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Chris

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Current admin of DCHFG

Posts by Chris:
  • Audiophile Estate Sale
  • Audiophile Co-op Sale – April 25th 2026
  • DCHFG Meeting – 02/21/2026
  • DCHFG Room @CAF2025
  • DCHFG Meeting – 10/25/2025 – Mola Mola
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  • Album of the Month, May '26!
    Last reply by mark on Tue, 12 May 2026 23:48:34 +0000
  • Wiim Amp Ultra
    Last reply by Chris on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:36:09 +0000
  • We Have our rummage sale, this how the British do it
    Last reply by Chris on Mon, 04 May 2026 16:07:56 +0000
  • Steve Reich - The Sextets
    Last reply by Chris on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:41:50 +0000
  • Schiit Audio’s New $99 Tube Buffer, Buf
    Last reply by Chris on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:21:39 +0000
  • Magnepan 1.7X / Rel R528 Subwoofer package deal
    Last reply by Dave R on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:21:05 +0000
  • New Plini & Matteo Mancuso albums are out today
    Last reply by Chris on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:29:04 +0000
  • Geshelli TORC DAC, selectable DAC module, Op amp and more
    Last reply by John Gatski President/Founder on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:53:13 +0000
  • Magnepan 1.7X and .7 Speakers
    Last reply by Dave R on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:42:47 +0000
  • Avid Sequel Turntable With DS Audio DS E3 Cartridge
    Last reply by Dave R on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:07:40 +0000
  • Kavita Shah (Jazz) in Purcellville Sat 4/11
    Last reply by zmann007 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:51:00 +0000
  • The Vinyl Revivers To Sell Latest Releases At 4/25 ACS Sale
    Last reply by John Gatski President/Founder on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:22:27 +0000
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  • The Hazelrigg Brothers Live 12-02-2023
  • DCHFG January 2023 Meeting with Lipinski Sound
  • The DC Hi-Fi Group Special Meeting with Nelson Pass - "It's entertainment, not Dialysis"
  • DCHFG October 2002 Meeting Highlights
  • The DC Hi-Fi Group September 2022 Meeting
  • DCHFG August 2022 Meeting
  • The DC Hi-Fi Group January 2022 Meeting - SOTA
  • DC HI-FI GROUP CAF 2021
  • DCHFG June 2021 Virtual Meeting with Gary Yacoubian (SVS)
  • DCHFG May 2021 Virtual Meeting
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  • MUSICAL FIDELITY M5xi & M6xi
    Musical Fidelity has announced the launch of the M5xi and M6xi integrated amplifiers Features include amplifier technologies, derived from Musical Fidelity’s Titan amplifier, low-distortion Darlington output stages. There’s 160W (M5xi) / 220W (M6xi) per channel into 8 Ohms. Sockets include optical, coax and HDMI, USB-C input with support up to 24bit/192kHz. Analogue power supplies are... […]
  • K17 R2R PRO FROM FIIO
    FiiO has announced the K17 R2R Pro desktop DAC, streamer and headphone amplifiers using in-house 5 + 24 bit R2R PRO resistor arrays… …a choice of NOS (Non Oversampling) and OS (Oversampling) modes, Class AB transistor current boosting headphone amplifier circuit support for QPlay to stream audio from compatible devices, dual band 2.4G and 5G... […]
  • HiFi NEWS 10 MAY 2026
    NAD, Topping, Pro-Ject and ViVac just dropped fresh HiFi gear and audiophile wallets are trembling To see the video, click below: The post HiFi NEWS 10 MAY 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.
