RIP Susumu Sakuma-san

The Sensei of all things iron and radical is gone. Thank you for the music.

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I has the sad :cry:

Direct Heating for a good overview of his approach and designs
http://www10.big.or.jp/~dh/

Not dissimilar to Kondo-san he was searching for a particular sound esthetic rather than hifi, and took the approach of using large DHTs, even in phono amps, and plenty of iron