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V26-4 contains 0 meeting summaries,
but many interesting articles including The Amazing Randi's one million
dollar challenge to the Golden Ears, a report on CEDIA by David Weinberg,
selecting audio converter chips for digital audio, a review of the Stanton
500E Mk II cartridge, and early reports on James Levine and the BSO in rehearsal
and concert. 32pp
V26-3 contains 3 meeting summaries:
May 2004 meeting, "David Griesinger and Leo Beranek on sight and sound
in enclosed space" by John S. Allen; April 2004, written by David Moulton,
on his BeoLab 5 loudspeaker system: "Reconceiving dispersion and in-room
EQ"; May 2003, "Earthworks: Eric Blackmer on mikes, speakers,
bandwidth", by John S. Allen. Also a writeup of the April 2004 AES-DC
meeting, "RPG Diffusor Systems: Peter D'Antonio on attacking room distortion"
by Fred Geil and David J. Weinberg. 42 pp
V26-2 contains 4 meeting summaries:
1. Piano buff David Temple's account of our trek to the historic piano museum
in Ashburnham. And they are not just museum pieces, but working pianos available
for demonstrations and concerts featuring music of the period in which the
piano was made. 2. The Do-It-Yourself meeting at Brookes Tanner's cabinet
shop in Manchester NH. 3. WCES reports. 4. The Boston Symphony's Transcription
Trust Archives with Bridget Carr and Bob Miller. Articles: "The Death
of Dynamic Range" chronicles the loudness wars on CD. "By Any
Measure" reviews the history of sound measurement. "Crafting Sound:
Luthier Ray Hardy" profiles a string instrument maker. 34pp.
V26-1 contains a summary of the meeting
centering on David Temple's Martin Logan electrostatic loudspeakers in his
home. Also a special meeting at Boston's Wang Center with emphasis on the
sound reinforcement system designed by John F. Allen. There are CES reports
by David Weinberg, a report on internet radio by John S. Allen, a review
of the Canton Ergo RC-A by David Moran, and obituaries and reminiscenses
of Lou Souther, Julian Hirsch, Peter Walker, and Thomas Stockham. 35pp.
V25-4
contains the long awaited results of Alvin Foster's
Headphone Clinic, featuring frequency response plots of a couple
dozen headphones, with square waves, impedance plots, distortion tests,
listening test and more. Also featured is a visit to Al Southwick's basement
studio, acoustically engineered from the ground up and the walls in, and
isolated from the the house above by lead sheets. David Weinberg analyzes
his Lexicon surround processor's handling of low frequencies. In a reprint
from Stereophile, John Atkinson compares the SACD with the CD layer, both
in listening and lab tests. 33 pp
V25-3 contains summaries of meetings
with Karl Winkler of Sennheiser microphones, Goodwin's high end audio (store),
and Gordon Instruments (mike pre). Also an analysis by Carl Deneke of high
frequency performance of sampled digital audio systems. John S. Allen reports
on his sometimes befuddling experience with setting up his first home theater
system. Alvin Foster does a comparative survey with lab tests of several
sound level meters. David Hadaway investigates whether audio transformers
have a distortion rise at low levels. 38 pp.
V25-2 contains summaries of a meeting
with Paul Feinberg, trombonist; a concert of the New England String Ensemble
coupled with a tour of WGBH and their surround sound recording; and Winter
CES reports. ALso an article about an early direct coupled vacuum tube amp
design. 31 pp.
V25-1 contains a meeting summary of
the visit to Richard Burwen's home and his 20,000 watt HiFi system, reviews
of the Zenith Digital Tunerand the Radio Shack Digital Multimeter, David
Moran's review of the Bugtussel $4000 Amygdala Loudspeaker, an article on
Illegal Music Copying Issues, and a review of the book The Soundscape of
Modernity by Emily Thompson. 26 pp.
V24-4 contains 3 meeting summaries:
Eugene Pitts, former editor of former Audio Magazine, Winslow Burhoe and
the "Silent" Loudspeaker, and Bob Adams of Analog Devices, reviews
of the Martin Logan and Quad Electrostatic Loudspeakers and David Moran
on the "so-called" floor bounce. 34 pp.
