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The Absolute Sound

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The Absolute Sound
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The Absolute Sound (TAS) is an American audiophile magazine which reviews high-end audio equipment, along with recordings and comments on various music-related subjects.

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History

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 important figure in the rise of High-End audio.[3]

Until the mid- to late 1990s, Pearson owned and directed all rights to TAS. The magazine was published by Pearson Publishing Inc., which also published a sister high-end video review magazine published quarterly called The Perfect Vision. Pearson remained the chairman of its editorial advisory board until 2006 and regularly contributed a feature entitled HP's Workshop until his departure in 2012.[2] The magazine is now published by NextScreen, LLC. of Round Rock, Texas.

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