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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
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audiosmith
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Were is Sid Harmon in the mix.He had alot of first in the industry.
gvatchna
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Rolf Gemein of Symphonic Line.
lonestarsouth
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Schalk Havenga of VALVE AUDIO in South Africa
chris74
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David Berning. A pioneer who has genuinely been leading the way in both vacuum tube and solid state design technologies throughout the ages. The circuit and power supply topologies designed by David Berning have consistently been way ahead of their time. These designs have also proven to be reliable and stable for the long term, resulting in very, very few field service issues. David Berning Co. sonics are also world class to boot.
pubul57 OP
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Good call on David Berning. He certainly has developed a very innovative (worthy of a patent) approach to an OTL-type circuit and you can't argue with his ergonomics and reliability.
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