Description: The history of pro audio/power conditioning company Furman Sound, and its roots that trace back to the Grateful Dead scene of the early 1970's, by founder Janet Furman.
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By Janet Furman
I am the founder of Furman Sound, a pro audio manufacturing company which some have called a spin-off from the Grateful Dead scene of the 70’s. Here’s the story of how I went from teenage nerd to rock’n’roll entrepreneur, with a boost from the Dead.
As a child in New York, I had a strong interest in math and science, perhaps fueled in part by a rivalry with my older sister Barbara, who was a high school valedictorian and went into the biological sciences. I studied electrical engineering at Columbia University in New York, receiving a BSEE degree in 1969. I had built a few Heathkits as a teen, but my real introduction to audio came through a part-time job as a tech for the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Studio at Columbia. After graduation, I taug