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Very good remembrance from Mike Fremer: http://www.analogplanet.com/content/audio-legend-harry-pearson-passes-away -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 12:26 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] RIP Harry Pearson > Harry Pearson, founder of The Absolute Sound, and one of the most vocal and ardent backers of > high-quality classical music remastering and reissuing, has died: > http://thehighfidelityreport.com/ > > All of us who enjoy listening to high-quality digital versions of "golden age" recordings, > especially those from Mercury Living Presence and RCA Living Stereo, should raise a glass to > Harry's memory. In the pages of The Absolute Sound, Harry celebrated high quality recordings in > that dark time when LPs were fading out and CDs were new. He lambasted low-budget/lousy-sounding > remasters and used his small but influential pulpit to cajole and prod the record companies to do > the right thing by their high fidelity analog recordings. Harry's public shaming and encouragement > definitely raised the bar on all aspects of remastering old recordings for modern formats. He also > positively influenced the LP revival, and held hardware and media manufacturers' feet to the fire > on issues of fidelity, quality and musicality. Finally, Harry moved forward with a language > describing audible comparisons and contrasts, taking the batton from J. Gordon Holt. > > -- Tom Fine >