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I wondered if he is blogging somewhere or writing under a different pseudonym.
I hope he is still with us.
Follow Ups:
it is impossible for him to die. He is one of my personal heroes as he guided me through the cheapskate '80s and into a more knowledgeable and enjoyable listening life. Long live da'King.
There is a recent letter from Sam posted on Twittering Machines so he is certainly still with us.
Lee
Here is the letter:
https://twitteringmachines.com/letter-to-the-editor-from-tom-gillett-aka-sam-tellig/
He experienced a lot of property damage from a storm about 10-12yrs ago, then shortly have had series medical issues. The combination caused him to take a step back from a lot of activity.
Hope he is well.
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NT
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I believe he died many years ago. I am guessing around ten years ago, shortly after leaving Stereophile.
He liked Tivoli a lot and suggested placing it vertical with the vent to the left. I found an improvement. An open person I figured from his reviews.
Bill
...you're confusing him with Wes Phillips?
.. at 61!!! :(((
> I believe he died many years ago. I am guessing around ten years ago,
> shortly after leaving Stereophile.
Tom/Sam is still with us, as far as I know. Though I haven't spoken with
him in years, he still appears to be active on Facebook.
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
Glad to hear he's still around, but Sam will always be with us folks who have used the Stereophile Test CD. I know his voice better than some family members.
that of Ralph the dog!
I used to really look forward to each monthly issue of Stereophile, in order to read Sam Telligs' sensible reviews of affordable gear, I also loved the goofy humor of Cory Greenbergs reviews, back when Stereophile was the small sized mag.
Sams review of the Quicksilver GLA tube amp, was what pushed me from my Adcom solid state, into trying tube gear. Turns out he was right on the money about the GLA. In the 90's, I drove my little Maggies in my small room with it, and really began to enjoy listening to them. I have gone through many tube amps, preamps, etc. since then, and can credit Sam for both my audio enjoyment, and diminishing wallet size.
mg16
Perhaps this would be a good time to reach out and reconnect.
I thought: "that's how reviews should be done."Art's were also great.
Too bad, both guys left us. :(
Edits: 12/17/24
"bought guys" Freudian slip?
Aghhh...nooooooo
Corrected!
Good. Because I think the aforementioned were both stand-up guys. Unlike others who were not so upstanding.
Remember the ArmourAll CD treatment fiasco. First "Sam" tells us to smear it on our CDs to effect some ephemeral improvement. Then he finds the treatment causes problems so he admits his error and tells us how to remove the stuff. Someone admitting they're wrong is refreshing as well as upstanding. I'm still waiting for a few audiophile luminaries to admit MQA was wrong.
"I'm still waiting for a few audiophile luminaries to admit MQA was wrong."
I hope you're prepared to wait until hell freezes over. ~:) Thank goodness Charles Hansen was here to call BS on that malarkey.
I was great experience to work closely with Charles to complete step one. The liquidation of MQA Ltd. When I read the administrators were going to do it I went outside and looked toward Colorado and said we did it. But there is still the matter of reducing the value of MQA IP to zero.
I've applied it to a few skippy CDs, and it eliminated the skips. Some I treated 30 years ago still play skip-free. No subsequent problems. Never saw any reason to use it on non-scratched discs.
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