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Bruce Hofer | {{Person | ||
|Names=Bruce Edward Hofer | |||
|Birth date=1948 | |||
|Birth place=Portland | |||
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|Affiliations=Oregon State University;Tektronix; Audio Precision;Preamble Instruments | |||
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}} worked as an assistant in the Lab Instruments division of Tektronix while studying at Oregon State University. | |||
After graduading in in Electrical Engineering in 1970, he joined Tek fulltime, working on the [[7000-series scopes|7000 series]]. | |||
Hofer worked on 7000-series time base design, partly with [[Art Metz]], [[Les Larson]]. | |||
He later switched to audio, designing low distortion oscillators and harmonic distortion measuring equipment (lead engineer on the [[SG505]] audio oscillator and the [[AA501]] distortion analyzer, and [[TM5000]] plugins). | |||
Unable to convince Tek management there was a market for this, in 1984 Bruce quit and cofounded [[Audio Precision]] with [[Bob Metzler]], [[Richard Cabot]], and [[Robert Wright]]. | |||
Audio Precision became the world standard for audio test equipment manufacturers. | |||
Bruce became majority owner of AP in 2002. | |||
Hofer along with [[Bob Metzler]] helped launch [[Preamble Instruments]]. | |||
==Links== | |||
* [https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/news/view-from-the-top-precisely-performance-driven-bruce-hofer-chairman-and-co-founder-audio-precision View From The Top: Bruce Hofer, Audio Precision] | |||
* [https://vintagetek.org/years-at-tektronix-hofer/ My Years at Tektronix] by Bruce Hofer @ vintagetek.org | |||
{{Designer|Bruce Hofer}} | |||
{{Patents|Bruce Hofer}} | |||
[[Category:Tektronix people]] | [[Category:Tektronix people]] | ||