W. M. Leach passed?

[mlloyd1]

I heard Dr. Leach passed yesterday.
Very sad and quite a loss if true ...

mlloyd1

 

[EchoWars]

Apparently that is the case.

W. Marshall Leach, Jr. 1940 - 2010

R.I.P, Professor. You'll be missed.

 

[pooge]

Wow! What a shock! RIP Dr. Leach.

 

[MJL21193]

A Legend.

 

[Krisfr]

This is sad news, he and Slone in a short space of time...

The very first amp I ever built from scratch was the Low Tim by Dr. Leach in the Feb issue of Audio magazine, I do not remember the year...

RIP

 

[Craig405]

Very sad, I used his low TIM design as part of my masters thesis recently. RIP

 

[marlonics]

R.I.P. Professor Leach

 

[planet10]

 

[AKSA]

I will miss his writings, and that website was a legend. A great, gentle, and inspired man, clearly gave his life to teaching others, humbly, and with passion and dignity.

Hugh

 

[ostripper]

OH my god... A real loss. His fine examples (leach amp) will live forever , however. RIP..
OS

 

[wrenchone]

My longest-lasting amp is one I built inspired by Leach's Low TIM Amp. I put it together from bits and pieces in 1979, and it's still around today, ugly but functional. It's not often that you get a great engineer and educator in the same package - a sad passing.

 

[jacco vermeulen]

When the ones of influence pass away, one by one, you become to realise you are gradually fading yourself.
One wishes some never to depart.

 

[gaetan8888]

Hello

Sad news

May he rest in peace.

Gaetan

 

[peranders]

Sad news and he didn't get particulary old either.

 

[TonyTecson]

he will always be remembered for his trailblazing work in the field of audio....he will surely be missed....

 

[Ed LaFontaine]

He was kind and generous to me

 

[jackinnj]

Here's hoping that Georgia Tech will keep his personal webpages up and running. Perhaps DIYAUDIO could host them, or compile as a series of PDFs.

Seems a decade ago we had discussed the disappearance of the OnSemi/Motorola '8599 used in his amplifiers and I was able to source them.

 

[Edmond Stuart]

This is really a great loss.

 

[a.wayne]

Yes...

 

[c2cthomas]

A wonderful person that will be missed by many - and celebrated in memory of his designs and his sharing.