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Julian Hirsch at least...

Posted by mkuller on March 3, 2011 at 15:25:28:
...encouraged manufacturers to provide accurate specifications for electronics.>

Unfortunatley the measurements at that time had very little to do with the way the components sounded playing music.

There is only a little more correlation today.

The top reviewers of the day never claimed to advance audio technology and design - only to identify the equipment which was able to sound the most like music and describe their positive traits and shortcomings with terms we have come to take for granted today.

HP coined "soundstaging" and "dynamic contrasts" among many other terms.

His reviews were very influential in the design of high end products - manufacturers took his criticism and modified their equipment to do a better job of reproducing music.

And as he has mentioned, he helped Marantz and Dahlquist voice the DQ-10 loudspeaker in his room.

A classic speaker and my first entry into high end.