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Dolby Atmos Event - Dec. 2024

Thank you to Greg Wann for hosting another successful event at his Audio Shrine in Sun City, AZ. Several Classic Rock/Prog Rock Albums were played losslessy via BluRay or MKV ripped form BluRay files. 


Thank you to Dave Das for doing another wonderful write up of the event.

Cinematic Home AV Review 2 (pdf)Download

Dac it Out 2024

Mar. 2024 - Vinyl vs Digital

The "Digital vs Analog DJ Booth !
Dave Hjortland a fellow Marin Logan CLS owner posing with John Harvell's Martin Logan Ascents
"He just happens to be a Digital Man". Don't let that MoFi T-Shirt fool you...LOL!
Johnny Fever & Venus Flytrap !

SEPT. 2023 Tribute to Jim Fosgate

Speakers used for the Front Channels of the Black Ice Audio F (for Fosgate) 360 Preamp/Two F100 Amps
Joe Goswami setting up the Black Ice Audio F360 Preamp.
Read the T-Shirt. Have you seen the price of a Vinyl vs an SACD or DSD download ? WTF indeed !
Black F100 design by the late Jim Fosgate
Schiit Ygdrasill and their latest CD Transport
Not Yo' Daddy's Bose 901 Series I/II Equalizer
Paul Johnson who went above an beyond this night.
Earlier in the evening with Cornwall's. People like what they heard. Ben Taylor dialed the Speakers
Listening to the 901'a

Feb. 2024 DIY NIght

Craig Hayenga lent the Club these mini monitors. One of his first builds from many years ago.
Bill W's Classic restored Dynaco A25's.
Bill's A25's pair well with Craig's 16" Eminence Sub's/Martin King design H-Frame Subwoofers
Bill explains his McIntosh MC30 restoration.
Steve's Decware 2W circuit with Edcor Transformers.
Again, this was a great pairing. Thank you Bill & Craig
Greg Wann's Van Alstine Preamp worked great.
The PecanPi DAC built by Joe Goswami was our source for streaming Amazon Music and DSD to Vinyl rips
Triple Mono Orchard Audio Ultra Amplifier built by Joe Goswami
Joe Goswami's "Wooden Box" used to drive Craig Hayenga's Martin King designed 16" H Frame Subwoofers
Thanks to all who showed up that night and helped clean up afterwards.

Michael Johnson aka "Poetry on plastic" visited us yet again !

HHR Exotics Walsh-Type TLS-2 speakers driven by a set of Atmosphere MA-1s with a Marantz AV-10 pre-pro and an Oppo BDP-205 by Jeffrey Behr

Orchard Audio Burr Brown DAC and ORCHARD AUDIO AKM DAC Comparison

Orchard Audio vs Orchard Audio
Joe Goswami at the controls is never a good thing.
The Sweetspots !
Craig Hayenga always supportive.
Ben Taylor curious as always. Thank for taking all these pictures.
Thanks to The Orchard !
Thank you to all who came to the Orchard DAC event on Saturday

2021 DIYstock - Click each Picture for Detaials

Craig Hayenga's all PASS DIY Rig
Bill Warriner's Mix of Old & New
And the award for DIYstock's ugliest Speaker goes to Joe Goswami.
Mike Heavily Modified Klipsch's
Mike's MTM's
John Harvell's 1986 Speakerbuilder Magazine two pieces MTM Satellite/10" Subwoofer
Steve's Mad Scientist Rig
Steve's Thoren's TD145 MkII
Steve's "Lab"

Schiit Modius/Magnus

Schiit Modius/Magnus

Schiit Modius/Magnus

On loan to the AZAVClub. Courtesy of  the fine folks at Schiit

Audeze Pleaze

Schiit Modius/Magnus

Schiit Modius/Magnus

Ben Taylor had his Audeze powered by a Musical Fidelity 

Pass it On

Schiit Modius/Magnus

Black Ice/Jolida DAC

Sennheiser & Craig Hayenga's Pass DIY Headphone sounded really good

Black Ice/Jolida DAC

Black Ice/Jolida DAC

Black Ice/Jolida DAC

Black Ice DAC doesn't do DSD I2S DSD layer playback of an SACD (DSD over PCM only via USB) but sounded pretty good on PCM files and CD's

Where's The Koss ?

Black Ice/Jolida DAC

Where's The Koss ?

Head[hones were on my Head and I forgot to include the Koss Drop 95/x Headphones powered by a Stax SRM-007tA, and fueled with the PS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr. with Sunlight installed

February 2020 Vintage meeting held at Woolson's Audio

Apogee with Quicksilver Tube Bi-Amping

Apogee with Quicksilver Tube Bi-Amping

Apogee with Quicksilver Tube Bi-Amping

Larry Woolson's lifetime collection of vintage gear is a must see. Currently only open on Saturdays from 10-4pm.

