We've lost TonyB

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,639
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    Very sad news. I saw this late last Friday when Jesse posted it. Been thinking about Tony off and on over the past week. Tony was one of the guys I had lots of talks with over PM when I first arrived here, some general chitchat and ideas and advice, gear recs and such. He got me curious about Legacy speakers, though I never got a chance to try any.

    I always got a laugh at his jokes and stories, and the running jokes never got old.

    I still chuckle to myself when I remember the story he told about his brother playing a joke on him on a construction site, where he'd dug a really deep hole where there'd been a puddle, and lured Tony over it, and he fell in.

    Wasn't there another one where he got locked out of the house in his underwear or something, and got the cops called on him for looking in the windows?

    Gonna miss ya, man.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,881
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    It's been a rough week with this.
    Wasn't there another one where he got locked out of the house in his underwear or something, and got the cops called on him for looking in the windows?
    Yep Classic Tonyb.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,664
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    RIP man!! Huge loss here. So Sorry to hear this.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,426
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    Thanks for posting this. RIP to a great person.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,327
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    gudnoyez wrote: »
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    That's my wife sitting next to Tony. That was the most fun Axpona year we had I feel.

    I thought Tony was going to piss himself laughing after we came out of one of the larger listening rooms doing a demo with Leonard Cohen, and my wife got out of the sweet spot seats and stood up and said " phew, whoever sits there next is going to have to cean up that seat"


    Tony Bridget and I before we went to working from home would meet up at Seasons 52 after work for happy hour.

    Great man who will be missed.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,881
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    I agree, we had a large crew at Axpona that year. That room, that seat, Bridget was correct, I about died after she said that.
    It was a very rememberable year, I'm glad I experienced it with Tony and the crew.
    I'll never forget it!
    ❤️❤️❤️
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,463
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    R.I.P. Tony. I messaged a few times with him. Sad news for our group here. Prayer's for his family.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,493
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    My thoughts and prayers for his Tony's family and friends.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • halen
    halen Posts: 738
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    Rest in peace pops. Many memories. He was a friend. But I always called him gramps.

    I will miss you.
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  • Osarion
    Osarion Posts: 197
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    R.I.P and condolences to his family and friends.
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