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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
pubul57 OP
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Yes indeed, one of the greats.
bpwalsh
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Audiobroke wrote:
John Curl. The Parasound JC-2, JC-1's, CTC Blowtorch Pre, and Vendetta Phonostage define his accomplishments. All World Class to World Beating products.
Yup, have all of them, and I hear they are making progress on the new VR3 phono stage.
yoby
538 posts
 
Peter Noerbeck (PBN Audio amps and preamps-Montana speakers), as well as Ron Hedrich at Marigo Audio (all types of cabling and vibration control devices).
racerx322
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What about Roy Kimber of Kimber Kable,Bill Low of Audioquest cables,Bjorn Erik Edvarsen of NAD electronics,Henry Kloss of KLH and Cambridge Soundworks(just to name a few),Matthew Polk of Polk Audio,Roy Allison of Allison Acoustics,Paul Klipsch of Klipsch,Amar Bose of Bose,Didn't a fellow named Marconni invent FM radio,Dr. Hsu of Hsu Research(subs),Joe D'Appolito(speaker design),John Curl(Parasound),Nelson Pass(amps),and the grand daddy's Thomas Edison,Ben Franklin.Wow, what a list and I still have not scratched the surface!
mrtennis
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i'm surprised nobody mentioned stan klyne. perhaps i missed his name. while i'm at it, what about jim winey of magneplanar/magnepan fame and jason bloom of apogee fame and gayle sanders of martin logan ?

just thought of a few more: bruce moore of moore and franklin, bruce thigpen, designer of eminent technology and harold beveridge.

there are so many competent designers, a book is needed to present a biography of each of these creative designers.
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