[whirlwind]

Fock cancer!
This one hurts...
I met Clayton in 2014 through this thread.
We both love to eat and drink and became fast friends.
We spent many Thursday evenings at El Amigo drinking excellent $5 margaritas.
Rachel the bartender would let him choose albums to spin.
Then we'd stumble to Pizza Hacker for a bite before he bussed home.
When Rachel left El Amigio we'd meet at Glen Park Station for cheap martinis and pizza at Gialina's
Sundays he often came over to make Sunday gravy and drink wine.
There were dozens of great meals at Capital, our favorite Chinese joint.
He always came over for Christmas and Thanksgiving. He was family.

Clayton was a star.
He was kind and smart and a good friend.
He had too many amps...a whole closet full of boxes.
He didn't roll tubes, he rolled amps!
It was silly.
He loved music even more than amps.
He worked at Tower Records as a teen in Honolulu and music stuck with him.
He might have loved food even more than music.
It's what we talked about most.

Through Covid, then cancer, we couldn't hang out.
We kept hoping he'd get better.
He deserved better.
I miss my friend.
I didn't get to say goodbye.
I hope to see him again...
Fock cancer!

Great tribute indeed.

Remember the good times.

 

[musicman59]

Fock cancer!
This one hurts...
I met Clayton in 2014 through this thread.
We both love to eat and drink and became fast friends.
We spent many Thursday evenings at El Amigo drinking excellent $5 margaritas.
Rachel the bartender would let him choose albums to spin.
Then we'd stumble to Pizza Hacker for a bite before he bussed home.
When Rachel left El Amigio we'd meet at Glen Park Station for cheap martinis and pizza at Gialina's
Sundays he often came over to make Sunday gravy and drink wine.
There were dozens of great meals at Capital, our favorite Chinese joint.
He always came over for Christmas and Thanksgiving. He was family.

Clayton was a star.
He was kind and smart and a good friend.
He had too many amps...a whole closet full of boxes.
He didn't roll tubes, he rolled amps!
It was silly.
He loved music even more than amps.
He worked at Tower Records as a teen in Honolulu and music stuck with him.
He might have loved food even more than music.
It's what we talked about most.

Through Covid, then cancer, we couldn't hang out.
We kept hoping he'd get better.
He deserved better.
I miss my friend.
I didn't get to say goodbye.
I hope to see him again...
Fock cancer!

Great tribute indeed!
You did not loose a friends, you lost a brother
I feel your lose
That happened to me almost 3 years ago. My best friend for over 40 years left me suddenly (massive heart attack) couldn’t say good bye.
He was one of the most friendly, funny and good people Inhave ever met.
I miss him a lot.

 

[longbowbbs]

I am shocked and saddened by this news. I am looking at the USAF-296 tube he gifted to me that I use in my Studio 6. We had so many great conversations about tubes and amps. Lots of great Decware conversations. What a loss to the community.

 

[longbowbbs]

A post from Clayton's FB page. It is a good post for him.

 

[musicman59]

That is a great post!

 

[longbowbbs]

That is a great post!

Thank you. It was great seeing you at Axpona.

 

[BoyNamedSue]

A post from Clayton's FB page. It is a good post for him.

That last line really resonates with this hobby.

 

[longbowbbs]

Not worth arguing about what other people think is best. They are your ears.

 

[robo24]

Quite some glow even with the front two RT 6C5V

 

[Monsterzero]

How are those RT? Been looking at em, but damn pricey

 

[robo24]

How are those RT? Been looking at em, but damn pricey

Can never describe too well, but spent a day trying out all the driver tubes and they made the top 10 which I keep near my desk for easy rolling. The Fivre 6C5G (also Langrex) I like a little better--seem to have unique wide staging--but they have more noise than any other tubes I have and definitely worse with 6 6BX7.

 

[DaemonSire]

So I've been eyeing a GOTL for years and was ready to pull the trigger, but see that Glenn is MIA now.

Does anyone have any recommendations for an alternative or know if Glenn will be back?

 

[Galapac]

@DaemonSire - Check this thread for alternatives. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/1101-audio-custom-crafted-headphone-amps.919425/

 

[DaemonSire]

@DaemonSire - Check this thread for alternatives. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/1101-audio-custom-crafted-headphone-amps.919425/

I'll take a look, thanks!

I hope Glenn is alright...

 

[Xcalibur255]

It's unclear when the last time anybody heard from him was. I've sent a few best wishes messages but never heard back.