David Lee, Proprietor, Visionary and Mystic

When David heard that computers would soon create a "paperless society" he promptly abandoned his lucrative career in the printing industry, mortgaged his home, and bought Vancouver Audio Clinic. His business and managerial skills perfectly qualified him to be a speaker repair technician. Forty-one years spent repairing every loudspeaker imaginable, has given him an encyclopedic knowledge, thousands of delighted customers, a long series of $500 cars, and a permanent stoop. Oddly, even after more than 50,000 speaker repairs, David still genuinely enjoys his work, and, rather more disturbingly, country and western music. David can be reached at vasc@shaw.ca but if you need answers, the phone is a lot quicker.

Howard Doctor, Technician and aspiring Boulevardier

In 1962, he received 'The Young Scientists Approach to Magnetism' as a prize for academic progress, and it was this slim, innocuous volume that started him on the road to poverty and obscurity. He built his first speaker at age 14. Built his first decent-sounding speaker at age 16. Learned to play bass guitar, but abandoned it at the request of a torch-carrying mob of neighbours. Although his speakers sounded great, his woodworking skills were actually reported as 'a danger to life and property'. Howard spent much of the next 40 years developing drivers and speaker systems, and now consults for several manufacturers, on drive unit design and materials. Having authored over 150 articles on audio, as well as textbooks on speaker adhesives and voice coils, Howard drinks cider to forget his mercifully brief career refining nickel for Canadian coins. He enjoys fine coffee, but is always mysteriously absent when it needs to be made, and still treasures the little book that started it all.

Tibor Princz, our Young Buck

We like to believe that Tibor's years as a corporate computer-geek is the source of his charming manners, his delightful vocabulary and his slightly sinister haircut. It's a cautionary tale of what working thousands of hours in a windowless room, without human contact, can do to a man. While Tibor appreciates true high-fidelity sound, his financial skills parallel David's, which means his purchases are made at the Salvation Army. He has lovingly restored an aging but well regarded Italian road-racing bike, which is his primary transportation when our sadly inclement Vancouver weather allows. We all appreciate his strong sense of humour, and forgive his dubious sense of style.

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