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The Chicago Audio Society is dedicated to helping its members achieve maximum enjoyment of music through home high fidelity audio reproduction. The Society meets throughout the year to demonstrate, discuss and enjoy the best in music and audio.
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Sunday, September 15th, 2019
                       1-5 PM

Our September meeting will be hosted by Toska Audio at their store in Highland Park. They will be demoing the Usher Audio TD-10 DMD & Audio Solutions Figaro XL Loudspeakers driven by various excellent tube and solid state electronics.

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Recent Website Changes:

  • A slideshow of pictures from the September, 2019 CAS meting at Toska Audio has been added to the Our Next Event page.
  • The September, 2019 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • A slide show of pictures from the first five floors of the 2019 AXPONA show has been posted under the Events Menu.
  • A short slideshow of the few pictures I had from the February, 2019 meeting, hosted by Brian Walsh of Exogal have finally been posted to the page.
  • The August, 2019 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • The pages for both February and July, 2019 meetings have been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • A slideshow of pictures from the December, 2018 Refined Audio meeting has been added at the bottom of that meeting's page.
  • Better late than never, slideshows of pictures have been added to the pages for both of the Haniwa Audio September, 2018 meetings.  The pages are under the History\Past Meetings Menu, and slideshows are at the bottom of each page.
  • The December and September, 2018 newsletters have been added to the web site.
  • The pages for both September, 2018 meetings hosted by Bob Bean from Haniwa Audio have been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The page for the July, 2018 meeting hosted by Jeff Kenton at his home has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The July, 2018 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • The page for the June, 2018 meeting hosted by Rick Berta at his home has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The March and June, 2018 newsletters have been added to the web site.
  • Slideshows of pictures from all 9 floors of the AXPONA 2018 show at the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg have been posted to the web site.
  • A slideshow of pictures from the March, 2018 meeting at Juan Ayllon's home has been added at the bottom of that meeting's page.
  • The page for the Febuary, 2018 Gudebrod Audio hosted by Eric Krupp and John Brunner has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The February, 2018 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • A slideshow of pictures from the February, 2018 meeting has been added.
  • The December, 2017 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • The page for the December, 2017 Deluxe Audio Video meeting has been added to the Past Meetings Menu. A slideshow of pictures from the meeting has been added to the page.
  • The page for the November, 2017 Superior Audio hosted by Joe Galanti has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.  A slideshow of pictures from the meeting has been added to the page.
  • The November, 2017 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • The July & September, 2017 newsletters have been added to the web site.
  • The May & June, 2017 newsletters have been added to the web site.
  • Slideshows of pictures have been added to their respective pages for the March and May, 2017 meetings.
  • The page for the June, 2017 ImmersAV hosted by Robert Schulien has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The page for the May, 2017 Destination Audio meeting at Courtyard by Marriott Wood Dale/Itasca has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The March, 2017 newsletter has been added to the web site.
  • The page for the March, 2017 meeting at Allen Richards' house has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.
  • The page for the December, 2016 meeting at Quintessence Audio has been added to the Past Meetings Menu.  A slideshow of pictures from the meeting has been added to the page.
  • Slideshows of pictures from the 3rd, 4th, ​5th, 6th and 12th floors from the AXPONA 2016 show have been posted to the web site. Remaining floors to follow. Captioning is still minimal, but pictures are there.​
  • Slideshows of pictures from the Lower Level, 1st and 2nd floors from the AXPONA 2016 show have been posted to the web site.  Other floors to follow.

Recent Meetings

July 15, 2018
  • Our member, Jeff Kenton hosted the July, 2018 Chicago Audio Society meeting at his home.  Jeff has a large room with a system that includes a sophisticated Mac Mini computer setup, vinyl, 2 dual 15" subs to augment Infinity Reference 4.5 speakers, and a 108" AMPRO front projector to enjoy blu-rays.  Jeff was able to play digital files, discs and vinyl. A great time was had by all in attendance listening to Jeff's outstanding system.
June 24, 2018
  • Rick Berta hosted the June, 2018 Chicago Audio Society meeting at his home.  Rick has two separate listening rooms, featuring multiple custom horn and S.E.T. amp systems including Weiss 202 DAC, Lowther drivers, Mapleknoll turntable, Transfiguration Proteus, and more were demoed.  
March 25, 2018
  • CAS member Juan Ayllon hosted the March, 2018  meeting on Sunday, March 25th from 2:00 to 5 PM.  Juan has an audio review log: www.prairieaudiomancave.com and received a number of interesting products to review and share with us including the latest VPI Prime Signature Table/Arm, VPI Viper phono stage, and Cypher Labs Prautes Headphone Amp.
February 18, 2018
  • CAS members Eric Krupp and John Brunner of Gudebrod Audio to presented the 3T12V single-ended tube preamp and AC120/3 AC line filter.
December 10, 2017
  • Deluxe Audio Video presented 3 systems-a Golden Ear Technology Reference Loudspeaker system, a Martin Logan CLX ART Loudspeaker system with Golden Ear Technology SuperSub XXL, and all Golden Ear Technology Loudspeakers in a Dolby Atmos 7.4 system.
November 12, 2017
  • Joe Galanti, founder of Superior Audio Systems presented Eminent Technology LFT-8B planar loudspeakers, Conrad Johnson tube electronics, new Soekris R-2R Ladder DAC, Dragonfly Red DAC, Audioquest Niagra 5000 Power Conditioner, MacBook Pro/Pure Music + Tidal streaming with MQA.
September 24, 2017
  • Bob Clanfield presented the latest developments in computer audio featuring: Amarra, Sonic Studio, Dirac, Mac mini optimization and Drobo USB3 storage.
July 23, 2017​
  • Rick Berta-Featured multiple custom horn and S.E.T. amp systems including Weiss 202 DAC, Lowther drivers, Mapleknoll turntable, Transfiguration Proteus, and more were demoed.
June 11, 2017​
  • Robert Schulien of ImmerSAV presented: Creating Audio for Virtual Reality Applications​.  This presentation covered the elements of binaural audio as they relate to producing compelling entertainment and educational content for virtual reality applications.
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