Top Audio Designers Of All Time?


We have all had fun and world of info have spilled forth from Audiogon members. Lets give ourselves a round of applause. From me a sincere "Well Done" to all members that have participated. I have learned a great deal. In this thread,which may be a little esoteric for some,lets hear from members that support certain designers. After all if not for their dedication and genius,we would not have the topic or equipment. Ill start the thread for the inventor Thomas Alva Edison.For it was his revolution,that we now find ourselves here. In the more contemporary era I vote for Nelson Pass. His white paper on Cascode/Stasis toplogy was and is truly ground breaking. In my opinion since 1975,other designs are a variation on a theme of Pass.
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Here is a list developed by the professionals, the Audio Engineering Society. True, it only would contain names of people who were alive when the list was developed and it does contain names of people who weren't on the "Hardware" and "Consumer" side of audio electronics, but I thought that it was worth browsing anyway. Many names will be unknown to most of us, but there are some which we should know, including Bob Ludwig, Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Robert Moog and Joseph Giovanelli (whom you will know if you read Audio Magazine).
http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/oralhist/ohp-recommended-interviewees.html
The gentlemen at BBC responsible for LS3/5a's. The speaker is now considered a Legend.

Peter Walker- who in an interview said that the reason we have flaps on our ears is to cancell the back wave for improving the clarity of the sound, but, we hear about surround spekers which everyone seems to want these days!
E. Nakamichi
Henry Kloss
Peter Walker
Keith Johnson
William Z. Johnson
Roger Modjeski
David Berning
David Hafler
Paul Klipsch
Sid Smith
Richard Sequerra
Jim Winey
David Wilson
Jon Dahlquist
Ivor Tiefenbrun
Peter Walker (Quad) ...Phil Jones(small monitor god)....Nelson Pass(Pass Labs).........