Designer Hall of Fame

Now that I have heard the Atma-sphere OTLs, I have to put Ralph Karsten's up in the top ranks. Not an amp for everyone, but if you can use and OTL with your speakers, pretty darn impressive. The Hall of Fame for taking a basicly wonderful sounding approach to amplifiers and engineering them so that they are extremely reliabable.

David Reich- of Classe Audio DR series amps/preamps. DR developed the unique Classe circuitry that uses J-Fet/Mosfet and Bipolar transitors. Many audio engineers have since copied this "recipe"

Bee Yamamura. And Nagaoka.

I think my error was I confused the passing of Mr Dunlavy with Mr Grado, like I said sorry for my mistake.

Not doubt there are others that also belong in the Hall of Fame but these designers would pretty much have to be charter members; if this were the NFL, they would be first ballot inductees in their first year of elibility.

William Z. Johnson, Henry Kloss, Saul Marantz, and Jon Dahlquist all made some excellent products and strong contributions to the audio industry with their designs and business initiatives.

When you consider the best sounding of all their products, their ability to build a long standing made in America business, and who has stood the test of the time - all the way to the present (he's still designing new products) - you have to give the gold medal to Bill Johnson for roughly 40 years of persevering greatness at ARC. For sonic greatness, tubes rule and ARC has ruled the tube business better than anyone for excellent products, service, and support.