David Elrod. the man , the cable the company.

I suppose nothing affirms greatness like repeated references! So, with that in mind, I'll repeat the high recommendations of Ken Lyons, Emmanuel Go, Alex Peychev and Robert Schult.

I'll add Kevin Hayes of VAC, Steve Nugent of Empirical Audio and Larry Staples of DK Design and the LSA Group.

Of all the terrific folks I've met in audio, the guys on this list are tops, and Larry Staples has flat out been the most helpful of anyone I've met in the hobby.

Hey, don't forget Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere. When you call Atma-Sphere with any kind of question, no matter how trivial, he usually answers the phone himself and will talk to you for as long as it takes. Not to mention his superb products. He will stand behind anything with his name on it. Let me also tell you a story about David Wilson, of Wilson speaker fame: In 1990, an unscrupulous dealer took a deposit from me for Watt-Puppy speakers, to be delivered in 1 month. (50% of retail price as deposit given to this dealer) After 2 months, no speakers. Called dealer - phone disconnected - called police - they went to the dealer - empty store - skipped town. Called Wilson - he immediately sent me the speakers direct, less what I paid this "dealer" (who apparently fled to Florida with $$$$$$$$ of Wilson's, not to mention other manufacturers' money)less what I had given this blot on the audio landscape. That is memorable.
Thanks, again, Mr Wilson.

Steve Bednarski from Balanced Audio Technology is good as they get in my book. He has always given me his time and has gone out of his way to help me and others even when it wasn't in BAT's best interest. I can't speak highly enough of him or the rest of the good folks at BAT.

Thanks, Oz....the check is in the mail. :--)

I'll ditto David Elrod, Ken Lyons, Philip O'Hanlon, and Ralph Karsten....(the other fellows I don't know directly)....and would enjoy adding Dan Meinwald of E.A.R. USA, Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings, Dan Wright of Modwright, Richard Smith & John McDonald of Audience, Terry Cain (& Cain), Joe Cohen of PranaWire, Robert Stein of The Cable Company, Jim Ricketts of tmh audio, Arturo Manzano of Axiss Distribution, Tri Mai of Triplanar, Jim Smith of Avantgarde USA, Duke LeJeune, Phil Clements of Clements Audio, Scott Frankland of Wavestream Kinetics, Joe Fratus of Art Audio, Anthony Gallo, Bill Parrish of GTT Audio, Ron Hedrich of Marigo....geez, these just off the top of my head. All first class. There are so many good guys in the biz!

No doubt I forgot to mention some....but everybody loves what they do, and love music first and foremost....no doubt about it.

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