V24-3 Contains 5 meeting summaries:
The ELP Laser Turntable, CES Reports, Alvin Foster's Home Line Source System,
Richard Goldwater's Home Audio and Video Systems and the RCA Connector Clinic
Report. Also reminisences of David Blackmer by Les Tyler (dbx) and Henry
Kloss by John Milder (KLH). Al Foster reviews the history of live vs. recorded
at AR, also a piece on a do-it-yourself record cleaner on a budget. Also
there is a complete listing of all guests of the BAS since 1973 and when
the writeup appeared in the BASS. 41 pp.
V24-2 contains 3 meeting summaries:
Joel Rosenblatt of Atlantic Technology Loudspeakers, Chris Field of EOSS
Loudspeakers, and Bob Berkovitz of Sensimetrics on audio forensics. The
last has many fascinating examples of analyzing audio recordings, sometimes
in criminal cases (shades of C.S.I.!). Obits and reminiscenses of Henry
Kloss and Richard Bolt (of Bolt Beranek and Newman), a followup on HDTV
reception and industry news fill out the 25 pages.
V24-1 contains 4 meeting summaries:
Scott Billington of Rounder Records, Bruce Van Allen of Boulder Amplifiers,
the 2001 CES and ALMA (Loudspeaker) conventions and John Emerson's comprehensive
presentation (9 pages) on antennas for digital television reception. Articles
about resurrecting the AR3A, a high performance phono stage for under $100,
comparative tests of phono stages and a user's report on ReplayTV combine
with the usual news to fill out the 36 pages.
V23-4 features meeting writeups of CES
2001, Owens-Corning Room Treatments, John Marks of John Marks Records, and
Ron Coffin and his CoDrive Woofer; articles on LP cartridge comparisons,
and testing the API S1 satellite and Eggleston Fontaine loudspeakers. 39pp
V23-3 features 4 meeting summaries including
Steve Owades' report on the concert hall acoustics conference at Tanglewood,
guest Ken Kessler, Ira Leonard's report on hearing conservation and home
theater installation, and our meeting at Genelec. It also features a quote
from Henry James (the BAS literary gazette?). 37pp
V23-2 has a history of recordable CDs
and 3 meeting summaries including a history of multichannel sound by John
S. Allen. 35pp
V23-1 features 2 meeting summaries:
an entertaining visit to Clark Johnsen's Listening Studio and High Definition
Video at Hi-Rez. 24pp
V22-5,6 features 6 meeting summaries:
Marc McCalmont of Mach 1 Acoustics, David Plumb of ETF Acoustics, David
Moulton on small-Room Acoustics, Yoshi Seguri of 47 Laboratories, Steven
Rochlin on Audio & the Web, and David Griesinger & Multichannel
Matters. Articles on all you ever wanted to know on digital filtration,
HDTV at the front lines by Gary Merson, On listening by John F. Allen, Adventures
in recording by Don Loose, and further thoughts on the B&W802 by David
Moran. 48pp
V22-4 features 2 meeting summaries:
Reuben Guss of Magnum Opus, amd Leslie williams on Loudspeaker Design, parts
1 & 2. Articles: My eCinema Experience by David Weinberg, areview of
the VPI HW-19 MkIII turntable by Carlos E. Bauza, and HiFi Table Radio Showdown
by David Moran and E. Brad Meyer. 22pp
V22-3 features 3 meeting summaries:
Manny Maier of the Old AR, Tom Bohlender of Wisdom Audio, Speaker Designer
Joseph D'Appolito, and a report on the BAES meeting with David Griesinger
on Surround Sound. 15pp
V22-2 features 1 meeting summary: Winter
CES. Articles: Cheap Tuner, Best Buy by Bernard Kingsley, Experimental classical
Recording Using Three Separate Surround Miking Systems by Davi Moulton,
and The 'Best' Loudspeaker: Revisiting Dispersion Issues by Alvin Foster.
31pp
V22-1 features 3 meeting summaries:
Classic Records, Paul Barton of PSB SPeakers, and The Future of the Society.
Articles: Fire in the Hole by Bernard Kingsley, Revisiting the Koss ESP/950
Headphones by Alvin Foster. 18 pp
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