RIP Amar Bose
I know Bose gets bashed a lot around here, but no one can deny he had a huge impact on audio.
The first time I heard the Bose 901 in 1973 or 74 I was in awe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/business/amar-g-bose-acoustic-engineer-and-inventor-dies-at-83.html?_r=0