Debora and Dale will host the July meeting on Saturday, July 22nd, 2023, 1 PM to 6PM or??... meaning stay as late as you wish.
System One - ANALOG: This is my main ANALOG listening system located in the formal living room. System content: VPI scout turntable with the Hana ML moving coil cartridge and Musical Fidelity V3x phono stage. The turntable setup was done by Ken Maestro in June. This year Jones-Morse Audio will debut its "Moxie" branded DIY pre-amplifiers. "Moxie Copper" is fitted with Gold Lion 6922 tubes and paired with Jones-Morse Audio "Cooper" DIY 50 Watt Tube monoblock amps (with all Gold Lion tubes and using a mu follower driver stage). The speakers are 2nd generation JBL Jubal (L65) speakers. A pair of JBL L166 are also available. Digital Media is supported with a Pioneer Elite CD player. The room has some but minimal treatments but measures well.
System Two - DIGITAL (& Analog now!): This system is located in my home cinema/music room. This is mainly DIGITAL but now with an analog capable system. This room is heavily treated with GIK Acoustics and DIY sound absorption panels. yielding a reverb time in the room of about 250 mS above 400hz.
Digital system content: Yamaha Aventage RA-2000 (pre-amp, signal processing) with two additional Yamaha (MX -1000 and & 800) power amps to drive the L/R channels and Subs. In “Theatre Mode” the speakers' arrangement includes; Klipsch in-wall IW-250 speakers for Front L/R and Center; Klipsch in-wall IW-150 speakers for the Front presence and L/R side and rear surround speakers. In “STEREO Mode" the system switches to L/R Belle Klipsch speakers retrofitted with the Crites upgrades including, new crossover, new driver for the squawker (midrange), and new tweeter driver and horn. Both modes are supported with a DIY subwoofer with two Audio Concepts DV-12s and 4 tuning ports.) Digital media is the primary source on this room and is supported with the Oppo 205. Video is processed with a Sharp 17000 DLP projector (3D capable). I use this system for movies and SACD.
Analog Content: New this year, is the addition of Analog capabilities primarily for pairing with the Crites upgraded Belle Klipsch speakers. Depending on interest I hope to be able to switch to a 2 channel analog system. The turntable is a Technics SL1600 MK2 with a Shure V15 Type 5 cartridge updated with the Jico stylus recently set up by Ken Maestro. The system will use a Cambridge Audio MM Phone stage. It will include a Jones-Morse Audio DIY "Moxie Blue" preamp and monoblock amplifiers all fitted with Electro- Harmonix tubes.
Weather permitting we build a "Kegger" system on the deck. I'll seed the system if needed with Yamaha 3090 and my rehabbed DCM speakers, but club members are already volunteering gear.
System One - ANALOG: This is my main ANALOG listening system located in the formal living room. System content: VPI scout turntable with the Hana ML moving coil cartridge and Musical Fidelity V3x phono stage. The turntable setup was done by Ken Maestro in June. This year Jones-Morse Audio will debut its "Moxie" branded DIY pre-amplifiers. "Moxie Copper" is fitted with Gold Lion 6922 tubes and paired with Jones-Morse Audio "Cooper" DIY 50 Watt Tube monoblock amps (with all Gold Lion tubes and using a mu follower driver stage). The speakers are 2nd generation JBL Jubal (L65) speakers. A pair of JBL L166 are also available. Digital Media is supported with a Pioneer Elite CD player. The room has some but minimal treatments but measures well.
System Two - DIGITAL (& Analog now!): This system is located in my home cinema/music room. This is mainly DIGITAL but now with an analog capable system. This room is heavily treated with GIK Acoustics and DIY sound absorption panels. yielding a reverb time in the room of about 250 mS above 400hz.
Digital system content: Yamaha Aventage RA-2000 (pre-amp, signal processing) with two additional Yamaha (MX -1000 and & 800) power amps to drive the L/R channels and Subs. In “Theatre Mode” the speakers' arrangement includes; Klipsch in-wall IW-250 speakers for Front L/R and Center; Klipsch in-wall IW-150 speakers for the Front presence and L/R side and rear surround speakers. In “STEREO Mode" the system switches to L/R Belle Klipsch speakers retrofitted with the Crites upgrades including, new crossover, new driver for the squawker (midrange), and new tweeter driver and horn. Both modes are supported with a DIY subwoofer with two Audio Concepts DV-12s and 4 tuning ports.) Digital media is the primary source on this room and is supported with the Oppo 205. Video is processed with a Sharp 17000 DLP projector (3D capable). I use this system for movies and SACD.
Analog Content: New this year, is the addition of Analog capabilities primarily for pairing with the Crites upgraded Belle Klipsch speakers. Depending on interest I hope to be able to switch to a 2 channel analog system. The turntable is a Technics SL1600 MK2 with a Shure V15 Type 5 cartridge updated with the Jico stylus recently set up by Ken Maestro. The system will use a Cambridge Audio MM Phone stage. It will include a Jones-Morse Audio DIY "Moxie Blue" preamp and monoblock amplifiers all fitted with Electro- Harmonix tubes.
Weather permitting we build a "Kegger" system on the deck. I'll seed the system if needed with Yamaha 3090 and my rehabbed DCM speakers, but club members are already volunteering gear.
