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| Editor | Robert Harley |
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| Categories | High-end audio |
| Frequency | 10/year |
| Founder | Harry Pearson |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Company | Absolute Multimedia, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Austin, Texas |
| Language | English |
| Website | theabsolutesound |
| ISSN | 0097-1138 |
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.
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 Absolute Multimedia, Inc., of Austin, Texas.