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Dan D 'Agostino, Mark Levinson, Jim Thiel,

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What happens to the sound, quality and everything else to the products of a company when the founder leaves? Do the original companies sustain their lustre they had in their heyday under the founder?

Dan D 'Agostino (Krell), Mark Levinson, Jim Thiel, Arnie Nudell (Inffinity) and Bob Carver(Carver Corp & Sunfire) left companies they founded to be run by others. Can you name any others that left to start up elsewhere? How did their old companies fare after they left?
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mitch4t
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audiolabyrinth
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+ 1 with your post wolf_Garcia about the Agostino equipment!
rcprince
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One example where the founder's leaving (in this case, passing away) did not result in a company "going to the dogs" was Snell, where Kevin Voecks produced some excellent designs following the death of Peter Snell.
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Speaking of Snell, Dave Smith and Joe D'Appolito, both of whom followed Voecks were great designers for Snell in their own right. But eventually the marque did lose traction in a very crowded marketplace.
tli
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I suppose you can add Steve Jobs in the list.
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audiolabyrinth
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Did any of you see the new Bob Carver speakers yet?, Bob Carver company is still in bussiness!, The new speakers are called The amazing line source, There is a whole page advertisement there in the july/august Absolute sound, thought I would chime in here and give the good news to all!, BTW, they appear to be a awsome statement pair of speakers that will get noticed soon, I believe Bob Carver himself is pictured with the speakers, cheers.
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