Sad news: We heard this morning that Wes Phillips, who was's deputy editor 19951999 and a valued contributor 2000 to 2011, passed away yesterday morning after several years of chronic ill health. Wes (right) is shown here at his leaving lunch, 1/1/99 with (LR) music editor Robert Baird, then-publisher Larry Archibald, and editor John Atkinson. Wes is survived by his wife Joan. We will post more information as it becomes available.

All of Wes's writings for Stereophile can be found here. His first equipment review, in October 1994, was of the Conrad-Johnson Premier Eleven power amplifier, his last review, in February 2011 was of the Luxman B-1000f power amplifier. Below is one of the most recent photos we have of Wes, at the 2008 Montreal Show, with (far left) John Marks, (near left) Robert Deutsch, and (far right) John Atkinson.