Sad news to report: A Tribute to Patrick Turner (turneraudio.com.au)

[SoulFetish]

I was searching for some audio transformer formulas when I came across this blog post:
https://atrad-audio.co.nz/index.php/tag/turneraudio-com-au/

It states:
"Those in the vacuum tube/valve amplifier game, particularly in Australia, will probably have heard of Patrick Turner. His site turneraudio.com.au was full of information and an often-cited reference for many, written in a style that was uniquely Patrick’s..

...I had some conversations with Patrick in 2018/19 and during that time, he implored me to take a copy of his site, as he was not sure how long he had left (he was elderly and in poor health, a subject which he wrote about on his site as lucidly as though it was a broken radio that needed diagnosing and fixing!)

Patrick died in May 2021; his site is offline now."

I remember bookmarking the turneraudio.com.au site several years ago as soon as I found it. It was packed full of no-bullshit tube and audio transformer technical information, and was such a great resource.
I was truly saddened by the news of his passing. The owner of "atrad-audio.co.nz" is gracious enough to host a scrape of the entire turneraudio site to keep the information archive alive as a tribute. Here is the new link:

https://atrad-audio.co.nz/turneraudi....au/index.html

[tedmich]

Patrick's last battle is documented in his "other concerns" page, its quite tragic, he was a fighter to the end.

He had very strong opinions about his prostate cancer, advice definitely worth listening to,

[pdf64]

Yikes, I’m dreading the day when my cancer finds its way around the hormone therapy I’m on

Zytiga (Abiraterone) was what I was pinning my hopes on when that happens.

I last read through his story back in Spring 2018 when I got diagnosed.

4 years on and immunotherapy is still years off being rolled out.

[SoulFetish]

Pdf, I didn’t know you were bathing cancer. Fight the good fight. You should know that you’re really appreciated in this community, dude.
As a matter of fact, I just spent the better part of the overnight disassembling my amp and rotating the preamp sockets 180^o and run the heater wires through the gap. I ain’t never gonna forget that tip.

[tedmich]

Yikes, I’m dreading the day when my cancer finds its way around the hormone therapy I’m on
Zytiga (Abiraterone) was what I was pinning my hopes on when that happens.
I last read through his story back in Spring 2018 when I got diagnosed.
4 years on and immunotherapy is still years off being rolled out.

The response of individual patients to specific therapeutics are HUGELY variable; part of the reason for a move towards individualized therapies that bypass the "one size fits all" strategy the FDA has always followed. There is a big push toward tailored therapies based on genomics and your cancers specific characteristics.

Also Zytiga might work wonderfully for you, stay strong and be well!