Julie Mullins

Here in Part 3 of her Capital Audiofest 2025 show report, Julie Mullins gives us the scoop on the cool gear she saw and heard on display in a pair of rooms hosted by Gestalt Audio — primarily being a pair of turntables from PrimaryControl and TW Acustic, along with a double shot of Fuuga cartridges, some Cinnamon speakers sprinkled into the mix, and SW1X amps to boot. . .

Welcome to our multipart show highlights series about this year’s Capital Audiofest! The annual event, which has been increasing in size and market importance in recent years, was held just outside Washington, DC, at the Hilton Twinbrook in Rockville, Maryland, during the weekend of November 14-16, 2025. Here in Part 1, Julie Mullins gives us a CAF overview and takes in a turntable and cartridge setup Q&A between WallyTools’ and WAM Engineering’s J.R. Bosclair and noted turntable guru and occasional AP contributor Michael Trei. . .

Relative/upstart hi-fi newcomers Fosi Audio have recently dropped a pair of interesting new products — namely, the Fosi Luna3 turntable and the Fosi Box X5 phono preamp. Read on to see all the features and specs for both of these quite efficient, and quite affordable, items. . .

It’s been a minute since we’ve done regular book reviews here on AP, but now we’re back on the reading track. First up, Julie Mullins gives her impressions of Mark Ronson’s Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City, a new 256-page hardcover book that shares many tales about the Grammy-winning producer/songwriter/musician’s love of vinyl and analog culture, not to mention covering his titular days as a notable NYC DJ in the ’90s. . .