Capital AudioFest 2019

Staged by Cornelia and Michael Davis, the beautiful Audio Federation assemblage consisted of the Acapella Audio One music server ($6875), Audio Note UK DAC Five Signature ($98,355), Acapella LaMusika integrated amplifier ($110,000), new 93” tall, 450 lb. Acapella Audio Arts Campanile 2 loudspeakers with an updated spherical horn midrange (95dB at 8 ohms, $66,500/pair), and Acapella and Audio Note UK cabling. Streaming a 16/44.1 file of the Mercury Living Presence version of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major performed by Gina Bachauer, the sound was very large scale, clear, dynamic and clean.