Edgar Villchur developed acoustic suspension which allowed smaller speakers to produce bass and had a significant affect on stereo as the smaller speakers made stereo practical. And until the 70s it ruled audio speaker sales. Acoustic Research owned 1/3 of he market.
Villchur then wanted a better reasonably priced turntable. He hired a designer and after a year with no results took over himself and with no background in turntable design, just working with logic, developed a turntable that became the model for most of the turntables for the next decades.
He treated his customers like family. If you had problems that needed factory warranty work, they supplied boxes and paid for for shipping both ways.
He sold Acoustic Research in the late 60s and went into hearing aid research and acquired several patents that he gave away.
If there was ever an audio hero it was Edgar Villchur.
Villchur then wanted a better reasonably priced turntable. He hired a designer and after a year with no results took over himself and with no background in turntable design, just working with logic, developed a turntable that became the model for most of the turntables for the next decades.
He treated his customers like family. If you had problems that needed factory warranty work, they supplied boxes and paid for for shipping both ways.
He sold Acoustic Research in the late 60s and went into hearing aid research and acquired several patents that he gave away.
If there was ever an audio hero it was Edgar Villchur.