Ken Ishiwata has passed away.


Sorry to hear this.  I've had the pleasure of meeting him a few times.  Very intelligent and a really nice, decent man!

https://www.whathifi.com/news/ken-ishiwata-legendary-hi-fi-figure-dies-aged-72
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This is sad news, indeed. I still have two products of his making, a Marantz PM15-S2b integrated and matching SA15-S2b SACD player that I'm in no hurry to sell, even though I don't currently use the integrated. 

Ken took what he learned from his Pearl series and added some of his magic to these two products (hence the "b" designation). 

I think he will be sorely missed by Marantz as well as audiophiles.

All the best,
Nonoise