2003
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January
19
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CAS
member Gregg Straley demoed Philips SACD1000 player,
modified by Stan Warren and cryogenically treated & compared
against identical unit in stock form not cryogenically treated.
System consisted of Audiomat integrated amp driving Dunlavy
SC-IV speakers, with Gregg’s Stan Warren-designed cabling
throughout and various tweaks. WCES report. |
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February
16
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James
Ginsburg & Bill Maylone
of Cedille
Records spoke about and played several of their recordings
introduced since their previous visit three years ago. |
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March
16
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Eric
Heider demonstrated
the Acoustic
Reality triangular eAR monoblock digital switching amps
using B&O ICEpower modules & pyramid-shaped FronT-eAR
preamp. The company is based in Denmark. The playback system
also included Reimer
Wind River GS speakers & Philips SACD 1000 player. |
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April
27 (4th Sunday)
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Outstanding presentation
by CAS member Brian Richardson
on Music of the Baroque period, a his specialty. Brian
auditioned many of his favorite recordings & provided a
detailed handout of each selection played for all CAS mermbers. |
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May
18
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Steve
Deckert of Decware
demoed electronics and speakers he makes and sells direct, including
Zen Torii push-pull pentode stereo amp (12 w/ch Class A, ),
SE-84C Zen Triode single ended amp (5 w/ch), & the Radial
RL-2 speakers. Klipsch LaScala speakers, modified Pioneer PL-514,
mounted on vibrapods, with Sumiko Blue Point Special cartride. |
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June
22 (4th Sunday)
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Steve
Huntley of
Great Northern Sound demoed a modified Wadia 860
CD player, Bill Eisen of
Creative Cable Concepts provided cabling, Jud
Barber of Joule
Electra demoed LAP-150 preamp and VZN-220 Rite of Passage
monoblock OTL amps, Joe Lavrencik
told about the isolation stands he builds & Dr.
Roger West of Sound
Lab described design features and principles of the
full range electrostatic loudspeakers, demoing his top-of-the-line
Ultimate-1 speakers. |
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July
20
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Steve
Sammet of SAS
Audio Labs demoed: SE7.0DC SET amp, 25DCT triode, 2
stage DC coupled, push-pull monoblock amps, 10A Line Preamp,
SAS Audio Labs interconnects, SAS Audio Labs speaker wire, System
Audio 1270 loudspeakers. Klipsch Heresy speakers were used as
well. |
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August
17
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Paul
Lacey of
Audio Services Corp. demoed the following equipment:
Opera Audio Consonance SACD 1.0 player, Sophia Electric EL34
integrated amp & Baby Amplifier, Von Schweikert Audio VR-2
Reference Towers, Audience cabling, Stillpoints and ERS damping
material for tweaking. |
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September
21
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Chris
Own of
Ack! Industries demoed his dAck! battery powered
filterless digital-to-analog converter ($395), & gave an
informative presentation. He used his Dynaudio Special 25 speakers. |
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October
19
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CAS
member-assembled system
consisting of: Django transformer volume control & line
stage loaned by Kevin Haskins of
DIYcable.com, small prototype 2-way satellite monitors
using Scanspeak tweeters & Peerless 5. midwoofers in sealed
enclosures, powered sub with active & passive drivers, Parasound
JC-1 monoblocks (400 W into 8 ohms), power cords and cabling
by TG
Audio Lab & Gregg Straley, modified Philips SACD1000
player &
Ah! Tjoeb CD player were used as sources. |
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November
16
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CAS
member Gregg Straley
demoed a chip-based amp purchased from Stan Warren, rated at
60 watts per channel. Also used were: Njoe Tjoeb CD player,
the sat/sub speaker system by G&D Transforms used in October,
cabling was a combination of Gregg's &
TG Audio Lab. |
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December
21
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Christmas party
and music listening session. |
