Do any of the members remembr Gabriel Wiener from the rec.audio.high-end days?

[Ki Choi]

It was in the early to mid 90's I used to follow Gabe's postings on old USNET rec.audio.pro and high-end in admiration while I should have been studying my business school subjects... I don’t know what triggered it but I looked him up on Google and realized he was only 26 when he passed…

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/14/arts/gabriel-wiener-26-early-music-producer.html

 

[microstrip]

My first net audiophile deal was transcontinental and carried with Gabe Wiener. He was a very kind man and I learned a lot from his postings at the USNET groups. As you, I was very sad when some years ago I found that he died of a cerebral aneurysm in 1997, at the age of 26. I still think of him every time I play the CDs of early music he masterly recorded.

My previous post to WBF http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?1801-More-on-the-Q5s/page8 has some details about his own label, PGM.

 

[lasercd]

I met Gabe Wiener once. Bob Katz was mastering one of my archival CD projects and we had to take the deteriorating masters to Gabe's studio for CEDAR processing. Very nice man and an impressive mastering facility right in midtown Manhattan. I don't recall which model Wilson speakers but I'm guessing they were the X-1. They were quite large and they were powered by massive Krell monos. Gabe used to do forensic audio work. He play Bob and I cleaned up recordings that he made for the LA Police of the OJ Simpson 911 phone calls. Amazing what he was able to do. Sad that he passed so young.