Company founder and Director of Engineering Adolph Friederich Thal is better known to his customers and friends as “Fred”. A globally recognized technical specialist in the field of analog magnetic audio recording technology, Fred has worked for Inovonics, National Public Radio, Otari, Studer and the University of California. Since 1984 he has made the Studer A80 and A820 mechatronic designs his specialization in order to build today’s state-of-the-art reproducers.