Trademarks
Hardy played a lot of reel-to-reel edits and was always tweaking the soundsystem and playing with the EQ. A Ron Hardy trademark was playing a track backwards. Theo Parrish and several others have confirmed that he did this by turning the needle upside down and putting the record on a cylinder so the needle played the underside of the record. The Muzic Box was also known for its insanely loud sound volume. Stacey Collins says that he did this by using a Reel-to-reel.
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