Capital AudioFest 2025

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La Dolce Audio showcases DIY open-baffle loudspeakers and Allegro tube amplifiers

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025 0 comments

"Here, we believe in challenging the status quo," states the landing page on the La Dolce Audio website. "We believe in thinking differently to create new ways of accomplishing the musical experience. We believe everyone should enjoy the best musical experience in their own home."

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GT Audio Works, LampizatOr, Sonore, and Small Green Computer in Giulietta Bellissima Debut

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025 0 comments

Greg Takesh's GT Audio Works Giulietta Bellissima planar ribbon speakers and OB subs, in their US debuts, are handmade in upstate New York, where he even makes his own drivers.

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Robyatt Audio Debuts Simco ONE Horn Loudspeakers with Miyajima and VPI

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025 0 comments

One of the largest personalities in audio, Robin Wyatt is also a purveyor of exceptional sound systems. And his showing at CAF was no exception.

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Songer Audio refines its field-coil formula with A3 SET amplifier and PS1 SE

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025 0 comments

"Songer Audio is pleased to return to the 2025 Capital Audiofest this weekend, where we will present two exciting premieres," the press release stated. "The show marks the East Coast debut of our A3 single-ended 300B amplifier, a design that unites the timeless beauty of early high-fidelity engineering with modern technical refinement. The A3, in concert with our S1x field-coil loudspeakers, delivers an effortless and deeply engaging musical presentation—a culmination of our pursuit of uncompromising performance."

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VK Music showcases Elekit TU-8400 and TU-8450 with Sun Valley SV-1645D

Ken Micallef Dec 01, 2025 0 comments

Victor Kung brought his overachieving Elekit and Sun Valley amplifiers to CAF. Herb Reichert was there to welcome him.

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SVS and Orchard Audio bring Ultra Evolution loudspeakers and Starkrimson power

Mark Henninger Dec 01, 2025 0 comments

SVS Sound's Larry McGough and Orchard Audio's Joyanto (Joe) Goswami and Leonid (Leo) Ayzenshtat were at Capital Audiofest (CAF) to show several SVS-supported systems.

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Volti Audio's revised Vittora with WiiM Ultra, Cary SLI-80, Mojo Mystique Z, Triode Wire Labs

Ken Micallef Dec 02, 2025 0 comments

My fondness for Greg Roberts's Volti Audio loudspeakers has been documented in reviews of the company's Rival and Lucera speakers.

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Afton Mountain Audio’s Pure Fidelity front end meets LTA Century monoblocks and Sound Lab panels

Ken Micallef Nov 20, 2025 0 comments

Linear Tube Audio occupied two rooms and demoed their LTA Century Monoblocks in a world-wide debut.

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Lucca Chesky Introduces the LC2 Reference Monitor

Ken Micallef Nov 18, 2025 0 comments

At barely 19 years old, Lucca Chesky continues to shake up the hi-fi world. Dubbed "The Fresh Prince of Hi-Fi" by Stereophile’s Rogier van Bakel, Chesky is a student at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. That hasn’t blunted his hi-fi flame.

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2WA Group debuts Aequo Ensium with Ideon, Trilogy, SPL, and Falcon

Ken Micallef Nov 20, 2025 0 comments

Audio industry veterans Walter Schofield and Walter Swanbon have brought their collective energies together in a new venture, 2WA Group. Their joint offerings at the Capital Audio Fest included a US debut.