Monday, March 24, 2014

Our Eighth Meeting

Ok, fellow audiophiles in the Las Vegas area and everywhere really (this is the world wide web after all,) the first audio club ever in Sin City, has now completed its eighth meeting!

We had our eighth meeting 1 Saturday ago, (which was 3-22-14)

This time new LVAC member Steve hosted the affair, with his superb 2 channel system that is breathtaking in every way.

As usual, we had a great time listening to a variety of tunes (CD and LP) on Steve's system. We could have listened for hours as the sound was very relaxed and fluid. Great pizza and drinks were served. And once again, it was good times!

Right now, we have over 10 members, and we're looking for a few more good audiophiles in the Vegas area and beyond.

Again, meetings will be once a month. Usually the 3rd or 4th weekend.

So, don't be shy, we'd love to have you for the next meeting, and as of now it's still FREE to join!

Any questions? email us at: dave_a_2005@hotmail.com or motorcitydeadman@gmail.com

Photos of the system are below. Photos were taken by club member Steve.

Here is the system rundown:

Vacuum State Electronics Level 7 modified Sony 5400 SACD player

Rega P25 turntable with Benz Micro cartridge

custom monoblock passive preamps from Promitheus Audio

the latest version of the Herron monoblock power amps

PS Audio Powerplant AC regenerator

LessLoss cables all around (except for Shunyata Aries for the phono preamp) and various tweaker footers and platforms under the gear (including Polycrystal equipment rack and speaker stands), and a bunch of Argent room lenses.

Steve says: "And my one-of-a-kind custom-made speakers. I can only say they were designed by my Maryland friend Murray Zeligman who designs speakers for various Scandinavian speaker driver makers, and who designed the speaker I had before this, the Nova Rendition, which retailed for $20K 15 years ago. I asked him to make the speaker he'd make for himself if cost was no object."

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

March meeting place and time set!

Ok, the next meeting will be on Saturday Mar. 22nd, 2014 from 2pm-5pm

The meeting will be at new LVAC member Steve's place. This is Steve's first time hosting as well.

Steve's system features tube equipment and some fascinating custom made speakers. The sound should be excellent. CDs and LPs will be played, evaluated, and enjoyed. Pizza and soft drinks will be served.

So, you don't wanna miss this!

For details, feel free to email us @ dave_a_2005@hotmail.com or motorcitydeadman@gmail.com

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Membership in the LVAC

We're currently looking for a few good audiophiles in the Las Vegas area. Whether you live in the area, or are just visiting, we implore you to join our club. It truly is a lot of fun, and is educational to boot. Membership is currently free. That's right, it's free to join at this time. There are no rankings at this time other than LVAC member Dave being the Founder and President. So, what are you waiting for, join the LVAC now!

Contact us at: dave_a_2005@hotmail.com or motorcitydeadman@gmail.com

Thanks for looking, and we would love to have any and all of you as new members!

Monday, March 3, 2014

Our Seventh Meeting

Ok, fellow audiophiles in the Las Vegas area and everywhere really (this is the world wide web after all,) the first audio club ever in Sin City, has now completed its seventh meeting!

We had our sixth meeting 2 Sundays ago, (which was 2-23-14)

This time LVAC member Barry hosted the affair, with his dynamite 2 channel system featuring high end JBL speakers!

As usual, we had a great time listening to a variety of tunes (CD and DVD) on Barry's system. We could have listened for quite a while as the system danced like a ballerina. But it could charge like a rhino when asked to do so. And of course, good food and drink were served. And once again, it was good times!

Right now we have 10 members, and we're looking for a few more good audiophiles in the Vegas area and beyond.

Again, meetings will be once a month.

So, don't be shy, we'd love to have you for the next meeting, and as of now it's still FREE to join!

Any questions? email us at: dave_a_2005@hotmail.com or motorcitydeadman@gmail.com

Photos of the system are below. Photos were taken by club member Barry.

Here is the system rundown:

  JBL 1400 Array loudspeakers w/2 1500 Array subwoofers

  Sony  TA-E1000ESD AV Pre Amp

  Two Tascam CD-500 1RU Compact Disc Players

  Panasonic BTD500 Blu-Ray Player

  Panasonic ZT60 65" Plasma TV

  Middle Atlantic UPS-2200R AVR for the Rack and TV

  Jensen DM2-2XX ISO-MAX transformer

  2 AE Techron (Crown Industrial) 7570 2KW Mono Block Power Supply/Amplifiers.

  Furman Sound ASD120 Power Sequencer

  Cables by Canare, the terminations are Neutrik. All the AC cords are Signal Safe low EMI by        Middle Atlantic

Some notes on the system by Barry:

  "The Sony is 22 years old but it has beaten every AAV Pre I have put it up against for sound quality so if one must have an AV Pre."

  "I got sick and tired of finicky CD players. These sound as good as anything I have owned and have every output imaginable including balanced. They are only 1U to boot."

  "The Blu-Ray player is Panasonic's Flagship player and sounds pretty darn good to boot plus I wanted one remote for video play."

  "The ZT60 is also Panasonic's Flagship plasma TV."

  "The UPS-2200R Is a server computer grade UPS-AVR. After a high voltage power line fault at my home destroyed two Crown amps, two JBL 2426 1" compression drivers, two JBL 2123 10" midrange drivers, and the control panel in my air compressor I decided that I was going to take some precautions against idle hopes of that never happens again."

   "The Jensen Transformers serve two purposes, first they allow me to drive the amps in true differential drive or balanced from an unbalanced source like the consumer grade AV-Pre and keep the noise floor at an absolute minimum, as you heard with your ear to the horn. Second, the amps being industrial power supplies are DC coupled and have bandwidth to 100 KHz, yup DC to light."

  "The amps, the 7560-7570 chassis has been used by Crown a couple of times for audio such as the Crown MA600, and the Crown Delta Omega which buy the way powered  Pink Floyd's  The Wall Concert Tour, and by AE Techron for things like MRI machines, shaker tables, high frequency electroplating, relay testing, I mean you name it, I saw a demonstration where they ran a skill saw with one and I used one on our fuel injector tester to drive a set of Ferrari DI nozzles that require up to 90 Volts to open under several thousand pounds of fuel pressure, our testers drivers would not open them at all."

  "The Furman sequencer is a six circuit 120 amp sequencer. I ran a 40 Amp 240 Volt dedicated run for the stereo that the Furman connects to. This allows the wife and kids to access any part of the system with only the push of the AV Pre power button, and, if I fell the need, I can turn it off and take the key leaving the system totally inaccessible."
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