I really liked Steve. Most of my reviews were peer-reviewed by Steve going all the way back to my first reviews, and he helped to beat me in shape as a writer with tons of valuable feedback. He was a great writer and tremendously knowledgeable about audio. One of his unique attributes was that he knew a lot about loudspeakers from pretty much every single angle in the business, which is to say he know about the manufacturing side, marketing side, technical side, and product planning side. Many people in the business might have deep knowledge about maybe one or two of those aspects but rarely all of them. He was a great resource if you wanted to know almost anything about the loudspeaker business.
I was really looking forward to seeing his reaction to a pair of speakers that I am reviewing right now, the new Dayton Audio OPAL1s, because they are so much like some of his past favorites from Acoustic Research and KLH in that they trade sensitivity for extension in a small enclosure. Anyone who has read his loudspeaker history articles knows how much he respected that style of loudspeaker design. I think he would have loved the new Dayton speakers. Damn.