Dahlquist to Sonus Faber

Apogee with Quicksilver Tube Bi-Amping

Apogee with Quicksilver Tube Bi-Amping

Larry operates Woolson's more as club

than a typical retail store.  Next door is HQ for James Kocke's HighEnd Audio Repair. A genius at his trade, James can fix anything.

Andrew Jones at the January 2020 Meeting

New Navis Powered Speakers- A Knock-out!!

A full house showed up for what was certainly a great show.  The powered Navis 2-way Stand mount speakers sounded like a $5,000 speaker. 

MSRP  is only $2,000. 

A twin at birth, Andrew Jones has been know to run his twin in when double booked. We are relatively sure the correct twin was in town.

Andrew Jones  is a truly understated genius at his craft. He impressed the 

crowd with his knowledge as well as his personality. A real people person.


We would like to thank Andrew for his time and trouble in making the drive from LA to Phoenix and hope to have him back again soon!!


JANUARY 4-5TH 2020 TUCSON DIY EVENT

JANUARY 4-5TH 2020 TUCSON DIY EVENT

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October Trip To KJZZ's New Studios

October Trip To KJZZ's New Studios

October Trip To KJZZ's New Studios

We were given the royal treatment by Eric Scheter,  chief engineer.  Eric was unflappable as he fielded our many questions. A beautiful set up with the all their new high tech mastering studios. 400 lb doors.  Who knew Hafler made powered monitors?

Thanks to KJZZ and KBAQ for being such gracious hosts!!!



October Trip To KJZZ's New Studios

October Trip To KJZZ's New Studios

June and August 2019 -See Review Tab

Speakerfest

"DAC it Out"

"DAC it Out"

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"DAC it Out"

"DAC it Out"

"DAC it Out"

September 2019 Meeting - Sound Engineering

How is Music Recorded

Ben Taylor, Professional Sound Engineer

How is Music Recorded

Paperwork Required

Ben Taylor, Professional Sound Engineer

How is Music Recorded

Ben Taylor, Professional Sound Engineer

Ben Taylor, Professional Sound Engineer

Ben Taylor, Professional Sound Engineer

Portable Gear

Audience Participation

Ben Taylor, Professional Sound Engineer

Audience Participation

Audience Participation

Audience Participation

Nancy Allen's Harpist

Audience Participation

Audience Participation

Paul's Call

2019 RMAF Report by Paul Righello

Here are my picks for what its worth 🙂

Top Rooms:

  1. Vienna Acoustics Imperials + REL Stacked Sub Array + Boulder Separates = Phenomenal sound. They played a track from a Tool album (not my pick) and it was awesome. Totally listenable and engaging. No harshness whatsoever even though this is a metal band. Felt like I went through a transcendent experience.
  2. Hegel Room: H390 + Sonus Faber Electa Amator III = Super simple system that took total control of the small room. Kept looking for the sub that wasn’t there. 
  3. Revel Room: F228BE + Mark Levinson Integrated = Crystal clear balanced sound with no fatigue at all. Nearly full range with chest thumping yet tight bass. Detailed highs. I want a pair ($7K).
  4. Sonus Faber Room: Olympica Nova Vs + can’t recall the gear stack = Slam in spades. The image was a little larger than life but great soundstage and dynamics. My wife wants a pair but they are not in the current budget at $17K.
  5. Acora Room: SRC-1 two way made of granite using Scanspeak drivers. Run with ARC separates. Sounded real. Like there was a violinist in the room. Pricing is way off though, $36K. 

Other Standouts:

  • Salk Room: Beautiful and great sounding speakers.
  • Elac Room: Great standmounts for not a lot of dough. Carina gives the Kef LS50s a run for the money and are hundreds less too boot! Debut Reference sets a new standard for $500 standmounts.
  • Kanto Room: Tuk two way actives with ATM tweeters are a real gateway into HiFi. They have a remote control, built in amps and DAC with wireless capability. Plus there is a switchable crossover for adding a subwoofer. These were really quite good at $700.

Best,

Paul Righello

August 24th 2019 "DAC It out" Event

Jeff, Warren, Paul and Ben

Well Treated, Theatre Sized Room

Well Treated, Theatre Sized Room

Well Treated, Theatre Sized Room

Well Treated, Theatre Sized Room

Well Treated, Theatre Sized Room

Tim the Money Man

Well Treated, Theatre Sized Room

Ben, the Jedi Master

Ben, the Jedi Master

The Winner- Black Ice/Jolida $800 DAC

Ben, the Jedi Master

Careful Listeners

The Winner- Black Ice/Jolida $800 DAC

The Winner- Black Ice/Jolida $800 DAC

The Winner- Black Ice/Jolida $800 DAC

The Winner- Black Ice/Jolida $800 DAC

The Winner- Black Ice/Jolida $800 DAC

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In  2020 we have had -Andrew Jones, John Curl, LEONID (LEO) AYZENSHTAT, Sean Casey, Paul Barton, David Janszen, Roger Sanders, Ted Smith,Gus Skinas,Darren Meyers, Jason Stoddard. and Jerred Dunkerson.

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