I have long admired Bob Carver as the garage rebel who proved you didn’t need a fortune to get concert-level audio power. Where Philips gave us intelligently laid-out, serviceable gear that a 1990s South African marine-radio tech could actually work on, and Sony co-created global standards like the CD and S/PDIF, Carver democratised blistering high-end performance on a budget. He started what Behringer later polished: making pro-level sound accessible to working musicians, bedroom producers, and tinkerers everywhere.