Designer Hall of Fame


There are many great designers out there, and especially in the lore from the golden age, but I'm not to familiar with them. I thought it might be interesting to discuss some of the great designers for engineering skill and knowledge, business integrity, and ultimatley quality of their products. My short list a "hall of fame" if you will of designers working today are:

Nelson Pass, Pass Labs
Charles Hansen, Ayre
Roger Modjeski, Music Reference
Ken Stevens, Convergent Audio Technolgy (CAT)
Kevin Hayes, VAC

and how could I leave Jeff Rowland off? Well it is a short list. Who would you nominate?
pubul57
John Bedini
James Bongiorno,
Jim Strickland
Dr. Marshall Leach
Dr. Matti Otala
Ivor Tiefenbrun
David Berning, he can't be mentioned enough on this thread. I am currently listening to a 1 watt wonder (Micro ZOTL2) from his latest, more affordable line of amps under the "Linear Audio" name. This new amp makes everything else I own sound broken.
Someone mentioned Israel Blume. I think that was a joke too. The only thing he designed was a nameplate to go on a Chinese piece of gear.
I would nominate
David berning
Paul Joppa of bottlehead.