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Founder and CEO Emeritus. Both Levitt and Warford started working with Heil Sound as teenagers building and packaging products. Levitt took a different career path in academia for a number of years, but continued to regularly consult with Heil Sound during that time. He returned to the company full-time in 2017 and assumed the role of president in 2020. Warford worked his way up in the company during his tenure and has been responsible for daily operations for the past several years.
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Sound develop microphones for concert use. Since that call, Heil Sound has been at the forefront of dynamic microphone design and manufacturing. A full line of mics suitable for drums, keyboards, percussion and guitar have been staples on the concert stage. The PR35 and new PR37 vocal mics have become “go to” microphones for many high profile artists and the PR30 and PR40 are popular in – in addition to concert sound – broadcast and studio use.
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By 1982 Heil Sound had curtailed the touring side of the business and concentrated on developing products for the amateur radio market. These two distinct markets – ham radio and pro audio – came together in 2006 when Joe Walsh, an avid ham operator and friend of Bob’s, called to suggest that Heil
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Heil Sound entered the amateur radio market, ostensibly working to fix what he perceived as problems in the industry involving poorly transmitted and received audio. Bob Heil developed lines of radio headsets and components.
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