The Comeback Kid Returns

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EVERYBODY LOVES a great comeback story. Whether it’s Tiger Woods winning The Masters after a decade of disappointment, or Apple’s return to global dominance after nearly going bust twenty years back, it’s nice when someone or something can make a strong return.

Let’s add Rodgersound Labs (RSL) to the comeback list. Founded by Howard Rodgers nearly fifty years ago, the Rodgersound Labs brand started life as a small Southern California chain of audio shops, with a house line of speakers that were built in the back of the original store and sold exclusively through the chain. While Rodgers himself preferred the more refined “East Coast sound” of speakers like the Acoustic Research AR3, with RSL he came up with different flavors of speaker to cater to all tastes, including the more dynamic and aggressive “West Coast sound” of brands like JBL and Altec Lansing. With the main store located near recording studios around Hollywood, audio professionals would often