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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: Lewm
Top 5 in no particular order: Henry Kloss, William Z Johnson, Peter Walker, Nelson Pass, Saul Marantz/Sid Smith. Kloss was well known in his day to be a genius. His inventions had wide applications, even outside audio. Bill Johnson is most responsible for the renaissance of tube gear starting in the early 70s. Peter Walker belongs just because of the Quad 57 and 63. Nelson Pass is possibly the smartest of the many excellent designers of solid state gear. (Honorable mention to John Curl, Dick Sequerra, et al.) Saul Marantz was Saul Marantz. Some of the guys that have been mentioned are indeed associated with great products, but not all of them were truly great innovators and designers. There are a lot of young very bright guys, but they have not yet had the major impact of those listed above and may never do so, since we are now seeing the decline of high end, 2-channel audio as an art form. Vilchur belongs in the above list too, but I left him out in favor of Kloss. Hey, and my personal favorite, Julius Futterman, who designed, patented, and marketed the first OTL amplifiers and was a wonderful human being.
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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
Ikeda-san for the fidelity research cartridges and pickup ar ... Ivanj
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