August, 2023

MEETING NOTICE:
August, 27th 2023
1:00-5:30 PM

August, 2023 Meeting

Thanks to Jeff Kenton for hosting the upcoming August meeting. Please NOTE below that RSVP is requested for all who attend, as well as first-RSVP boat ride option.

Food and refreshments will be provided, but please BYOB and feel free to bring a side dish or a dessert to pass around. Beer, pop, water, and grilled meats provided.

Jeff is in McHenry right on the Fox River and will be offering a boat ride after 5:30 PM for 8 people who RSVP before the meeting:

Jeff has made more system improvements detailed below.

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Feel free to bring any of your favorite music on just about any media.
Here is Jeff's current set-up:

Jeff Kenton Stereo 2020

Infinity Ref 4.5 speakers heavily modified with reverse mirror imaging:

BEL internal wiring-Woofers ported-two passive crossovers for both midrange
tweeters and ribbons-woofers -front baffle partially removed-
loaded with 50 pounds of bagged lead shot- TeknaSonic vibration
dampeners, Stephen Merriweather outriggers with IsoAcoustic
Gaia I isolation footers.

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 tweeter/
midrange and dual woofers

2 REL T9i Stereo and .1 subwoofers
Sonic Euphoria autoformer passive preamp
PS Audio Phono Converter for phono playback and digitizing vinyl >
Sugarcube SC-1 pop and click remover

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 (alignment by Brian Walsh)

Oppo SE-83 Special Edition: CD, Blu-ray, and SACD disc playback
Oppo 103: extracting ISO and creating Dsf. files from SACD for computer
playback

MacMini 2 Pro:

Streaming files, Qobuz, radio into UpTone Audio EtherRegen > Ifi
Audio Zen Streamer > Singxer SU-6 USB Bridge with UpTone
ground shunt power supply > Gregg Straley Reality ribbon I2S
Audio-GD R7HE MK2 NOS DAC with regenerative power supply
Audio-GD DI-20HE DDC with regenerative power supply

OCK-2 10 MHz master clock linking DAC & DDC

HAF/Home Audio Fidelity room correction filters with crosstalk cancellation - integrated and switchable thru Roon

Files stored on 2 DROBO 5 bay devices

Preferred music players: Amarra and Roon (sometimes with HQPlayer)
Michael Green power cords and interconnects

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

Additional new acoustic room treatments