Rich_Guy Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 He was 80 years old. RIP Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 His was a quiet passing. A very clever man who had a huge impact upon audio. Sad loss. Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Mister Dolby's innovations will be around for a long time after him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 The man who removed hiss from thousands of Grateful Dead bootlegs! [] A true legend in audio, RIP. I'll have to play a tape on my Nakamichi Dragon deck in his honor tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I always wondered how the "Lenkurt" telephone carrier channel noise reduction technology in the early 1950's influenced Mr. Dolby. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 CBC Radio One had an interview last week with Thomas Dolby, the singer. His real name is Thomas Morgan Robertson. He was a big fan of Ray Dolby, and got his nickname "Dolby" for carrying a large cassette player/boombox in high school. He was an early adopter, so he was the first guy in his group to have a player with a Dolby button, and he described explaining it to his friends. When Thomas Dolby's song She Blinded Me With Science became a big hit, Ray Dolby (or his lawyers, at least) contacted Thomas about his use of Ray's last name, since they felt he was profiting on the fame of Ray Dolby's name. Ray and Thomas met for the first time in a lawyer's office, but as Thomas tells it, once Ray met him and found him to be an okay guy, they got along. Ray liked some of Thomas's music, and he decided to stop any legal action. That made for a nice story, respectful to everyone involved, but according to Wiki, it wasn't quite so simple, and there actually was a lengthy legal battle. In the end, the court decided that Dolby Labs had no right to restrict the musician from using the name. It was agreed that the musician would not release any electronic equipment using the name. Coincidentally, Ray Dolby had a son named Thomas, who was born in 1975. Thomas the entertainer said that if Roy's son Thomas also became an entertainer, things could have got confusing, but instead he became a writer. He writes under the name Tom Dolby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dolby As for Ray Dolby, he had an impressive list of awards, and was a multi-billionaire. If you like tinkering with electronics, keep it up. You never know where it could take you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dolby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Dolby SR made recording on analog tape pretty much the equal of digital recording dynamics and sn ratio, but you still had to contend with the real problems of using tape, i.e., alignment and transport/electronics to maintain. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Good obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/ray-dolby-who-put-moviegoers-in-the-middle-is-dead-at-80.html?_r=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolbyscat Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 His name will live on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.