2002
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January
20
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Rick
Diekman of Controlled
Thermal Processing, gave an interesting presentation
on cryogenic treatment, including audio equipment.
WCES report |
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February
17
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CAS
member Matthew May demoed and spoke about gear he
has tweaked or built himself, including a Fisher 200B tuner,
a modified Dynaco PAS-2 preamp, Eico HF-89 amplifier, &
a tube AM tuner he built from scratch. CAS officer elections. |
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March
17
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John
Huff of Huff
Loudspeaker Co. demoed System One satellites, using
twin ceramic mid-woofers & optional Raven R2 ribbon tweeters
& Sub One using extremely long throw twin 12" woofers
in a push-pull configuration. Electronics used were: CTC Blowtorch
preamp, Philips SACD 1000 player, main speakers were driven
by a Jeff Rowland Model 12 amp, & subs by a Sunfire amp. |
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April
21
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Bruce
Fetherling & Brian Urfer of Acoustic
Dreams demoed Lumenwhite Whitelight loudspeakers, VAIC
Audio tube electronics (52B monoblocks), gear from dCS (Verdi
SACD/CD transport, Purcell 24/192 digital upsampler, & Delius
24/192 D/A converter) and Shunyata (cabling and Hydra power
conditioner), & an advanced equipment rack they make. |
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May
19
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CAS
member Gregg Straley
demoed some
of his cabling & other tweaks from Mapleshade
that he finds to be effective. He also showed how to determine
correct AC plug polarity. Playback
system included an Audiomat integrated amp, Stan Warren modified-Aiwa
transport & MSB DAC combo & PMC
FB1 speakers. |
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June
23 (4th Sunday)
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Michael
Hobson &Coleman Brice
of Classic
Records demo recordings & spoke about their new
vinyl formulation, Quiex SV-P. Gilles
Gameiro of Birdland
Audio demoed an Odéon-Ag 24bit / 192KHz upsampling
DAC & Pleyel-Ag amp (stereo 18 watt/ch or 65 watt mono).
Side-by-side 24/96 digital CD recordings vs. vinyl playback,
using Pioneer DV-525 DVD player as transport & Birdland
DAC vs. a SOTA Cosmos/SME V/Kiseki Purpleheart with output through
a Vendetta SCP-2T phono stage. Each was connected to Audiomat
Solfege integrated amp, powering Ohm
PRO-200 Sound Cylinder Speakers. |
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July
21
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Music
listening session using
CAS member-assembled system
consisting
of: Stan
Warren modified-Aiwa transport & MSB DAC combo,
as well as Birdland DAC, new PS
Audio HCA-2 digital amp & Ohm
PRO-200 Sound Cylinder Speakers. |
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August
18
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Robert
Maicks of Audio
Machine & Design spoke about vibration coupling
techniques used in Audio Points equipment racks and stands,
& in Sonoran Audio cabling. |
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September
15
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Dr.
Bruce Edgar of Edgarhorn
demoed his Edgarhorn Titan Speakers including subwoofer. 1st
meeting at the new venue: Arlington Heights Historical Society. |
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October
20
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Mark
Seaton & Tom Danley, of ServoDrive-Sound
Physics Labs demoed the Unity horn speakers and the
ContraBass ServoDrive subwoofer, using Linn equipment provided
by the local Linn representative. |
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November
17
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Ray
Samuels of Ray
Samuels Audio demoed the op amp-based Emmeline CA-2
line stage, Emmeline XR-2 phono stage & tube-based Emmeline
RS-1A. A turntable was used for the first part of the program,
followed by comparisons of digital playback through the different
line stages. Ohm
PRO-200 Sound Cylinder Speakers were driven by PS
AudioHCA-2 digital amp.
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December
15
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Brian
Bowdle of Venus
Hi-Fi demoed Final
Lab electronics (battery powered), Living
Voice Avatar speakers , & Audio
Note CD player, as well as cables and isolators. |
