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makes possible everything that comes after. He is a genius and a
gentlemen of the first order.
JP, a friend, a mentor, and the undisputed master of saying ‘you guys
made a nice little circuit, now excuse me while I make it perform
better in every possible way’… without ever actually saying that.
JP has dug me & Kevin out of more technical and design holes
than I can count, and he has helped Kush go from cobbling
together prototypes with 8 million wires to manufacturing properly-
designed, tightly spec’d units that sound identical, behave
identically, and enjoy an extraordinary level of reliability.
Olga, yet another friend who, aside from being the most sassy and no-
nonsense Russian woman I’ve ever met, is also a deft hand at PCB
routing and layout and can whip a chassis or front panel into
existence without blinking an eye. Whenever you look at or inside
a piece of Kush gear, you are seeing her handiwork everywhere.
Sarah, the woman who makes my days worthwhile. She encourages
every idea I have that’s worth encouraging, and wisely convinces
me to abandon the ones that aren’t. She also possesses a wicked
mind for business, and it’s safe to say Kush is the success it is
because of her ceaseless help and razor-sharp instincts. She is also
very easy on the eyes, a fact which did not escape my notice when
I first approached her one day in a New York City cafe... but that’s
a story for another day.
