This video is about Jeffrey Catalano and his shop High Water Sound, located in Manhattan's South Street Seaport, right under the Brooklyn Bridge. Though it was my first time meeting Jeffrey, I had long been familiar with his name—often associated with good sound at audio shows and a true appreciation for music. He distributes a selection of artisanal, analog pieces, including TW-Acustic turntables, Cessaro horn speakers, and Tron Electric amplifiers.
While filming and touring High Water Sound, I learned that Herb and Jeffrey go way back— in fact, so far back that Jeffrey knew Herb before Herb was named "Herb", and that in 1977 they both found and lived in the then -abandoned space that the shop currently occupies, prior to its many renovations. As a proud owner of the Fisher 800-C—less lauded than the 500-C that Jeffrey mentions, but still quite respectable!—and a lusting fiend for all things tube, analog, and horn, learning of Jeffrey's growth from the 500-C to everything you see in this video, I thought to myself: "there is hope for me yet!"
