What's Coming in 2020
January 29th -Wednesday-7pm- Faith Lutheran Church- 801 E. Camelback Rd, Phoenix
Produced By Paul Righello -DOOR PRIZE NEW SCHIIT MAGNI HEADPHONE AMP
Andrew Jones of Elac Sound Speaks. Andrew Jones has an impressive history in loudspeakers, having served as the chief speaker engineer at KEF, Infinity, Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD), and Pioneer, where he established a reputation for designing budget speakers that sound shockingly good. www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/manufacture/0915/Andrew_Jones_Elac_Article.htm
February 26th-Wednesday-5pm-9pm Woolson's Audio, 3202 S. 40th Street, Phoenix
Produced by Joe Goswami
Vintage Gear- Woolson's Audio. This store is normally only open on Saturdays from 10am-4pm. Your chance to explore one of Arizona Audio's best kept secrets. The store has been more of a private club than a typical retail experience. Larry Woolson and his son AJ present you an exhaustive, lifetime collection of vintage gear. Soon to be the only retailer to accept desirable consignment hifi gear locally. https://www.woolsonaudio.com/
****Covid Cancellation Notice****
The March Meeting will not be Held. Look for a reschedule notice when available
March 25th-Wednesday- 7pm Faith Lutheran Church- 801 E. Camelback Rd, Phoenix
Produced By Bob Olivere
6:30-7:30 pm. Charles Kirmuss, inventor of the world's best vinyl record cleaning system will speak and demonstrate his new product. Tom Rothermel, lifelong Man of Vinyl, will take the stage at 7:30 to 8:30 to show how to optimize your TT operation & maintain it as it should be. https://www.kirmussaudio.com/
April 29th- Wednesday-7. Phoenix Burton Barr Main Library.1221 N. Central Ave, Phoenix
Produced By Curt Dragonavich and Joe Goswami
Working demonstrations of assembled DIY products. Pass Labs Designed Class A kit, monoblock amps, Class D amp designs @ 200 wpc , Speaker packages including SEAS products,
All those who are interested in owning HiFi for Low $ will have an opportunity to see it all demystified.
https://www.passdiy.com/project/
https://www.diyclassd.com/p/about-us/
May 7th -Thursday 3PM-6PM- Acoustic Designs-16074 N. 78th St, Scottsdale
Produced By Paul Righello
Held at Don Loving's Acoustic Designs in Scottsdale. If you have not had the chance to walk through Don's store you are in for a treat. Esoteric, Sonus Faber, and more top level brands.
There will be several demos of subwoofers in different rooms featuring use for two channel systems and home theater along with single versus multiple subs. JL Audio engineers will give talks on everything subwoofer related. How to integrate them
into a system, crossover points, etc.
https://www.adgroupaz.com/products/
June 27th Saturday-11-3pm -8600 E. Anderson Dr, Scottsdale
Produced By Jeff Kalina along with the entire SC cast.
SPEAKERFEST II JUNE 30TH SATURDAY 11AM TO 3PM.
Standmount Speakers with Shock and Awe!!
We have set our sights high this year. An Amazing Eight speakers
that may completely change your mind about going big.
July 29th Wednesday-7pm Location TBD
Produced By Bob Olivere and Ben Taylor
Member Music. Your chance to find some new music to enjoy courtesy
of other members. Everyone is encouraged to bring one or two selections
they love and want to share with everyone. Always a fun night!
August 26th, Wednesday- 7pm. Location TBD
Produced By Ben Taylor and Bob Olivere
Can you say headphones? All the latest brands along with the best equipment
to power them. Additionally we will demonstrate how hi-res sound is now as
portable as a device as small as a smart phone and very affordably.
September 30th-Wednesday- 7pm. 15507 N. Scottsdale Rd # 135, Scottsdale
Produced By Peter Eichen
LMC VISIT-Focal, Naim and LMC have teamed up to present all their best products
in a new store next door to LMC. Awesome setup -great job!
Hear the new Wilson Chronograph Speakers at $680k a pair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5hx_2EndE/
October 28th-Wednesday-7pm. Gilbert, AZ. Steve's Home
Hosted By Steve Bruzonsky
BRUZER CINEMA PRESENTS -A Night at Steve's Home Theatre.
Fellow member and Audio/Video afficiendo Steve Bruzonsky opens his dedicated,
custom built, audiophile home theatre 18’W X 25’L X 12’H for club members only.
Steve has just completed a total upgrade to his already fabulous system. SRO.
Details below.
November- Held December 5th-Saturday- 10am-2pm. Location TBD
Produced By Roy Cook
The Annual Swap Meet and Media Sale will once again be
held in November as the culmination of our 2020 Season.
Other Events for Consideration:
Acoustic Designs plans to hold an event on How to Stream
for Optimal sound quality. Date and details to follow.
More Thoughts:
Room Correction: Why you want it, how it works and what is costs!
Demos from all the leading manufacturers -Anthem, Legacy, Trinnov, Ayon,
NAD Dirac and others.
Shopping for a new Integrated? A/B listening opportunities between
Pass Labs, Hegel, Sugden, McIntosh, Naim & Master Class NAD.
Snake oil or Legit?
Cables, interconnects, digital and Voodoo.
Cardas OFC , Nordost , DH Labs . Kimber . AudioQuest.
Send us more meeting ideas !!!
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Postponed from 2019-Hey, Rome was not built in a day!
Details-Find the Devil!
