Capital AudioFest 2024

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Matterhorn Audio Group – Plaza 1: Kroma Atelier, Aavik, Technics, Linn, Creek, Ansuz, HiDiamond, PSI

Mark Henninger Nov 13, 2024 First Published: Nov 13, 2024 0 comments

One of the showpiece rooms at Capital Audiofest 2024 was the Matterhorn Audio Group demo in Plaza 1, which is essentially a small ballroom. The rarefied systems shown were up to the task of filling the spacious room with beautiful music.

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True Source Audio Distribution / Sierra Sound Debut G.I.P Laboratory 4165

Ken Micallef Nov 12, 2024 First Published: Nov 12, 2024 0 comments

True Source Audio Distributors debuted the massive G.I.P. Laboratory 4165 field coil horn-loaded loudspeakers at CAF, featuring the Japanese company’s replicas of the original Western Electric 4165 driver. The 70lb G.I.P. 4165 Radiata pine cabinets filled nearly half of the small Hilton room. G.I.P.’s TW 38 tweeter sat atop the large cabinets.

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Fidelis Distribution Presents Pure Fidelity, Lab 12, and Argent Pur

Ken Micallef Nov 11, 2024 First Published: Nov 11, 2024 0 comments

Fidelis Distribution’s Walter Swanbon plays the long game. Like other legacy manufacturers—think Audio Note, Tannoy, Audio Research—Swanbon’s equipment offerings are classics: some in waiting, some long established as leaders.

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Fidelity Imports/The Listening Room

Ken Micallef Nov 10, 2024 First Published: Nov 10, 2024 0 comments

Compared to past years, Fidelity Imports and its stable of brands kept a lower profile at this year’s Capital Audiofest. It shared rooms with local dealer, The Listening Room (“Audio Systems of Distinction” since 1978), showing equipment I have become familiar with both from afar and up close, as in my recent review of the Michell TecnoDec at Analog Planet, and soon, the Union Research S6 integrated amplifier for Stereophile.

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Fern & Roby with Miyajima, ModWright, Black Cat Cable

Ken Micallef Nov 10, 2024 First Published: Nov 10, 2024 0 comments

Christopher Hildebrand, the man behind Fern & Roby, is a bit of a romantic. He's got that same sentimental streak I do, a deep appreciation for the simple things – music, books, and the love of family. It's no surprise, then, that he's poured his heart into his unique audio creations, honoring the memory of his grandmothers, Fern and Roby.

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Capital Audiofest 2024, Rockville, Maryland

Ken Micallef Nov 08, 2024 First Published: Nov 08, 2024 0 comments

So there I was, in the parking lot of the Rockville Hilton, cigar smoke curling into the crisp autumn air, grilling Gary Gill about his brainchild, Capital Audio Fest (CAF). This East Coast audio extravaganza has grown into a monster, bursting at the seams of its Rockville venue.

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Audio Note (UK)

Ken Micallef Nov 19, 2024 0 comments

Adrian Ford-Crush manned the Audio Note (UK) room solo at CAF, though whispers circulated about the brand’s major domo Peter Qvortrup lurking in the crowd. Surprisingly, the usual Audio Note techno and classical blasts were replaced by soothing folk and jazz, a balm for weary show-goers.