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October 26, 2014, 10:43 PM #1
What happens now Ken has passed
I don't know if anyone's brought this up but what happens now that Ken has passed? Who is running the company, designing new products and responsible for warranty?
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October 26, 2014, 10:50 PM #2
Re: What happens now Ken has passed
Adrian - my understanding is that Ken's son is running the company.
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October 27, 2014, 12:30 AM #3
Re: What happens now Ken has passed
who is Ken?
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October 27, 2014, 01:32 AM #4
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Shindo D'Yquem's
Shindo Vosne Romanee
Devore 0/96
Luxman PD-171
Dynavector xx2 MkII
Mac Mini
Luxman DA-06
Magnum Dynalab MD107t
Shindo and A23 Cables
J.J.
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October 27, 2014, 05:49 AM #5
Re: What happens now Ken has passed
My question is : what happened when Ken was alive ?
I gave my CCQ for a check up to a very famous tube technician here. He informed me that the 2 blocks were differently wired. He was quite amazed.
Anyway they both sounded the same but I suspect that Ken built one and the other one was made by his son.
Even had this with my Manley Snappers. One block was not correctly wired ! My bad luck....
But I never had any issue with the Shindos...
To answer the question Shindo will continue the trip with Ken's son. But I doubt that there will be new designs. Shindo made enough for decades.
BTW, could someone give us Shindo's son first name ?
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October 27, 2014, 09:07 AM #6
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"Over the years, with the help of his wife, Harumi, and their youngest son, Takashi—the builder of various Shindo amps and preamps presently in circulation—Ken Shindo produced an astonishing number of different hand-made amplifiers and preamplifiers."
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October 27, 2014, 11:06 AM #7
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October 30, 2014, 11:56 PM #9
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My understanding is that the Vosne Romanee L is the first "new" design by the son.
As someone about to buy quite a bit of expensive Shindo gear, I'm definitely a wee bit concerned that the son might not be as the father. My understanding is that Ken tweaked how he built his products all the time. There wasn't "one way" he built something. Impossible to know if the son will show the same care.
Take a look at Apple as a similar story. Sure, Tim Cook was basically running the company even before Steve Jobs passed away. He's done a great job keeping the company profitable, but 3+ years on from Jobs death and I've really noticed a slip in the quality of Apple products and even design.
Hopefully this won't happen with Shindo, but I'd say the odds are really stacked against them and time will likely expose this. Fingers crossed.
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October 31, 2014, 01:15 AM #10
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Shindo D'Yquem's
Shindo Vosne Romanee
Devore 0/96
Luxman PD-171
Dynavector xx2 MkII
Mac Mini
Luxman DA-06
Magnum Dynalab MD107t
Shindo and A23 Cables
J.J.
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October 31, 2014, 10:43 AM #11
Re: What happens now Ken has passed
Shindo, Nagra, Electrocompaniet, Harbeth, AMR, Mc Intosh, Auditorium 23, Rega, DeVore, JC Verdier, WireWorld, Kimber
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November 5, 2014, 01:12 PM #12
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By the way, I was wrong about the VR-L. It was designed by Ken.
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