Meetings of the Society
Information about the current meeting is always on the NEWS page.
Meetings of the BAS are held at various locations. The directions to each month's meeting are always given on the NEWS page.
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Alvin Foster Bernard Kingsley
E. Brad Meyer John S. Allen
David Hadaway  
Meetings & BAS Speaker Issue List: 1996 - Present
For 1972 - 1995 go to the NEXT PAGE
A link in the DATE column indicates a full page synopsis of that month's meeting.
Wherever possible, there is a link to relevant info or the homepage of the topic.
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The BAS Speaker Issue column contains the issue# which has the write-up about the that particular month's meeting. Past issues are available.

The list through 2010 is also available HERE as a plain text file.
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In the Writer's column, the initials refer to the following authors / summary writers:
AF Alvin Foster DS David Satz JR Jim Richardson MR Michael Riggs
BG Bernie Gregoire DT David Temple JS John Schafler PB Pieter G.W. Bras
BH Bob Henry EBM E. Brad Meyer JSA John S. Allen PM Peter Mitchell
CD Carl Deneke GE Gary Eickmeier JW Jay Woodruff RP Russ Prymak
CL Cary Lu HB H.G. Beloit KD Ken Dean RZ Rick Zwicker
DBH David B. Hadaway HZ Harry Zwicker KN Ken North SK Scott Kent
DG Dick Glidewell JC Joel Cohen MPF Mark P. Fishman VF Virginia Frisby
DATE FEATURING TOPIC Writer BAS Spkr Issue #
 2010
Jun Mark Schubin Metropolitan Opera world-wide live HD Theatercasts    —
May Members! Members' favorite audio recordings; Micha Shattner - Mic Clinic results    —
Apr Benj Kanters Hearing Conservation Workshop  www.heartomorrow.org    —
Mar BAS Members White Elephant Sale    —
Feb   WCES Reports    —
Jan Don Keele Constant Beamwidth Transducer Technology Line arrays JSA 32-1
 2009
Dec   Meeting cancelled due to weather.    —
Nov   Microphone Test Clinic    —
Oct Chairmen of mic testing clinic Microphone Clinic Demonstrations & Early Registration    —
Sep Members! Off-the-air FM, HD Radio, Digital TV - panel on free broadcasting    —
Aug Roy Gregory (held at Goodwin's) About cables, cords, and support from Nordost    —
Jul Winslow Burhoe The Zvox PhaseCue System ( www.zvoxaudio.com ) AF 31-4
Jun Alex Case Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects    —
May Tim Ryan Fidelis Audio-Visual - "Quality Sound in a REAL room"    —
Apr Steve Krampf Chestnut Hill Sound   www.chillsound.com MF  —
Mar BAS Members White Elephant Sale    —
Feb Bob Ludwig BAS visits Gateway Mastering in Portland, ME. DBH  —
Jan   CES Reports AF 31-1
 2008
Dec   Cancelled    —
Nov Leo Beranek, Chris Blair, Jon McPhee Acoustic Design of Modern Concert Halls (MIT Panel) JSA 31-2
Oct Tom Horrall Room Acoustics & Noise Control    —
Sep J.D. Hagstrom ATC Loudspeakers www.atc.gb.net    —
Jul Poh Ser Hsu Innovations in Subwoofer Design    —
Jun Bob Miller Members' favorite or otherwise interesting recordings RM  —
May Jamie Howarth Plangent Processes demo. See www.plangentprocesses.com JSA 30-3
Apr Bob Miller Condustors & Orchestras at Boston Symphony Hall...
