NELSON PASS: The Patents Of Pass

Brian Damkoroger:

If high-end audio were to carve its own Mt. Rushmore, whose faces would appear there—besides that of Stereophile founder J. Gordon Holt, of course? It's likely that no two audiophiles would ever come up with identical lists of subjects, but I wouldn't be surprised if they could agree on at least one name: Nelson Pass.

Pass's influence has now spanned three decades and shows no signs of stopping. Card-carrying audio junkies and the more-power-is-always-better crowd have long lusted after his megawatt beauties. The flea-power amp and open-baffle types drool over the Zen models of his First Watt line, and the true hard core, the DIY crowd, refer to him as "Papa" as they eagerly absorb his donated designs, wisdom, and general good humor.

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