"Lessons Learned: A Rock & Roll Guide for Entrepreneurs" by Peter Janis

Peter Janis, the founder of Radial Engineering, passed on August 7th, 2024, after his cancer returned. In his final years, after selling his company and retiring, Peter wrote down the story of his life and all of the lessons he learned as a behemoth in the music industry. The book is now available on Amazon and bookstores everywhere, and all proceeds from the book go to the NAMM Foundation.

Last week I received the very sad news about the passing of Peter Janis, the founder of Radial Engineering. I always admired Radial Engineering for its ability to always surprise and delight with inventive and practical solutions that solved real issues for musicians and audio engineers, in many fields of application. Every time I had the chance to meet Peter Janis at any trade show around the world, I would find that he enjoyed as much to surprise and delight with those inventive and practical solutions.

To understand more about the Hafler revival, we delve into some of Hafler’s history and the companies associated with it. In this article, Gary Galo reviews the new Hafler PH50 (designed for moving magnet cartridges) and the PH60 (moving coil) Phono Preamps, as well as the Hafler PH44 Moving Coil Step-Up Transformer. All products come from Radial Engineering, the owner of Jensen Transformers and the Hafler and Dynaco brands, which it bought in 2014. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2017.