  • MUSIC ALERTS 9 MAY 2026
    In this Music Alerts video, vinyl takes centre stage with new and forthcoming releases from Erik Klinga, Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart… …Status Quo, Schizo Fun Addict, Amalie Dahl, Art of Noise, Kim Wilde, People in Orbit and Ian Dury & The Blockheads. To see the video, click below: The post MUSIC ALERTS 9 MAY […]
  • DX9 DISCRETE FROM TOPPING
    Using its own discrete 1-bit decoding technology, Topping’s balanced DAC, preamp and headphone amp includes a 16-element discrete 1-bit ‘PSRM’ DAC architecture chip… …developed entirely in-house. This is 1-bit delta-sigma DAC technology but tweaked to use a high-frequency 1-bit stream. Including seven digital inputs plus Bluetooth, proprietary jitter-eradication, balanced and single-ended outputs for headphones, amps... […]
  • HYPER RCA R1 INTERCONNECTS FROM ATLAS
    Direct from the Scottish outfit Atlas, these rather svelte interconnect cables proved to be a minor revelation to Paul Rigby  A long-established, high-respected HiFi outfit of many years standing, well the year 2000 to be exact, this Scottish outfit has been pushing cables from its base in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire to just about every variation you... […]
  • C589 CD PLAYER FROM NAD
    NAD has announced the launch of the NAD C589 CD Player At the heart of the C589 is QRONO d2a, a digital audio technology developed by MQA Labs that, according to the company, improves “…digital timing and reconstruction accuracy.” Apparently enhancing spatial detail, transient accuracy and musical flow.  The company talks up its disc loader... […]
  • CONDUCTOR VOYAGER FROM BURSON
    The Burson Conductor Voyager arrives all the way from Australia with a bold design, serious weight (7kg!) and a feature list that reads like a hi-fi enthusiast’s wish list But at £3,900, does it truly deliver reference-level sound? To view the video, click below:   The post CONDUCTOR VOYAGER FROM BURSON appeared first on The […]
  • HiFi NEWS 2 MAY 2026
    SVS, Dorpo, AVID, TechDAS & Kerr all in one hit. From compact bass to ultra high-end vinyl—this is serious gear To view the video, click below: The post HiFi NEWS 2 MAY 2026 appeared first on The Audiophile Man.
  • K400 SPEAKERS FROM KERR ACOUSTIC
    The new K400 is a two-way stand-mount which can also be wall/ceiling mounted It takes many of the same ingredients and design philosophy from the K300. The K400 uses a 24mm Baltic Birch plywood (BBP) baffle with 18mm BBP sides, top and bottom and 12mm internal bracing. A 150mm Scanspeak mid-bass unit is paired with... […]
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  • The Fiio K17
    Mini Music Powerhouse $995.00 fiio.com/k17 Nestled in between my mighty Klipschorns, with ROON playing “Paranormial” by The Art of Noise, it amazes a few of my audiophile buddies that the source is the tiny FiiO K17 DAC. And it’s not just a DAC, it’s a full-blown streamer, preamplifier (though I am only using it as […]
  • Neoson Genese Integrated & Atlantis AT 16 Pro Speakers
    A great beginning to a system from Decibel+www.decibel-plus.com Neoson Genese Tube Integrated – $7,885Atlantis AT 16 Pro speakers ($1,609/ea. as tested, in black leather – $1,729 ea. in white) With such a wide range of hifi gear at your disposal, even someone who doesn’t suffer from severe FOMO can get overwhelmed in a hurry. We’ve […]
  • REVIEW – The Ranger Audio I/A Integrated
    The crew at Ranger HiFi has been winning awards left and right for their small but mighty speaker systems at $299 and $149 per pair, and some great cables at $99. So it made perfect sense to see a compact integrated with similar performance. But this small and this inexpensive? Impressive indeed. Smaller than a […]
  • $149 a pair? CRAZY
    The Vera-Fi Ranger speakers have really taken me on a trip down memory lane today. Many audio reviewers and enthusiasts with high-end systems sometimes forget where it all began. For me, it was a used pair of AR-7s for $50. My buddy Todd across the street purchased them new at J&R Music World (remember the […]
  • The Audiophile Apartment’s 2025 Products of the Year
    These are our picks in the last 14 months or so for our favorite products to go in smaller environments where space is at a premium, and an extra splash of style is a bonus. A few of these products’ full reviews will be posted in the next couple of weeks, but we wanted to […]
  • Powered Delight – The Dynaudio Focus 10 Speakers
    Think about cables for a few minutes. Then think about having only a pair of power cords in your system.If you’re in a small space, less is usually more, so this is not a bad thing for you. The Dynaudio Focus 10 speakers only need a pair of power cords. You can link the two […]
  • The Wireworld Stratus™ and Electra™Shielded Mini Power Conditioning cords
    You Can’t Unhear em! Wireworld founder David Salz makes some of the world’s finest cables, used by audiophiles and endorsed by recording engineers the world over. He’s a big thinker, and this time he’s solved a problem that a lot of us didn’t know we had – mini power cords. Applying their Fluxfield™ technology, he’s […]
  • 2024 Products of the Year
    Say, who says we have to hand out awards at the end of the year? We’ve always tried to be a little bit different so here goes. The Audiophile Apartment section of our magazine and site has always tried to concentrate on audio gear with a smaller form factor that doesn’t give anything up in […]
  • The Vera-Fi Vanguard Scout Speakers
    $299/pair Verafiaudiollc.com Listening to The Knack’s “Africa,” I tried a trick that I’ve seen at more than one hifi show – I hooked this $300 pair of speakers to about $200k worth of gear. Wacky as this seems, it illustrates two things: the ultimate performance envelope of said speakers, and how easy (or not) they […]
  • The Focal Vestia no.1 Speakers
    After spending an afternoon with staffer Earle’s Focal Sopra 3s, just before firing up their new Vestia no.1 at my place, the level of sonic excellence they bring to a $1,198 pair of speakers seems amazing. Listening to the same handful of tracks that I shuffled through at Earle’s house, not too much sonic memory […]
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  • Experience Immersive Music, Home Theater, And Stereo At Audio Advice Live 2026
    Audio Advice Live will return to the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel from August 7th through 9th, bringing together legacy stereo music lovers, modern immersivephile, movie enthusiasts, and home technology fans for their consumer home entertainment event. Now in its fifth year, the three-day showcase will offer attendees the chance to audition the latest loudspeakers, electronics, projectors, […]
  • Southwest Audio Fest 2026: High-End Audio Showcase
    The Southwest Audio Fest (SWAF) 2026 is scheduled from July 23rd through 25th, and is celebrating their new location at the Sheraton Convention Center in downtown Dallas. This perfectly positions the event between the city's Arts and Historical districts to attract both local attendees and out-of-town visitors. Organizers emphasize a concentrated three-day format designed to […]
  • Geshelli Labs TORC DAC Review: Does This Value-Priced Compact DAC Deliver Big-League Sound?
