Capital Audio Fest 2024 is just a couple of days away, so we are previewing the rooms and vendors that will be at the show to help you plan your trip as there is a ton to see in a short amount of time.

Show Details:

• Date: November 8th – 10th, 2024
  • Friday   10:00AM – 6:00PM
  • Saturday   10:00AM – 6:00PM
  • Sunday   10:00AM – 4:00PM
• Location: 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
  • Capital Audio Fest is held at the Hilton Rockville in Rockville, MD. This beautiful venue is conveniently located next to a metro station, providing quick access to Washington DC. With over 35,000 square feet of flexible conference space, the Hilton Rockville offers plenty of room for exhibitors and attendees to explore the latest audio products and technology.
    • Hilton is already fully booked
    • The Even Hotel has availability as of today (9-27-2024)
• Parking at Hilton Hotel is tough! So…..
• Consider parking for FREE at Metro on Saturday and Sunday.
• Consider parking behind Matchbox across the street in the Congressional Plaza lot.
• CAF has two nights of great live music.
• Purchase your tickets online beforehand.
• Great Guest Seminars on all three days!
• Many new vendors!
• Students are FREE!

Tickets

https://www.capitalaudiofest.com/event-details/capital-audiofest2024

Exhibitors:

https://www.capitalaudiofest.com/exhibitors2024

For more information: https://hifichicken.com/capital-audiofest-2024-rooms-and-events

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Synergistic Research – Rooms 852, 853, Montgomery

For over a decade, we’ve been incrementally refining and improving our PowerCell models to deliver best-in-class, award-winning line conditioning for the most demanding audio enthusiasts. Now in development of our forthcoming flagship SRX PowerCell, we’re completely rethinking and re-engineering our newest generation of PowerCells to take your system to even greater heights with regards to effortless dynamics, engagement, and realism.

Introducing the all-new PowerCell 14. The power for passion has never been more evident.

Benefitting from learnings upon the development of our flagship SRX XL cable line, our new Foundation XL power cables deliver notably improved performance above the Foundation SX series and continue to be offered at attractive price points. While the line as a whole can be thought of as an evolution from the Foundation SX, the cable has been rethought holistically, applying the same improvements we’ve made to our new flagship SRX XL cable series.

For each cable type, we’ve doubled the 6N pure silver Air Strings to portray music with more immediacy and resolution, improving upon dynamics and transient response in a completely non-fatiguing way. We apply the same SRX XL UEF compound as described above to improve shielding. And finally, the cables are run through the same SRX XL High Voltage Conditioning treatment that we use for our flagship SRX XL cables.

With Foundation XL, you’ll notice improved dynamics and a more natural timbre, all with a reduction in noise floor to keep the details of the music smoother and more realistic than its predecessor.

The Voodoo Streamer Server began with the intention of overcoming the last significant barrier separating digital audio from the best turntables and reel-to-reel tape decks. Namely, a sense of compression where digital streaming sounds flatter and with high-frequency limitations when directly compared to the best LPs and tapes. To paraphrase Harry Pearson, “If you want to enjoy digital, don’t listen to analog.” And while we love digital, we couldn’t help but remember Harry’s words every time we performed back-to-back comparisons between our digital rig, especially when streaming on Quboz and Tidal, and our state-of-the-art turntable and tape deck. So, for years, we focused on engineering better digital and AC cables to bring our digital experience closer to what we hear when listening to analog. This quest stretched over two decades, where we engineered some of the world’s highest-performance digital cables, but still, something was missing. So, we turned our attention to the last remaining links in the digital chain, namely, Ethernet Switches and Network Routers. And again, we take a massive leap forward. And again, something is missing. So, we set our sights on the last remaining component in the chain, the server/streamer.

Before the Voodoo project even began, we had amassed an arsenal of technologies that could be used to build the ultimate music streaming server. Namely, EM Cell technology developed and refined over the past fifteen years for our PowerCell line conditioners and Active Ground Block ground conditioners. LPS power supplies also utilizing EM Cell technologies in our Ethernet Switch and Network Router, and ULF bias technology to eliminate high-frequency distortion as first developed for our Galileo PowerCell line conditioner. Serendipitously, we had just perfected these technologies as an ecosystem for digital applications through our UEF Ethernet Router and Ethernet Switch. So we developed the world’s most musically robust server architecture, where we listened to dozens of motherboards, CPU processors, and RAM options in double-blind testing, picking only the most resolved and musical options. We then paired our new Linux computer with our latest LPS technology, refined over the past decade, to power your new Voodoo Streamer/Server. Finally, we adapted the ULF Bias technology from our state-of-the-art Galileo Ground Block and PowerCell line conditioners, which proved to be the ultimate game changer. By overcoming high-frequency noise all too common in digital circuits, we eliminated both digital compression and annoying high-frequency artifacts assumed to be intrinsic to the digital format. Now, instead of digital sounding somewhat veiled and with high-frequency hash, it is analog that sounds spacially compressed with high frequencies that lack extension and transparency.

When crafting your new Voodoo Streamer/Server, we utilize the same low mechanical resonance chassis architecture as found in other SR Active Components like our Galileo Active Ground Block and UEF Ethernet Switch. We effectively eliminate vibrational feedback between the chassis and the internal circuits by using thick billets of CNC-machined aircraft aluminum and carbon fiber. To ensure cool and quiet operation without noisy fans, the entire chassis acts as a massive heat sink to dissipate the considerable heat generated by its powerful Linux computer. Even the top screens are machined from bronze with a carbon fiber inlay to boost aesthetic beauty as it improves internal cooling, so your Voodoo server is as quiet and sexy as your system’s now nonexistent noise floor.

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11 Stereo – Room 625

Experience the “Mini Exotic” Audio System at Capital Audio Fest, Nov 8-10, 2024
ATLANTA, GA – Nov 4, 2024 – Join us at the Capital Audio Fest (Rockville, MD), November 8-
10, 2024, in Room 625 for an exclusive showcase of the “Mini Exotic” audio system,
featuring an actual hand built high performance audio system for under $30K complete.
Hosted by Mike Powell (OCD HiFi Guy), a respected audio importer based in Atlanta for over
23 years, this room will highlight an exceptional lineup of premium audio equipment.
The featured system includes:

• Emm Labs NS1 Streamer (Canada) – $4,500
• Audio Analogue AA DAC (Italy) – $5,000
• NAT Audio GM70 Single Ended Triode Monoblocks (Serbia) – $12,500
• Fischer&Fischer GM70 100% Slate Monitors (Germany) – $4,500
• Verastarr Cables (USA) – $2,500

This carefully curated selection promises an unparalleled listening experience, combining
exquisite craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology.

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Grandinote, Kimber Kable and Thuono Audio – ROOM 861

You will be able to listen to our new Grandinote Solo integrated amplifier, pure class A 60W, and our Grandinote Mach 8XL crossover-less speakers!

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Songer Audio – Room 740

Songer Audio is looking forward to the 2024 Capital Audiofest next weekend!

This is the East Coast debut of the mighty S1x.  Our peerless Nova field coil driver is at the heart of this no-limits reimagining of the S1, and in tandem with the components we’ve curated for this event, we anticipate pure magic.

We’re fortunate to be partnering with Whammerdyne Heavy Industries, under new ownership, who will likewise be debuting their DAM-Ultra 8.4wpc 2A3 monoblock amplifiers, along with our longtime friends at Lampizator and Innuos, who will once again furnish us with reference level Poseidon and Statement components.  A new partner joins us at this show as well; KBL Sound will provide superior cabling throughout the system.

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Wireworld Cables – 740