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Jonas Miller #REDIRECT [[Twister (1996 film)#Cast]]
Ken Kreisel https://web.archive.org/web/20090301161208/http://www.kkprofessionalsound.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120110202722/http://www.kreiselsound.com/ https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/kenneth_warren_kreisel_born_1951_4417030
1969 Ken Kreisel is a teenage audiophile and audiophile recording engineer. Kreisel teams up with Jonas Miller who has opened one of the world’s first ultra-high-end audio salons: Jonas Miller Sound of Beverly Hills, California 90210 https://web.archive.org/web/20120822233402/http://www.kreiselsound.com/timeline.php
"In 1969 a young teenage audiophile, and recording engineer by the name of Ken Kreisel teamed up with Jonas Miller, who had opened up the world’s first “high-end audio salon”. This place was called Jonas Miller Sound, and it was based in Beverly Hills, 90210."[1]
"The original Bottom End subwoofer was a studio monitor I designed for Walter Becker and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan in 1973 for mixing their Pretzel Logic album."[1] - Ken Kreisel
1973 "Ken Kreisel designs and installs the first MK subwoofer and tri-amped studio monitor system for the studio mixdown of Steely Dan's album Pretzel Logic. The long throw, dual 12" drivers of the subwoofer are mounted in a unique 'balanced drive' configuration" https://www.thelittleaudiocompany.co.uk/ken-kreisel-professional-sound/ken-kreisel-timeline Ken Kreisel loudspeakers
"in 1974 Jonas Miller and Ken Kreisel formed a separate corporation that was used exclusively for the manufacturing of subwoofers. On the second floor of their Beverly Hills store on Wilshire Boulevard, M&K Sound Inc was born" [1]
"In 1976, M&K Sound made history by launching the David and Goliath audio system, the world’s first set consisting of a subwoofer and compact satellite speakers. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
In 1977, the company made another breakthrough with the development of the Servo Volkswoofer, the world’s first active subwoofer. Another feature of the device was a servo drive circuit – feedback between the speaker and amplifier, which helps control the travel of the cone and limit distortion at high volumes. Nowadays, a triphonic or multi-channel set with a separate low-frequency loudspeaker no longer surprises anyone; subwoofers with built-in amplifiers are the de facto standard." https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
In 1978, having supplemented the Servo Volkswoofer with improved satellites, M&K Sound engineers created the Satellite-Volkswoofer studio kit, also the first in the world in its format. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
M&K Sound was making test recordings on Sony digital recorders that had just appeared on the market. In order to create the first digital recording studio in the USA, M&K RealTime, in 1983. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
In 1989, M&K Sound introduced the famous S-100 monitor with a distinctive array of three tweeters lined up in a row and a phase-aligning crossover. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
M&K Sound has not been left out of this process, being one of the first to receive THX certification for its loudspeakers. The company managed to distinguish itself again in 1992 by issuing THX certification for the legendary MX-5000 subwoofer. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
in 1993, when Dolby Laboratories used M&K Sound monitors to create and demonstrate a new multi-channel recording format, AC-3 (Dolby Digital). https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
In 1997, the M&K Professional division was opened, aimed at the professional segment of the market. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
In 2007, the company experienced a change of owners and the associated reorganization, and also changed its American citizenship to Danish. https://web.archive.org/web/20250913001736/https://www.stereoindex.com/audio/mk-sound/
"We filed Chapter 7 [bankruptcy] this week and that's it—the company is closed. End of story."..."Right, that was a clue—there's counterfeit stuff out there. We know it has surfaced in China and the UK. One product that we know is out there, and is phony, is an MP150 in high-gloss black. We never built that." https://web.archive.org/web/20080626143513/http://www.stereophile.com/news/030507kreisel/index.html
Ken Kreisel left M&K in 2007 and re-started his own brand with a new company under his name - Ken Kreisel, in 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817225208/https://en.pifferia.com/blogs/pifferiatalk/the-great-ken-kreisel
"The Bottom End"...."A Product of M&K Sound Inc., Beverly Hills, California"... a Hi-Fi Demonstration Record. A small amount of these Audiophile Discs were pressed, which were given away when purchasing an M&K Sound product.... The Bottom End was actually recorded in 1975. https://www.thebottomend.co.uk/thebottomend_full_story.php
You really had to experience The Bottom End at the Electric Ballroom in the early 80's, where it was totally in its element. https://www.thebottomend.co.uk/thebottomend_full_story.php https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/2909/
“Jazz Room” Parties (club night) at the Electric Ballroom https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/2909/ https://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/jazz-room-paul-murphy/ https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/news/murphys-law/ http://www.thebottomend.co.uk/Legend_of_the_original_Jazz_Room.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLt76b2_JsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjsrDjcnhKA https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/86731/various-artists/thejazzroom-compiledbypaulmurphy
“Jazz Room” Paul Murphy is associated with Gilles Peterson, but not this Paul Murphy (musician) https://britishrecordshoparchive.org/shops/fusions/