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    Roy Allison Passes at Age 88

    Sadly his passing was seemingly missed by many. Roy had a tremendous impact both on audio equipment and the birth of high-end audio magazines. Back in the '50s, Allison hired J. Gordon Holt to be Audiocraft magazine's tape editor and it was at Audiocraft that Gordon learned his craft. When I was a newbie to the hobby, you couldn't go into a store and not hear those weirdly shaped Allison speakers nestled in the corners of the room. Unfortunately never heard the Allison speakers ever sound good.

    http://www.stereophile.com/historica...TuKsWFpza4Y.97
    A Tribute to Roy F. Allison (1927-2016) | Audioholics
    http://www.audioholics.com
    Through the years, Mr. Roy Allison was highly regarded in his field and will be missed in the high-fidelity loudspeaker industry as one of the premiere designers of the formative audio years.
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    Crap. Roy was part of the New England gang wasn't he?
    Micro Seiki SX-8000 table with flywheel, SME 3012R arm, SME 312S arm, Lyra Etna SL and Dynavector XV-1S cartridges, ARC Ref 3 phono stage, Otari MX-55 tape deck, Ampex 350 repros, Roon Nucleus Plus server, PS Audio DSJ DAC, ARC Ref 6 pre, ARC Ref 75 amp, Parasound JC5 amp, JBL 4345 speakers, and Def Tech Ref subs.

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      MylesBAstor commented
      03-14-2016, 11:11 AM
      Editing a comment
      He and Villchur at AR. And is maybe not given the credit due for designing the old AR table.
  • #3
    What's fascinating is just how many of the pioneers in audio learned their craft in the military during WWII. Another name that comes to mind is William Z. Johnson. 😄
    Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
    Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
    ________________________________________

    -Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
    -Goldmund Telos 440 mono amps
    -Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
    -Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
    -VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
    -VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
    -Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, Fuuga Mk. 2, vdh Colibri Master Signature, MutechHayabusa, Phasemation PP-500 cartridges
    -Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
    -Assorted cables including Transparent XL Gen. 6, Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
    -Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.

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    • #4
      it truly is a shame he is gone.we will all face that sooner or later.
      digitalphile here yay
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        Originally posted by MylesBAstor View Post
        What's fascinating is just how many of the pioneers in audio learned their craft in the military during WWII. Another name that comes to mind is William Z. Johnson. 😄

        Sid Smith too I do believe. The end of WWII saw a bunch of highly trained electronic techs and electrical engineers bringing their skills to designing tube audio gear. That's back when men were men and most were building their own gear in those days either from kits or scratch.
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          Originally posted by mep View Post


          Sid Smith too I do believe. The end of WWII saw a bunch of highly trained electronic techs and electrical engineers bringing their skills to designing tube audio gear. That's back when men were men and most were building their own gear in those days either from kits or scratch.

          IIRC correctly, the first product (s) from WZJ was modified Dynaco tube kits?
          Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
          Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
          ________________________________________

          -Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
          -Goldmund Telos 440 mono amps
          -Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
          -Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
          -VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
          -VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
          -Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, Fuuga Mk. 2, vdh Colibri Master Signature, MutechHayabusa, Phasemation PP-500 cartridges
          -Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
          -Assorted cables including Transparent XL Gen. 6, Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
          -Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.

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          • #7
            Originally posted by MylesBAstor View Post


            IIRC correctly, the first product (s) from WZJ was modified Dynaco tube kits?

            He did mods for the ST-70 amp which you still see come up for sale. I believe he converted them to run 6L6 output tubes.
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