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2010 Capital Audiofest Photos Chris Barker's Photos of the CAF 2011: Chris Barker's Photos 2011 Capital Audiofest Photos Thanks to the folks that have provided so many quality photos of the 2011 CAF including Paul Elliott, Chris Barker and my sister Gaye Paloma.  CAF Banner is on place!  Family working the table.  Registrants poured in throughout the entire weekend.  Jeff Catalano putting the finishing touches on the High Water Sound room.  Analog in the High Water Sound Room is always perfect!  One of only a few rooms at the CAF with analog gear.  Two tonearms and a microphone!  Carnegie Acoustics and ONKYO Suite  ONKYO Reference Series  The banner that speaks for itself!  Stellar lineup by McIntosh!  The signature glowing blue meters of McIntosh.  Wow a complete McIntosh system as a raffle item!  Don't forget McIntosh analog.  Who can forget the legendary McIntosh 275?  United Home Audio and the MBL Reference Line.  Being shown the light in the United Home Audio room.  United Home Audio and their UHA HQ R2R Tape Machines  United Home Audio and their UHA HQ R2R Tape Machines  Some attendees even brought Greg Beron their own music and UHA played it for them. What more can you ask for?  But why can't I have this MBL system in my bedroom?  Greg Beron and John Atkinson discuss the UHA R2R Tape Machines.  GOTO returns to the CAF with a vengeance!  GOTO up close.  Always busy in the GOTO room.  Wonderful music came from Surreal Sound in the GOTO room.  DC local Dynamic Sounds Phono Stage sounded fantastic as did the Luminous cabling throughout.  GOTO and Surreal, which one will fit in your listening room?  The Signal Collection made an intimate system completely fill a large room with great music!  Transmission Audio Loudspeakers from The Signal Collection.  Klimo with The Signal Collection  Some of the wonderful artists recorded by MA Recordings on the MA/CAF sampler provided for free at the Registration desk.  Wonderful music came from MA Recordings in The Signal Collection room.  Todd, Chris and John take a minute from the waves of attendees.  Philharmonic Audio sounded wonderful in the room shared with Salk.  Alright Philharmonic move over its Salk Signature Sound's turn to show how its done!  Some of the magic behind the Salk Signature Sound.  Salk Signature Sound is well loved by many and by listening at the CAF you know why.  Salk Signature Sound namesake Jim Salk stands by all of his products.  In the JS Audio room planning strategy with Dan D'Agostino.  The banners in the JS Audio room tell it all for Nordost and HRS.  Stellar Wilson Audio in the JS Audio room.  Peter McGrath of Wilson Audio telling it the way it is!  It was a very warm and friendly environment with JS Audio and Wilson Audio.  There is no denying the quality of a Dan D'Agostino product.  Full lineup in the JS Audio room with Wilson, Meridian Sooloos and Dan D'Agostino.  Always busy with serious listeners in the JS Audio room.  Just a little break from the masses for some personal enjoyment.  Tapepath in the Polk Audio room.  Some of the products that were found in the Polk Audio room.  The always busy Polk Audio room with Mark Nestor making sure everything sounds perfect.  Polk Audio brought fine speakers that were contenders with anything else found at the CAF.  Fond memories with Polk Audio vintage gear in the room.  Nice rack! Yes thats right Audio Research in the Polk room.  Check out the quality of the Polk speaker in this cut away version.  CAF organizer Gary Gill raffling off items from several gracious manufacturers on one of the three nights.  Mapleshade CDs go to one happy winner!  An Essence Reference Power Cable goes to one lucky winner!  Manley Labs and Command AV Suite before the deluge of listeners.  Manley Labs and Command AV Suite  Now that's a Manley lineup in the Command AV Suite.  Eve Manley and John Atkinson share a laugh.  Joseph Audio in the Command AV Suite.  Joseph Audio and Bel Canto in the Command AV Suite.  Close-up of the Joseph Audio monitor in the Command AV Suite.  Bowing to the Command AV lineup.  Douglas White of The Voice That Is not only had a fantastic sound but also a beautiful setup for attendees to audition.  A stellar lineup from The Voice That Is.  Tidal Speakers in The Voice That Is Suite.  Tidal and dCS in The Voice That Is Suite.  Does this have the WAF or what!  Both visual and performance quality in the same package!  The Voice That Is Suite REALLY IS from the looks of these listeners.  Art? Nah its a box of vintage knobs for the taking!  Vintage tube gear in the Vintage N Vinyl Suite.  Vinyl in the house!  Richard Colburn of Audience going over why such a large sound come from these modestly sized speakers.  Audience brought many fine pieces of their own gear for the front end of an amazing system.  The One and 2+2 Speakers in the Audience and Kevin Kemp Audio Suite.  Impressive sound from either speaker used in the Audience and Kevin Kemp Audio Suite.  Dim the lights in the Audience Suite where they will serve you The One and 2+2. Eargasmic.  