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It has been some time since we held the
last meeting. You would be wrong if you think that we Committee members
have been resting on our laurels. In fact, we have already put together
some fantastic programs for our upcoming meetings. Please check out the
“Future Meetings” column by President Justin.
To kick off the
Year of the Woofers, we have sourced some serious toys from Uncle Joe
and we’ll demonstrate a system that’ll get your ears (and your tails)
wagging. And here are the system components:
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Source: Ayre C-5xe Universal Player.
Here is a player that’s capable of playing all
existing optical disc formats, i.e., CD, SACD, DVD-A and DVD-V minus
video. This is one machine that sets a new standard in music
reproduction. Outputs can be either in un-balanced or balanced.
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Preamplifier: Ayre K-5xe.
This preamp uses exclusive fully balanced, zero
feedback circuitry to deliver absolute sonic transparency. The 66
steps volume control at 1 db attenuation is actuated by a silky smooth
optical encoder and using FET switches and precision metal film
resistors. One of the main threats to audio reproduction integrity is
what we call noisy signals, e.g., digital switching pulses. For the
display and output data from the uprocessor, the pre amp’s
microprocessor can be switched off when not required; hence clean
signal can be guaranteed.
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Power Amplifier: Ayre V-1x.
This is an all-FET, zero-feedback balanced power
house employing 32 high current devices per channel. It is capable of
delivering 400 watts X 2 in lush tonality. The other interesting
feature of this amp is that it has inductor input power supply
filtering, and wait for it, Ayre Conditioner. their version of the
power line and RFI filtering.
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Cabling: “Ray Junior’s Special”.
I have had the pleasure of auditioning a number of
cables from our fellow member Raymond Yau (a.k.a. Ray Junior) lately
and I can tell you I have been very impressed by them. In particular,
one of his speaker cables that employs copper and silver alloy is
really outstanding, not to mention superb value for your dollar. We’ll
be using this “Ray Junior’s Special” speaker cables plus some balanced
interconnects sourced from Lamwin Estate.
As for the
music, Maestros Richard Wong and Egar Kramer will be our music directors
for the day. Judging from their past records, we’ll all be in for a very
pleasant musical treat.
Venue: Haberfield Community Centre,
78-80 Dalhousie
Rd, Haberfield.
Date:
Sunday February 26th, 2006
Time: 3 PM
to 6 PM
See you there!
Eddie Lee
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