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Julie Mullins  |  May 29, 2025

Here in Part 2 of our High End Munich 2025 show report series, Julie Mullins takes a firsthand look at AMG’s Ventus phono preamp prototype, in addition to checking out a pair of AMG Viella series turntables and the company’s 12JT tonearm. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Nov 18, 2024

In recent years, Capital Audiofest has continued expanding to encompass exhibit rooms across more than four floors in addition to dozens of other exhibitors in conference rooms and halls throughout the hotel — 125 rooms, and 50 booths in all — including vinyl and accessories sellers in the atrium. We here at AP figured we’d approach things a bit differently this year and post multiple, short-form analog-centric highlights from the show across several brief installments — so, without further preamble, here’s Part 1 of Julie Mullins’ show report, featuring gear from Belleson, Rega, Linear Tube Audio, Volti Audio, and Anticables. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Nov 19, 2024

Welcome to Part 2 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report! In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Perpetuum Ebner, Ortofon, Phasemation, Synthesis, and Rethm. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Nov 20, 2024

Welcome to Part 3 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report! In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Thuono, Grandinote, and Kimber Kable. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Nov 21, 2024

Welcome to Part 4 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report! In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Pure Fidelity, Vandersteen, EMM Labs, DS Audio, and AudioQuest. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Nov 22, 2024

Welcome to Part 5 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report! In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Pure Fidelity, Falcon Acoustics, Lab12, and ArgentPur. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Nov 26, 2024

Welcome to Part 6 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report, the last iteration before the Thanksgiving holiday takes full hold! In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Robyatt Audio, VPI, Bird of Prey, Tzar, Java Hi-Fi, and Quad. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Dec 03, 2024

Hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving break! We’re now back on track to lean into December with Part 7 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report. In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Archer High Fidelity, Cambridge Audio, Audio-Technica, and Analysis Plus. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Dec 07, 2024

We continue diving headlong into December with Part 8 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report. In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from VPI, Audio Research, Revox, PureAudioProject, and Luminous Audio Technology. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Dec 10, 2024

We’re going back to the future, if you will, with Part 9 of our Capital Audiofest 2024 show report. In this installment, Julie Mullins reports on what she saw and heard from Command Performance AV’s ‘80s-themed room at the show, which featured modern-day gear from J.Sikora, Aidas, Lyra, Doshi Audio, Audiovector, REL Acoustics, Cardas Audio, and HRS. . .

Mike Mettler  |  Nov 11, 2024

As we take a brief pause to honor all who have served here on Veterans Day, I did want to take a moment to note that we will soon enough be posting extensive coverage of this past weekend’s Capital Audiofest, which was held in Rockville, Maryland, this past weekend (November 8-10, 2024).

Mike Mettler, Ken Micallef  |  Nov 13, 2024

Last week, Capital Audiofest ruled large in the Washington, DC area from November 8-10, 2024 — and, as always, I anointed our main product reviewer Ken Micallef to shoot as much video footage as he could of all the cool turntables and other analog-centric gear and goodies he came across at the show. CAF offers “a world of vinyl, gadgets, turntables, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and the mad audiophiles who love them,” as Ken has noted about the show in recent years, and CAF 2024 once again delivered on that promise in full. You too can see what Ken saw at the show in the 9-minute video we’ve just posted on our YouTube channel that you can also now watch in the story below. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Jun 17, 2025

In Part 6 of her High End Munich 2025 show report, Julie Mullins gives us the lowdown on the new Chord Electronics Ultima Phonostage phono preamp, which was seen amplifying the signal from a Bauer Audio dps 3 turntable fitted with an Ortofon MC Cadenza cartridge. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Feb 26, 2025

Now that you’ve seen Ken Micallef’s turntable-centric video from Florida International Audio Expo 2025, it’s time for Julie Mullins to officially kick off her own FLAX 2025 show-coverage series. First up: Julie visits Fidelity Imports, the noted distributor who showcased some great new gear from British stalwart Michell and German upstart Knosti. . .

Julie Mullins  |  Feb 27, 2025

Welcome back to Part 2 of Julie Mullins’ Florida International Audio Expo 2025 show report! Here, Julie hits the demo rooms for Supreme Acoustic Systems to see Benny Audio’s Odyssey Turntable in action, along with support from Lyra, Air Tight, AudioQuest, and Cardas Audio cables. . .

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