Cover of April 2011 issue |
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| Editor | Robert Harley |
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| Categories | High end audio |
| Frequency | 10/year |
| First issue | 1973 |
| Company | Absolute Multimedia, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | TheAbsoluteSound.com |
| ISSN | 0097-1138 |
The Absolute Sound (often referred to as "TAS") is an American monthly magazine which reviews audiophile-oriented sound-reproduction and recording equipment and recordings, and comments on various music-related subjects. It was founded in 1973 by Harry Pearson, who was the Editor in Chief.[1] Until the mid to late 1990s, Pearson owned and directed all rights to "TAS" and 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 still remains the Chairman of its Editorial Advisory Board and regularly contributes a feature entitled HP's Workshop. The magazine is now published by Absolute Multimedia, Inc., of Austin, Texas.