Ed Long (audio engineer)

Edward M. Long (1932 – December 17, 2016) was an audio engineer known for introducing the first near-field studio monitors[1][2] and the first Time-Aligned loudspeaker crossover.

[3][4][5] In 2021, Ed Long was inducted into the TEC Awards Technology Hall of Fame for his development of the concept of near-field monitoring.

During the Korean War he taught pulse techniques, multiplexing and FM theory at Fort Monmouth Signal School.

Long became a project engineer at Sylvania Home electronics and did design work on loudspeaker systems there and also at Audio Dynamics Corporation.

[8] In 1972 he moved to Northern California and formed Calibration Standard Instrument, a consulting firm and manufacture of loudspeaker systems.