"BRUZER CINEMA PRESENTS"
Bruzer Cinema, Renovation/Upgrade August/September 2019, with planned 9.4.13 system, subject to revision during install:
New (Recent) components are in bold print below:
Trinnov Altitude 32-824 (24 channels) SSP (ROON Ready with Auro 3D for music);
3 floorstanding Aerial Acoustics 7t speakers;
6 on wall Aerial Acoustics 7LCR speakers;
2 JL Audio f212 subwoofers with 2 ASC Subtraps;
2 Paradigm Persona Subwoofers with 2 ASC Subtraps;
13 Triad Rotatable Inceiling Rotating Silver/Sat 9 speakers;
3 Theta Digital Prometheus monoblocks;
Trinnov Altitude 8 multi-channel amplifier;
Trinnov Altitude 8m multi-channel amplifier;
ATI 526NT Multi-Channel Amplifier;
Kaleidescape Terra Movie Server 40TB (upstairs home office)
Western Digital MyCloud PR4100 Music Server 32TB (upstairs home office)
Sonic Transporter i7 for ROON DSP (Small Green Computer) (upstairs home office)
Sony VPL-VW5000ES laser projector with Panamorph DCR Anamorphic Lens
Lumagen Radiance Pro 4446 video processor
Stewart Filmscreen Vistascope 2.40 14’ wide Snomatte screen
Apple TV 4k
Kaleidescape Strato C 4k player
DJM Electronics Gigafoil v4 (ethernet in, optical/fiber inside, ethernet out) (prior to Kaleidescape Strato C 4k player)
Oppo UDP-205 4k blu ray player
DirecTV Genie HR54
TIVO Bolt OTA
2 PS Audio P5 power regenerators
Furman Elite 20Pfi (for projector only)
Mid-Atlantic component racksThC
2019
January:
A special Video lecture/ exhibition by Adam Goldfine, a professional videographer.Adam Is exploring the possibility of producing a TV show on Stereo Equipment.
February:
Shootout between Focal Kanta 2s and Goldenear Reference Provided by member
Phil Groben and a friend of the club. Values of $8,000-$10,000
The final score was dead even.
March:
Phoenix Chamber Music Society ;Harp Quintet. Featuring The American String Quartet with Nationally renowned Harpist Nancy Allen. A 500 year old Viola was played. Awesome!
April:
Fellow member HiFi Stereo enthusiast Jeffrey Behr opened his music room to members to hear his new Atma Sphere mono blocks powering his recently upgraded Serenity Planars speakers. Always a pleasure.
May:
A visit to Dan D'Agostino's new facility in Cave Creek. This was a very exceptional meeting. We listened to Mr. D'Agostino speak about sound issues he deals with. We were wined and dined as royalty by the so gracious D'Agostino Family. Finally we were the first group to hear music in his new music room. Truly a priviledge.
June
29th Saturday
Speakerfest !!
All speakers demonstrated were not represented locally.
Please see "Reviews" Tab
July
"Member Music"
24th Wednesday 7pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
Discover some new artists you may love. If you missed it,
a complete list is posted on this website.
See Music List on Events Page
August
24th Saturday
$10 Admission for non-members
RSVP Required by August 21st.
Space is limited.
Please see
Fellow member Paul Righello has organized This 1st Annual event called
"DAC It Out"!! As the name implies we have gathered some if the best DACs
made in the World in an "affordable" price range for a member A/B/C shootout.
SEE RESULTS- NEXT COLUMN
Held at the beautiful new showroom of Acoustic Designs Inc. in the Scottsdale
Airpark. 16074 N.78th St Scottsdale, AZ 85260
September
Wednesday 25th 7pm
Faith Lutheran Church
801 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix,AZ
In response to the new member survey asking for an informative lecture series,
Ben Taylor, professional sound engineer and club member will speak on exactly what he must do to make a recording as he did in March by the Phoenix Chamber Music Society. Besides another chance to enjoy internationally renowned harpist Nancy Allen, club members will gain a fuller understanding of how sound which enters a microphone ends up as a recording.
Bonus Door Prize: FIIU Award Winning
personal Hi-Rez player.
October
Wednesday the 30th at 7pm
KJZZ broadcast facilities Tour!!
Conducted by Eric Schecter, Chief Engineer, Eric has agreed to conduct the tour.
This will be a fascinating behinds the scenes look the New HQ of both KJZZ and KBAQ.
Located at Rio Salado Community College at 2323 W 14th Street in Tempe.
in Building B on the 4th floor.
November
This Meeting is actually held on the 1st Saturday in
December toaccomodate the Thanksgiving Holiday
Location :Harmon Library-Phoenix 1325 S 5th Ave, Phoenix, AZ
The Club has an Annual Swap Meet
where members may sell or buy equipment related to A/V.
We took an informal survey of 8 members recently
and found that all had several pieces they plan to
bring. Good way to make room for something new!
December
Holiday Break
Unburden yourself
By Ben Taylor
Here's an article that you all should be reading. It will simplify, and unburden you of some of the myths in audio. In addition it will let you concentrate on the really important aspects of getting your systems to work at its best. It's why I always recommend that you work on the acoustic properties of the space you've chosen, and not so much the gear. Yes the gear is important, but let's face it, there are few really bad pieces of audio gear being made these days. It's just differences that we experience, and it's those differences that determine what we prefer to hear. Each of us has a different idea as to what represents a good sounding system. If you don't pay close attention to the acoustics of your room, you'll never know what your system is really capable of.
That being said, here is a YouTube video that best clarifies Digital Audio, and represents what I've learned after 40+ years as a professional. Whereas I have recorded at sample rates of 96K and above, I find little above 48K useful, but I had to do it to hear for myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiZqYnd5g8M&t=1145s
Ben
OmniClassic Recording
"Have Mic-Will Travel"
omnic...@gmail.com
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