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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?
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greeni
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Larry
Heard that Jim Thiel passed away, we shall miss him.
lrsky
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Greeni,
Yes, there are a couple of threads honoring his memory and contributions on A'gon. Worwhile reading!

Larry
rsquared
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Richard Brown of Brown Electronic Labs, manufacturer of one product, the well-regarded BEL 1001 ss stereo (or briged mono) amp.

Unfortunately, Dick died within the last couple of days.
eagertrader
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The Klipschorns and the Allison One are reason enough to get these two gents into the hall of fame.
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temple
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And, without a doubt, Mitch Cotter, who designed for the Marantz Company
and later created the legendary and rare Cotter turntable.
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