Capital Audio Fest 2022

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So, I just booked my hotel room and my flights this week for the Capital Audio Fest 2022 taking place in Rockville, MD - from November 11th thru the 13th

Capital Audio Fest 2022

Curious, who if any WBF'ers shall be attending either as attendees ad/or exhibitors?
I'm slated to arrive November 10th (Thursday) to get a head start o things.

Looking forward to your responses.
 
Bending Wave will be there in the same room as last show however this time partnering with High End by Oz and will be showing the new Divin Sovereign Subwoofers with the Divin Marquis speakers with electronics from Thrax Audio including the Heros Mono Blocks, Dionysis Preamp, Maximinus Silver DAC with HiFi stay racks, Metronome CD Player =
 
Okay, CAF is just under a month away. And from what I can gather from my itinerary I'm going to be at the Hilton by 3:00 PM on Thursday, November 10, 2022. No doubt others on WBF will be attending Capital Audio Fest this year, so how about those of us who meet face to face in the lobby ... a frightening prospect indeed :)

Let's see how many are interested in getting together before the show goes into full-swing. It will also be something to see how many of us set up our respective Roon ARC connections so if it comes down to it we can play music from our own personal libraries at the show. Talk about raising the bar on audience participation :)
 
I’ll be there. Should be at the hotel by mid afternoon Thursday. Just an attendee.
 
I’ll be there. Should be at the hotel by mid afternoon Thursday. Just an attendee.
Won't hold "just being an attendee" against you, then again we've yet to meet :)
There ought to be a WBF Flag for just such meetups at hifi shows
 
We will be there in 3 rooms..

Twinbrook room -
Lansche No. 7.2 speakers,
Thrax Audio Spartacus 300b Mono Amplifiers (2 sets bi amping the speakers) 50w Triode Class A
Thrax Audio Libra 300b Pre amplifier with its outboard power supply
Thrax Audio Maximinus Silver Dac MK III
Kalista Audio Dreamplay X CD Transport
United Home Audio Super Deck reel to reel
Hemingway Audio Z-Core Cables
Hifistay Mythology Racks

Room 321

Rosso Fiorentino Speakers - Siena
Thrax Audio - Teres Mono Amplifiers (250W Hybrid)
Thrax Audio- Dionysos Pre Amplifier ( Tube Preamplifier)
Thrax Audio - Maximinus Silver DAC MK III ( Ladder DAC)
Hifistay Mythology Racks

Jackson Room
Goebel Speakers Divin Marquis
Goebel Speakers Divin Subwoofers ( USA Debut)
Thrax Audio - Heros Mono Amplifiers (2 sets, bi-amping the speakers) 100W Class A Hybrid
Thrax Audio - Dionysos Tube Pre Amplifier
Thrax Audio Maximinus Silver DAC ( Ladder DAC)
Metronome Audio - AQWO CD Transport
Hifistay Mythology Racks
Goebel Cables
Hemingway Cables

dont forget.. on Friday and Saturday we have after hours in the Twinbrook room!
 
DON"T MISS THE UNITED HOME AUDIO AFTER HOURS ANALOG TAPE EVENTS IN THE TWINBROOK ROOM! HAVE SOME FUN WITH OZ AND I FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS STARTING AT 8:00PM TILL LATE!

LOTS OF NEW TAPES TO PLAY ON THE NEW UHA SUPERDECK PLUS A BIG AUDIO SYSTEM TO BOOT!

A PREAMP WITH FOUR 300B TUBES, FOUR BIG SPARTACUS 300B MONOBLOCK AMPS WITH SIX 300B TUBES PER AMP, THATS TWENTY EIGHT 300B TUBES IN ALL!
PLUS BIG SPEAKERS WITH ACTUAL PLASMA TWEETERS.
I FEEL LIKE A MAD SCIENTIST... THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!

We will be there in 3 rooms..

Twinbrook room -
Lansche No. 7.2 speakers,
Thrax Audio Spartacus 300b Mono Amplifiers (2 sets bi amping the speakers) 50w Triode Class A
Thrax Audio Libra 300b Pre amplifier with its outboard power supply
Thrax Audio Maximinus Silver Dac MK III
Kalista Audio Dreamplay X CD Transport
United Home Audio Super Deck reel to reel
Hemingway Audio Z-Core Cables
Hifistay Mythology Racks

Room 321

Rosso Fiorentino Speakers - Siena
Thrax Audio - Teres Mono Amplifiers (250W Hybrid)
Thrax Audio- Dionysos Pre Amplifier ( Tube Preamplifier)
Thrax Audio - Maximinus Silver DAC MK III ( Ladder DAC)
Hifistay Mythology Racks

Jackson Room
Goebel Speakers Divin Marquis
Goebel Speakers Divin Subwoofers ( USA Debut)
Thrax Audio - Heros Mono Amplifiers (2 sets, bi-amping the speakers) 100W Class A Hybrid
Thrax Audio - Dionysos Tube Pre Amplifier
Thrax Audio Maximinus Silver DAC ( Ladder DAC)
Metronome Audio - AQWO CD Transport
Hifistay Mythology Racks
Goebel Cables
Hemingway Cables

dont forget.. on Friday and Saturday we have after hours in the Twinbrook room!
 
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I will be in Room 623, representing a new loudspeaker company named Illusio Audio. We will be showing our first product, the Alana stand-mount speaker with stand (the stand is a critial part of the system). The Alana is a team effort which is much more of a high-end design than my previous products under my AudioKinesis brand. Four small-footprint subwoofers will supply the bottom two octaves.
 
I'm in the Atrium
 
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Rex, you’re going to be there????
 

Last year was great at Capfest and we plan on being better this year ! Joining us will be High End by OZ and we will be using Thrax electronics, Please stop by and check us out same room as last year .Nov11 -13th
 
This will be our first Capital Audio Fest, and we're starting with a bang, with 5 rooms!

So, look us up in Rooms 530, 532, 533, 534 and 537.

In Room 537, we're hosting Philip O'Hanlon and his Midrange Magic setup (Graham/Moonriver/Bergmann/Artesania), with a guest harpist!
 

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In Room 530, we'll have the gorgeous Qln Signatures with Nagra Classic pre/power. Sources will be MSB Premier with the Innuos Statement Next-Gen feeding it the bits. Gigawatt power conditioner will certainly help with challenging hotel AC!
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