Irving M. "Bud" Fried (November 3, 1920 – March 21, 2005), was an American audiophile of the "Golden Age" of stereophonic reproduction, along with Saul Marantz and David Hafler.
[3] He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, and thereafter served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.
Based on the advice of Victor Brociner, co-founder of the Philharmonic Radio Co., Bud became the official importer of the Lowther corner horns, the creations of P.G.A.H.
[4] In 1975 the English and American divisions of IMF were split, and the trademark FRIED was thenceforth used on all of Bud's designs.
Among the many design principles that he utilized, he is best known for his development of loudspeakers for realistic audio reproduction that were based on transmission line loading and resistive series crossover networks.