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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"

2021 Headphone Event

Joe Goswami's Electrostatic Headphone Rig

Craig Hayenga's Headphone Rig more than "Passes"

Joe Goswami's Electrostatic Headphone Rig

Darcy Righello thought Joe Goswami's STAX/KOSS/PS Audio Rig had a nice warm sound without becoming fatiguing

Paul Righello's Schitty Setup

Craig Hayenga's Headphone Rig more than "Passes"

Joe Goswami's Electrostatic Headphone Rig

Even though Schitt sent him a brand new Headphone Amplifier who's Volume knob was MIA,. The Sennheiser Can's actually sounded pretty good

Craig Hayenga's Headphone Rig more than "Passes"

Craig Hayenga's Headphone Rig more than "Passes"

Craig Hayenga's Headphone Rig more than "Passes"

Craig Hayenga's table was full of of all sorts of DIYAudio (Nelson Pass) Headphone Amps and a portion of Craig's Headphone collection. Sounded good to me

Steve Lee's Vinyl Headphone Rig

Ben Taylor's Headphone's Gone Wild

Craig Hayenga's Headphone Rig more than "Passes"

Anyone crazy enough to bring a big bad Denon Turntable and spin precious Vinyl definitely belongs on our Club. Thank you Steve Lee  

Ian Field's Digital Headphone RIg

Ben Taylor's Headphone's Gone Wild

Ben Taylor's Headphone's Gone Wild

Another new member Ian Fields brought in his Digital rig. Thank you Ian

Ben Taylor's Headphone's Gone Wild

Ben Taylor's Headphone's Gone Wild

Ben Taylor's Headphone's Gone Wild

David Das had a blast checking out Ben's Rig. I wish Musical Fidelity would bring back the round cannisters again. They've gone back to boring boxes.

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!!


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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 reveiw Tab

Speakerfest

"DAC it Out"

"DAC it Out"

See Review Tab for Details

"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

July 24th 2019 Member Meeting- Bring your favorite CD's its music Night!!!

Member Music Night!!

Held at the Trinity Lutheran Church at 7th Ave and Hatcher 7pm.

Bring your thumb drive or CDs. Each member is drawn from a hat

and everyone will hear 2 minutes of the piece. Drawing for Prizes!!



 LIST of Music Heard

  • Linda Ronstadt & Nelson Riddle – ‘Round Midnight’ (2CD)

This is a compilation of 3 CD’s – ‘For Sentimental Reasons’, ‘What’s New’ and ‘Lush Life’.

  • Al Stewart – ‘Year of the Cat’ CD. Track played – ‘On the Stage Before’.
  • Benny’s Gis – ‘Calypso Serenade’.

From a live recording made by club member Ben Taylor for The Phoenix Chamber Music Society.

David Shifrin – Clarinet

Pablo Asign – Double Base

  • Lee Barber – ‘All Night Long’.

Recorded by club member Stuart Yaniger in his living room. 

Available on Stuart’s website: syclotrom.com

  • ‘Greatest Video Game Music III’. Choral edition. By Orphei Drangar & Myrra Malmberg

Track played – ‘Skyrim Dragonborn’.

  • Isao Tomita – RCA Red Seal – ‘Greatest Hits’. Track played – ‘Close Encounters’.

Willias 1986/1979 – 70:19

  • ‘The Best of Cusco’ – ‘Montezuma’ & ‘Didjeridoo’.
  • Mary Stallings – ‘Live at the Village Vanguard’.

Track played – ‘Sunday Kind of Love’.

  • Jennifer Warnes - ‘The Hunter’

Track played – ‘I Will Rock You Gently’.

  • Peter Mulvey & Kris Delmhorts – ‘Redbird’.

Track played – ‘Moonglow’.

  • ‘Crowded House’. Track played – ‘Don’t Dream it’s Over’.
  • ‘Endless Journey’. Track played – ‘Amazing Grace’.


RHYMOI.com

Enmusic World.com

info@enmusicworld.com

RMCD HOO3

Completed Orchard Audio Leonid (Leo) Ayzenshtat, Founder

August 22nd 3pm Zoom Interview

Introduction to Orchard Audio

Orchard Audio is the result of decades of engineering expertise and consulting work for some of the world's most advanced companies (NASA, Lockheed Martin, L3 Technologies, Siemens).

After designing products for several elite names in the industry, Orchard Audio was launched in 2017 to independently release its own line of advanced audio products.  

Leonid (Leo) Ayzenshtat, Founder

Time: Aug 22, 2020 03:00 PM Arizona


Completed!!! Sept. 23rd 7pm Faith Lutheran Church

September LIVE Meeting-Speaker Shootout

NEW EVENT September 23rd 7pm

At Faith Lutheran Church 8th Street and Camelback.

Standmount Speaker Shootout!

We are assembling member owned models for comparison.  

Planning to have the Joseph Pulsars, Sonus Faber Electra Amator III, Totem Acoustics Sky Lite, LSA 10s, NHT, Golden Ear BRX, Ohm Walsh, and two others.

Social distancing and masks will be observed.

Completed-THURS. April 23rd 7pm Skype Interview Jason Stodd

Schiit Audio

Jason Stoddard; Co-founder of Schiit Audio (Thurs. 4/23 @ 7:00pm)

Schiit got started in 2010 when two audio industry veterans decided it was time to shake things up a bit. The two audiophiles are Jason Stoddard, formerly of Sumo, and Mike Moffat, formerly of Theta. Together, they have designed dozens of audio and A/V products, from the Andromeda III to the Cobalt 307 to the DS Pre and Angstrom 200.

completed

Wed. May 6th 7pm Zoom Intereview Darren Meyers, Engineer at PS Audio

Darren Myers is a Development Engineer at PS Audio. He started his career designing products for Bowers & Wilkins and Classé Audio. His favorite activities include listening to music, attending concerts, DIY audio, and hiking. He lives in the Boulder area with his wife Amanda and his dog Bode. Darren has designed the following components:

-S300 Stereo Amplifier

-M700 Monoblocks

-M1200 Monoblocks

-Stellar Phono Preamp

Part 1

https://youtu.be/4RSIjDwzyKc
Part 2

https://youtu.be/MDlYWrYzAYU
Extra
https://youtu.be/G6Dk-LiXgZQ

COMPLETED Wednesday May 27th 7pm Zoom Paul burton

Paul Barton, founder of PSB Audio

In 1974, Paul met Dr. Floyd Toole, a world renowned psychoacoustician at the NRC, who conducted numerous studies to understand how sounds were interpreted by the human sense of hearing at both the psychological and physiological levels. To Paul, who had devoted much of his childhood to become an accomplished violinist, it was a “Eureka” moment. He had long puzzled over how to consistently reproduce on a set of speakers the unique timbres of different violins exactly as they would sound to him when he played them.

opic: Paul Barton (the P in PSB) Speakers, His Wife the S - Canadian Speaker Legend



PSB Zoom Interview Link:

https://youtu.be/JKsXt8NuA_Y


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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.

 Peter Ledermann of Sound-Smith,

 and Frank Van Alstine 

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