Vale tg [Tony Greenhill]

It is with great sadness that I let you all know of the passing of my mate and good friend, Tony Greenhill, [aka tg here on this forum] on Monday afternoon the 16 November. Tony had been suffering from lung cancer and finally lost his long battle with the disease yesterday afternoon.

I first met Tony about 14 years ago and he contacted me through an Australian audio forum. Tony introduced me to LOMC phono cartridges and prior to that, I think I had owned and used just about every Shure V15 cartridge model ever made. Around the same time, I was using a well known Australian made phono stage and Tony sent me his Graham Slee Era Gold V to try and as soon as I hooked up the Slee unit, it was like someone had turned the 'music tap' to full on. It was a revelation to me because I thought I was getting very good reproduction from my vinyl rig prior to that and needless to say, I ordered my first Slee phono preamp a couple of days later. A couple of years after that, Tony recommended me to Graham to facilitate the Australian Loaner Program, which has been a great success and I continue to operate today.

Tony and I would speak regularly over the phone and Tony did visit a couple of times when I was living in Melbourne and he was an absolute gentleman. My wife Dale and I loved having him as our guest and when I lost Dale to cancer just over two years ago, Tony was wonderful with his support for me during that time and that is something I'll never forget. I did try several times over the past two years to have Tony come up and spend some time with me where I now live on the NSW Mid Coast, but on every occasion, he was not feeling well enough to make the three hour journey, even when I offered to drive down and pick him up. Tony called me a little over two weeks ago and I commented to him at the time how strong he sounded, but he was quick to tell me that he had just taken his medication and that he felt relatively good and that he thought it would be a good time to give me a call. Toward the end of our 30 minute talk he was starting to get tired and had to sign off...............as it has turned out, sadly that was the last time I got to speak to my mate and friend.

RIP Tony