DCHFG Meeting- 06/07/2025 – SOTA Turntables, etc

Ken Wolff, noted Classical music instructor, a busy performing musician, and a key promoter of all things vinyl, presented the latest Sota Sapphire turntable, equipped with a Sorane 1.2 tonearm and Kuhmar MC cartridge. Speakers were the Alta Audio Alyssa SE loudspeakers. The system also included the high-end Korf Audio headshell, Luxman EQ-500 phono stage, Advanced Paris line preamp, and AGD Monoblocks (Gan-Fet Class D output amplifiers). Associated equipment included Wireworld Eclipse cables. The Raffle.

DCHFG Meeting – Dark Side of the Moon Atmos Surround – 04-26-2025

In our ongoing series of listening to surround sound renderings of revered recordings, we assembled at Gerry’s for a listen to the most recent Atmos mix of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. As always the raffle was the high point of the meeting.

DCHFG Meeting – Alma Audio East-West 10th Anniversary – Nagra – 04-05-2025

Alama Audio East in conjunction with its west coast namesake, held an open house to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Ten years ago we were starting our journey, with our very first location in beautiful La Jolla, CA. Now, with our 2nd location on the East Coast and our current product line up, we have never been as excited to be helping our clients put together insanely good music systems! The event featured a presentation by Nagra representative and renowned mastering engineer René Laflamme. A demo of the impressive NAGRA Reference Anniversary Turntable… Read More

DCHFG Meeting – Class D Shootout -February 1, 2025

We gathered at the home of Gary Gill to kick off 2025 with our first official meeting. The theme for the day was coming to grips with the profusion of Class D amplifiers. We had no less than five different amplifiers to choose from including VTV Amplifiers (Purifi), Atma-Sphere, AgentPur (Orchard Audio), AGD and Mytek Empire GanFET. Source material was provided by both John Gatski’s demo rig of an Android tablet running USB Audio Player Pro and Gary’s system streaming Qobuz from a Raspberry Pi based DAC. Gary’s recently purchased Popori electrostatic… Read More

Audio Hunters Open House – January 25, 2025

Russ Katz, the proprietor of The Audio Hunters and The Vinyl Revivers, held an open house on January 25, 2025, to show off his new showroom. With an abundance of space, visitors can now sample the full range of high-end audio components that Russ represents. Additionally, Russ has really expanded his audiophile vinyl inventory featuring the latest titles from Mobile Fidelity, Acoustic Sounds and many others. If you are looking to get your first Hi-Fi system or you are an experienced audiophile hoping to upgrade to the latest technology, you would be… Read More