Today I learned that my friend, and fellow audio enthusiast Rick Nack, known here as "compressit" passed away in early November.
Rick was a great guy, who came with an open mind and without a big ego, and a positive attitude. He turned me on to the F5 as an actual physical amplifier, since he built one pretty early on. He and I worked through some iterations and variations in implementations and tests. The end result was arguably the best sounding amp I have ever put on my compression driver/horn combo.
Rick was also a bass player, who played out in our local area (upper Hudson Valley, NY).
He succumbed to a rather aggressive form of cancer. Which, in a nutshell really sucked, more so for him and his family than me, but there was nothing fair about that. Rick was not all that old, and had a boy who is really going to miss his Dad at his stage of life. He brought his kid over a few times when we were doing audio stuff, sweet kid.
Funny how this goes sometimes...
...seems like one doesn't meet all that many first-rate people in one's life, Rick was one. Going to miss his phone calls and visits, talking about parts and bias points, power supplies and other strange audio ideas.
_-_-
Rick was a great guy, who came with an open mind and without a big ego, and a positive attitude. He turned me on to the F5 as an actual physical amplifier, since he built one pretty early on. He and I worked through some iterations and variations in implementations and tests. The end result was arguably the best sounding amp I have ever put on my compression driver/horn combo.
Rick was also a bass player, who played out in our local area (upper Hudson Valley, NY).
He succumbed to a rather aggressive form of cancer. Which, in a nutshell really sucked, more so for him and his family than me, but there was nothing fair about that. Rick was not all that old, and had a boy who is really going to miss his Dad at his stage of life. He brought his kid over a few times when we were doing audio stuff, sweet kid.
Funny how this goes sometimes...
...seems like one doesn't meet all that many first-rate people in one's life, Rick was one. Going to miss his phone calls and visits, talking about parts and bias points, power supplies and other strange audio ideas.
_-_-
I'm sorry for your loss and condolences to his family. It's always tough to lose the people we love, especially when it's for things like that, and even harder when you don't expect it.
Mike
Mike
Sorry to hear this,
Its interesting that silence sometimes reflects peoples feelings when they don't quite know what to say.
Kind regards
M. Gregg
Its interesting that silence sometimes reflects peoples feelings when they don't quite know what to say.
Kind regards
M. Gregg
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