Ken Ishiwata has passed away.

Sorry to hear this. I've had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. Very intelligent and a really nice, decent man!

https://www.whathifi.com/news/ken-ishiwata-legendary-hi-fi-figure-dies-aged-72

mofimadness12-03-2019 3:46pm

jafreeman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 689 posts 12-04-2019 at 06:16am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for the tribute.
jafant Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 19,665 posts 12-04-2019 at 06:37am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A great Audiophile and designer. R.I.P.
cd318 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,636 posts 12-04-2019 at 03:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That is sad news indeed. Condolences to all his loved ones. I still vividly remember seeing him at a show a few years ago. He wore a fantastic tunic top and looked more like an exotic magician than an audio salesman. His low voiced enthusiasm was infectious. Even if I couldn’t always agree with everything he said I still found his views compelling. He just made you want to agree with him. I’m still intrigued by an article he wrote where he mentioned that oil was the best way of doping loudspeaker cones, but not practical. I guess I’ll never know the specifics now. Some of the KI products were said to major in the reproduction of timbre, and that’s the reason I still use the CD6000KI to this day.