Carolina Audio Society

On Saturday, June 26, a listening session was held by the local Raleigh chapter of the CAS. Seven CAS members attended the session.  Members were treated to a variety of music played on a system built around a Linkwitz LX521 open baffle design speaker. Linkwitz are a four-way design with multiple amplifiers for the various drivers.  Music for the session was curated from Qobuz which sounded very clean and clear. All throughout the session, interesting discussions were held …

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Recently a CAS member asked that an improvement he discovered be shared with all the CAS viewers. He writes: "Recently, while evaluating a new DAC, I listened to a number of songs and everything sounded really good. However, when I put on The Beatles - Abbey Road 5oth Anniversary album, it sounded terrible. The bass was undefined and bloated. I downloaded other versions of the album, but they all sounded the same or worse. Later, I came across other songs with similar characteristics. I …

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On 03/14/19, the Raleigh chapter of the CAS sponsored their second listening session. Six members attended and engaged in a lively discussion about their own personal systems and audio experiences, before settling into the music.  The host’s system was comprised of the new Magico A3 loudspeakers and Luxman L-509X integrated amp. In addition, an A/B comparison of Redbook vs. MQA and two different cables were conducted. The MQA demo was facilitated using Tidal Masters and a Moon 280d with …

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