Hear Music

Originally a music retail/catalog company, Hear Music was founded by Don MacKinnon and two partners in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1990. It was sold in 1992 to CML Group, which undertook an unsuccessful rollout. MacKinnon and a partner bought it back from CML in 1996. In 1999, the company, which was then headquartered in San Francisco, was purchased by Starcon, LLC, mentioned as 'StarCon, LLC d/b/a Hear Music' on some releases.