The Best Audio Engineers

[Michael L]

Any votes for Roy Gandy? .

An example to us all, championing non-violent means of protest.

 

[smegger68]

Tom Evans, for innovative amplifier design and some great phono stages.

 

[RJohan]

I've seen Ottala's work referenced in recent times, I think his papers are still relevent to amp designers, so I don't think he's been strangely forgotten.

Good to hear that.

JohanR

 

[hammeredklavier]

I'll stick with the venerable LW, but nobody nominating Antony Michaelson either?

 

[david ellwood]

for inventing multitrack recording and the electric guitar i vote for les paul.

also a great comedian and humanist.


prettiest audio engineer would have to be Linns Nina , i don't know If she still works there but she was GORGEOUS!!!!!

 

[DAVEDWACK]

An example to us all, championing non-violent means of protest.

Mike,

Shurely shome mishtake...wasn't that Goosey Goosey?

Regards

 

[hifienthusiast]

Terry Bateman - electronic designer of Rega

Tony Brady - designer of Onix and current Exposure products

Allen Boothroyd & Robert Stuart - founders of Meridian Audio

John Dawson - founder of Arcam Audio

Glenn Croft - founder of Croft

Jim Rogers - designer of JR149 speakers

Maurice Whatton - one of the LS3/5a BBC designers

and many more......

 

[BradNad]

I think Mike Creek of Creek Audio needs a mention. I also feel Alex Nikitin who was Chief Engineer at Creek Audio needs a mention as well as he was mainly responsible for many of the modern Creek products (5350SE for example) and my lovely Cambridge Audio A3i!

 

[martin clark]

A late nomination for D.E.L.Shorter, on behalf of BBC Research - without which the last 50years understanding of the acoustics and design of speakers and rooms for monitoring would not have been the same.

 

[Blzebub]

Whatshecalled double-barrelled, double-barrelled, of SME.

 

[Markus S]

Hi Clay,

you mean Alastair Robertson-Aikman?

 

[Blzebub]

That's the chap. Excellent engineering, second to none.

 

[Markus S]

My, you're busy on the tone controls tonight.

 

[Blzebub]

I blame MartinM.

 

[kasperhauser]

you mean Alastair Robertson-Aikman?

Any relation to Troy Aikman? That guy could really engineer a scoring drive.

 

[joel]

Thomas Edison since without recording there is no playback.
Chester W. Rice, Edward W. Kellogg, Ernst Siemens, James B. Lansing, Alan Blumlein (stereo, ribbon mics and much else).
Lagrange for the much the maths.

 

[B-Diddy]

Les Paul...

 

[Midlandaudiox]

Gilbert Briggs

Wharfdale designer

Guy Lamote/ Julian Veriker

Naims Finest


John Mitchell

with out doubt the Gentleman of Hi Fi


Sugano

The koetsu King


Stanley Kelly

Horn/compression driver designer

Saul B Marantz

Ground Breaking Valve designs


Dr Amar Bose

A man who has made a lot of money from shite!

Cheers
john

 

[merlin]

I'd like to nominate Greg Timbers, designer of most JBL loudspeakers over the past 40 years, and actually a really nice bloke to boot.

 

[Fox]

I'd like to nominate Nipper the dog (for creating the tune dem).