Weekly Zoom Friday Night Zoom Meeting

13001 N. La Montana Drive, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

Doors open 10am to 4pm. This is a private event for Arizona Audio Club Members, but you can join at the door for $10 (annual membership is $35/year). This event builds on the success of the 1st Annual 2019 SpeakerFest event. Our Goal is to feature listening opportunities for several top rated, hard to audition brands. Two professional sound engineers will be employed for setup optimization.

Selection parameters:

• Available for sale now
• MSRP $3000.00 MAX
• Passive, Standmounts only

Format:

Three non-abutting, rectangular rooms of about 700 square feet will be used. 3-4 pairs of speakers per room. Starting at 10:30am, each speaker will play tracks in a preset 15 minute segment. After each rooms speakers have all played once the genre will change. A schedule will be provided showing when each speaker is expected to play each track. Expect Jazz, Rock, Vocals, Electronics, Blues, Country and Classical music. All music will be selected based on recording quality and likely audience familiarity.

Exhibition to include:

1. ATC SCM 11, Courtesy of Lone Mountain Audio, Brad Lunde, Leland Leard
2. KLH Model 5, Courtesy of KLH Audio, Jeff Dano
3. KEF R3, Courtesy of OmniClassic Recording, Ben Taylor
4. Sonus Faber Lumina II, Courtesy of Dedicated Audio, Dan & Matt Harmon
5. Totem Sky, Courtesy of LMC Entertainment, Mike Ware, Paul Henningsen
6. Philharmonic BMR Monitors, Courtesy of Philharmonic Audio, Dennis Murphy
7. Polk Audio Legend L200, Courtesy of Polk Audio, George Klopfer
8. LSA Signature 80, Courtesy of LSA Audio, Walter Liederman
9. Tekton Design Impact Monitors, Courtesy of Woolsons Audio, Larry Woolson
10. Monitor Audio 100 Gold, Courtesy of Dedicated Audio, Dan Harmon
11. Buchardt Audio S400 MkII, Courtesy of Mads Buchardt
12. Triangle Comete 40th Anniversary, Courtesy of Frank Gazzo
13. GoldenEar BRX, Courtesy of Chris Volk, GoldenEar Technology
14. GR-Research X-LS Encore, Courtesy of Stephen Scharf
15. Falcon Acoustics Q7, Courtesy of Paul Righello
16. SpeakerLab Point 1+, Courtesy of Tom Hall

A very big "Thank You" to:

Parasound's Richard Schram, Phil Jackson for providing three Hint 6 Integrated Amplifiers Straightwire, Jerry Willsie for providing excellent matching Interconnects and Speaker Cables. We feel anyone attending will be listening to the best products available in this price/category.   We thank all the forward thinking companies who have agreed to Participate!

Special Attraction!!!

TigerFox Immerse 360 portable listening pod. The TigerFox Immerse 360 dramatically transforms the quality, immersion, and three-dimensional audio performance of even a standard pair of speakers. This new product is said to make people willfully throw away their headphones! Free 5 minute trials on Saturday at event. Inventor Rick O'Polka of Milwaukee will be on hand for free demos and sales. $500. https://tigerfox360.com/technology

Orchard Audio in the house!

Club favorite, Leo Ayzenshtat, Founder of Orchard Audio, will be present a few rooms down. Attendees will be able to request one of their favorite songs to be played at this exhibit on following setups:

Setup 1:

Floor standing speakers (ELAC Uni-Fi Reference UFR52), driven by the Starkrimson® Stereo Ultra amplifier with the PecanPi® Streamer as the source.

Setup 2:

Bookshelf speakers (ELAC Uni-Fi Reference UBR62), driven by the Starkrimson Mono amplifiers with the PecanPi Streamer as the source.

Setup 3:

Headphone listening station with PecanPi Streamer as both headphone amp and the source. Feel free to bring your own headphones to use.

Note: The ELAC UBR62 speakers will be raffled off. More details soon.

The following Manufacturer's Representatives will be present to answer questions. Phil Jackson of Parasound, Rick O'Polka of TigerFox, Jerry Willsie of Straightwire, Dennis Murphy renowned Speaker designer of Philharmonic Audio, Jeff Dano of KLH.

Further Information contact jeffkalina1@gmail.com