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Capital AudioFest 2017

Herb's Final Report from CAF2017

Herb Reichert Nov 08, 2017

Dan Wright is most famous for his Oppo disc-player modifications that seem to cure the colorlessness and industrial ennui that contaminates the stock Oppo players. They look a bit weird sci-fi with the two tubes sticking out the top like alien antennaebut his BDP-105 and 205 mods sound rich fast and wonderful. Dan also makes beautifully crafted amps and preamps. And lately, he's been making glamorous-looking and -sounding headphone amplifiers like the shiny red $7900 300B tube-powered HA300 amplifier pictured above.

Capital AudioFest 2017

CanMania at CAF

Herb Reichert Nov 08, 2017

What I love most about the CanJam-CanMania world of headphones is, when I enter these rooms full of tables stacked with gear and cans; all laid out into individual listening stations; each with its own folding chair, DAC, amp, and headphonesall with table cloths and tangled wiresI am reminded of those ham radio meets I used to attend. Those tribal rooms were always alive with a collective vibe of discoveryjust like here and now. CAF 2017's CanMania was no exception, and, exactly like those old hamfests, there are tubes everywhere.

And of course, the most hamfest-tubealistic of all is (as always) Justin Weber's Ampsandsound table...

Capital AudioFest 2017

Sunday Morning at the 2017 CAF

Art Dudley Nov 07, 2017

On Sunday morning, my Capital Audiofest 2017 experience began in the Hilton's Washington Auditorium, as my friend and colleague Herb Reichert (above) and I hosted a seminar titled "The Virtues of Vintage."

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Reviewer Profile Video: Tyll Hertsens

Jana Dagdagan Nov 07, 2017

In this video, we visit Tyll Hertsens, Editor of Stereophile's sister site InnerFidelity.com, in Bozeman, Montana. Tyll is a connoisseur of headphones and portable audio products, and is somewhat of a YouTube sensation within the headphone community. (Truthfully: Having spent most of my "early audiophile" years experimenting on headphone mods and lurking on headphone forums, I'd been watching Tyll's headphone review videos long before I ever knew about Stereophile's existence.)

Capital AudioFest 2017

Herb's Third Report from CAF

Herb Reichert Nov 07, 2017

When I walked into the VK Music room, I was jealous and embarrassed. I was jealous, because obviously VK Music's Victor Kung was doing something I admire; I was simultaneously embarrassed that I had never heard of his British Columbia-based operation.

Capital AudioFest 2017

Art's Saturday Afternoon at CAF

Art Dudley Nov 07, 2017

Because I'm ill-disposed to flyingwhen you get right down to it, I'm not wild about traveling in generalI usually go by train. That's where I'm working on this portion of my CAF 2017 coverage. (We're near Trenton, New Jersey as I write this.)

News NY Audio Show 2017

New York's Audio Show Opens Friday

Jason Victor Serinus Nov 06, 2017

Just one week after Capital Audio Fest, the three-day New York Audio Show opens on Friday, November 10, in Manhattan's Park Lane Hotel. With two live references close bythe great outdoors of Central Park is just one block away, and Carnegie Hall is just one block farther in the other directionthe three-day show promises 25 or 26 active listening rooms and up to 100 brands.

Capital AudioFest 2017

Art's Saturday Morning at CAF

Art Dudley Nov 06, 2017

Pros: Tactile, clear, colorful, and remarkably spacious sound; beautifully made gear
Cons: Audiophile music, audiophile demonstration protocol.

The sound in the room that featured the Daedalus Apollo 11 speaker ($22,800/pair), a selection of tubed electronics from ModWright, and cabling by WyWires was superb: detailed without sounding etched, and pleasantly liquid and warm, with good texture and a really great, spacious sense of scale. On top of all that, the gear from both brands is gorgeous: as rich and colorful in appearance as in sound.

Headphone Reviews InnerFidelity

Bose SoundWear Companion Speaker

Tyll Hertsens Nov 06, 2017

This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com

To say I looked at the Bose SoundWear Companion Speaker with a great deal of skepticism when I first saw one in the Bose kiosk at Denver International Airpot after RMAF is a serious understatement. Boy was I in for a surprise!

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Robert Baird Nov 05, 2017

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