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Designer Hall of Fame

There are many great designers out there, and especially in the lore from the golden age, but I'm not to familiar with them. I thought it might be interesting to discuss some of the great designers for engineering skill and knowledge, business integrity, and ultimatley quality of their products. My short list a "hall of fame" if you will of designers working today are:

Nelson Pass, Pass Labs
Charles Hansen, Ayre
Roger Modjeski, Music Reference
Ken Stevens, Convergent Audio Technolgy (CAT)
Kevin Hayes, VAC

and how could I leave Jeff Rowland off? Well it is a short list. Who would you nominate?
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almarg
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Lincoln Walsh, who lived from 1903 to 1971, and whose Brook Amplifier Company produced legendary high quality 300B and 2A3 amplifiers in the early 1950's. Brook amplifiers are now highly collectible, btw, and command extremely high prices on the rare occasions when they appear for sale.

He also developed the Walsh driver, which was further developed and marketed by Ohm Acoustics.

Regards,
-- Al
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almarg
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Major Armstrong, the inventor of FM radio.
Also the inventor of the superheterodyne method of radio reception (used in nearly all modern tuners, radios, and tv's). And in the early days of radio, the inventor of regeneration and super-regeneration. Truly one of the more remarkable figures in the history of technology.

Best regards,
-- Al
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