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03-01-08
Vladimir lamm, lamm industries dan wright, modwright ralph k ... Tvad
03-01-08
Dan d'agostino krell gayle sanders martin logan ted denney ... Kenscollick
03-01-08
Lloyd walker - walker audio mick maloney - supratek i will ... Slipknot1
03-01-08
Rick freyer & keith johnson, spectral audio Robertd
03-01-08
Jeff nelson of boulder amps, john curl of parasound, dave wi ... Mert
03-01-08
I second tvad's choice of vladimir lamm and add kara chafee ... Goldeneraguy
03-01-08
Paul w. klipsch would have to be included imo. 2002ss335
03-01-08
Scott frankland - mfa & electron kinetics peter walker - qua ... Mcdonald43
03-01-08
My mistake scott frankland is associated with wavestream ki ... Mcdonald43
03-01-08
Am i showing my age by mentioning william zane johnson(arc), ... Rodman99999
03-01-08
Gilbert yeung of blue circle audio Ghanson
03-01-08
Conrad and johnson Willrobbins
03-01-08: Pubul57
Rodman99999, no list is complete without the men you mention, and I am very remiss for not have included Ralph Karsten who has proabably done more than anyone else to bring a well engineered, reliable, and excellent sounding OTL to the market.
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03-01-08
I'd like to add: radomir bozovich of tact. Unsound
03-01-08
Peter walker quad. rip Philjolet
03-01-08
The daddy of them all thomas edison Alnolan
03-01-08
Bobby palkovic of merlin music Donaudio
03-01-08
Certainly jim thiel belongs on this esteemed list. Winston44
03-01-08
Jim winey magnapan fame richard vandersteen himself mark le ... Oem
03-01-08
Victor khomenko of bat. Adcom00
03-01-08
This thread would be much more interesting if you had to say ... Nrenter
03-01-08
Stereophile does a much better job of remembering david hafl ... Rodman99999
03-01-08
I second victor khomenko of bat for introducing the 6h30 sup ... Joman
03-02-08
How about the very underrated frank van alstine? Thronbocaj
03-02-08
Wlliam johnson of arc, sidney corderman of mcintosh, david h ... Cyclonicman
03-02-08
John otvos, creator of the waveform mach 7-13 speakers. sti ... Rpwrpwrpw
03-02-08
Don't forget henry kloss, and one of my favorites paul hale ... Woodman
03-02-08
What about marantz & dahlquist! they started whole trends an ... Imin2u
03-02-08: Pubul57
I wonder if Audiogon could arrange a mechanism where we could elect 20 folks year one and a slate every year for additions. I find the tale of the designers, their approaches to technical issues, and to some extent their success in the market to be interesting. When you get to talk with or meet with some of these folks you find they all have an interesting story and views on the art of making equipment that works well and sounds good. I was originally thinking of amp/pre amp folks when I posed the question, but of course that was a bit limiting wasn't it, and an explanation of why the person is mentioned is essential, it is proabably the core of what would appear on their "plaque". So in the speaker category:
1. Bobby Palkovic, Merlin Systems - for perfecting the 2-way speaker and finding an innovative solution to producing satisfying bass from this design.
2. Ed Vilchur - Acusitic Research - for succesfully implemeting the acoustic suspension principle.
3. Richard Vandersteen - Vandersteen Audio - for producing highly successful and "affordable" speakers using time & phase coherence as their underlying principal.
4. Peter Walker & Jim Winey, Quad and Magenplanar - for perfecting the electrostatic design principle.
5. Paul Klipsch - Klipsch - for pioneering the horn loading principle.
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03-02-08
Joe fratus from art audio. Jayctoy
03-02-08
I would also like to nominate the original designer of eggle ... Jayctoy
03-02-08: Pubul57
I also get the feeling that John Chapman of Bent Audio will one day be elected - for his work on passive TVCs - high quality, high functionality, great business ethics, and of course great sound in the right system.
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03-02-08: Pubul57
Mike Sanders of Quicksilver - for consistently high quality, affordable and reliabile tube design without relying on advertising or hobknobbing with industry media wonks.
Who invented the transistor?
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03-02-08
Ralph karsten of atma-sphere for his excellent otl designs a ... Mitch2
03-02-08
John iverson Bdgregory
03-02-08
If we use your criteria of "......some of the great des ... Ar_t
03-02-08
Since i saw ralph's name for atmasphere how about david hafl ... Rleff
03-02-08
I second bobby p and add paul mcgowan. Tabl10s
03-02-08
Jud barber of joule electra for giving us another choice for ... Donaudio
03-02-08
Hmmm......the late john iverson. interesting choice that i h ... Ar_t
03-02-08
I can think of a bunch of them, but, how about bill firebaug ... Hifiharv
03-02-08: Pubul57
I agree. Vilchur does qualify on at least two fronts.
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03-02-08
Alex peychev, apl hi-fi, for his digital component designs a ... 2bred
03-02-08: Pubul57
I would think being a modifier is no disqualifier; if you are a great one. Alex's reputation is of being a very skilled practitioner.
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03-02-08
If this was ever true about alex's products it no longer is. ... 2bred
03-02-08
I would ad peter snell to the list, the type a was,is and wi ... Superhonestben
03-02-08: Pubul57
Let's not forget D.T.N. Willamson whose circuit design from the 40s is perhaps the most copied and influential in tube amp history.
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03-02-08: Pubul57
I stupidly neglected to mention Henry Kloss who in addition to many other contribtutions to the audio field, codesigned the AR1 with Ed Vilchur. We also need to remember H.H. Scott for his contribtuions related to tuner technology.
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03-02-08
let's not forget john dunlavy of duntech and dunlavy aud ... Soundlock
03-03-08
Alastair robertson-aikman of the scale model equipment compa ... Willrobbins
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