David Elrod. the man , the cable the company.

When we first pushed off into the sea of audio confusion, members Jax2 and Jordi helped us to quickly define what it is we want out of this hobby. They listened to what we wanted, and recommended equipment to match those desires. More recently, Alex Peychev of APL Hi Fi has been instrumental in defining our understanding of the equipment itself. We live close enough to him that we've been able to visit at least five times, and aside from the gracious hospitality we always receive from him and his wife, he has taken the time to educate us on how the machinery works. Not simply his own creations, but audio systems in general. It's added an essential dimension to how we determine what we want from our system, a perspective on the hobby that I didn't even know to look for until Alex presented it.

Howard

Dave is a fine man and fine products. There are others in the cable industry that I have had the pleasure to deal with:

Ray Kimber-Kimber Kable
Max Kriefelt-Silver Audio
Tom Swenson-Pure Note
Robert Schultz-Ridge Street

Hope I got the spelling right.

For absolute sure; Foremost, Keith Lockwood (you see alot of him here) he is simply the very best of the very best there is, his genorosity and guidence has sent me light years ahead of any learning curve there is and he continues to provide an excellent and stable opinions on any changes that I have in mind. Additional gigantic cudous to Lee of CryoParts/Locus Designs, here again is someone that is just plain selfless in his help and his information, add to him Robert of Ridge Street Audio, you can call and ask Robert anything and he will never talk down to you (as neither of the others mentioned will either)and add to this Barry of Bright Star Audio. These are also very very special people who have lent and shared many hard years of learning so generously and so graciously that they also deserve to be help in the utmost of high regards, as well as David Elrod these are audio Pioneers and missionaries in the pursuit of helping everyone wring the maximum listening enjoyment for the most cost effective investments.
Thank you all so much for your help.

Bobby P of Merlin, Emmanuel Go of First Sound. Good people!

I'd also mention Robert at RSA. His knowledge, experience, and friendly sense of humor are what makes this often highly biased and opinionated hobby very refreshing! :)