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Capital AudioFest 2022

Classic Audio Loudspeakers/Atma-Sphere Music Systems/Purist Audio Design/Tri-Planar

Ken Micallef Nov 16, 2022

John Wolff brought his Classic Audio Loudspeakers T-3.4 Field Coils ($29,500/pair) to the Show. This speaker comprised an all wood cabinet, 300 HTZ radial wood Tractix horn, two 15" woofers, a "4" beryllium tweeter diaphragm by Truextent loaded into 6475 2" throat field-coil compression driver," and a 16 ohms impedance. They weigh 350lb apiece.

As We See It

A new listening companion

Jim Austin Nov 15, 2022

I have a confession, one I'm hesitant to make for reasons that will soon become clear, but my conscience compels me to make it.

I have a new dog. A puppy. Her name is Ella Wren.

Capital AudioFest 2022

Now Listen Here/Legacy Audio/Bel Canto/Innuos/Transparent

Ken Micallef Nov 15, 2022

Legacy Audio founder and designer Bill Dudleston (center) brought his Aeris and Calibre loudspeakers to CAF, joined by Now Listen Here's James Thompson (left) and Aaron Sherrick (right).

Capital AudioFest 2022

Rethm/Ampsandsound/Auralic

Ken Micallef Nov 15, 2022

India's Rethm loudspeakers, California's Ampsandsound, and China's Auralic combined forces to make unique sounds at CAF 2022.

Capital AudioFest 2022

Fidelity Imports/Diptyque/Cyrus/Innuos

Ken Micallef Nov 15, 2022

Steve Jain, Managing Director & cofounder of New Jersey's Fidelity Imports had [edit] six rooms (!) at CAF, all packed with enough hi-fi goodness to make my North Carolina grandmother give-me-my-inheritance-now to buy more gear!

Capital AudioFest 2022

Acora Acoustics/Hegel/JMF Audio/Ideon Audio/Cardas

Ken Micallef Nov 15, 2022

Val Acora returned to CAF with his new quartz QRC-1 and QRC-2 two-way Scanspeak driver-equipped loudspeakers, the quartz cabinet material a variation on his former granite-enclosure models. Why quartz? Acora said quartz is more forgiving, easier to work with, provides a more rigid material that holds drivers more securely, and has better sound.

Capital AudioFest 2022

MoFi Electronics/Alma Music & Audio/HiFi Rose/SolidSteel/Isotek

Ken Micallef Nov 15, 2022

Andrew Jones enthuses about his new MoFi SourcePoint 10 speakers

CAF 2022 was all abuzz with news of Andrew Jones's new MoFi Electronics 10 standmount loudspeaker, the SourcePoint 10 ($3699/pair, Stereophile review by John Atkinson scheduled for the February 2023 issue). With a specified sensitivity of 91dB/2.83V/m and an impedance of 8 ohms, the two-way, reflex-loaded speaker features a 1.25" soft-dome tweeter concentrically mounted in a 10" woofer. But that's not all that was on display and in use in the MoFi room.

Capital AudioFest 2022

The Voice That Is/Vinnie Rossi/Tidal Audio/Critical Mass Systems/Siltech

Ken Micallef Nov 15, 2022

Literally everything in this room, except Doug White of The Voice That Is and Vinnie Rossi, was new.

This room gets my vote for the most beautiful looking system of the show. A stunner.

Capital AudioFest 2022

BorderPatrol/Volti Audio/Triode Wire Labs

Ken Micallef Nov 13, 2022

I have a theory about Greg Roberts, Gary Dews, and Pete Grzybowski, respective owners of Volti Audio, BorderPatrol Audio Electronics, and Triode Wire Labs. I knew guys like these three in high school, whip smart dudes who had the best music, stayed up late playing that music, but were somehow at school the next morning before anyone, pushing their grades to the max. Me? Slacker.

Capital AudioFest 2022

Alma Music/On a Higher Note/Bergman/Graham Audio/Moonriver/Kubala-Sosna/Artesania

Ken Micallef Nov 13, 2022

Alma Music's Fabio Storelli and On A Higher Note's Philip O'Hanlon tempted me with promises of serious sound, female entertainment, and triple-distilled whiskey. I fell into their room and almost spent the night.

O'Hanlon had the brand spanking new Graham Audio LS8/1 Limited Edition standmount loudspeakers ($9700/pair, with stands).