A few years ago I had the pleasure of running into Matt Beardsworth at The Lone Star Audio Fest in Dallas Texas. After a few beers with him, I knew that he wasn’t your average audio tweaker. When I walked into his room, my suspicions were correct! His amps are hand crafted using the best parts available and they sounded as good as they looked! It was obvious to me that he designed his amps with his ears. Matt is, after all, an extremely good guitarist!
Skip forward a year later and I again see him at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. By this time, we’re fast friends! He even got to witness me at my “hangriest” at a below par Indian Restaurant (sorry Matt)!
Matt moved to Chicago and when I came up to check out AXPONA last year, he scooped me up and brought me back to the Band-Width Headquarters! That’s when I really flipped out on what he was capable of! Matt had meticulously made a pair of replica Lansing Hartfield loudspeakers! Listening to his creations, I knew that I had to become his first dealer. I currently have his latest offering, The Kaskode One Phono Preamplifier in the shop!
Have I mentioned Matt is only in his mid twenties and an engineer at Texas Instruments? He’s what I call an “Old Soul”. He’s taken a ride on this mortal coil a few times now. I’m confident that the future of Hi-Fi is going to be just fine.
Below is a link to an interview with him:
photo from TI.
