DaveK

[Covenant]

I have to report the sad news that DaveK passed away on the 19th December from cancer. He used to post quite a bit on this forum and I got to know him fairly well, often conversing by email on all sorts of subjects although I never met him in person, something I will always regret.
Gazjam, Dave and I did lots of Beresford DAC upgrades together and collectively bought our Squeezebox Touch's to get a discount.
I will miss him.

[The Barbarian]

Is this Dave in Sheffield? Blimy im so sorry

[Ali Tait]

Sad news, very sorry to hear.

[Covenant]

Yes Andre. I had sent him a few emails without a reply and scoured the smaller hifi forums until I found a thread about him on DIY Audio Heaven.

[jandl100]

Ah, sad.

RIP, Dave.

[Tarzan]

RIP Dave.

[Marco]

Sad news indeed. I was wondering where he’d got to, as although we didn’t always see eye to eye, he used to pop in often and contribute his views.

Thanks for letting us know what’s happened, Jerry. I hope his wife Sue is coping as well as can be expected.

R.I.P, Dave.

Marco.

[RichB]

Always sad to hear, I understand he was a valued member here.

[twickers]

I remember DaveK posting on the Bushmaster thread when I first joined AoS. Sad news indeed. RIP Dave.

[walpurgis]

I remember Dave. Sad loss.

[Ninanina]

Sad news indeed... My thoughts are with the family... I am so sorry for your loss

[Stratmangler]

This is very sad news!
RIP Dave.

[Andrei]

If anyone knows his relic or nearest relative please pass on my condolences. DaveK and I exchanged a few emails and I am saddened by his passing. I knew he must be getting on because he did not know who Voldemort was :) I had to explain and send him a pic! On the Technics side he had a couple of innovative ideas and I can already see he will be missed on this forum.

[Spectral Morn]

Sad news, larger than life character who's colourful activity will be missed.


Regards Neil

[Gazjam]

Aw hell... :(
Sad news indeed.

Dave and I go way back, hadn't heard from him in a long time and asked about if anyone knew how he was getting on.
As Jerry (Covenant) says, Dave, him and I used to swap mods for the early Beresford dacs back in the day, got to know him (as much as you can online) quite well.

He was a bit of a character sometimes, but always looked out for others and had a strong sense of justice and doing the right thing, a generational thing as well as just being one of those guys.
This led him to a few forum spats, but he was gentlemanly enough to agree to disagree...MOST of the time :)

Almost bumped into him at a couple of hifi shows around the country, regret never having bought him that pint I said I owed him for helping me out so much in the early days.

RIP Dave,
Will always remember your wobbly belly avatar, made me smile everytime I seen it. :)

Godpseed mate.

[Ali Tait]

Met him at a couple of Owstons, as you say Gaz, a gent. I bought a pair of speakers from him that I ended up swapping for the OB's I have now.

[Puffin]

Very sad news. Oddly enough I was thinking about him recently as he used to email every now and then as I had made a power supply for him several years ago. Something that has exercised my mind over the years (as you get older) is how to deal with the people you leave behind when they only exist in the ether so to speak. I suppose we all ought to make a file giving Forums inhabited, user names and passwords for those left behind to access in the event of our death. It would be good for them to see that the "sad old git" that spent many hours on his hifi and talking to others about it was (I hope) a valued contributor and will be missed.

[southall-1998]

Never did communicate with this fellow.

Oh well, RIP :(

S.

[The Barbarian]

I hitched a lift with Dave up to the pork pie show one year...He picked me & the wife up from Meadowhall petrol station. I remember the drivers side window on his Jag dropped down & could not get it to stay up, hence we cut our stay short as he was naturally worried about leaving the car open..Nice bloke Dave was..

[Haselsh1]

Thank you for the update, this is indeed very sad news.

[Barry]

Only just heard the sad news. Dave was a true gent as well as an individual: sometimes prickly and possessing firm opinions, but always ready to agree to disagree. We communicated by e-mail on a number of subjects - I will miss him.

My sympathies go out to his wife Sue and his family.

[Mark Grant]

Sad news indeed.

I spoke to Dave a few times over recent years when he phoned up to buy something, always a custom made fiddly to make cable and then asked about pensioner discount, made me smile which is always good:)

RIP DaveK.