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TAD Rocks Big Time

Some people in the Audio Industry are just consistently stars. Every time I have a question for Paul Grzybek, he answers instantaneously. Always practical, always helpful. He makes an amazing product. I put the TAD 150 Signature preamp up there as the biggest bargain I have ever bought in my 40-odd years of audio. But there is another point to this thread: if you buy a quality audio product, such as this, believe the seller. I thought I would improve the already great sound, as we nuts tend to do, by buying very expensive NOS 12AT7 tubes to replace the stock ones. Mistake. One bad tube, overall sounded worse than the stock ones. Asked Paul. Told me that the stock ones took him 3 years of research to uncover and they were sleepers, but mighty good. He is dead right. Took me a few hundred dollars to believe him. Advice to the rest of you: Believe the vendor when he's as decent and straight as Paul. More money is not always better. Duh, trite, but worth re-iterating.
springbok10
btaudio
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It is a sad day. The world has lost Paul Grzybek. He died on March 20, 2012. Paul was always jovial, always there for me via email whenever I had any questions. His design talents were first rate. His Fisher restorations were astounding. He will be sorely missed for he was not only a professional, he became a friend who shared bits of his daily life as any friend would. He is sorely missed. RIP, my friend.

Obituary at -

http://williams-kampp.com/_mgxroot/page_10780.php
bdgregory
1,708 posts
 
oh no. What a loss - he was only 48. RIP Paul, and thanks for everything.
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mapman
21,838 posts
 
Very sad to hear that.

I asked him a question only once and he did respond promptly as advertised.

Did not know the man personally but beyond his talents he seemed to be one of those good people who just wanted to do things right and generally succeeded.

Its neat that his creations will continue to provide musical enjoyment for their users and keep the actual person who designed them, not just a company or device, in people's minds. A nice legacy!
metman
233 posts
 
Very sad indeed. I owned his Cayin Ta30, The Tad 1000 monoblocks and his Tad Signature 150 pre, all excellent products and a great value. Paul was a very pleasant and cordial person to deal with and always willing to help in any way he could. I just recently emailed him about a few things and as always promptly responded, I would have to imagine this happened rather suddenly. RIP Paul
pelliott123
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Wow I am in shock.
I have been a proud owner of a TAD60 for quite a few years.
Paul was always there to answer my questions help with a mod here and there. He will be missed.
I recently had a chance to comparwe the TAD60 with AVA's new R400. The TAD beat it in every way on my Maggy IIIa's, so the R400 went back to Frank.
Rest easy Paul knowing you had many friends out here.
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