Finding your groove: getting into vinyl with Audio-Technica
Iād like to think that I couldāve been friends with the late Hideo Matsushita, founder of Japanese Hi-Fi powerhouse Audio-Technica. If I could, Iād travel back in time to 1960ās Tokyo, where a young Matsushita curated āvinyl listening sessionsā 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 Iāve read regarding ATās humble beginnings, Matsushitaās motives seem clear. Produce high end audio at affordable prices, bringing audio excellence into spaces and to customers that simply didnāt have access to it before. His first two products, the AT-1 and AT-3 phono cartridges did exactly that, and...
Dec 6, 2023