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Audio Research Corporation ("ARC") is one of the oldest manufacturers of high-end audio equipment still in operation. The company was known to be a pioneer at advancing state-of-the-art audio reproduction in the 1970s, and for re-introducing the vacuum tube as the primary active amplification device. With the help of reviews in audiophile ...
The Absolute Sound was founded in 1973 by Harry Pearson, who was its editor-in-chief and publisher. In the early years, TAS was a quarterly, digest-sized magazine and accepted no advertisements. [1] During the 1970s and 1980s, TAS (along with Stereophile) was influential in the audiophile industry. [2] Pearson is credited as being the most ...
The Absolute Sound. Harry Hall Pearson, Jr. (January 5, 1937 – November 4, 2014), known to his readers as HP, was an American journalist, audio reviewer, and publisher who founded The Absolute Sound magazine for high-end audio enthusiasts. Pearson is considered the most influential figure in the history of audiophile journalism. [1]
A reel-to-reel tape recorder (Sony TC-630), typical of a 1970s audiophile device. Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. To prepare for use, the supply reel (or feed reel) containing the tape is placed on a spindle or hub.
The Ford Expedition is a full-size three-row SUV, manufactured and marketed by Ford over four generations since model year 1997, deriving directly from Ford's concurrent generations of its F-150 pickup truck — and marketed since 2007 in regular and extended lengths (the Expedition EL/Max), the latter replacing the Ford Excursion.
Frederick Jay Rubin was born into a Jewish family in Long Beach, New York, on March 10, 1963, [3] the son of housewife Linda and shoe wholesaler Michael Rubin. [4] He grew up in Lido Beach . While a student at Long Beach High School , Rubin befriended the school's audiovisual department director, who gave him a few lessons in guitar playing and ...
Threshold Audio. Threshold Audio is a high-end audio equipment manufacturer originally established in California in 1974 by audio engineer Nelson Pass and graphic designer René Besne. The company, today based in Houston Texas, manufactures mono-block and stereo power amplifiers, multi-channel power amplifiers and stereo control amplifiers.
Three vinyl records of different formats, from left to right: a 12 inch LP, a 10 inch LP, a 7 inch single. A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.