Audiophile Co-op Sale – April 25th 2026
Audiophile Co-op Sale Event sponsored by DCHFG
When: Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Historic Garrett Park Town Hall, 10814 Kenilworth Ave., Garrett Park, MD 20896
Details coming soon.
DCHFG Meeting – 02/21/2026
The first regular meeting of 2026 found us returning to Gary Gill’s house.
Gary has been exploring addons to his Popori Electrostatic speakers from France. DCHFG President, John Gatski, updated us on recent meeting in Deleware and planned meetings in the future. David Berning, David Berning amplifiers, provided details on the new LTA Century amplifiers that we heard during the listening session of the meeting.
Everyone looks forward to the end of the meeting raffle.
DCHFG Room @CAF2025
The DCHFG room at CAF 2025 received a special mention online and in print from the Absolute Sound magazine.
The DCHFG room theme of High Performance and High Value home audio continues to resonate with showgoers and fans of modestly price components. If you missed hearing our room but are curious about what we played, check out this page where all the equipment details are shown.
A diverse group of listeners including David Chesky and Sandy Gross (founder Polk Audio) have visited the DCHFG room on several occasions.
Alan Taffel’s Top Picks and Trends at CAF
Best Sound (for-the-money)
The DC Audio Group room offered three systems intended to demonstrate what can be done for very modest sums. My favorite was the “Tier 2” middle system, which featured the HiVi Swan DS 3.1 Mk II speakers, a Wiim Ultra music streamer, and an SMSL VMV A1Pro amp. Despite the ridiculously-low price of $1300 for the whole system, the sound was refined, dynamic and full-bodied, with images that were untethered to the speakers.
DCHFG Meeting – 10/25/2025 – Mola Mola
We gathered at Ron’s for a demonstration of the current equipment lineup from Mola Mola.
Listening session featured the upgraded, Mola-Mola Kula ($16,790) integrated 200-watt, N-Core based amplifier; the well-reviewed Tambaqui DAC ($13,500); and the newly upgraded Lupe phono preamp ($9,850). The DAG playback system includes Totem Acoustic Metal V2 reference speakers and a Kronos Sparta turntable with Sonic Labs Signature Gold cartridge. That system showcased the Mola-Mola gear, plus a pair of MartinLogan 15s (Renaissance) electrostatic speakers, Lumin D3 Hi-Res streamer/local file player and Goldnote Pianosa TT/Goldnote Donatello Gold MC cartridge vinyl play system, courtesy of The Vinyl Revivers.
DCHFG – 09/13/2025 Meeting – His Masters Voice
We assembled at Gerry’s once again for a presentation by Voo Audio and Voo DIY speakers. Vinh Vu has created a fascinating twist on DIY speakers by providing a fully built speaker cabinet in a choice of several finishes along with all the speaker parts needed to complete the speaker. A new pair of speakers can be completed in an afternoon.
According to Vu, the tallish, stand speaker is a dual 6.5 inch woofer1-inch soft dome tweeter, two-way, bass reflex design with front mounted slot port. The speaker utilizes a third-order 2.7 kHz crossover. The tweeter is a TBI HDSS, custom-manufactured in Malaysia for TBI, which is located in Atlanta, Ga, The woofers are custom-made for Gingko Audio by the Foster-Culver Co. (Fostex).
The full cabinet price is a tick over $300, which includes tariff, customs fees and delivery to the USA, It typically takes 2.5 weeks from order to delivery,Vu added. Cabinets come with binding post assemblies, grills, acoustic batting material and wood screws for mounting woofers.
The speaker-component kit has a n introductory $499 MSRP. The MooVu Speaker Kit includes: four pre-wired, custom woofers with matching rubber seal gaskets, two pre-wired tweeters, two crossover assemblies, OFC copper wire, crossover mounting screws, wire nuts, and assembly instructions. “Typical build time is two hours per cabinet,” Vu noted. Gingko offers one-year against manufacturing defects for speaker kit from Gingko Audio. Cabinets warranty provided directly by Iwistao. Basically, the MooVu speaker pair kit is comparable to a $2,000 retail speaker pair, Vu emphasized.
The Raffle.
The DC Hi-Fi Group 