Salectric: I have a good friend who still uses the "H" sub in one of his systems. It looks like a large coffee table and houses two separate transmission lines, each with it's own 12" driver. Serious bass indeed! Now picture this, it's used in a surround system with five highly modified "C" satellites, four of which sit on D2 subs; two front L,R and two rear L,R. He actually has four systems, three of which use Fried inspired speaker designs.
Soundcomponents:, Back in the mid 80's, I used to see Bud pretty regularly at Jemstone Audio in East Lansing, MI. He'd come to town and give seminars for the owner, Jeff Morris. Jemstone was one of the few high end shops in MI back then and they carried some really nice stuff; Fried, Celestion, Apogee, Quad, Krell, Meitner, and much more.
You're right, Bud did often mention his Harvard background and was actually a lawyer by trade. He was quite brilliant and very opinionated, telling me on more than a few occasions that the only two speakers worth listening to were Quads and his own(those using 1st order series crossovers and transmission line loading). He was friends with Peter Walker of Quad and had nothing but good things to say about him and his speaker.
I used to call Bud at his home in Philadelphia to "pick his brain" and every single time, I'd hear classical music playing in the background. The phone would ring and he'd answer, "hello". I'd say, "Bud"? He'd always come back with, "who's this?" I'd laugh and say, "are you dodging bill collectors?" I really enjoyed those conversations.
