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MEETING NOTICE 
Sunday, July 26th, 2015   2 - 5 PM


The meeting was held at the home of CAS member Jeff Kenton. 
      CAS member Jeff Kenton hosted the July meeting. Jeff is in McHenry right on the Fox River and offered boat rides for UP TO 9 PEOPLE WHO RSVPed before the meeting. Jeff will provided libations and grilled foods. Many members brought desserts and side dishes to share. 

      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.  We did a listening comparison between two of the latest highly regarded DACs - the Lampizator 4+ G5 and the new Mytek Manhattan. 

Jeff's system consists of the following:

Oppo SE 83 Blue ray,  2010 MacMini Server with 256k SS hard drive, Core Audio regulated power supply, Drobo 5 FS, Ifi Audio USB, PS Audio Power Bases

Technics SL1210 MKIV, Cardas tone arm wire, fluid damper, strobe disabler, outboard power supply, Sumiko head shell, Audio Technica 150MLX cartridge, Applied Fidelity Sapphire bearing, Applied Fidelity Aluminum/Delrin platter, BEL interconnect, Ifi Audio phono stage

Two BEL stereo 1001 amps in bi-amp,  Sonic Euphoria passive pre, Ifi Itube, BSG QOL signal completion stage, Infinity Ref 4.5 stereo speakers, two Epik Empire dual 15” sealed stereo subs on SVS Soundpath isolators,

Most interconnects are BEL, speaker wires are BEL

DACs: Lampizator L4+ G5 and Mytek thru a 2012 MacMini I7 16GB RAM and 240 GB SS hard drive with UpTone Audio JS-2 Power Supply, DC conversion /MMK fan controller, and USB regenerator.


Please feel free to bring CD’s or DSD files up to 256 Quad. We hope to see you there!



July, 2015 Newsletter: 

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