Dave Gore for the Quatre Gain Cell amplifier.
When The Audio Critic's first issue came out - they had a amplifier show down.
Yamaha B2 V-Fet amp, Audio Research, Threshold, and others. The Gain Cell was their choice over the others. So Mr. Gore definitely deserves a place in this pantheon. (to this day that amp was one of the greatest bass amp I've ever heard. Liquid sounding and dynamic)