From Reference Recordings founder John Tamblyn (“Tam”) Henderson on the passing of the Great HP, founder of The Absolute Sound magazine: Harry Pearson, Jr. Harry Pearson, Jr. (January 5, 1937 – November 4, 2014) It’s impossible to overestimate the importance of HP in the world of high end audio in the 1970s and ’80s. In fact, he invented the term, and some would say the industry known as the “high end.” Those of us who…
This weekend at the Crowne Plaza in San Francisco, Tam Henderson and Marcia Martin will be guest panelists at the California Audio Show. They will join panelists Bruce Brisson, Tim Brisson, Cookie Morenco, Paule Stubblebine, and Tony Weber on the MIT Cables Discussion Panel to talk about “Listening to the Science of Audio” and “The Sonic Benefits of High Resolution Audio.” If you’re in the area, make sure to swing by www.caaudioshow.com to register for…
We’ve shared this interview before, but with our new LP releases, it’s rather fun to once again take a look back at the fantastic interview between our Tam Henderson and Stereophile‘s John Atkinson. The 1989 interview focuses a lot on RR’s move from LP to CD, so it makes for a rather interesting reference as we begin releasing LPs again. Take another look, or a first look if you haven’t yet read it, and pay…
Posted by Tam Henderson Most of last week, Keith Johnson, Sean Martin and I were in Charlotte, NC recording a new project at Reflection Sound Studios, scene of several RR past successes. The music is a new genre for us, featuring a talented young Brazilian singer-songwriter-guitarist, Reinaldo Brahn. The songs sound to me unusually rich and complex for “popular” music, with tasty arrangements for woodwinds, trumpet, electric guitar, keyboards (piano & synth), electric bass, drums,…
This interview of Reference Recordings’ Tam Henderson by Stereophile Magazine‘s John Atkinson was done in 1989. But, we came back across it today when speak3raudio.com tweeted it today, so we thought it would be fun to share it here!Tam Henderson, Reference RecordingsBy John Atkinson – June, 1989——————————– When we met, I had intended to ask Tam about a major project Reference Recordings had undertaken to record Fats Waller stride-piano pieces both direct-to-CD and direct-to-DMM-LP. Both…
For those that don’t follow us on Twitter (@RefRecordings), we decided we would catch you up on some important happenings at Reference Recordings. The first and most exciting is that Reference Recordings is working on the equipment to make LP releases again. That is very good news for those analog lovers out there. And of course, the reason that this is such a major undertaking for us is that we make sure that the quality…
Reference Recordings Aims At Your Hard Drive By Jason Victor Serinus January 5, 2008 — Reference Recordings, the Bay Area-based audiophile label founded by John T. “Tam” Henderson in 1976, has adopted a unique approach to computer and music server playback. Later this month, the company will begin to market what they call “HRx” discs. Incompatible with conventional optical disc players, these are data discs containing WAV files intended for playback on computer-based music servers.…
For more than 30 years, J. Tamblyn (“Tam”) Henderson has combined his love and knowledge of music with his quest for “the sound of real musicians making music in real space,” molding Reference Recordings into one of the most innovative and respected independent labels in the music business. Founded on the premise that most commercial recordings sound nothing like the live performance experience, Henderson’s productions for Reference Recordings have been widely and lavishly praised for…