Capital AudioFest 2024

Voxativ's Inés Adler and Christopher Owens are never caught dead empty-handed at shows. This puts me in a state of expectant glee, as their sound, regardless of genre, always resolves itself into something joyful. Even my neurotic hotel-hall dashes, pad and pen in hand, are washed away in Voxativ’s sonic tide.

Watch Ken Micallef interview Inès Adler, CEO and Founder of Voxativ.

The CAF2024 Voxativ room included a Weiss Engineering DAC502 ($10,695, streaming Qobuz hi-rez via UPnP), a 120 lb, 12Wpc, class-A Voxativ T211 SET Integrated Amplifier ($23,900), Voxativ Ampeggio Due Speaker Cables ($4599/pair), a Voxativ Rack ($2968), and the US debut of Voxativ’s hybrid active Alberich2 Array loudspeakers ($30,900/pair).

The Alberich2 Array System combines three of Voxativ’s Hagen2 monitors with a Voxativ Alberich2 10” woofer (with crossover, phase, and gain adjustments) and stands 6 feet tall. The top Hagen2 Array consists of two different Hagen2 monitors, both equipped with Voxativ AF-1.9 drivers. The lower Hagen2 features a set of Voxativ AF-2B drivers for reported highs up to 30kHz.

The Alberich2 active woofer contains a new 10” Neodymium woofer within an optimized AST (acoustic short-circuit) Ripol cabinet, powered by a 500W, class-D amplifier. Cabling is proprietary Voxativ pure copper cable.

Voxativ’s Alberich2 Array is available as the full array ($30,900/pair), or in non-array configuration, the Alberich2 subwoofer paired with a single Hagen2 ($16,900).

The Alberich2 Array, a system of greater scale and dynamic range, surpassed the Voxativ Ampeggios I possess in New York. While maintaining the soulful speed of the Ampeggios, the Alberich2 exudes a heightened sense of vitality, a shimmering alertness. Though too jolly-green-giant-tall for my current NYC listening space, it may well suit a more expansive environment.