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Andrew Bones maybe?
I guess that all depends on which line of work he goes into next.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ew-jones-out-at-elac.25132/page-3#post-854869
Andrew Bones maybe?
I can only hope and pray that is fake. If not, that person should be in an institution. I am officially GOBSMACKED!!!I'm honestly speechless.
Sure hope he doesn't go to one specific place.
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10224069276871660&id=1591672345
He could be just retiring.
I can only hope and pray that is fake. If not, that person should be in an institution. I am officially GOBSMACKED!!!
He was working behind the scene for IkeaMaybe Sonos hired him?
cool, can i hire him for furniture assembly then ?He was working behind the scene for Ikea
I dunno -- he went from Pioneer/TAD to ELAC... and, I would opine, there were some similarities between products of those two companies correlated with his tenure at each.Be interesting one way or the other as to what he announces....suppose he's got some sort of no compete clause to contend with?
hmm... maybe he'll alight at GPADon't forget also the concentric designs he made for Pioneer / TAD.
I dunno -- he went from Pioneer/TAD to ELAC... and, I would opine, there were some similarities between products of those two companies correlated with his tenure at each.
hmm... maybe he'll alight at GPA
http://greatplainsaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/604_8H_III.pdf
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Don't forget also the concentric designs he made for Pioneer / TAD.
How old is he?
Not only Pioneer had concentric drivers early but also quite few other Japanese manufacturers, mind you those early Pioneer drivers are with not really elegantly integrated tweeter and thus not comparable to the later KEF/TAD etc. designs.Pioneer were making concentic designs when Andrew Jones was still in primary school. Both in speakers and in kits/drivers. They had been since the early 1970s.
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And Pioneer were making various concentric (small and large) designs in the 1990s, long before AJ came along (he still at KEF, then infinity).
I've got a little concentric Pioneer bookshelf design here from the late 1980s. If I can find it (I only have a single speaker), I'll take a pic. I used to use it as a test (expendable) speaker at one point.
He graduated from the University of Surrey in 1977, that's 44 years ago. He must be in his mid to late 60s.I don't know. But if he started at KEF in 1983, as a young man/adult, he'd be a minimum of 55 or so. If he came to KEF with tertiary qualifications in 1983, he's likely closer to 60. So, retirement age.
I sort of suspect that Andrew's departure has much to do with Elac designing the newer Uni-fi Reference without his input. Then, there's also this aspect: German companies are loathe to have their brands identified with British principals.
They feel much the same toward Americans. They won't say so, but you cannot escape that undercurrent. German companies would rather re-invent the wheel than buy a wheel design from Britain or America.