Irving Bud Fried has died

Very sad for all us transmission line fans. My Kinetics are based on the IMF line he used to rep, which also served as the basis for many of his own later Fried designs.

See this on 6moons:
http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/fried/fried.html

Sadly, as I returned home, I have found a few messages on my machine from Fried, including Dr. Raines who is currently in San Francisco, that Bud Fried has passed away.

It is surely a sad day for audio. Again, Bud was one of the most interesting, delightful people I have ever had the honor of knowing - audio or otherwise. The man's legacy is beyond the comprehension of the most intelligent, passionate, and diehard audiophiles among us. There will never be anyone the likes of Bud again.

I am blessed to have been informed directly, and hopefully, anything I can do in manning the Philadelphia, PA area front, I will be thankful to help with. One thing I would like to do is thank all who send their well wishes our most profound thank you in this time of grief.

May God keep Bud Fried,
Joe Trelli
TRELJA@aol.com

Joe- I'm sorry for your loss.

I am sorry to hear of Mr Fried's passing and offer my condolensces to all of his family, friends and loved one's. Hopefully, he's joined some of the other great audio innovators like Saul Marantz, Paul Klipsch, Henry Kloss, etc... that went before him into the "audio afterlife".

Fried's contributions to audio will not soon be forgotten, as he was probably the most vocal proponent of transmission line designs and series crossovers that audio has ever known. It is sad that he passed away just as many of the designs that he promoted are finally being recognized as being as beneficial to audio reproduction as he told us they were some 25 years ago. Then again, most "artists" aren't recognized for their talents until after they are gone. Hopefully, Bud will get the recognition that he deserved when the "history of audio" is written in the future. Sean
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