August 2019

MEETING NOTICE
August, 18th, 2019
1:00-5:00 PM

August, 2019 Meeting

Jeff Kenton will be hosting the August meeting. Jeff is in McHenry right on the Fox River and will be offering a boat ride at 5:00 PM for a limited number of people who RSVP before the meeting-if interested text with your name to Jeff's cell number (see newsletter). Jeff will provide food and drinks, but please BYOB and feel free to bring something additional like a dessert or side dish.

Feel free to bring any of your favorite music on just about any media. Here is Jeff's setup as of August 2019.

Jeff Kenton Stereo Aug 2019:

Infinity Ref 4.5 speakers heavily modified with reverse mirror imaging:

BEL internal wiring-Woofers ported-new passive crossovers for midrange tweeters and ribbons-front baffle partially removed- loaded with 100 pounds of bagged lead shot- TeknaSonic vibration dampners, brass cones

2 BEL 1001 stereo amps for bi-amping bass & mid/tweeters using BEL interconnects and speaker wire - Tice power cords

Marchand Electronic Crossover 2 way: control for Infinity dual woofers and:

2 Epik dual 15” subwoofers for .1 only
2 REL Stereo and .1 subwoofers

BSG Signal Completion Unit

Sonic Euphoria autoformer passive preamp
PS Audio Phono Converter for phono playback and digitizing vinyl
Technics SL1200 MK5 modified:
new bearings, aluminum/Delrin platter, Cardas tonearm rewire, KAB outboard speed controller, strobe disabled, tonearm damper with silicone bath, rewired with BEL interconnect, steel cones, Sumiko headshell, AudioTechnica 150 MLX cartridge

Oppo SE-83 Special Edition: CD, Blueray, and SACD disc playback

Oppo 103: extracting ISO and creating Dsf. files from SACD for computer playback

2012 I7 MacMini modified:
UpTone Audio MMK fan speed controller, 240Gb solid state HD, 16gb ram, powered by:
Uptone Audio: JS-2 Linear Power Supply

USB out for files > PS Audio LanRover powered by UpTone LPS 1 with POE (power over ethernet cable)> TP Link fiber cable converter > UpTone USPCB A>B adapter > UpTone ISO Regen powered by UpTone LPS 1.2 with POE > UpTone USPCB >

Singxer SU-6 USB Bridge with UpTone ground shunt power supply via I2S>

Gustard X-20 pro DAC heavily modified by EVS Systems
Files stored on 2 DROBO 5 bay devices

Preferred music players: Amarra and Roon
Multi-channel file playback with MiniDSP USB to SPDIF converter > 3 stereo SMSL Sanskrit 6th DACs

Power conditioning for front end with isolation transformer, Richard Gray Power 400 Pro, ISOBar

Room treatments primarily DIFFUSION! 5 MGA RoomTunes PZC’s, GK Acoustics 2D and 3D, and other brands.