Because I want to commemorate Ken Ishiwata's birthday

[Wil]

Greetings, I'm Wil. And a decade ago Ken kindly inscribed "Good Friends" for me:


Today, 8th of May is the day KI was born. Because I had sent him a celebratory message each year, I…

I've Registered so as to share, prompted by recalling this What Hi-Fi? recognition:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16d1WuS3oxo

Best wishes.

 

[12th Monkey]

I bet he's got you down as a stalker really!

Splendidly retro toploader you've got there. What is it?

 

[Gray]

I bet he's got you down as a stalker really!

He probably thought I was one when l leaped out of a crowd to shake his hand at a show!
Seems you may have missed the fact that KI died fairly recently Monkey. Wil's post was commemorating him.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Best wishes to his family and friends again. RIP

 

[12th Monkey]

He probably thought I was one when l leaped out of a crowd to shake his hand at a show!
Seems you may have missed the fact that KI died fairly recently Monkey. Wil's post was commemorating him.

I had indeed, but I don't read the hifi press so I guess it's understandable. 72 isn't a ripe old age these days, is it?

RIP indeed.

 

[Gray]

72 isn't a ripe old age these days, is it?

RIP indeed.

No, we'd all hope to significantly exceed that.

 

[Wil]

Thank you for your comments.

After some thought, rather than here, I've began this Thread:

Considering Marantz (without Ken Ishiwata)

Let's begin by relaying here Ken's message to the public which he entrusted also to me, shortly after ending his 41 years working for Marantz, nearly a year ago: "Ken Ishiwata thought Marantz was Ken Ishiwata and Ken Ishiwata was Marantz… He never thought this day would come to say goodbye…"...

forums.whathifi.com

 

[Wil]

A music video I would've shown Ken:

Yet although like me you the reader too don't speak Japanese, we can appreciate its…

 

[Wil]

Another Lunar New Year has begun. I used to send Ken a greeting to mark the day.

His passing has changed for me the importance of new music, for I too will one day be absent to all new music.

If not now, when (will I revisit what's already in my library)?

 

[Wil]

I didn’t particularly mark KI’s birthday online this year because I was focusing on recovering from my elbow injury. And today I was re-watching, probably, the last filmed demonstration (in 4K) he gave.

Well, the question of how to spend my time.

I’ll optimistically say, post-surgery, my left arm is functioning around 90% what it was before being injured. I should keep diligently working at improving its strength and range-of-movement…

A photo to remember… goals… achieved: Ruby, and, secondly, my arm towards…:

 

[JDL]

Ken Ishiwata. What a dude.
May he Rest in Peace.