Yes he sadly passed away on 31 December. A true maverick and audio genius. Cryogenic cables; seismic isolation; and front end damping production (Bugge). A straight talking - dry - always engaging. I have a few of his goodies - cables - stand and turntable. I spoke to him 6 weeks ago and he was in the process of a legacy turntable having just designed a top end passive pre last year. A very accessible and open guy. Very sad 😢