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235:"John Eargle left an everlasting and profound impression on the audio industry," said Mark Gander, Vice President of Marketing, JBL Professional, who accepted the GRAMMY Award on behalf of John Eargle, along with John's niece, Cyndi Bird, and nephew and namesake, John Paul Eargle. "He was a brilliant engineer, musician, author and teacher. His 2008 Technical GRAMMY Award commemorates the industry-wide recognition of John's accomplishments, as well as the considerable time he devoted to sharing his expertise, experience and wisdom. 74:... for the concept, design and engineering of the modern constant-directivity, direct radiator style motion picture loudspeaker systems. The work of John M. Eargle, D.B. 'Don' Keele and Mark E. Engebretson has resulted in the over 20-year dominance of constant-directivity, direct radiator bass style cinema 231:
John Eargle was posthumously awarded a Technical GRAMMY Award in 2008 at the Special Merit Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on the evening prior to the 50th GRAMMY Awards Telecast. The Technical GRAMMY Award is presented by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who have made
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Eargle and his colleague, Mark E. Engebretsen (born 1942), can be directly credited for the revolution in cinema sound reproduction after 1980. They presented a paper to the
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Note: J. Dick & Company was an Illinois entity, John Howard Dick (born 1946), founder; the company was acquired by the
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demonstrating new concepts in cinema loudspeaker design. This led directly to developments culminating in the
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During his teenage years while at Texarkana High School in Arkansas, Eargle worked part-time for
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Sound System and Home THX; Holman named the most widely used multichannel sound system "5.1")
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Task Force on High Capacity Audio (Holman is the former Technical Director for
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After serving in the military, Eargle studied electrical engineering at the
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contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.
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His brother, Robert Gray Eargle, said that John Eargle had perfect pitch.
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Four-Channel Stereophonic Transmission Over Two Normal Audio Channels.
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Second edition, coauthored with George Lee Augspurger, published by
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University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
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Member, Hollywood Sapphire Group (a social engineering society)
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During the 43rd Grammy Awards (February 2001), Eargle won a
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Eargle engineered more than 250 CD releases, many for
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Coauthored with George Lee Augspurger, published by
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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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McGrath (ed.); 7th ed., 1014:Who's Who in Science and Engineering 96:Vice President Product Development, 915:American Men & Women of Science 328:(Bachelor of Music, 1953), and the 304:Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female 13: 242:, Eargle engineered recordings by 83: 14: 1241: 381:Handbook of Recording Engineering 282:Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male 800:(honorary engineering societies) 793:(honorary engineering societies) 549:Electroacoustical Reference Data 206:Best Engineered Album, Classical 1175:20th-century American inventors 731: 572:Handbook of Sound System Design 433:Springer Science+Business Media 357:He also studied acoustics with 1205:Eastman School of Music alumni 1134: 1122: 1107: 1092: 1073: 828:Who's Who in Technology Today; 668:(©1982) (based largely on the 67:Scientific and Technical Award 63:D. B. (Don Broadus) Keele, Jr. 1: 1165:American acoustical engineers 1160:American electrical engineers 1141:In Memorandum: John M. Eargle 1129:In Memorandum: John M. 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Eargle Dies, 592:Loudspeaker Handbook 324:(1948 to 1950), the 1220:Cooper Union alumni 851:Thomson Corporation 447:The Microphone Book 363:Columbia University 266:. His recording of 132:Delos International 32:Delos International 22:(6 January 1931 in 1119:, February 7, 1977 821:General references 704:(masters thesis), 622:Other publications 375:Academic textbooks 270:for Delos, titled 57:(born 1946). 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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hollywood, California
Delos International
JBL
Audio Engineering Society
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
THX
Tomlinson Holman
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
D. B. (Don Broadus) Keele, Jr.
Scientific and Technical Award
loudspeaker
James B. Lansing Sound, Inc.
Northridge, California
Paul Klipsch
Hope, Arkansas
Delos International
Seattle Symphony
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony
Helsinki Philharmonic
Westminster Choir
Los Angeles
New York
Moscow
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
John Browning
Arleen Auger
Janos Starker
Garrick Ohlsson

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