Finding your groove: getting into vinyl with Audio-Technica
Iβd like to think that I couldβve been friends with the late Hideo Matsushita, founder of Japanese Hi-Fi powerhouse Audio-Technica. If I could, Iβd travel back in time to 1960βs Tokyo, where a young Matsushita curated βvinyl listening sessionsβ at the Bridgestone Museum of Arts, exposing visitors to the sounds and possibilities of high end audio and the warmth of vinyl records. I imagine sitting with him in a mod coffee shop, listening to the stories of what he witnessed in those sessions, the conversations he had with visitors, and what ultimately motivated him to head back to his small apartment above a ramen restaurant and start an audio company of his own. In the histories Iβve read regarding ATβs humble beginnings, Matsushitaβs motives seem clear. Produce high end audio at affordable prices, bringing audio excellence into spaces and to customers that simply didnβt have access to it before. His first two products, the AT-1 and AT-3 phono cartridges did exactly that, and...
Dec 6, 2023