I am surprised and deeply saddened to hear this. He did a Fisher 400C preamp for me last year and it sounds great. He would contact me daily throughout the whole restoration. Always wanted to post a great review here of his work, but never sat down and got to it. What a shame to go so young. Anyone know what he died from? His obit is painfully short. This man made so many audiophiles happy, seems like he deserved more words about his life. I remember not long ago he was selling off the Hibachi amps here at a ridiculous low price.In retrospect, almost like he knew his days were numbered and that was his gift to the audiophiles of the world.