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RIP Tom O'Brian of the Cherry Amp Co.

Tommy, as he was widely known in the audio world, was an outgoing, cheerful, and totally winning individual. This, in addition to being an absolutely brilliant amplifier designer and manufacturer. A visit to the company websites (www.cherryamp.com) will reveal glowing reviews and testimonials from customers.

 

Tom died December 14 of complications arising from COVID 19. A single father, the leaves behind three children, Jake, 21; Athena, 18; and Brynn, 13.

 

Tributes and remembrances are being posted on audiocircle.com at https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=179605.20, an audio forum website which has a page dedicated to The Digital Amplifier Company. One of the members there has organized a Go Fund Me campaign for Tommy`s kids, "Help the Children of Tom O`Brien," at

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-children-of-tom-obrien?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer-andr

bondmanp
eric5kim
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@roxy54 have you heard of empathy? If you don't know why people are responding the way they are to your comment, you need some soul searching/therapy, probably both... 

 

bondmanp OP
1,807 posts
 

Just FYI, the roxy54 post that was removed, above, was the cause of the subsequent posts of strong criticism of roxy54. He stated that he would condition his donation to the O’Brien family GoFundMe account upon whether or not Tom had been vaccinated against Covid.

paulcreed
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roxy54 emailed me a Personal Message stating “If he had neglected or refused to get a vaccination he has no soul or brain. If that was the case he has my sympathy”. I did not respond!  What kind of man lives or thinks this way? I guess if we don’t all hold up to roxy54’s standards there will be no sympathy no matter how tragic to an individual or his family. I feel sorry for any human that lives his life this way.

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jerryg123
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Here is to hoping people are more humane in 2022 no mater your political, sexual, musical, fuse, or tweak proclivity’s.

 

BTW looked at some of Toms YouTube videos and he did not look well, other health issues?

Merry Christmas

 

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