John Busch [message #95785] |
Thu, 07 July 2022 08:40 ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/down.png) |
Barryso
Messages: 200 Registered: May 2009
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John's room was never predictable. Year to year he had all sorts of wild creations made of parts that shouldn't have worked together.
But they did.
He was a bit of a speaker designer mad scientist and took a great deal of satisfaction pointing out how the parts shouldn't have worked or be doing what he had them doing. He'd remind you several times that open baffle speakers produced no bass, then fire up his latest creations hat would knock you over with clean, textured and very abundant bass.
He could be quite the showman.
In addition to being a great speaker designer John also had a real bit of troublemaker in him. Mischief maker. Rascal. His aura was that he was up to something and if you hung around you'd get to be in on the scheme.
His room was always entertaining and time spent with him was always well spent. You always left knowing more than you did going in.
Here are some of the LSAF photos of his creations.
2007 - The original Manzanita
2008 - Altec 705a coax and Eminence 18" woofer
2009 - An upscale Manzanita style speaker
2010 - The Widow Makers
2011 - Open Baffle Madness - the 2nd photo is the Manzanita with the new tweeter
2012 - 18" Coax Drivers
2013 - Ultra Plus
2014 - Killer Manzanitas
2015 - Boxes (Oh My!)
2016 - 18" Coax with 21" bass driver
2017
2018 - The new Widow Maker
2019 - The further refinement of The Widow Maker
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Re: John Busch [message #95802 is a reply to message #95785] |
Fri, 08 July 2022 18:18 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/up.png) |
Shane
Messages: 1117 Registered: May 2009
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I will definitely miss seeing him and the emails back and forth.
What I really liked at the shows was to peek on the backside and see the real mad scientist crossovers. Then he would go on to explain why they worked like they did and what he might change. 10 minutes later he's got it half torn apart and swapping parts out. It was great!
I've got a handful of pics from over the years somewhere. Need to dig on my hdd.
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