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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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