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BonGiovi Acoustics
Tony with music industry students at Power Station Studio NYC
The magic that drives our incredible technology actually
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, comes from a long legacy of a man, a studio and dozens
Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Christian Marclay, of the most talented artists that ever lived. The man
the Rolling Stones, Dire Straits, John Mayer, Esperanza is Tony Bongiovi, who, in 1977 built the world’s most
Spalding and hundreds of other household names have famous recording studio: Power Station.
all made amazing recordings here and the facility remains
the center of the New York City music industry. Many Now, years later the same acoustical engineering magic
Grammy Award-winning shows and musicals also record that made some of the biggest hits in the world has been
at Power Station. captured in a patented technology that fits on a chip no
larger than a fingernail.
One of the main goals of Power Station at BerkleeNYC is
to share knowledge of the industry with up and coming Tony, along with a highly talented team of engineers,
artists. No matter the age, genre, language or nationality, sound designers and business strategists have created
Power Station at BerkleeNYC seeks to educate the next this incredible technology that easily integrates with any
generation and continue to create world renowned music. consumer electronics device; and regardless of hard-
Drawing from a seventy year history, Berklee has pro- ware limitations, dramatically enhances it’s sound. The
duced nearly 300 Grammy Award winning artists. Bongiovi team has worked together for over a decade to
bring this technology to the marketplace.
The Digital Power Station™
Digital Power Station™, our core technology, enables
small, inexpensive speakers with low-powered amplifiers
the capability to deliver extraordinarily high-
quality sound.
Tony standing in the legendary main room
at Power Station Studio, NYC
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