Capital Audiofest

Black Ice Audio

And I mean rocks! Serendipity graced my time in one of two VPI rooms at CAF 2021 in the form of one Michael Fremer,  Mr. Analog Planet, and his stunning-sounding unobtainium unreleased 45RPM copy of Who’s Next.

NOLA by Accent Speakers Technology launched two new models at CAF 2021 — one small, one big.

UK’s Audio Note greats visitors with a familiar setup and sound.

The MC Audiotech Forty-10 Loudspeaker (starts at $40,000) announce their difference boldly.

The United Home Audio SuperDeck ($89,998) is a source that inspires wows.

Upon entering the Montrose room, I thought dealer Tenacious Sound may have snuck, or even sneaked, into the Barn and taken my stuff!

Volti Audio and Border Patrol have shared a room each time I’ve visited the Capital Audiofest and they go together like peanut butter and bananas.

I have to think that being a HiFi dealer is challenging even in ‘normal’ times. These days, with travel restrictions, mask mandates, supply chain nightmares, and a general air of grumpiness, presenting a happy face for customers must take either real skill or real nice […]

The digital products from Ideon Audio were new to me at CAF21, where I got to hear their entry mk2 384 DXD DAC and 3R Master Time Reclocker as well as their flagship products which I’ll cover in a separate post.

Infigo Audio Method 2 Monoblock Amplifier ($50,000/pair).

Here’s a tip (for free): keep your eye on Mytek.

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day. . .and I’m feeling good.

What a great show. What a great show the Capital Audiofest is. Lots of friendly happy people, a panoply of hifi, and real good music being enjoyed by many. What more can you ask for?

Retailer Tenacious Sound also had a number of rooms at RMAF 2018 and I’m going to agree with my friend Art Dudley, again, in picking this room as my favorite of the Tenacious bunch. Here’s Art—”It was sonically wide-open—the system would not have wanted an […]