Recording mistakes    (webmaster's note: mis - takes?)		    —
Mar Keith Larson 'Floating point differential compression'   www.woofertester.com KL  —
Feb Joseph DeMarinis Techniques for Speaker Measurements JDM  —
Jan   CES Report, BAS first live podcast DBH 30-1
 2007
Dec Jim Doucas,
Nick Noiseux		 Boston Classical Orch. Playback; Flea Market    —
Nov Michael Foti Tour of WGBH JSA 30-1
Oct John Marks Fidelis Audio-Visual Derry NH; demo + favorite tracks JD  —
Sep Jonathan Wyner Mastering the recordings made by BAS members at Ryles AF 30-1
Jul Alvin Foster Tube amps vs transistors ! AF 29-4
Jun Bob Miller Ryles Recording results from July 2006; Campos Tapes    —
May Steve Hluchan Fried Products - Transmission line speakers from scratch    —
Apr Smith & Larson Automated testing of speaker drivers; www.woofertester.com    —
Mar Dr. Barry Blesser His new book: Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? Experiencing Aural Architecture (with Linda-Ruth Salter) JSA 30-2
Feb CES Attendees Members' report of the show DBH 31-4
Jan Jim Thiel Guests of Spearit Sound DBH 29-1
 2006
Dec You ! White Elephant Sale (Flea Market) DBH 29-1
Nov Justus Verhagen, PhD Ribbon Loudspeakers - Construction, History, Advantages WH  —
Oct Stephen Owades Report on CEDIA's best DBH 29-1
Sep Dr. Bill Wolk A few words about Ira Leonard; Ryles Recordings results DBH 29-4
Jul James K. Jones Live Recording opportunity - Jazz Ensemble    —
Jun James K. Jones Mixing for A Live Audience - Riles Jazz Club JPL  —
May Rick Levine Is High Fidelity Dead? DBH 30-4
Apr Robert Crowley Soundwave Research - The new Crowley & Tripp Ribbon Mic. DBH 29-3
Mar Mead Killion Ph.D. Etymotic Research Company JSA 28-2
Feb You! Members' favorite or otherwise interesting recordings DBH 28-4
Jan CES Attendees Members' report of the show JSA 28-2
 2005
Dec Brad Michel Making Realistic Recordings - Harmonia Mundi JSA 28-1
Nov #1 Larry Kirn New Digital (switching) Amplifier at Jam Technologies DBH 28-4
Nov #2 Joel Cohen Special Video demo - Home Theater Systems Framingham    —
Oct Dave Malkepour visit to Professional Audio Design in Rockland, MA. DBH 28-3
Sep Brian Bonnick IMAX 3D Theater; Mr. Bonnick is Senior VP of Technology DBH 28-3
  (there is no August meeting)
Jul Walter Swanbon A visit to Fidelis, a high end retail audio store    —
Jun Jack Renner
Chuck Dubé		 Telarc Records;
WFCR-FM U Mass Amherst - Digital HD radio		 DBH 31-3
May   White elephant sale; NY HI FI show report    —
Apr Klaus Peter Preamp & Amp designs for Live recording DBH 28-1
Mar Professor Jonathan Zittrain Copyright Wars CD  
Feb Daniel Kolbet Soaring Audio Power amp; CD Media Center; Signal loss
compensation circuit; Factors in audiophile sound quality		 CD 30-03
Jan   CES Reports! DBH 27-2
 2004
Dec Paul Milner, PhD How Age & Loud Music Affect Our Hearing & Modern Approaches to Hearing Correction DBH 28-2
Nov Alvin Foster,
Ira Leonard		 Utilizing Sophisticated Acoustical Test Equipment to Help Understand and Measure A Critical Listening Room at the University of Lowell AF 30-2
Oct E. Brad Meyer High Res Audio vs. CD Quality channel, an ABX test DBH, EBM  —
Sep Alex Case, Bill Carman Recording/Listening room for the Sound Technology Program at the University of Lowell    —
Jul Jesse Spence Driver Design - Basics and More - Bully Subwoofers NN  —
Jun -----> John F. Allen, Leo Beranek, David Griesinge, Glen KnicKrehm, Jonathan McPhee, Stephen Owades "A Panel Discussion of Concert Hall Acoustics" JSA 27-2
Apr David Moulton David Moulton's Beolab 5 Loudspeakers JSA 26-3
Mar Brigitte Carr,
Robert Miller		 BSO Archives JSA 26-2
Feb David Kaye David's history as a Large reinforcement sound systems designer DBH 27-1
Jan Alvin Foster CES reports DBH 26-2
 2003
Dec Ralph Glasgal,
Robin Miller		 Ambiophonics  www.ambiophonics.org    —
Nov The Curator of: Frederick Historic Piano Collection DT 26-2
Oct Micha Schattner Recording experiences and sound editing software JPL 29-2
Sep E. Brad Meyer A Studio and Monitors for Critical Listening JSA 27-1
Jul HerbSingleton,
Brooks Tanner		 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Audio Projects; wood shop DBH 26-2
Jun David & Theodore Temple Quality Home Sound (Martin Logans) + A Live Piano Concert DBH 26-1
