IP: RIP, Henry Kloss

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From: "Janos G." <janos451@earthlink.net>
> To: "jg" <janos451@earthlink.net>
> [From Boston Acoustics]
>
> > I just received word that Henry Kloss passed away last night. He was
> > one of the great visionaries in this business. At one time I made a
> > list of the significant milestones in the development of the audio
> > business, and Henry was responsible for developing and commercializing
> > more of them than anyone else in our industry:
> > 1. The LP record in 1948.
> > 2. The acoustic suspension loudspeaker in 1954. Henry designed
> > the AR-1, a revolutionary product for its time. Without small high
> > performance speakers, stereo never would have become a commercial
> > reality, and we probably wouldn't have the significant industry we have
> > today.
> > 3. FM stereo in 1959.
> > 4. The transistor. Although Henry had nothing to do with its
> > development, his 3-piece music systems at KLH were the first audio
> > products to exploit the much smaller sized electronics that the
> > transistor made possible.
> > 5. The Dolby B System and the High Fidelity cassette in 1970.
> > Henry immediately saw the commercial significance of Dolby and convinced
> > Ray to develop the consumer version of his noise reduction system
> > several years before he intended to. The hi fi cassette fulfilled
> > Henry's vision of a music source you could carry in your shirt pocket
> > and play virtually any where. Ho hum stuff today but ground-breaking in
> > 1970!
> > 6. Large screen television in 1974. Before the Advent
> > Videobeam, large screen TV was $50,000+ and not a consumer product.
> > 7. The CD in 1982 and the DVD most recently.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Janos Gereben/SF
> janos451@earthlink.net

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