January 2023 - Proaudio Newsletter - Sound Press

Audio-Technica celebrates 60th anniversary of founding

A series of events will focus on the value of analogue audio as Audio-Technica marks 60 years since founder Hideo Matsushita launched the company’s AT -1 cartridge.

Audio-Technica has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the company with a series of events across the world on the theme of analogue living. The company was founded as a Japanese manufacturer on 17 April, 1962 by Hideo Matsushita with the launch of an AT-1 cartridge. I nspired by the depth of emotion he witnessed at vinyl listening sessions organised during his tenure at the Bridgestone Museum of Arts in Tokyo, Hideo Matsushita was determined to enable more people to experience the warmth of analogue listening.

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