May Eric Blackmer Earthworks  Mics & Speakers JSA 26-3
Apr Paul Reynolds
John Newton		 Phillips SACD demo at Berklee College of Music CD 27-1
Mar Al Southwick at Audio Engineering Specialists, Portsmouth, RI DBH 25-4
Feb Alan Goodwin, Peter McGrath, Grant Carpenter Goodwin's High End in Waltham; Wilson Spkrs, Gordon Mic Pre. JSA
DBH		 25-3
Jan Alvin Foster WCES Reports DBH 25-2
 2002
Dec Alvin Foster BAS Birthday Party; White elephant sale; Multi-tone testing    
Nov Al Southwick Headphone Clinic results; open forum DBH 25-4
Oct   Live recording session at Sanders Theater Harvard DBH 25-2
Sep Victor Campos Audio Past and Future JSA  —
Jul   Spearit Sound - High End Loudspeakers AF  —
Jun Karl Winkler Sennheiser Corp. -- Microphone History & Technique CD 25-3
May Paul Feinberg Musical Trials & Tribulations of an Excellent Trombonist DBH 25-2
Apr April 21: Hi-Fi visit to his home  (click HERE ) DBH 25-1
Mar
Al Foster, D. Hadaway,
Jim Doucas
 Headphone Testing Clinic AF
DBH 		25-4
Feb
Robert Adams
 Analog Devices JSA 24-4
Jan   Jan 20 CES Report DBH 24-3
 2001
Dec    White Elephant Sale DBH 24-3
Nov Dr. Richard Goldwater Home A/V System DBH 24-3
Oct Alvin Foster Al's incredible homemade speakers; room acoustics / treatment  AF 24-3
Sep Robert Berkovitz Sensimetrics Corp. A discussion of Audio Forensics. DBH 24-2
July JK Pollard
+ Al Foster		   AF  —
June   EOSS Sound Poles DBH 24-2 
May Win Burhoe  (also 5/78) DBH 24-4
April   Atlantic Technology DBH 24-2
Mar   ELP Laser Turntable for LP's and 78's JSA 24-3
Feb   Boulder JSA 24-1 
Jan   Winter CES Reports JSA 24-1 
 2000
Dec Ron Coffin The Co-Drive Woofer DBH 23-4
Nov John Marks John Marks Records DBH 23-4
Oct Ralph Glasgal Ambiophonics in NJ EBM  —
Sep   Acoustic Room Treatment -Owens-Corning (and at Goodwins HERE) DBH 23-4
July John Emerson
 How to Get Perfect Digital TV Reception JSA
24-1 
June Scott Billington Rounder Records CD
24-1 
May   Dolby Surround and Digidesign at WCVB-TV JSA
23-2 
April   Hi-Rez projections (also see 4/98) JSA & DBH
23-1
Mar   Winter CES Report JSA
23-4 
Feb Eugene Pitts III The Audiophile Voice (also 6/82) CD 24-4
Jan Ken Kessler Winter CES Reports CD
23-3 
 1999
Dec Clarke Johnsen owner of The Listening Studio   (also 3/91) DBH
23-1
Nov David Griesinger Principal Scientist, Lexicon Corporation JSA
22-5, 6
Oct   Genelec Powered Monitor Loudspeakers DBH
23-3
Sep Stephen Owades Architectural Acoustics conference report JSA
23-3 
July Kermit Gray High End Monitoring Loudspeakers CD+MF
22-3
June Steve Rochlin The Internet and Audio Development DBH
22-5,6
May Joseph D'Appolito Predictive Evaluation of speakers with PC software JSA
22-3
April Yoshi Segoshi 47 Laboratories DBH
22-5, 6
Mar David Moulton Small Room Acoustics GE
22-5, 6
Feb Ira Leonard Auditory basics, Hearing Conservation, Home Theater DBH+JSA
23-3 
Jan   Winter CES Report  
 22-2
 1998
Dec   Flea Market    —
Nov Leslie Williams (also see 7/97)  
22-4
Oct   Future of the BAS DBH
22-1
Sep Paul Barton PSB Loudspeakers  
22-1
July Michael Hobson Classic Records  
22-1
June Robert Rieder International Jensen  
21-5, 6
May Doug Plumb Measuring Low Frequency Performance  
22-5, 6
April Joel Cohen Hi Rez Projections (also 4/00) JSA
21-5,6 
Mar   B&W Loudspeakers    —
Feb   Platinum Loudspeakers    —
Jan   Winter CES Report    —
 1997
Dec Robert Berkowitz    
21-5, 6
Nov Tomlinson Holman    
21-5, 6
Oct David B. Hadaway   JSA
21-5, 6
Sep   Mach I Acoustics at Sound II  
22-5, 6
July Leslie Williams (also 11/98)  
22-4
June   Zenith DVD and HDTV  
21-3, 4
May   Wisdom Audio  
22-5, 6
April   Environmental Technology Center  
21-5, 6
Feb   Winter CES + Audio Test Cards  
21-5, 6
Jan   Winter CES Report    
1996
Dec   Steinways at Steinert  
21-1
Nov   Farewell to Roy Allison  
21-5, 6
Oct Alvin Foster Bob Carver Subwoofer AF
 
Sep Joel Cohen Video Projection JC
20-6
June   The Cohens Needled   21-2
May   Memorial for Peter Mitchell; 70's Quad and today's multichannel sound JSA
23-2
April John F. Allen & Stephen B. Cohen Mixed Soundtrack at General Cinema, Framingham, MA    
Feb Tom Horrall Acoustic Planning for Home Theater    
Jan John Otvos Waveform Loudspeakers (Canada)    
For 1972 - 1995 go to the NEXT PAGE
 

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