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Sorry to report that in looking for the interview of Mr. Wingate, it appears he passed away. I stumbled

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In Reply to: RE: Unfortunately, I don't have any more info as regards Mr. Wingate, that came from an interview he gave posted by Charles Hansen on July 02, 2011 at 22:12:00

into items being sold from his estate.

As regards the print interview of Mr. Wingate, all I can say is I must have read his interview in one of the magazines I subscribed to back in the early 1990s, perhaps someone else will recall which periodical it was that published the interview. It must have been in one of these, Stereophile, The Absolute Sound, HI Fi News, Sounds Like, Audio Amateur or Glass Audio. I also bought the occasional issue of Audio but I don't recall it being in that.

As to the fall of Wingate Audio it may have had to do with passing fads in the marketplace. As I recall at that time, mosfet amps were falling out of favor with audiophiles; being perceived, rightly or wrongly, as misty and grainy. The S.E.T. resurgence was just about to begin in the US having started a few years earlier in the Asian markets. Maybe it was just offering the right product at the wrong time?

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RE: Sorry to report that in looking for the interview of Mr. Wingate, it appears he passed away. I stumbled - Charles Hansen 08:30:00 07/03/11 (3)
I did a big internet search for him. He has a website (with the call letters of him ham radio license) that has not been updated in a while. There were usenet groups with many complaints against his on-the-air (apparently drunken) rants. There is a YouTube video where he strung his antenna through a neighbors yard including a foul-mouthed verbal confrontation. He has a Linked-In page that details his employment history with Wingate Audio. And there is a Facebook page (linked below). I sent several messages on the Facebook message system with no reply. I figured he was in jail or something. If he is now dead, that is truly a shame.

He clearly made a small, but important contribution to high-end audio and it would have been fascinating to speak with the man about it. Do you have a link to the obituary?
- Steve Wingate's Facebook Page (Open in New Window)
- I was looking for the obituary also but have not found it yet. Here is a link to the gentleman who was - cfb 08:48:04 07/03/11 (2)
  selling some items on ebay that he acquired from the Wingate estate.
  - http://cgi.ebay.com/SHURE-SME-V15-TYPE-IV-PHONO-CARTRIDGE-HO (Open in New Window)
  - Thanks - Charles Hansen 18:55:33 07/03/11 (1)
    Very helpful but also very sad. I was hoping that it was the wrong Steve Wingate who died. But that listing was very explicit.
    
    His Facebook page only had 11 friends. I think he was tormented by alcohol for many years.
    
    I would love to find somebody that knew the details of his work at Wingate Audio, but I'm afraid that has all died with him...
    - Didn't that amp use a feed-forward system? - Ralph 08:45:58 04/03/12 (0)
      I met Steve Wingate at my dealer in St. Paul, House of High Fidelity. He was wilt Al Perkins if I remember right- you might ask him...

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