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    TETSUYA ITANI —TECHNICS

    Dec 06, 2021 4 minutes

    KB: Can you recall what originally made you interested in hi-fi?

    TI: It was down to the table-top stereo system my father bought in 1968. I enjoyed Japanese pop music with it and that made me interested in sound.

    KB: Can you remember your first hi-fi system?

    TI: I got my first hi-fi back in 1975. I made all the components myself by hand. The preamp used integrated circuits from Toshiba, while the power amplifier was valve-powered with NEC 50CA-10 tubes. I used Technics drive units to make the loudspeakers.

    KB: What was your first job in audio engineering?

    I joined Matsushita Electric Industries in 1980, and my first job was on the development of a

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