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At The Listening Room we offer a carefully curated selection of only the best audio products. Appointments available weekdays.

11/01/2026

The Rogue RP-7 v2 runs four 12AU7 tubes in a pure class A mu-follower circuit, then hands off to MOSFET output buffers for huge drive and an output impedance under 10 ohms.

It's also a tube preamp built for a real system: two pairs of balanced XLR outputs for a second amp or a sub, a home theater bypass, a processor loop for EQ or DSP, a tube headphone amp and a metal remote. Hand crafted in the USA.

Hear it in Room 751 at Capital Audiofest, Nov. 13-15.

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10/31/2026

This streamer is a scream! The Grimm MU2 is also a DAC and an analog preamp, all in one chassis, with Roon Server built in and Roon Ready playback.

Fun fact: Grimm developed every stage of the DAC in house, a discrete design running on its own FPGA board. It's scary good.

If you want a real treat, The Listening Room is open today 10-5 for demos, or hear it in Room 759 at Capital Audiofest, Nov. 13-15.

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10/30/2026

Yes, it's solid state.

Rogue Audio just announced the RA-1, its first ever solid state power amplifier. Rogue has more than a decade of experience with Class D, and with the success of its hybrid integrated and power amps, calls the RA-1 a natural extension. And just like the Sphinx integrated did in 2012, the RA-1 lowers the entry point to a reference quality, full-featured Rogue power amp.

Inside, Hypex UcD modules run on a massive linear power supply for 175 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 275 into 4. Balanced XLR and single-ended RCA inputs, stereo or bridged mono, and a 12V trigger to wake it with the rest of your system. It's fully tested, burned in and auditioned, made in the USA, with a 3 year limited warranty and a silver or black faceplate. It starts shipping in November.

Which Rogue is in your rack?

Hear it in Room 751 at Capital Audiofest, Nov. 13-15.

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10/29/2026

The Michell Revolv skips the springs. Its 19mm aerospace-grade aluminum chassis is the same tooling plate Michell machines the Gyro from, and it's heavier than the Gyro's. That mass stands in for the suspension, and the payoff is a tight, dynamic bottom end and a soundstage as wide as the Gyro SE's.

The details are why turntable people will care: Michell's inverted bearing with an extra aluminum ring for mass and quiet, a smooth-edged platter with brass weights where the belt levels itself, a motor pod milled from a single billet, a power supply whose aluminum clamshell works as a Faraday cage, and Sorbothane feet tuned to 20-115Hz. It's sold without a tonearm, but we're happy to supply one, with tonearm and cartridge options right on our website.

Hear it in Room 755 at Capital Audiofest, Nov. 13-15.

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10/27/2026

Seven new reasons to come find us at Capital Audiofest, November 13-15 at the Hilton Rockville.

Which room are you hitting first?

DP170-EVO still: Diptyque Audio. Cable photo: VIABLUE.

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10/26/2026

Perlisten builds nothing off the shelf, and the A4t is their first 2.5-way floorstander: the top two woofers handle bass and mids, the bottom one only the bass. Its big tweeter waveguide controls dispersion, its own route to what the DPC (Directivity Pattern Control) arrays do on Perlisten's S and R Series.

"...superb bass weight with a controlled demeanour, never once coming across flustered or ragged at high volumes." - Hi-Fi News

Two-channel or home theater: where would you run a pair?

Hear it in our room 753 at Capital Audiofest, November 13-15, at the Hilton Rockville.

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10/25/2026

Matrix Audio's MD-1P puts a streamer, an AKM AK4493SEQ DAC and 300 watts a channel into 8 ohms in one box. That's double the MD-1's power from the same chassis, plus A and B terminals for a second pair of speakers.

Over USB it plays PCM up to 768kHz and native DSD512, built on AKM's Velvet Sound architecture. Two custom femtosecond clocks work with a high-speed FPGA to keep jitter down. Volume is analog under digital control, -80dB to +12dB in 0.5dB steps, so there's no potentiometer to wear out.

It's Roon Ready, with TIDAL Connect, Qobuz Connect, Spotify Connect and AirPlay 2 over gigabit Ethernet or Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.0 with LDAC and aptX HD. Inputs cover vinyl and TV: a moving magnet phono stage, XLR and RCA line inputs and HDMI ARC, with two sub outs. Fit an NVMe SSD in the slot underneath, plug in a USB CD drive, and it rips your CDs too.

Hear it in our room 753 at Capital Audiofest, November 13-15, at the Hilton Rockville.

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10/24/2026

Everyone calls them tuning discs on a Magnepan. Magnepan Mick calls them something else, and he would know.

Hear the Magnepan X Program Custom Projects and the MG 1.7x in our room 751 at Capital Audiofest, November 13-15, at the Hilton Rockville.

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10/23/2026

We're closed this Saturday, October 24. We'll be back to our regular hours Saturday, October 31, 10am to 5pm. Our online store at listenroom.com stays open 24/7.

10/22/2026

Just announced: the Perlisten S4b Black Edition, a new sibling to the flagship S7t Black Edition. Its cabinet pairs ultra-rigid aluminum with high density fiberboard for resonance-free construction. Hear it first in the US in our room 750 at Capital Audiofest, November 13-15, at the Hilton Rockville.

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