R.I.P. John Ruggles - Analogue Innovation

[laverda]

Sad new that John Ruggles of Analogue Innovation passed away last Sunday.

 

[Dowser]

Sad to hear - RIP John.

 

[per-Sony-fied]

Oh so sad. Only passed some comms emails late last year. Will certainly be remembered here. Great chap.

 

[John]

Thoughts and prayers to he and his family.

 

[Big John]

Any loss to our shrinking audio family is sad; My thoughts and prayer are with his family.

 

[pure sound]

Analogue Innovation. makers of the Sole subchassis.

 

[Tony L]

Very sad news. RIP.

PS I’ve updated the thread to the correct company.

 

[Dowser]

I have John's first Sole sub-chassis prototype (back when it was alu sheets glued to a wood center) on my LP12, he did me a great deal & it was the best upgrade I ever did to it. Also have one of his charcoal cork Plattamats and even tried an early pair of InSoles (but didn't get on with them and swapped back - given all the good recent feedback, I should have tried a newer set).

He was one of the first to kick off sub-chassis upgrades - started as a DIY project and then turned it into a business...albeit not an easy one I think. Hats off to him.

My condolences to his family too.

 

[chiily]

That is such sad news to hear. He was such a gentleman to deal with.

 

[misterc6]

My sincere condolences to his family. I visited John at home several times during my Linn phase and always had a great welcome and very good advice.

 

[nobeone]

John gave his time and valuable advice freely and will be missed.

 

[Salamander]

I only messaged him less than 2 weeks ago, he told me he'd had 5 cardiac arrests, my reply was "you must be a strong old bugger to have kept going. "

RIP John.

 

[Jag Audio]

RIP John, my condolences to the family and friends. John always made time to have a chat about technical matters relating to Linn LP12 etc and I bought some of his sub chassis and armboards etc, a very nice chap and will be missed.

 

[david ellwood]

Terribly sad news.

Will be much missed.

 

[13th Duke of Wymbourne]

John's In Soles have been my audio highlight of the year. He posted on the In Sole thread very recently. Condolences.

 

[dave charlton]

Sad news. Condolences to family and friends.

 

[Chris]

Thanks JohnR for being sensible and helping a lot of the less well heeled to understand we could "keep up" even if we wore bike clips.

 

[Chris Marshall]

Very sad, RIP John

 

[guydarryl]

An absolute gentleman, very sad news.

 

[sonddek]

God rest his soul. He was a gent and gave me advice on the telephone for nowt. Very decent fellow and I will miss him around here.