Hirsch, Julian

Hirsch, Julian (15 May 1922–25 Nov 2003) Arguably the most accomplished and well-known consumer-audio product reviewer of the second half of the 20th century, Hirsch earned an electrical engineering degree from Cooper Union in 1943, and went on to become an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, as part of the forces occupying Japan after the war. After military service, he went to work for General Precision Labs, and later went on to work for Panoramic Instruments, which was later bought by…