Audio Icon/Idol - Who would you like to meet?

Just try and imagine your favorite person (or persons) from this list, standing next to your "equipment."

Sounds much better, right?

Natalie Portman
Milla Jovovich
Gwyneth Paltrow
Cameron Diaz
Charlize Theron
Salma Hayek
Ashley Judd
Faith Hill
Sandra Bullock
Nichole Kidman

I'd like to meet Albert Porter ;)

Hey Albert: Didn't Milla Jovovich first say "Big Bad Boom" in Fifth Element? I'm not so sure I'd want those comments in my listening room.

Bud Fried.

In what I believe to be a gift from God, I actually did. And, we became incredibly close friends. Surely the most interesting person I have ever encountered. A true lion of the industry, who would have been wildly successful no matter what path he chose in life.

Hey Albert: Didn't Milla Jovovich first say "Big Bad Boom" in Fifth Element? I'm not so sure I'd want those comments in my listening room.

She (Leeloo) also held up her hand displaying and saying: "Mul-ti-pass." which was so cute I couldn't stand it.

With "Mul-ti-pass" you can go get new software for free and other good stuff. At least I think so.

To respond respectfully to Dewald_visser's thread:

I've met many of high end audio's creators, most of whom I admire and respect for their effort. Nearly all of these audio professionals are accessible by attending Denver AudioFest, Stereophile or CES.

The quality of audio is better than it has EVER been and by that I mean superior performance, higher reliability, great styling and improved user safety, with an almost unlimited variety of design choices.

The only possible complaint........the high end business is so small and sales so limited that the tiny companies that build are often expensive.

As with all things that operate on the fringe, that's the just the nature of the beast.