A person I would like to thank/mention in the history of the high end,

Nobu Shishido of Wavac

Frank McIntosh and Paul Klipsch.

I believe Frank built the foundation for the company that exists today with his name.  So many of the early audio pioneers built such great companies, but Frank's is one that seems to have kept its place in the industry as time marched on.

I met Paul in 1979 when he visited the audio store I was working at, I found him to be a very "down to earth" person.

J. Gordon Holt.

Henry Kloss whose Model 11 got me into the whole thing years ago.
John Curl for wonderful Parasound equipment.
And Nelson Pass whose equipment I own and enjoy now.

John Dunlavy, Tom Fletcher, Bill Johnson, Peter Walker, Akio Morita, Hisayoshi Nakatsuka, Van Den Hul, Yoshiaki Sugano, Hiroyasu Kondo, Saul Marantz,  Alastair Robertson-Aikman.......

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