    Over the years, I have encountered many audiophiles who are unwilling to go into debt or spend all their money on high-end audio components or systems. While some of these individuals are new to high-end audio, others are more experienced, yet both groups consistently assemble impressive audio systems. What these audiophiles share is their love […]
  • Hi-Fi+ May 2026 High-End Audio Magazine
    Editorial: The Ultimate Goal Of High-Fidelity Audio Audiovector R 5 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Accustic Arts PREAMP 1/AMP 1 Pre & Stereo Power Amp Nagra Compact Player Network Streamer Bowers & Wilkins 707 S3 Prestige Edition Loudspeaker Linn 150 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Isol-8 Powerline Extreme Power Distributor HIFISTAY MYTHOLOGY X-1 Equipment Support Editor's Choice: Our Collection Of The […]
  • Acora Acoustics' Granite Loudspeakers Review
    Lee Scoggins Talks With Acora Acoustics Founder Valerio Cora With the nearly universal consensus of praise and earning many show awards during the Florida International Audio Expo 2023, the Acora Acoustics, VAC, Oracle Audio, Aurender, LampizatOr, and Cardas Audio room was a sound to behold! As one of the best-sounding exhibition room during the recent […]
  • Ayon Audio CD-35 II Signature CD Player / Transport Review
    Sound has always caught my attention and fascinated me since I was a child. I was born and raised in Italy, in the Florentine countryside. My father is Italian but my mother was from the USA. In fact, she was always playing cassettes and 45 rpm vinyl LPs of the so-called oldies from the 1950s […]
  • HIGH END Vienna 2026 — Premiere High-End Audio Show At Austria Center
    HIGH END Vienna 2026 opens a new chapter for the world's premier high-end audio exhibition, staging its debut at the Austria Center Vienna from June 4th through 7th. The relocation from Munich to Vienna was framed as both symbolic and strategic: organizers emphasized Vienna's musical heritage and the ACV's modern facilities as ideal for larger, […]
  • International Jazz Day 2026: Chicago All-Star Global Concert Marks 15th Anniversary
    International Jazz Day 2026 drew global attention on the 30th of April, as musicians, educators, and communities around the world joined a coordinated series of concerts, workshops and broadcasts to celebrate jazz's enduring cultural impact. The day's centerpiece was an All-Star Global Concert hosted in Chicago, a city long synonymous with jazz innovation, which served […]
  • EnjoyTheMusic.com's May 2026 Luxury High-End Audio Review Magazine: Show Reports, World Premiere Reviews, & More
    The May 2026 issue of EnjoyTheMusic.com's luxurious high-fidelity audio Review Magazine celebrates our love for music in all its forms. This issue delivers a broad mix of show coverage, editorials, technical features, and equipment reviews. The issue frames its content around both audiophile heritage and the current youthful momentum within our high-end audio world, as […]
  • Catalog Kings Unite — BMG & Concord Merge To Create Independent Music Powerhouse
    BMG and Concord have agreed to merge into a single, independent music company operating under the BMG name, creating a combined business controlled roughly 67% by Bertelsmann and 33% by affiliates of Great Mountain Partners, with Concord CEO Bob Valentine named CEO and BMG's Thomas Coesfeld to serve as chairman. BMG and Concord announced a […]

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