[Elecraft] Legacy (WAS: Look what you've done to me!)

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Sadly, Paul W. Klipsch is no longer with us and his company moves on into
second generation. 

The famous Klipschorn corner horn is an amazing speaker. It was even more so
in the 1950's when "Hi-Fi" was a new idea for most. 

His company will continue on, but like all companies it is no longer the
same company with him gone. 

There may be others as great in the field. There may be others even better.
But there won't be another Paul W. Klipsch.

I had the privilege of working for Hewlett-Packard when "Bill" and "Dave"
were still running the show personally. Recently I saw a piece about HP that
showed how their private offices are still maintained at corporate Hq in
Palo Alto, California just as I remember them. The office doors are always
open, just as they were almost all the time when Bill and Dave ran the
company. On Bill's desk was an assortment of coins. Employees leave them
there. The coins are collected from time to time and given to charity.

Like each and every one of us, people like them are unique. Like them, we
each make our own contribution to our world in our own way. Some with things
that are known around the world, some who change the world, some who only
touch other lives quietly and whose names never become famous.

Each one is amazing. It's what makes the world such an amazing place.

Ron AC7AC



-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Karl Larsen
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:47 PM
To: Brian Murrey
Cc: Elecraft email; John Wiener
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Look what you've done to me!


Brian Murrey wrote:
> John
>
> I have LOVED Klipsch speakers for over 30 years.  I don't think you 
> can beat them.  I have a pair of KG-1's that have to be 25 years old 
> in my TV cabinet right now and they sound as good today as the day I 
> bought them.
>   
    I live in Las Cruces, NM and went to New Mexico State University in 
the EE Department. I met Paul Klipsch in 1959 at the school. He also 
graduated from NMSU and was designing his speaker enclosures at that 
time. He used real science in his designs and they all do sound good and 
you don't need a big 100 watt RMS amplifier. The EE department is now 
called the Klipsch School of EE.

73 Karl K5DI