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Archive for Prof Keith O. Johnson – Page 2
“Prof” Johnson in Europe Pictures
Tuesday we shared a video and told you all about “Prof” Keith O. Johnson’s trip to Europe, so today we’ve got some pictures to share that were taken taken in Italy, while Keith Johnson and Spectral Audio owner Rick Fryer were visiting their Italian distributor (Audio Graffiti) during a very busy trip. The pictures are from a special event for reviewers and fans of Spectral Audio and Reference Recordings, as well as some pictures from…
Keith O. Johnson in Europe
RR’s “Prof” Keith O. Johnson was in Europe all last week doing talks and interviews for various publications and audio distributors. He was there as the designer for the Spectral Audio company, not on behalf of RR, but they used RR material for many demonstrations and all the distributors they visited also have a relationship with RR or with RR’s international distributors in their countries. You’ll also notice in the beginning of this video that…
Keith O. Johnson Interviewed by Ultra Audio
Jack Renner and “Prof” Keith O. Johnson UltraAudio published a fantastic article about “The Role of the Recording Engineer” and included our own Keith O. Johnson. “One of Professor Keith O. Johnson’s favorite recording spaces is the Meyerson Symphony Center, in Dallas, Texas. I asked Johnson, renowned recording engineer for Reference Recordings and Director of Engineering for Spectral Audio Inc., for his candid opinion on why he considers this to be a world-class hall, and…
Pictures from The Grammys
We just wanted to share some pictures from our Grammy® trip. Enjoy! Keith O. Johnson receiving the Grammy® for Best Surround Sound Album Keith O. Johnson and Marcia Martin of Reference Recorings
KC Metropolis interviews Keith Johnson and David Frost
A fantastic interview came out Tuesday in the KC Metropolis Journal, featuring our Britten’s Orchestra recording with the Kansas City Symphony. Today we want to share a little of that with you, and then encourage you to visit kcmetropolis.org to read the rest. It is well worth your time! From KCMetropolis.org:INTERVIEW: Achieving that Grammy SoundBy David Peironnet David Peironnet: “Dynamic range in its extreme” is a quote from your press release accompanying the Kansas City…
“Prof” Johnson Receives the L.A. & Orange County Audio Society Founder’s Award
Reference Recordings’ “Prof” Keith O. Johnson will receive the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society’s 2010 Founder’s Award on Saturday, December 18th! From the L.A./OC Audio Society: It is with great pleasure and admiration that the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society, America’s largest audio society with over 600 members, announces the winner of the Founder’s Award for 2010, the Society’s highest honor, to Keith O. Johnson. As…
2010 GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Surround Sound Album
TM 2010 GRAMMY® NOMINATION FOR BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUMSAN FRANCISCO: Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own“Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSONhas received his eighth Grammy nomination! This is our first release in Surround Sound. Category 94Best Surround Sound AlbumFor vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings] We wish to extend our congratulations to…
Britten’s Orchestra SACD & the Grammys!
Prof. Keith Johnson was just nominated for a Grammy award in the Surround Sound category, for recent release RR-120 SACD Britten’s Orchestra! The producer, David Frost, was also nominated for Classical Producer of the Year and Britten’s Orchestra is the top one on his roster of the albums he produced in the last year.
Things to do this Weekend
If you don’t have any plans this weekend, and you can make it out to the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, it’s a must attend event! Here’s the RR schedule: RR CDs, SACDs, & HRx’s will be demoed all around the event and will be for sale at the May Audio booth in the Evergreen Salon. “Prof” Keith O. Johnson’s lecture on “‘Computer sound’ and the crafting of high resolution recordings” will take place in the Aspen…
More Rocky Mountain Audiofest information
We’ve already told you about “Prof” Keith Johnson’s seminar at Rocky Mountain Audiofest, but here is some more information about how to experience Reference Recordings at the festival! After “Prof” Johnson’s lecture on “Computer sound” and the “crafting of high resolution recordings” in the Aspen Amphitheater, Saturday, October 16 at 1:45pm, “Prof” Johnson will demonstrate some of the aspects of the discussion in Tower room 9022 at 4:00pm. Also, Reference Recordings CDs, SACDs, and HRx…
“Prof” Keith O. Johnson receives L.A. Audio Society’s Founder’s Award
We are very proud to announce that the L.A. Audio Society (the nation’s largest audio society) has honored our very own Keith O. Johnson with their 2010 Founder’s Award! From laocaudiosociety.com: It is with great pleasure and admiration that the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society, America’s largest audio society with over 600 members, announces the winner of the Founder’s Award for 2010, the Society’s highest honor, to Keith…
Featuring Keith O. Johnson
We can’t believe we haven’t shared this with you before, but it came up again in a recent feed, so we weren’t going to miss the opportunity this time! This is a feature on our very own “Prof” Keith O. Johnson on UltraAudio.com Prof. Keith O. Johnson Gives Digital a Soul Who is KOJ? Most of us lesser mortals struggle through life, clinging tenaciously to the base of Jim Carroll’s proverbial pyramid, hoping to fashion…
Britten’s Orchestra Review – Audiophilia
Today we would like to share a review of Britten’s Orchestra from Anthony Kershaw at Audiohilia: the Online Journal for the Serious Audiophile: Britten’s Orchestra — Stern/Kansas City Symphony/Reference Recordingsby Anthony Kershaw Its fourth music director, Michael Stern (son of violinist, Issac), has secured the recording services of Reference Recordings and the amazing recording engineer, Prof. Keith Johnson. Johnson’s recordings with Reference are legendary. Audiophiles know and love them, the mainstream should follow suit. The…