rushton

I tip my hat to Bruce, owner of Stereo Unlimited in San Diego.
Without his advice and guidance, I would have 'wasted' a lot of money, instead of just spending it! (grin)
Regards,
Don

My thanks go to the guys who make quality affordable gear that allow poor slobs like me enjoy this stuff!
Joe Grado-Grado Labs
Mike Sanders-Quicksilver Audio
Harry Weisfeld-VPI

Thanks to many of you on this forum for your insight and knowledge.

Interesting idea Rush. In my case, most of my equipment was designed and built by one-man "companies." These include:

Thom Mackris----Galibier turntables
Tri Mai----Triplanar tonearms
Fred Volz----Emotive Audio Design
Samuel Furon---Ocellia cables

I should also add my son Michael who designed my 46 SE amps as well as came up with the idea behind my speakers which are based on the Western Electric 753.

Steve Deckert - Decware
Dan Wright - Modwright
Frank Dai - Signal Cable
Sean Casey and all the Zu family - Zu Audio
George Wright - Wright Sound
Jim Hagerman - Hagtech
Boris Sasic - Vista Audio
David Hafler - Hafler
Peter Daniels - Audiosector
Albert Von Schweikert - Von Schweikert
Yoshihiro Muramatsu - Almarro
Hisayoshi Nakatsuka - ZYX
Steve Jobs and all the engineers - Apple

I'm sure I've missed some, and I apologize to them. They've all contributed over the years to my music reproduction education and enjoyment.

But like Mofimadness, the real thanks go to the recording artists, and there are way too many to list. Without the music, none of the equipment matters.

We are blessed to have both great artists and great engineers.

David