Acoustic Sounds News

Acoustic Sounds, APO visit Chicago

The long-awaited HI-FI show set the stage for some ground-breaking firsts for Acoustic Sounds and APO.

Owner Chad Kassem divided his time between two key points of interest during the May show. At times his focus was the Acoustic Sounds booth, where appearances and candid performances by APO recording artists Jimmy D. Lane, Eomot RaSun, Jimmie Lee Robinson and David "Honeyboy" Edwards occured while audiophiles browsed the Acoustic Sounds' "record store".

Blue Heaven Studios equipped for DVD

It's the biggest debate in audio news. Everyone is torn between the formats, DVD or DSD, and the arguments are sound.

"At Blue Heaven, we are not for or against DVD or DSD. In fact, both formats sound much better than conventional compact disc," says Chad Kassem, owner. "Our choice to utilize DVD has nothing to do with comparing the sound qualities. It's based on the fact that video is not available on DSD, so choosing between the formats is not an issue. We are documenting history and believe it is necessary to film the event in addition to capturing the music in the highest quality sound possible."

David Baker in Heaven

It didn't take a lot of convincing to get David Baker to visit Blue Heaven Studios.

After all, the studio in a renovated church in Salina, Kan., offered the recording engineer with worldwide experience the one thing that is at a high premium in New York City — space.

It's All Coming Together

What began as a hobby in Chad Kassem's apartment has grown into a multi-faceted music business. His love for music has become his life's work, and his goal is to share it with the world.

As a hobby, Kassem began collecting hard-to-find, out-of-print and rare LPs in 1983. He moved to Salina, Ks., from Lafayette, La., in 1985 and worked at a couple of restaurants as a cook before landing a job at Philips Lighting Co. through Manpower Temporary Services. Soon he began trading and selling music from his apartment on a part-time basis.