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		<title>Mark Levinson: The Musician Who Redefined High-End Amplification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mark Levinson built the first true high-end preamplifier in 1974 and later founded Cello, Red Rose Music and Daniel Hertz. Discover his legacy.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Henry Kloss: The Man Who Founded Four Hi-Fi Companies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Henry Kloss co-founded or founded four hi-fi and video companies - Acoustic Research, KLH, Advent, and Cambridge SoundWorks - before closing his career at Tivoli Audio.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Saul Marantz: The Man Who Wanted to Get Closer to the Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How a self-taught electronics hobbyist built the Audio Consolette on his own kitchen table in 1953 and founded Marantz.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fritz Sennheiser: The Quiet Architect of Modern Audio</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A tribute to Fritz Sennheiser (1912-2010), the physicist who founded Lab W in a Hanover farmhouse in 1945 and built it into one of the world's leading audio brands.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Paul W. Klipsch: The Genius Behind the Corner Horn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A tribute to Paul W. Klipsch, the engineer and eccentric who hand-built the first Klipschorn in a tin shed in 1946 and shaped the acoustic principles that still define Klipsch loudspeakers.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peter Walker: The Man Behind the Electrostatic Sound</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peter Walker founded Quad in 1936 and gave the world the electrostatic loudspeaker and current-dumping amplifier. A tribute to the engineer behind the closest approach to the original sound.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ken Ishiwata: The Man with the Golden Ears</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ken Ishiwata was Marantz's Sound Master for 41 years, the man behind the CD-63 KI Signature and the 40th-anniversary PM-KI Ruby and SA-KI Ruby.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dave Wilson: The Time-Alignment Visionary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Few names carry as much weight in loudspeaker design as Dave Wilson. As the founder of Wilson Audio Specialties, he built a company — and an entire design philosophy — around one uncompromising question: does the sound reaching the listener’s ears preserve the true timing of the original musical event? That obsession with the time [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Franco Serblin: The Italian Maestro</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sonus Faber]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Franco Serblin was the visionary designer who transformed high-end audio from cold, rectangular boxes into objects of desire — pieces of furniture that married breathtaking Italian craftsmanship with soul-stirring musicality. He didn’t just build loudspeakers; he crafted them like fine violins, proving that beauty and performance could be inseparable. From Vicenza to the World Stage [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dan D&#8217;Agostino: Pioneer of High-Powered High-End Amplification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dan D&#8217;Agostino stands as one of the most influential figures in high-end audio, renowned for championing powerful, high-current solid-state amplifiers that deliver unparalleled control, dynamics, and musical finesse. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, he has shaped the sound of reference-level systems worldwide, first through founding Krell Industries and later with his eponymous brand, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dr. Amar Bose: Pioneer of psychoacoustics in Consumer Audio</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amar Gopal Bose was born on November 2, 1929, in Philadelphia to a Bengali father, Noni Gopal Bose—an Indian independence activist who fled British persecution—and an American mother, Charlotte, a schoolteacher of German and English descent. Raised in a household that blended Eastern philosophy with Western pragmatism, young Amar displayed an early aptitude for electronics. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>John Bowers: The Visionary Behind Bowers &#038; Wilkins</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[John George Frederick Bowers was born in 1923 near Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom, a coastal town that would later serve as the birthplace of his audio empire. His early life was shaped by a curiosity for electronics and a passion for music, particularly classical, which would become the driving force behind his career. During [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peter Lyngdorf: A Pioneer of High-End Audio Innovation</title>
		<link>https://bestofhighend.com/peter-lyngdorf-a-pioneer-of-high-end-audio-innovation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Lisi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peter Lyngdorf, a Danish audiophile and entrepreneur, has left an indelible mark on the high-end audio industry through a career spanning over five decades. Renowned for his relentless pursuit of sonic perfection, Lyngdorf has founded, acquired, and collaborated with some of the most influential brands in audio, introducing groundbreaking technologies and iconic products that have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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