Meeting Topics 2004
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CAS member Frank Putnam gave a turntable setup & tweaking presentation, covering tonearm and cartridge alignment. Slide show & summary report of WCES show & THE Show by Brian Walsh & George Olsen. Election of CAS officers. |
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CAS member Larry Musial demos bookshelf speakers of his own design that use Morel drivers in a MTM transmission line alignment with a 12" Sonicraft push-pull, isobaric, aperiodic closed box subwoofer in a powered 1 cu-ft box. Electronics used:McCormack DNA-1 Amp, Rev B from Steve McCormack, McCormack TCL-1 Preamp, Marantz CD-67, Modded by Larry Hepinstall & Cayin ST30 Integrated Tube Amp with Bizzy Bee mods. |
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Albert Shippits from Grommes Hi-Fi (of Gurnee, IL) & the designer, Alan Kimmel demo new 260A 60-watt Tube Monoblocks (with volume control and input). System was a duplicate of their CES 2004 exhibit, consisting of Joseph Audio RM 25si MKII speakers, Revox E-426 balanced CD player, Nordost Valkyrie balanced interconnect and speaker wire. Amp stands from May Audio (carbon fiber). |
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Rusty Taub of Von Schweikert demos VR-4 jr Reference Monitor & Db-99 MkII High Sensitivity Speaker. Associated equipment included: Consonance SACD 1.0 tube CD player, Consonance Opera T-1 tube preamp, Consonance M500 300B monoblocks, Marsh a400s power amp, & Acoustic Zen Cable. |
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CAS members Len Cronin & Jared Johnson gave a very enjoyable & highly informative presentation on classical music of the first half of the 20th century (1900-1950). |
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Demo of SP Technology speakers from La Porte, Indiana by Co-founder & head of engineering, Bob Smith. Local dealer Joe Jurzec from JAM'n Audio of Lake Villa, IL supplied associated electronics: Jolida tube preamp, Jolida 801 tube monoblocks, Proceed CDP transport, & current Birdland Odeon DAC. A Crown Macro Reference (800w/ch) was also featured. |
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Barbeque hosted by CAS member Brian Richardson at his home. His system included 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, Magneplanar's latest center channel and surround speaker, custom rack built using solid maple blocks, marble and other isolation & a Shanling rear amp. |
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Barbeque hosted by CAS member Frank Putnam at his home. Frank's system consists of Acoustat 2+2 electrostats driven by modified Acoustat Servo Amps. He will also have a unique home theater setup utilizing the 6.5 foot diagonal Kloss Novabeam projector. |
| September 26 (4th Sunday) | Brent Riehl & Robert Maicks of Audio Machine & Design spoke about vibration coupling techniques used in Audiopoints equipment racks and stands, Sonoran audio cabling, & Harmonic Precision amps & speakers. This is their 2nd meeting, & in conjunction with their dealer Joe Jurzec of JAM'n Audio, they supplied the entire system consisting of: Response Audio RA-MC3 reference Tube preamp, Harmonic Precision HPM-110 amps, Goldmund SACD player, Harmonic Precision Caravelle 2-way monitors, Sonoran cabling & Sistrum Platform Stands. |
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Sedrick Harris, representing Nola (formerly Alon speakers), Berendson electronics from Germany, & the Cruz digital amp will be back for his 4th CAS presentation. |
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CAS member Gregg Straley will be demoing a new bass augmentation/enhancement unit from Stan Warren. It is intended to reduce perceived room standing waves at the listening position, & increase perceived bass definition, detail, & dynamics as a result. In addition, there may be a production Stan Warren chip amp available to hear. |
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Christmas party and music listening session. CAS member Rick Berta demoed his own speaker design, the World Audio Jazz Crucible using a Lambda 15" bass driver with an ESS Heil Air Motion transducer. He also demoed a pair of custom-balanced 300B tube amps using a differential circuit, as well as an Exemplar Audio Reference preamp & Exemplar Audio-modified Denon 3910 multi-format player. |