart is), 33k is a lot of money. Market is flooded with tried and tested competitiors, all offering that lustful blend of alnico, filed coils, horns etc. Avantgrade, Tonnaparte, PAP, odeon, Blumenhofer, Shindo etc including many other lesser know boutique brands in Japan, US and East/Central Europe.

Hoping for the best. Looks and sounds good.

 

[Nikhil]

I think the Field Coil part is where the budget went north.
The sound of the Field Coil is special but just costs a lot today.
But definitely like the design concept of a concentric field coil.

Will be interesting to see the comparison with the Source Point V10 which has largely got very positive reviews.
But this speaker is targeted at the Field Coil enthusiast which is a niche market by itself.


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[AP@1992]

Seen and heard at AXPONA 2026, the all-new Jones and Cerreta Troubadour speakers are Andrew Jones's mic drop | Stereophile.com

www.stereophile.com

Rogier van Bakel on what he saw and heard.

 

[square_wave]

But this speaker is targeted at the Field Coil enthusiast which is a niche market by itself.


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Field coil + Dual concentric. That is surely an unique combination. Historically very few designs have combined the two concepts.

 

[Nikhil]

Field coil + Dual concentric. That is surely an unique combination. Historically very few designs have combined the two concepts.

Never been done before from what he says in this video ...
This applies to the Mid bass + Tweeter only.

The bass driver is a more traditional neodynium magnet setup (see 20:28 onwards).


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[reignofchaos]

Never been done before from what he says in this video ...
This applies to the Mid bass + Tweeter only.

The bass driver is a more traditional neodynium magnet setup (see 20:28 onwards).


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There are two bass drivers. One is inside the cabinet. Not sure if they are configured isobaric or opposing.

Having a multiway setup like this while still being 300b friendly is quite uncommon.

 

[Nikhil]

There are two bass drivers. One is inside the cabinet. Not sure if they are configured isobaric or opposing.

He mentions that the design needed either a 15" or twin 12" pair which he chose in opposing configuration.

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[grindstone]

Yup, push-push. Might be the only one of his speakers that ever made complete sense to me, but the signal detection is over the top for me. I get it--nobody wants the field power supply energized all the time (heat) if they don't have to. Be interesting to see how it fares in the market. Proto/show sample looks fully gorgeous as is basically must for that price point. I wouldn't want to be the poor sot wrapping one stripe of veneer all the way around that box. It's just funny--the "rap" of audio guys...talk and talk and talk and talk. But that's what one needs to feel good about parting with 34 kilobucks--a good story. Too much care and feeding -- and I can just see a little kid running up to push in that tweeter dome

Yeah, I know--old guy shaking fist and the sky and screaming stay off my lawn. Still, I'd rather have a pair of the originals and 30-some grand to spare.

 

[kapvin]

I think the Field Coil part is where the budget went north.
The sound of the Field Coil is special but just costs a lot today.
But definitely like the design concept of a concentric field coil.

Will be interesting to see the comparison with the Source Point V10 which has largely got very positive reviews.
But this speaker is targeted at the Field Coil enthusiast which is a niche market by itself.


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I'm just thinking that the field coil power supply needs to be super, super regulated. as any change in supply is likely to the change the BL which will interfere hugely with the microdynamics, potentially smearing the sound. In all honesty, my last and only experience of a field coil system was with the focal utopia at the BKC hifi show more than a decade ago and that sound was absolutely fabulous. (but that was field coil only for the woofer)

 

[Nikhil]

Yeah, I know--old guy shaking fist and the sky and screaming stay off my lawn. Still, I'd rather have a pair of the originals and 30-some grand to spare.

Nice catch with the original Troubadours! Thanks for sharing!

There is the similarity in terms of sound with horns and field coils - each having their own strengths.
For certain genres a good well implemented horn would be hard to beat even with a field coil.


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[Nikhil]

I'm just thinking that the field coil power supply needs to be super, super regulated. as any change in supply is likely to the change the BL which will interfere hugely with the microdynamics, potentially smearing the sound. In all honesty, my last and only experience of a field coil system was with the focal utopia at the BKC hifi show more than a decade ago and that sound was absolutely fabulous. (but that was field coil only for the woofer)

I need to check on that. From what I have seen modern Field Coils do not necessarily generate that kind of heat.
At least not like they used to in the old Western Electrics ... but will ask around about this.


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