The ultimate man-pad in the DCAudioDIY Suite before the mud and the blood and the beer!  A plethora of fun DIY gear in the DCAudioDIY Suite.  Are you sure that's a DIY speaker?  Lots of great gear from the DIY Suite.  The always busy DIY Suite.  Analog in the DIY Suite.  Border Patrol and Living Voice poised for your experience.  Border Patrol Tube lineup.  Living Voice Speakers in the Border Patrol Suite.  Always glowing reviews from Border Patrol.  Totally tubular with Border Patrol dude.  The pristine setup in the Cathedral Audio Note Kits room before the attendee storm.  Always lots of traffic in the Cathedral Audio Note Kits WyWires Suite.  Totally tubular in the Audio Note Kits Suite.  The past brought to the present day with Alex Rivera and his Cathedral Loudspeakers.  Some of the many fine pieces brought by Audio Note Kits.  An intimate look inside an Audio Note Kit.  Digitalpete aka. Pete Fulton looks like a proud father in front of his hand built Audio Note Kits.  Digitalpete talks it up with interested attendee.  Old School in the Deja Vu Audio Vintage Collection Suite.  Looks like Western Electric but its Deja Vu Audio.  Close-up of the WE designed field coil speaker by Deja Vu Audio.  Luminous Audio's own Tim Stinson visiting the Deja Vu Audio Suite.  Carnegie Acoustics and Manley Labs in the Command AV Suite.  Light Harmonic DaVinci in the Carnegie Acoustics Suite.  The Light Harmonic DaVinci gathers lots of listeners for wonderful sound.  John Wolff, the man, the legend behind Classic Audio Loudspeakers.  The Classic Audio setup received accolades from many CAF attendees.  Great pairing of Classic Audio and Atma-Sphere.  Atma-sphere tube amplifiers in the Classic Audio Suite were a perfect match.  John Wolff tells me that the parrot is not included with the Classic Audio Speaker.  Checking on the great build quality.  Some of the fine quality components found in the Classic Audio line.  Soundfield Audio makes its debut with a sonic splash at the CAF.  Soundfield designer Ammar Jadusingh is new to audio shows but obviously not to building quality equipment. He spent years designing these speakers while having a real job. Look for more from Soundfield.  Soundfield Audio provided wonderful imagery through its cloak of secrecy.  Who needs to get off of the sofa anymore?  Sonist Loudspeakers look and sound great.  Always a busy and fruitful nearfield listening experience in the Sonist Mapleshade Suite.  Pierre sure knows how to set up a system.  Bat-angle shot of the Sonist Loudspeaker.  Wiring does not have the WAF here but does have the ear approval.  Mapleshade brought nearly their entire catalog and was gracious enough to provide many for raffle items.  Front view of gear vintage and contemporary on Mapleshade Racks that provided the front end for Sonist.  The CAF was Greg Roberts first show and he did not disappoint!  Beethoven who? How about Stockhausen or Schoenberg!  Volti audio is known from Klipsch enthusiast circles for having a great ear and improving a few already well known speakers but he brought his own signature product to the CAF and was well received.  Great build quality of the Volti horn speaker.  Synthesis showed off speakers and beautiful tube products.  Synthesis are manufactured in Italy with unique color options.  Easy quality solutions to a complete system can be had by Synthesis.  How many do you want?  This little Synthesis amp sounds as good as it looks.  John Gatski of Everything Audio Network brought a fine listening experience to sound off for his Suite.  Everything Audio Network shows of several pieces that have been review by John Gatski.  Always beautiful sound in the Carnegie Acoustics and INTEGRA Suite.  Carnegie Acoustics being driven by a beautiful sounding INTEGRA front end.  Carnegie Acoustics rear speakers as part of a 5-channel system.  Carnegie Acoustics front and center speakers as part of a 5-channel system.  Manley Labs and Carnegie Acoustics paired up for a spectacular sounding system that wont break the bank.  Manley Labs lineup that always draws attention to quality.  Audio Note UK brought both fantastic analog and digital to the CAF.  You just want to shag this Audio Note UK stuff with your ears!  Audio Note UK applies a minimalist approach to audio with a maximum listening experience.  Gary Gill played trombone at the CAF Saturday Night Jazz Jam Session with Daniella Cohoon on bass.  Alan Green on tenor sax, Gary Gill trombone, Christophe Ludet piano, Daniella Cohoon bass, and drummer Neal Feldman not shown in the photo. The quintet played for about two hours and even had two theremin players join in on a few tunes. Lots of fun.  Surprise bass player John Atkinson stepped in to play several tunes to a rousing audience. I think everyone enjoyed it.  Several vintage vinyl sellers at the Swapmeet.  Also vintage gear for sale.  Its gotta be in there! Prowling for records.  Brother Mark Gill, Paul Elliott and father Ken Gill all donning CAF t-shirts.  Gary Gill shown with the Benchmark DAC1 winner GM Wong! Wow what a lucky guy! Thanks Benchmark! |
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