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Roger Alan Modjeski (RAM) 1951 - 2019

It is with great sadness that I announce Roger A. Modjeski passed away peacefully in his home in San Pablo, CA after an 12 month battle with cancer. Roger started Music Reference in 1981 and later RAM Tubes, The Tube Audio Store, and The Berkeley HiFi School. For more than 38 years he tirelessly ran his business and designed some of the most unique and well received audio components in the industry. Right until the near end Roger was working, designing, and teaching until he physically was unable to continue.

The link below will take you my playground where I have posted my tribute to Roger (click ENTER after the page loads):

http://www.electrafidelity.com/

Fare thee well my friend.
clio09
ndevamp
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Yes the RM1! A great design.
Re the nice comments about the RM10: That would have made him very proud. He told me he wanted the RM10 to be remembered as a gutsy little amp. Job done Roger. Job done.
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cal3713
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What a beautiful thread.
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bdp24
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In the audience during Roger's hour-long talks at the 2015 and 2018 Burning Amp Festival are Ken Stevens of CAT (a designer he respected. Roger offered RAM tubes hand picked and matched for Ken's amps), Nelson Pass, Herb Reichert (now writing for Stereophile of course, but also a long-time DIYer), and lots of ambitious amateur engineers. Roger also collaborated with noted electric guitar pickup designer Seymour Duncan, a master at that art.  
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artemus_5
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@bdp24  I had just started to read about RJ after treading one of your posts in another thread. This has been a year full of deaths of people who were 68 yrs old, which is my age. he seemed like the real deal. Just finished reading about the RM 10mk2
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bdp24
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@artemus_5, I turned 69 this year, and my old friends and bandmates started dropping like flies a little over 10 years ago (cigarettes and booze, mostly). Robbie Robertson said Rock ’n’ Roll isn’t conducive to a long life, his bandmate Levon Helm responded by entitling his autobiogaphy Ain’t In It For My Health. Robbie’s still living, Levon isn’t.

By the way, if you decide you want one, there is an RM-10 Mk.2 with RAM tubes currently listed on US Audiomart at an asking price of $1400.

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