Comprised of members from Maryland-DC-Virginia-Baltimore region, the DC Hi-Fi Group is an audio enthusiast group that focuses on the hobby of high-quality hi-fi listening, gear collecting and home recording.From Our Blog
DC Hi-Fi Group’s first YouTube Meeting with chat
On Saturday May 9th just after 11am John and Chris launched the clubs first video meeting We had an active group of around thirty on line watching and chatting along with both Chris and John getting us up to date with what’s happening. We had a few vendors joining in Denis Clark from Leesburg, Jose from DrVinyl, and Jerry Snead letting us know what new lines they are now carrying. John reported on what Russ now has to offer too. Chris filled us in on all the new stuff he is looking… Read More
DC Hi-Fi Group Meeting—February 29, 2020
It was a big Leap. I think half, or it just seemed like it, of the club’s membership squeezed into Russ Katz’s townhouse—home of The Vinyl Revivers. Russ has been a corporate member of the DC Hi-Fi Group from the beginning and is a big supporter of the club. Hosting a club meeting takes a lot of work and Russ has done many. Be sure to thank Russ and Roslyn at the next gathering. It was a beautiful day, a little chilly, but anything above freezing in February around here is a… Read More
DC Hi-Fi Group Meeting—January 25, 2020
With the threat of bad weather, we still had a good group of members making the trek to Alexandria for another very pleasant get together at Greg Viggianno’s condo party room. This was a combo meeting with DC Hi-Fi Group and the Carver enthusiast club. They are a worldwide owners of Carver vintage products. They have a forum called “The Carver Site”. The meeting followed with the usual format of “meet and greet” with pizza and various liquid refreshments. After way too much pizza, we had a short business meeting and quickly… Read More
CAF 2019 Conclusions
I have just about three or four more rooms I wanted to highlight. One of the most highly acclaimed rooms at the show was the GT Audio Works room just off the Atrium. I have to agree. Greg Tekesh’s hybrid planars have always presented a slamming sound. Not just excitement, but a highly musical experience. Specially designed open baffle servo controlled subs easily keep up with the planars quickness. The open-baffle sub-woofers operate from 15Hz-65Hz and include a user adjustable electronic crossover built into the provided amplifier. The open baffle subs are… Read More
DC Hi-Fi Group December Meeting—Christmas Party December 15, 2019
Gramophone, Gaithersburg, graciously hosted our December meeting and Christmas party. Chris Murphy, who has moved down from Overture in Wilmington, DE., has taken over the Gaithersburg Design Center and become the Regional Business developer. Chris has been a great friend and supporter of DC Hi-Fi Group and welcomed us with open arms and shared the Gaithersburg store on a Sunday afternoon for great greets and eats. Gramophone had the new Totem Metal small floor stander on demo with McIntosh electronics. These highly efficient (91db) surprisingly pumped the low bass (26Hz – 22kHz)… Read More
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