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
DCHFG Xmas Party – December 7, 2024
The year 2024 will be remembered as the best year so far in DCHFG history. Our room at the Capital Audiofest was the best yet and received substantial media coverage and praise. For our annual Christmas party, we once again gathered at the home of Gerry and Pat to celebrate the year and our ongoing success. For entertainment we played the entire The Beatles – Abbey Road Blu-ray with the new Atmos remix and mastering. Gerry’s wonderful multi-channel audio system was just the right system to bring out all the nuances of… Read More
DCHFG October 5, 2024 Meeting – Alma Music and Audio East
As the Fall 2024 activities heat up, DCHFG members convened at the now one year old Alma Music and Audio East in Stirling, Virginia. Rob Standley from Amphion Speakers was on hand to provide information on their speakers including the flagship Krypton 3X. These speakers are a favorite among several producers including Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas O’Connell. I was interested in the large vinyl collection available to purchase which included inventory from Russ Katz’s TheVinyl Revivers as well as the personal collection of Alma Audio’s proprietor. I walked away with a half… Read More
The DC Hi-Fi Group 