Capital AudioFest 2022

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Capital AudioFest 2022
Mytek/AGD/JM Labs
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 13, 2022  |  4 comments
Albert Guerra of AGD Productions (left) and Michal Jurewicz (right)

Running into my Brooklyn buddy and Mytek head honcho Michal Jurewicz at the local Safeway (hotel food: $$$), he invited me to an after-hours shootout between his forthcoming GaN FET-powered, Empire monoblocks ($19,990/pair, below), which are specified as offering 400W into 8 ohms and 800W into 4 ohms. His dueling partner in this shootout was Albert Guerra of AGD Productions, who brought his GaN FET-operated Gran Vivace Monoblocks ($18,500/pair).

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Now Listen Here/Legacy Audio/Bel Canto/Innuos/Transparent
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 15, 2022  |  2 comments
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).
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Rethm/Ampsandsound/Auralic
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 15, 2022  |  5 comments
India's Rethm loudspeakers, California's Ampsandsound, and China's Auralic combined forces to make unique sounds at CAF 2022.
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Songer Audio/Whammerdyne Audio
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 12, 2022  |  0 comments
Two relative newcomers from Oregon made me ponder the question: Does West Coast-based audio differ from its East-Coast brethren? That's definitely the case with East- vs West-Coast jazz and hip-hop. I don't know the answer. What say you?
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The Listening Room/Fidelity Imports/Titan Audio/Michell Engineering/Soul Note/Perlisten/Innuos/AudioQuest
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 13, 2022  |  6 comments
The Listening Room and Perlisten Audio's Erik Wiederhotlz assembled a fine-sounding room, its front end including the revised Michell Orbe SE Turntable with an inverted, oil-circulating main bearing, freestanding motor, and massive platter ($6999 w/o tonearm; $8495 w/Technoarm 2), Innuos Statement Music Sever and Streamer, Soul Note D2 DAC ($8999), Soul Note E2 MM/MC Phono Equalizer ($8999), and Soul Note S3 SACD player ($19,999). Amplification consisted of more Soul Note!
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The Vinyl Revivers/Black Ice/Klipsch/Ortofon/Pro-Ject/Audio Desk System
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 12, 2022  |  0 comments
Black Ice amplification joined with Klipsch speakers and a Pro-Ject turntable to create a high-octane rig that played contemporary pop, rock, and blues like Stevie Ray Vaughan riffing with '90s German techno.
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The Voice That Is/Vinnie Rossi/Tidal Audio/Critical Mass Systems/Siltech
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 15, 2022  |  1 comments
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.

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VAC/Von Schweikert/Kronos/Esoteric/Aurender/Hana/Ultra Q
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 11, 2022  |  12 comments
When I walked into the Potomac room, a large VAC/Von Schweikert system was playing vintage Steely Dan tunes (Gaucho era) via vinyl into the sprawling space—what's not to love? While one exhibitor poked me in the ribs for criticizing their choice of Michael Jackson's Thriller at last year's event, the Yacht Rock flowing out of the mighty Potomac room suited me perfectly. And it sounded fantastic.
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Voxativ Acoustic Technologies
Ken Micallef  |  Nov 13, 2022  |  0 comments
The Berlin-made electronics and loudspeakers in the Voxativ room were impressive and riveting, moving air like a freight train from their handmade full-range drivers, modular, three-section floorstanders, and 30Wpc SET integrated amplifier.
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