RIP Jim Smith
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Dylan
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He came up from Atlanta to Raleigh to help with my Wilson Sashas, which I just couldn't get to sound right. He got the best out of them. He came up a second time to reposition the Sashas after I moved them out of frustration and didn't note the original position he had set. My wife and I visited him once when we went to Atlanta to see my Mom. It was a social visit but I heard his Tannoy Canterbury's and decided to sell the Sashas and buy Canterbury's. He came up a third time to set up the Canterburys.
He was a pleasure to be around and to talk to. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the times we saw him. As I said he was dead serious when he got into the speaker optimizing zone- no food, no drink, no bathroom, just intense concentration. We'll miss him.
Mitchell
That is really sad. He was a nice guy, a class act and very serious about helping people optimize their systems for their rooms.
He came up from Atlanta to Raleigh to help with my Wilson Sashas, which I just couldn't get to sound right. He got the best out of them. He came up a second time to reposition the Sashas after I moved them out of frustration and didn't note the original position he had set. My wife and I visited him once when we went to Atlanta to see my Mom. It was a social visit but I heard his Tannoy Canterbury's and decided to sell the Sashas and buy Canterbury's. He came up a third time to set up the Canterburys.
He was a pleasure to be around and to talk to. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the times we saw him. As I said he was dead serious when he got into the speaker optimizing zone- no food, no drink, no bathroom, just intense concentration. We'll miss him.
Mitchell
I’m sorry to hear this sad news. I never met Jim as I live in the UK, but he was US distributor for Avantgarde when I bought my first pair and he kindly offered advice in setting up. He also published a list of 100 CDs that we should all have - well performed and well recorded music. I bought a few in my local store and when visiting the US at Tower Records, and more were found in my local library. I borrowed and replicated these on CD-Rs. I still play several of his recommended discs.
Decades later and reading his forum replies to members' questions he often advised on matters such as speaker cables and I recently switched to one of these recommendations.
Thanks Jim and rest in peace
Decades later and reading his forum replies to members' questions he often advised on matters such as speaker cables and I recently switched to one of these recommendations.
Thanks Jim and rest in peace
Big B
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RIP Jim Smith