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MEETING NOTICE 
December, 15th
2:00-5:00 PM
Arlington Heights Historical Museum
Arlington Room
110 W. Fremont

Arlington Heights, IL

December, 2019 Meeting

DECEMBER MEETING-Sunday, December 15th,
2:00PM-5:00PM

 
VLAD BAZELKOV from AUDIO MIRROR PRESENTING THE TUBADOUR III SE NON-OVERSAMPLING TUBE DAC and REFLECTION 45W MONO BLOCK SET CLASS A AMPLIFIERS. ALSO KLIPSCH CORNWALL LOUDSPEAKERS, JAY'S AUDIO CDT MKII TRANSPORT, and REALITY CABLES 
 
We are pleased to welcome Vlad Bazelkov, founder and designer for Audio Mirror products. Vlad has been designing audio circuits for over 30 years leading to the Audio Mirror products. The Tubadour III SE DAC uses a NOS chip (AD 1865N-K), a transformer coupled output, and a 5977 sub-miniature tube. The SE version includes Dueland output caps and other details that Vlad will discuss. The DAC plays PCM up to 384K and is DSD-compatible with a music player that converts DSD to PCM such as Foobar, Audirvana, and Amarra. The Reflection 45W mono blocks feature the Russian 6C33C output tubes, auto biasing with protection, and capable of 100w peaks and suitable for speakers 88dB efficiency and higher. Do review the Audio Mirror website for additional details of the company and the products.
 
Our thanks to John Brunner and Eric Krupp for bringing the Klipsch Cornwall speakers, which should prove a great match for these amps in our large listening area. Also, thanks to Chris Lovendahl for supplying the Jay's Audio CDT MKII transport which received a 6 Moons Blue Moon award. Gregg Straley of Reality Cables will be supplying interconnects and speaker wire for the system. Vlad will begin demoing the system from his computer files. Do bring along your favorite tracks on CD as well.
 
The system at the meeting:
 
Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC
Audio Mirror Reflection 45 W Mono Block Amps
Audio Mirror Line Stage ( Prototype-coming soon! )
Klipsch Cornwall Loudspeakers
Jay's Audio CDT MKII Transport
Reality Cables Interconnects and Speaker Cable
 
Look forward to seeing you all there this Sunday for a great meeting heading into the Holidays.
 
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NOVEMBER 24 MEETING UPDATE-JIM CLARK STEREO
 
Thanks to Jim Clark and David Smilay for a great November meeting that featured the 10 Octave LP-1 preamp, the Elac Adante AF-61 speakers, and the Bob Carver Crimson 275 amplifier. For those who may have left, near the end of the meeting Jim said the AF-61 speakers at the meeting are available for $2750/pr (List $5000). Jim sent this follow-up to the meeting:
 
We want to offer a Black Friday sale to your members. It was a great meeting and it was sure a pleasure to meet so many warm welcoming people.
 
The 10 Octave LP-1 with a list price of $1099 (Jan 1st) is available to your members until the year end for $899.  The LP-1 R with remote list price of $1299 being available for $1099. Members must mention CAS and be a member in good standing.
 
We can offer the open box Bob Carver Crimson 275 used at the meeting at a member discount as well. List $2750. $2250.
 
Jim Clark Stereo is moving to a retail location early in 2020. We are having a moving sale with several unadvertised sale items at 50% off list. Please click on the link below to see many unbeatable deals.
 
https://carverstereoforum.com/forums/topic/inventory-reduction-open-box-demo-sale-limited-quantities/

​Slideshow of pictures from the meeting:

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Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC

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Jay's Audio CDT MKII transport

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Audio Mirror Reflection 45W mono block SET Class A amp
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Klipsch Cornwall speakers​
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Reality Cables
​Speaker Cable
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Reality Cables Interconnect Cables
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