With time, the cj thread morphed into members talking about the leading designers in the high-end industry. So let's switch gears and hear which designers (or even stores) do you feel have had the most significant impact upon the high end audio industry?
With time, the cj thread morphed into members talking about the leading designers in the high-end industry. So let's switch gears and hear which designers (or even stores) do you feel have had the most significant impact upon the high end audio industry?
OK here's a starting list for discussion of whom should be in the High End Hall of Fame (that was started years ago by Academy for the Advancement of High End Audio aka AAHEA):
Speakers:
Jon Dahlquist
Jim Thiel
Jim Winey
Arnie Nudell
David Wilson
Peter Walker
Mike Wright
Edward Villchur
Arthur Janzen
Henry Kloss
Jim Rogers
Jim Strickland
Electronics:
Tim de Paravicini
Dan D'Agostino
Stuart Hegeman
Sid Smith
Dick Sequerra (could also go under speakers)
David Hafler
William Z. Johnson
Mark Levinson/Tom Colangelo
Julius Futterman
James Bongiorno
Sidney Corderman
Mitch Cotter
Nelson Pass
Analog:
Yoshiaki Sugano
Joe Grado
David Fletcher
Herb Papier
Sao Win
Harry Weisfeld (record cleaning machines)
David Manley. You want high watts and bass amps in a tube amp? No problem.
Bob Carver. The P.T. Barnum of High End. Not to mention a damn serious designer when he put his mind to it.
John Curl. He proved there was no reason solid state could not sound like music.
Gayle Sanders et al. He proved that electrostatics could serve the masses.
SOTA-Robert Becker Letters submitted to Sterophile suggest who the actual genius was is in dispute. A glass bearing (ruby), vacuum hold down, and different take on springs. Instead of sitting the table on top of the springs ,he hung the table from the springs. Making them much easier to tune. All at a price you could afford.
David Manley. You want high watts and bass amps in a tube amp? No problem.
Bob Carver. The P.T. Barnum of High End. Not to mention a damn serious designer when he put his mind to it.
John Curl. He proved there was no reason solid state could not sound like music.
Gayle Sanders et al. He proved that electrostatics could serve the masses.
SOTA-Robert Becker Letters submitted to Sterophile suggest who the actual genius was is in dispute. A glass bearing (ruby), vacuum hold down, and different take on springs. Instead of sitting the turnble on top of the springs ,he hung the table form the springs. Making them much easier to tune. All at a price you could afford.
If I put Gayle on and I have no problem with that, then would also have to list Ron Sutherland
I'm curious to whom you credit the SOTA design. If memory serves me correct, SOTA was Rod Hermman, Robert Becker and David Fletcher. Rod Hermman also designed the Arcici triangle shaped table many years back for Ray Shab. Then later came Allen Perkins (?) and some others I think.
I thought about Ivor but how much did he design and how much was he a promoter? I also held back since I thought possibly one could make an argument for the Gale or AR tables as being the predecessors of today's tables.
If I put Gayle on and I have no problem with that, then would also have to list Ron Sutherland
I'm curious to whom you credit the SOTA design. If memory serves me correct, SOTA was Rod Hermman, Robert Becker and David Fletcher. Rod Hermman also designed the Arcici triangle shaped table many years back for Ray Shab. Then later came Allen Perkins (?) and some others I think.
Becker and Perkins give the nod to FLetcher. I credit Sutherland who also gets credit for his battery powered preamp. Did anyone mention Peter Walker for Quad?
Becker and Perkins give the nod to FLetcher. I credit Sutherland who also gets credit for his battery powered preamp. Did aanyone mention Peter Walker for Quad?
We all forgot Richard Vandersteen. He also has patents in the area of cable design.
Alon Wolf of Magico.
Pflash Pflaumer of Berkeley Audio Design.
Juergen Reis at MBL (30+ years).
