Q&A with Doug Henderson of JL Audio

What ignited your interest in the high end? Did it come from the music side or the electronics side? I always joke that my first career choice was “rock star,” but that didn’t work out. Music has been a passion for as long as I can remember; the interest in the gear followed. What was your first high-end system? My first true “high-end” system, back in the 1970s, was an SAE Model Nine preamp and Model Three power amp set, a pair of AR3a speakers, and a Technics SP-120 (armless version of the 1200) to which I fitted a Mayware …