Post by michaelw on May 20, 2019 14:24:11 GMT 12
Sound United gobbles up Onkyo/Pioneer etc.
Ken Ishiwata gone from Marantz
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Post by andrewp on May 20, 2019 15:08:27 GMT 12
I wonder if that is a similar situation to that of Andrew Jones at TAD...Got to love that mutual understanding or what ever the press statement said...As if Ken wanted to leave a position he had held for all the years!?.... I think not
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Post by SL1210 on May 20, 2019 16:08:18 GMT 12
Almost certainly it comes down to money. The use-by date for a 'Brand Ambasador' has come and gone. It would warm and fuzzy to keep that going I suppose - but at full salary? KI's and Marantz' perception of the monetary value of KI / Brand Ambadassor are probably different.
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Post by colinf on May 20, 2019 18:22:27 GMT 12
Crazy. That’s the modern business model for you.
Perhaps Ken could now have his own brand? AMR-iFi R&D
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Post by Owen Y on Jun 11, 2019 14:50:54 GMT 12
A few words from Ken Ishiwata about hifi design & the future, published in HIFICRITIC :
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Post by cartridge on Jun 12, 2019 13:24:13 GMT 12
Brand ambassadors are history - now it's all about social media influencers... of which Ken, is not.
Plus what they save on My Ishiwata's salary can now go towards buying HDMI boards for legacy Onkyo receivers.
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Post by cartridgeguyonline on Jun 12, 2019 16:29:00 GMT 12
So how long before he turns up somewhere else like Cambridge with a tuned by KI range ?
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Ken Ishiwata gone from Marantz Jun 12, 2019 16:36:41 GMT 12
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Post by michaelw on Jun 12, 2019 16:36:41 GMT 12
to be brutally frank, maybe it was time to leave, marantz audio products have been in the doldrums for many years now
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Ken Ishiwata gone from Marantz Dec 4, 2019 8:54:34 GMT 12
- Edited Dec 4, 2019 9:02:48 GMT 12 by Owen Y
Post by Owen Y on Dec 4, 2019 8:54:34 GMT 12
Sad news, I didn't know - KEN ISHIWATA R.I.P
(08 May 1947 - 25 Nov 2019) 
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Post by Owen Y on Dec 4, 2019 9:12:25 GMT 12DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Ken Ishiwata gone from Marantz Dec 4, 2019 10:45:51 GMT 12
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Post by michaelw on Dec 4, 2019 10:45:51 GMT 12 bye bye mr marantz "music will never die"
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Ken Ishiwata gone from Marantz Dec 4, 2019 10:53:17 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on Dec 4, 2019 10:53:17 GMT 12
Ken tells why the Japanese were not keen on Compact Disc & how the Dutch (Philips) were finally persuaded to increase their proposed CD size from 11cm to 5-1/4" (13.3cm).
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Ken Ishiwata gone from Marantz Dec 4, 2019 10:57:57 GMT 12
- Edited Dec 4, 2019 11:33:24 GMT 12 by michaelw
Post by michaelw on Dec 4, 2019 10:57:57 GMT 12i still lust after a set of his KI Pearl components - integrated amp + cdp some of the demo music in that video made my ears shut down 
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Post by colinf on Dec 4, 2019 20:16:53 GMT 12
Oh. Poor Ken.
RIP Ken.😔 I wonder if Marantz attended the funeral as well? AMR-iFi R&D
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