Cartridges and old man


As far as I know some of the best cartridges are being build by old or ageing men. Carts like van en Hul, Lyra, Koetsu, Jan Allearts, and maybe some others are all being build by older men.

What will happen when those people die out? Will there be a next generation of people who will take over a new generation of pioneers?

What do you think?
mordante
I don't care about Persons, I will go for those carts which push the sonic curtain. A Person is no guarantee to get always one of those, some vary extremely in their sonic abilities (Lyra, Koetsu) even when you will always read how much better the latest design is. Marketing has its own rules and the Fanboys follow. Or, when Designers retire, the name will be continued, even when the product is totally different from his "well known" ones ( Takeda, Ikeda, Transfiguration....)
Sometimes I think, a real outstanding cartridge from someone is mainly based on pure luck because he used some parts which create a 100% unit, his next design is good for nothing for same or even higher price ...
01-16-15: Parrotbee
Where does one learn to build mc cartridges?

Halcro

At mc donalds....

:^) good one...

no need to worry about cartridge availability.

I believe just when things seem bleakest, the likes of Halcro, Nandric, Syntax, Viridian, Schubert, others will put an end to their stockpiling activities, will open their vaults, place ebay ads for their NOS carts and everybody (those that still remain) will be happy again.

I like happy endings, don't you ?