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Respectfully disagree about "virtually creating high end audio".

Hi Mike:

I believe it was J. Gordon Holt. Gordon started Stereophile years before TAS. He was the first to focus reviews on high end products, i.e., those seeking faithful music reproduction, as opposed to general consumer audio products. He also created the initial lexicon of high end product reviewer's language. From what I remember reading, Pearson once acknowledged his debt to Holt. HP's objective in starting up TAS was to produce a better and more frequent publication. It's interesting the paths both publications have taken since then.

Also, the concept of creating high end audio begs the chicken VS egg question. Was it writers like Holt and Pearson or designers/manufacturers like Klipsch, Villchur, Marantz, McIntosh, etc.?

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