Peter Walker 1978

[Purité Audio]

Peter Walker in 1978:-

We don't produce a new product every six months or even 12 months, no.
Only two reasons for producing a new model: either you did it wrong the first time
or there's been a fundamental improvement in the science. Fundamental
improvements in the science come very infrequently.


Keith.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

I like that. Who is this Walker fellow?

Tim

 

[Purité Audio]

He played left back for Acrington Stanley.
Keith.

 

[Vincent Kars]

Also had a daytime job at Quad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_Electroacoustics

One of the nice stories:
When Peter Walker first revealed his Quad ESLs to the audio press he forgot to bring along cables. While his assistants were setting up he dashed out to a local hardware store and grabbed some appropriate cords. He snipped the ends off of, stripped them and connected them. After the presentation many of the reviewers were as curious about the cables as they were about the speakers, thinking that these orange cables they'd never seen before must have had something to do with the marvelous result. And so Walker was queried as to the brand, to which he truthfully replied: "Black and Decker!"

 

[dallasjustice]

I bet he was an awesome man. I read an interview wherein he wasn't ashamed to say he routinely released products without listening to them. Their great sound was based on excellent engineering and measurement; nothing else. It reminds me of Beethoven.

 

[Purité Audio]

Daniel Weiss operates in the same manner, products are sent out to some pro users just for confirmation.
It is how it should be.
Keith