Who is Nick Doshi?

Hi Patrick,

I'll third Cello's comment. Nick is up there with Mehran of SoraSound in the audio-nice-guys department.

There are some tidbits about Nick's amp and preamp on my system page. Googling doesn't produce much because Nick is indeed a private designer with no interest in going commercial. Each year he makes 10 or 12 reference caliber preamps (and even fewer amps) for selected clients/friends.

You get selected by being friendly (I lied on the application) and via introduction by an existing owner. Once you learn the secret handshake and unscramble "The Doshi Code" you can join the club.

If you think Nick is hard to research consider Raul's designer. All we know about him is his first name, Jose. Google that!

"No one knows the way to Raul's Jose" (song to the tune of a 1971 Carpenter's/Burt Bacharach pop tune"

Sorry,you are all wrong.It states,in The DaVinci Code that the Holy Grail was not a cup,but a descendent of Christ.That person,and their lineage was protected by a "society" with the initials of "N.D."As centuries past,the additional linear descendents were STILL followed,and protected by a society known as "Opus N.D."!!
Clearly Dan Brown was alluding to the "Great" Nick Doshi!!

BTW-I have NO idea who he is!

Thanks guys!

Patrick

Hi,

Larry pointed this thread out to me yesterday. I am extremely flattered for the attention and the very nice comments (the checks are in the mail guys)

The information that Doug, Dan and Larry provided pretty much sums it up.
I started building audio equipment when I was 12 or 13. I have been involved with music since I can remember and chose to become a recording engineer which led to my employment in the Broadcast industry. I am currently a manager at a Television facility.
The preamp and individual phono/line stages came about as an experiment. I had built many designs that while boasting superb technical specifications, left a little to be desired musically. I chose tubes because they are an easy way to get a lot of gain in a single amplification stage, I chose tubes designed specifically for audio because this allowed me to operate them as intended without feedback and conservatively for a long life.
I realized that the sound quality of these units would then be dependent on how the circuit modulated the power supply and overall coupling and isolation of power supply, signal and drive ability.

Making these units for those who cherish them has been a great reward as I have been able to expand my musical horizons and enjoy stimulating company. I don't profess to have mystical knowledge, I have applied circuits that have been around for a long time in slightly innovative ways. I don't profess to match all components to .1% but I have paid careful attention to proper loading between stages, careful component selection and mechanical damping. I have nothing against matching components to .1%, I'll get to it right after I find tubes matched to .1% :-)

This thread has caused quite a bit of email traffic. I have convinced a close friend and Audio Professional Larry Marcus at Paragon Sight and Sound to field these inquiries for me. Larry was the owner of S/N 000 of my preamp (he only owns it because he refused to send it back, he is currently devising a system to make sure he has it in the afterlife, in case there's audio y'know).

Thanks for the nice comments. Enjoy music, tolerate equipment.

Regards,

Nick