Washington, D.C., nightlife fixtures and Echostage owners Antonis Karagounis and Pete Kalamoutsos held an opening party for their new downtown concept at 14th and K Streets NW, Soundcheck, on Aug. 20. According to Karagounis, the new club is “retro-inspired? and meant to deliver “recording-studio sound in a nightclub atmosphere? to a 300-capacity audience—all with an ultra-quiet envelope that keeps the sound downstairs, not on the street.