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Listening group nights, shop demos, showroom evenings and the shows worth travelling for. Run something yourself? Put it here so the people nearby can find it.
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Coming up
Post a meetup →December 2026
Dec 13, 2026–Jan 7, 2027
ATC EL50 Anniversary Edition U.S. Road Tour - Northern Audio
A stop on the ATC EL50 Anniversary Edition U.S. Road Tour hosted by Northern Audio in Pittsburgh, PA.
January 2027
Jan 30
Making Music — Larry Crane with John Baccigaluppi
The two Tape Op founders in conversation with each other, closing the book tour. The last of the five and the only one in 2027.
Places to hear it before you buy it. These have a page on Into The HiFi; the shop finder has every hi-fi shop and distributor we know of, worldwide.
Local listening groups
All groups →People who get together to listen: in someone’s front room, the back of a shop, a hired hall. Newcomers are almost always welcome.
Saint Marys, GASoutheast Georgia Audio GroupWe meet with the consistency of the original The Absolute Sound magazine - as often as possible, but not often enough. Ideally, once a quarter, but that’s only a concept.Ask to joinSee the groupPlace data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).