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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
fhet
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In NO particular order...
Jon Dahlquist, Saul Marantz, Jim Winey, Matti Otala-Per Abrahamsen, Tom Colangelo, James Bongiorno, Nelson Pass, Boothroyd & Stewart, Ray Dolby, Rob Watts, Stewart Hegeman, Peter Walker, John Curl, G.A. Briggs, Harold Beveridge, Amar Bose, David Reich, Decca London (yes I know...), Julius Futterman, Ed Meitner, Stefan Kudelsky, Stan Curtis and the one without whom nothing would never have been at all possible: Nikola Tesla.
My two cents...
pubul57 OP
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Imagine having to pick just 5 for the inaugural selection:)
richard_stacy
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Apologies if I missed it and this is a repeat but my top of the list would be Prof, Keith Johnson and Rick Freyer of Spectral Audio, Reference Recordings and Pacific Microsonics and possibly Michael Ritter of Berekeley Audio Designs belongs in that same group. There work makes up much of my system and brings me great great joy, many thanks gentleman.
pubul57 OP
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What five in the writer/reviewer's Hall of Fame - after JGH and HP?
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tabl10s
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Bwcanuck,

Great music has always been linked to great equipment. The old blues players that everyone are crazy about would've had more fun if their guitars weren't garbage. Imagine the "Flight of The Bumblebee" on an old wine jug.
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