Capital Audiofest 2025

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Nice job as always, Elliot. I hope it was a fruitful few days with the fantastic Goerbel speakers. My only comment is the EMM sign......as a marketing man, it ruins the beautiful landscape of the setup. Next year on the sidewall

 

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The Voice That Is had their exhibit of smaller Tidal speakers from Germany. Paired with a pair of subwoofers from REL and Tidal's own amplifiers and dac, this particular system to my ears sounded more coherent, and musically alive than their larger set ups in the years past at the CAF. The REL subs were very well integrated and the whole soundstage just breathed, and floated in and around the room. Another superb set up!

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Doug White always creates great sound in his room. Integrating woofers is never easy, so kudos there as well.

 

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if you are referring to today, football on Sunday is a tough competitor. last year in September at the Seattle Show Sunday was almost empty. Friday and Saturday had been much better.

Mike, we sense from experience that audio shows are losing steam in general. They remain valuable, but the industry must find a different format. We were at the NYC show several weeks earlier—poor organization, no promotion, and low turnout despite some interesting exhibits. Easy to criticize (and Gary runs a decent show), so I'll refrain, but when we come up with some better ideas, we will share for sure.

In the meantime, we had an enjoyable few days in room 850 with Vinnie Rossi, MSB's superb Cascade, Thales table, and our host, Alma Audio of Sterling, VA. Mike Fremer spent about an hour spinning vinyl pre-pressings on Saturday morning, and it was a highlight.

Thanks AL for the Show report

 

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Yes he does mods to C J amps. This year he had on display his modified classic 350 solid state amp, priced at (ouch) 40 Grand.

Wow! I have heard that amp…exceptionally good from memory.

What does he do to the CJs? Is this something he does regularly?

 

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Wow! I have heard that amp…exceptionally good from memory.

What does he do to the CJs? Is this something he does regularly?

I don't know if he does it regularly, but I know he has he own line of cabling and does quite a bit of custom designs.