3 Audio Deities at 6moons


Hello.

I would like to pass along a link to all of us here which goes into a lot of detail concerning three local folks who I respect beyond words. http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/forbidden/forbidden_8.html They are all friends, and Vinh Vu and Bill LeGall are just about family to me. Each has the area of knowledge, and I dare say they are probably the best in their fields, in the world.

Lloyd Walker's turntables are perhaps the zenith of analog playback. What can you say beyond the fact that his products are the destination in the field? Lloyd is a down to earth, approachable, fun loving person. I can't say enough about him.

Vinh Vu's turntable dustcovers are perfect to the point of being personally endorsed by Harry Weisfeld of VPI himself. In addition, Vinh has been building a tremendous amount of momentum with his Gingko Audio isolation devices. Check the past few issues of Stereophile and you will realize that the biggest problem Vinh is going to have is keeping up with demand. Look for a more formal review upcoming from Michael Fremer.

Bill LeGall is the best speaker guy in the world. In addition, he is one of those individuals only the truly blessed are lucky enough to have come into their lives.

While I am providing the link, I must say that whatever I can write or do pales in comparison to the job Srajan Ebaen has done in putting the piece together. There is so much detail and the pictures give a true insight into each man. 6moons.com has been growing and growing as one of the sites when it comes to audio. I can now understand why. My hat is off to a truly special man. Thank you, Srajan.

Enjoy,
Joe
trelja
Plato, I have never met any the people being discussed except for Lloyd Walker. Lloyd is a great guy and good friend but would never be mistaken for "God like," nor would he want to be.

Perhaps that is the opinion of the writer at 6 Moons. He is entitled to his opinion and writing style. The comments were from the writers heart and insight to his thinking as much as his subject's.

I do agree that people who share deep passion for quality and workmanship (to the absolute best of their ability) is rapidly diminishing in today's society. Because the people in that article are still holding to those standards, I cannot help but admire them.

I was impressed with the through coverage and deep photographic documentation. It's nice to see alternatives to otherwise dry and boring technical reviews of audio equipment.
Joe, thanks for pointing out the 6moons site. I'll start exploring it -- some in-depth stuff there.
Albert, your points are well-taken and I agree with you. In retrospect I probably took the "deity" thing a bit too literally. It is refreshing to see a behind-the-scenes type of article that is very well done. I appreciate your comments.
Thanks guys!

By the way, in the pictures of Vinh's second system, please note the Millersound speakers (D'Appolito monitors with offset tweeter) Bill used to build. I can personally attest to their fine sound. Unlike most speakers, they used HDF, Bill doesn't like the sound of MDF much at all (though he can make it sound good via his damping techniques). I kind of forgot how nice the finish on them actually is. There are a lot of things most speaker companies could learn from Bill, he has all kinds of tricks and the like.

But, what will strike you the most is that these speakers listed for $495 new! Can you believe it??? Do you think he was making any money at all on these speakers? That's the reason they aren't sold any longer. He just can't bear to charge people a lot of money for something. But, he REALLY can't bear not giving them the best at the same time.

I think it was probably a painful decision for him to stop making loudspeakers, but he is the kind of person who would stay up for a very long time trying to figure out how to give the world all of the performance of much more expensive products without having to charge one cent more.

Plato, if you knew Bill, under your very definition, you may just put him on your audio deity list. He IS that kind of a person.
Nice to see this exchange. As long as Trelja's moniker "deities" is understood tongue-in-cheek as he meant it, we all should be in good shape. I wonder whether you guys saw Part I of this article? It's here: www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/forbidden/forbidden.html - a few comments of Part II refer to things covered in Part I and otherwise don't make much sense...

Cheers,
Srajan