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Always on the third Sunday of the month, unless otherwise noted.  Meetings start at 2 pm.

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2004
January 18
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.
February 15
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.
March 21
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).
April 18
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.
May 16
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).
June 27 (4th Sunday)
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.
July 25 (4th Sunday)

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.
August 22 (4th Sunday)
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.
October 17
Sedrick Harris, representing Nola (formerly Alon speakers), Berendson electronics from Germany, & the Cruz digital amp will be back for his 4th CAS presentation.
November 21
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.
December 12 (2nd Sunday)
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.

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