Chicago Audio Society - meeting topics

January 30, 2011 - Sjofn Hifi with The Clue Loudspeaker.
November 21, 2010 - Holistic Audio Arts loudspeakers and Virtue Audio electronics.
September 26, 2010 - Dan Schmalle (aka Doc Bottlehead) from The Tape Project and Jon Ver Halen of Lowther America featuring Lowther Field Coils and electronics by Pass Labs, Experience Music and First Watt.
April 18, 2010 - Legacy Audio and it's owner and founder Bill Dudleston, featuring the Whisper HD speaker system.
February 21, 2010 - Acoustic Technologies LLC Classic Series Loudspeaker with electronics by Ayon, Pass Labs & First Watt.
June 28, 2009 - David Janszen presents the Janszen Model One Electrostatic Loudspeakers with electronics by Herron Audio, Atma-Sphere and Ayre.
February 17, 2008 - Jon Ver Halen from Lowther America presented the Lowther Alerion speaker with Pass Labs & First Watt electronics.
May 20, 2007 - Robert Grost of Cerious Technologies presented the flagship Ceramic Reference Speaker System and their own interconnects, speaker wire, & power cords with electronics by Primare Audio & Bow Technologies
October 15, 2006 - Bill Stuebe presents his own ELP Laser Turntable along with Audio Physic speakers, Reality cables and electronics by Monarchy, Philips, Pass Labs and Herron Audio.
December 11, 2005 - Song Kim of Song Audio presented their tube-based SA-1 Preamp, SA-300MB power amp & SA-34SB Cecilia integrated amp with Loth-X Polaris Speakers and Joe Jurzec of Jam'n Audio supplied Daedalus DA-2 loudspeakers and a Stello transport and DAC.
October 16, 2005 - Adam Decaria & Sean Casey of Zu Cable present the Zu Druid Mk4 & Zu Definition Loudspeakers. Also featured were Atma-Sphere MA-1 & Mk II.3 amps, & MP-3 preamp, a Lessloss DAC 2004, Stello CDT200 transport & a Harmonix Reimyo CDP-777 CD player.
September 18, 2005 - John Van Leishout of Van L Speakerworks presented the latest revision of his Quartet speaker system. The sound system included Cary Audio tube amps and preamp, an upsampling CD player, a custom octal tube line stage, and a Plinius SA-100 amp.
August 21, 2005 - Meeting at the home of Brian Richardson featuring an all tube multi-channel SACD Magnepan system. Brian presented his own White Paper describing in detail all the steps taken
in redoing his room acoustics and remodeling.
April 17, 2005 - Meeting hosted by Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere Music Systems & Brian Walsh of Essential Audio. The audio system included Atma-Sphere MP-3 tube preamp & MA-1 OTL tube amps, Atma-Sphere modified Empire 208 turntable with TriPlanar tonearm, G&D Transforms UTP-1 CD transport, Entec Number Cruncher D/A converter & ProAc Response 5 speakers.
March 20, 2005 - Joshua Bizar from Music Direct presents audiophile recordings and a system consisting of Legacy Victoria LE speakers on Solidsteel speaker stands, Avid Acutus turntable with a Benz Micro Ruby 2 cartridge, mounted on a Shure SME Series V tonearm, EAR 834P Deluxe tube phono stage, a Marantz DV-9500 universal SACD player, PS Audio Edge G-2 preamp, & Edge GCA 100 Gain Cell amplifier & Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner.
February 20, 2005 - Robert Schult of Ridge Street Audio Designs presented their Sason Ltd granite loudspeaker & Poiema!! Signature line of cables.
January 16, 2005 - CAS member Larry Musial presented an audio system consisting of highly modified industrial Klipsch La Scala loudspeakers, a Bizzy Bee Cayin TA-30 integrated tube amp & TAD-150 remote control tube preamp w/SS phono, Hagerman Cornet tube phono preamp, & Marantz CD-67SE modded with new analog section by OGRE Systems.
December 12, 2004 - CAS member Rick Berta demonstrated his own speaker design which he is marketing as the World Audio Jazz Crucible. It is 97db efficient and uses a Lambda 15" bass driver with an ESS Heil Air Motion transducer in a series crossover in a sand-fillable cylindrical enclosure. Electronics were by Exemplar Audio.
November 21, 2004 - CAS member Gregg Straley demonstrated a Stan Warren design pre-production model of a standing bass wave cancelling "subwoofer" design, that improves perceived bass definition and soundstage imaging at the listening position. The audio system consisted of Reimer Wind River GS Loudspeakers, Stan Warren Buffered Line Stage, Stan Warren Folded-Cascode Amp, and Stan Warren modified GCD-750 CD player, as well as Gregg's own cables.
July 25, 2004 - Barbecue and listening session at the home of CAS member Brian Richardson featuring modified Magneplanar MG 1.6's mounted on myestands, the Audiomat Arpege Reference tube integrated amp, a Stan Warren Philips SACD-1000 modified player, Gregg Straley's cables, and Magneplanars latest center channel and surround speakers.
August 20, 2000 - Ron Welborne of Welborne Labs presented the Oris 150 horn speaker with Lowther drivers, prototype woofer cabinets with Cabasse drivers, Moondog 2A3 monoblock amps on the horns & Laurel IIx monoblocks on the woofers, Reveille line stage preamp & control section, & Gatekeeper power conditioners.