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Sorry for his passing, but I never saw what major contributions he made to home audio. I've not been impressed with his products or their sound, use of square boxes to house off the shelf drivers, or the premise of striving for bigger more expensive gear. In fact it's my opinion that his sort of stuff makes audiophiles look weirder and harder to relate to the rest of the world. I know he used 'mysterious' dense cabinet materials and automotive paints while following the arrival time concept in a MTM arrangement but none of those attributes are earth shattering ideas.I know I'm stomping on his grave and coming off as a hard ass, but honestly am I the only one to call out the emperor's new clothes? He didn't invent a concept or a technology. His noteworthiness is in simply finding a way of selling expensive brute force speakers, many of which looked hideous and overwhelming while being simplistic in design. My viewpoint is contrary to most audiophile thinking which often prioritizes the overstuffing of rooms with a lustful collection of trophy gear regardless of what it sounds like and IMO explains why audio continues to fight an uphill battle for sales - the premise just doesn't make much sense. Frankly most of the concepts in speaker design had occurred before any of us were born. In our lifetimes ground breaking advancements in loudspeakers have been limited, to the Heil folded tweeter, Martin King's MathCad design application, and the KEF coincidental (not simply coaxial) driver. No new cabinet types have been invented, just improved materials and testing techniques have been developed in the past 70+ years. The most progress we made relating to speakers has probably been in the understanding of room acoustics thanks to the Canadian Research Council and a few others.
Sorry, should have posted this a couple of years ago. Would that have made it more palatable?
This is a nice (short) retrospective:https://youtu.be/bwdmO_jQ1_0RIP
JLM - Not sure why you posted that comment. All I can think is that some people have to make anything that happens good or bad about themselves. Are we supposed to think of your tremendous insight and disregard what a talented man has done for the high fidelity community? I put you in the Roseane category. Crude comment, very disrespectful and not needed. But then is this post becoming about you?
Just tired of so many getting suckered into the marketing hype that surrounds audio and folks being too politically correct to be honest.
JLM - Not sure why you posted that comment. All I can think is that some people have to make anything that happens good or bad about themselves.
