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R.I.P: Rest In Peace Roy Johnson, Green Mountain Audio's Genius

All,

It is with heavy heart that I bring to you the heart breaking news of the passing of one of audio's true geniuses. Roy Johnson passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. He was a truly brilliant speaker designer, and true friend, and an amazing person. For those of us lucky to have known him as customers or friends we know he was infinitely committed to lending a hand, imparting his wisdom, solving problems and creating some of the most amazing loud speakers ever heard.  There were often gremlins in my system not centered around his loudspeakers and Roy would literally drop everything and help me trace down problems, while all the time educating and teaching me, not for gain, not for money, but because that's who Roy Johnson was. 

He will be greatly missed for his humor, his dedication, and his selflessness in audio and in life.

Rest in Peace Dear Friend,

You Are Loved
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prof
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This is really sad!
I'd never heard his speakers, but Roy contributed a lot of great info in this forum and elsewhere, for us non-speaker-designers.  

In fact I'd just this week read an article (in positive feedback, I think) from a speaker designer who listed Wilson speakers as being "time aligned."I rolled my eyes but was happy to see that Roy had shown up to clear the cobwebs about time/phase alignment and Wilson speakers.
Anyway, sorry to hear of his passing.  I"m sure he left a lot of happy people in this world, listening to his speakers.


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