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Designer Hall of Fame

There are many great designers out there, and especially in the lore from the golden age, but I'm not to familiar with them. I thought it might be interesting to discuss some of the great designers for engineering skill and knowledge, business integrity, and ultimatley quality of their products. My short list a "hall of fame" if you will of designers working today are:

Nelson Pass, Pass Labs
Charles Hansen, Ayre
Roger Modjeski, Music Reference
Ken Stevens, Convergent Audio Technolgy (CAT)
Kevin Hayes, VAC

and how could I leave Jeff Rowland off? Well it is a short list. Who would you nominate?

Pubul57 (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

03-01-08

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06-27-08 Bob carver certainly ranks in my book. Mlman

07-02-08 I can imagine the debates in the selection committe; it woul ... Pubul57

07-02-08 Why no mention of arnie nudell? infinity and genesis. Jorgeparrapuppy

07-02-08 Arnie nudell made some great speakers indeed. question is, i ... Pubul57

07-02-08 Two originals would be harold beveridge of beveridge speaker ... Baranyi

07-04-08 Mike elliott (counterpoint and aria audio) please never forg ... Oscilloscopium

07-04-08 Ed meitner - emm labs, bidat, etc.- digital whiz! Maxx2man

07-24-08 Were is sid harmon in the mix.he had alot of first in the in ... Audiosmith

08-02-08 Rolf gemein of symphonic line. Gvatchna

08-18-08 Schalk havenga of valve audio in south africa Lonestarsouth

08-18-08 David berning. a pioneer who has genuinely been leading the ... Chris74

08-18-08 Good call on david berning. he certainly has developed a ver ... Pubul57

08-23-08 If someone is going to mention that hack edison, please go t ... Magfan

08-23-08 Andreas koch, now with playback designs and formerly emm, am ... Dcstep

08-24-08 John ulrick spectron amps. jerry ozment audio logic. Terryakhan

08-24-08 Jerry ozemont unsung, but one of greqat digital designers. Pubul57

09-03-08 A designer belongs in the hall of fame when a they create a ... Montejay

09-03-08 I would nominate robert fulton of fulton audio. bob designed ... Sgr

09-04-08 Robert fulton founded the modern interconnect and speaker ca ... Atmasphere

09-11-08 Alot of memories here for me...some great designers without ... Dave_b

09-19-08 How about stefan kudelski ? his equipment is in use by almo ... Waryn

09-21-08 Mick malone from supratek, although now retired, for the way ... Jpms

09-22-08 Yves bernard andre of yba, formerly of goldmund, he is the & ... Teddy_bear

09-23-08 Albert von schweikert, because his speakers are among the be ... Jpms

09-29-08 Some of the names on this list are absurd. i would think tha ... Ar_t

10-07-08 I met john dunlavy on a few occasions, and did a brief 2 day ... Iplaynaked

10-20-08 I second david berning and want to add jeff korneff. Jsujo

10-21-08 John ulrick and simon thacher of spectron audio. first for t ... Rmlfour

10-23-08 Wow - lot's of "legends". hard part with so many w ... Pubul57

10-23-08 I'd like to nominate the professor of "gilligan's islan ... Tvad

10-23-08 Con't henry kloss and ed vilchur - go to wikipedia saul mar ... Pubul57

10-23-08 Let's not forget maryann, his muse. Pubul57

10-24-08 Mmmm...mary ann. coconut radio to be sure. Tvad

10-24-08 Top 5 in no particular order: henry kloss, william z johnson ... Lewm

11-29-08 I must add linkwitz for his revolutionary contributions to s ... Uneasyrider

11-30-08 Mark porzilli, the designer of the revolutionary memory play ... Rgt

12-09-08 Dick sequerra should definitely be mentioned here. Shashanka

12-12-08 Ctc curl, thompson and crumb Know_talent

12-12-08 I am surprised nobody has mentioned jim strickland and some ... Windriver

12-30-08 Sid smith for all his work on the marantz legendary amplifie ... Temple

12-30-08 John hillig, julius futterman, the transmission line pioneer ... Interlochen

01-19-09 Does anyone really know what ever happened to john iverson? Tubed1

01-20-09 He disappeared one year when he was supposed to be going to ... Atmasphere

01-23-09 Niro nakamichi, don't think he has been mentioned yet, many ... Geoffmslater

02-05-09 There are many, but my for me it’s a 3 way tie between: vic ... Walkertm

02-06-09 J. b. lansing peter jensen (reportedly, the inventor of the ... Mmarvin19

02-19-09 Nelson pass from pass labs is clearly most notorious but it ... Plutos

02-23-09 Arthur loesch in the 1980's, he was principally responsible ... Ed_merchant

03-03-09 Maybe i'm not reading close enough, but i don't see mr. mara ... Dogmcd

03-18-09: Ivanj
Ikeda-san for the Fidelity Research cartridges and pickup arms.
Ikeda-san for the Mark Levinson cartridge (MLAS) before he went EMT.
Ikeda-san for the Rowland Complement cartridges.
Ikeda-san for his own line of "moving coil Deccas" and pick up arms.
If he is no longer with us I wish him well. He made the best cartridges, a cantilever-less moving coil!
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