I have mixed feelings about Harry. He was certainly a trailblazer and a music lover. I was reading TAS from the beginning, and at that time there was really nothing like it. I think that he was easy to admire in many ways, but hard to like.
He could be imperious, stubborn and inflexible at times, and as the years passed, his direct and indirect Stereophile bashing became tiresome; especially as TAS came to look nearly the same.
Still, he wrote some major essays that contained well reasoned and deeply perceptive insights and opinions. And let's not forget that he added some descriptive words to our vocabulary.
He could be imperious, stubborn and inflexible at times, and as the years passed, his direct and indirect Stereophile bashing became tiresome; especially as TAS came to look nearly the same.
Still, he wrote some major essays that contained well reasoned and deeply perceptive insights and opinions. And let's not forget that he added some descriptive words to our vocabulary.