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Roger Russell, RIP

rdenney

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Another poster mentioned this in passing, and I had to go look it up. There was no dedicated thread that I could find using any of the search tools, though I may simply have missed it.

Roger Russell, the long-time head of acoustic research at McIntosh and the developer of their line of speakers, among many other notable accomplishments, is dead at 85. I have followed his writings about McIntosh and his work there for a long time, and he was a speaker of truth (so to speak) amid the flood of foolishness that too often drowns high-end audio.

Obituary:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pressconnects/obituary.aspx?n=roger-howard-russell&pid=198659990

Writings:
http://www.roger-russell.com/

I don't know how long his web pages will be maintained (someone is looking into it, apparently--his death year is noted but no obituary that I saw), so we should all download all of it right now. It's loaded with interesting stuff.

He was one of the great ones of the golden age of stereos.

Rick "Rest In Peace" Denney
 

hex168

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Sorry to hear it. Condolences to his family.

Among many other things, he did pioneering work on a floor-to-ceiling line array:

You may have seen DIY versions:
 

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Glad I stumbled on this… which is to say I’m saddened to see it, too.
 
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