AXPONA 2022
Burmester Audio | AXPONA 2022
I haven’t checked in with Burmester Audio for many years, and it shows. I had no idea they’ve expanded their line so much over the last few years–they now have turntables as well as the […]
Month: April 2022
AXPONA 2022
Innuos Statement NEXTGEN | AXPONA 2022
When I visited the Innuos room at AXPONA 2022 to demo the Innuos Statement NEXTGEN music server, it was much like the very first Innuos room I visited back at the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio […]
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The Gryphon | AXPONA 2022
Let’s start off this morning’s coverage with one of those montage sequences, a series of photographs that allow you to take a deep breath and appreciate the finer things before delving back to the show […]
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Audio Thesis, Norma and Rosso Fiorentino | AXPONA 2022
I was excited to see Derek “Skip” Skipworth of Audio Thesis Distribution at AXPONA 2022–I hadn’t really talked to him since reviewing the Rosso Fiorentino Pienza two-way monitors last year. While I enjoyed the Pienzas, […]
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AXPONA 2022 Wrap Up And Best Of Show | The Occasional Podcast
Even though our written coverage of AXPONA 2022 is still cranking out to the site, the principal writers for room-to-room impressions of the massive audio show that took place this weekend in Chicago sat down […]
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The Moon Audio Booth | AXPONA 2022
I don’t always go down to that big headphone room on the main floor of most high-end audio shows, mostly because we have some real headphone freaks at PTA and they always beat me to […]
AXPONA 2022
The Audio Company Presents VSA and VAC | AXPONA 2022
Oh gee, another photo of The Audio Company room with Von Schweikert speakers and VAC amps? Phillips must have gone to another high-end audio show. It’s true that I often kick off my show coverage […]
Announcements
TIDAL Arkas Music Streamer | NEWS
Brace yourselves! From TIDAL Audio (the makers of ultimate audio systems since year 1999, not the streaming service), known across the industry as the Bugatti of high-end audio, literally – have you seen the speakers […]
AXPONA 2022
Magic with Triode Wire Labs, BorderPatrol, Volti Audio, Innuos | AXPONA 2022
One sure-fire way to make a great room better? Make things more affordable — which is not something you see every day. Yet that is precisely what the Volti Audio Razz (reviewed here and here) tries […]
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Rethm Loudspeakers and iFi | AXPONA 2022
I’ve listened to Rethm loudspeakers on two occasions, both many years ago. The first time I was amazed–I had just started to explore the idea of single-driver speakers and SETs, and Art Dudley (back in […]
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Audio Skies, Ideon, JMF and Vivid | AXPONA 2022
Michael Vamos of Audio Skies Distribution, invited me to visit his AXPONA 2022 exhibit room in the swanky Aster Presidential Suite, mostly because I reviewed Ideon Audio just a few months ago. This was a […]
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AudioShield and Credo | AXPONA 2022
At every high-end audio show, there should be something that’s a complete surprise to you. At AXPONA 2022, that came in the form of a small pair of Swiss loudspeakers in the AudioShield room. We’ve […]
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Magnepan LRS Plus Plus Plus | AXPONA 2022
It was supposed to be a secret, but I met a guy at this place and he told me the thing. Appointments were required, but then, I’m awesome, so to hell with that. I showed […]
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Audio Research Corporation i/50 Integrated | AXPONA 2022
Grover Neville and I had a chance to talk to Trent Suggs of Audio Research Corporation about the new i/50 Integrated Amplifier and future projects. Words and Photos by Graig Neville Besides coming in a […]
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Vinnie Rossi Brama Integrated and Qln Signature | AXPONA 2022
I’m only half-joking when I say that my #1 reason for covering AXPONA this year was to hear the Vinnie Rossi Brama integrated amplifier ($38,995) and the Qln Signature monitors ($18,000/pair). After staying home and […]
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Reviewers on Reviewing | AXPONA 2022
Julie Mullins, a Contributing Editor for Stereophile, interviewed Greg Weaver (The Audio Analyst), Michael Lavorgna (Twittering Machines), and our own illustrious Editor-in-Chief Marc Phillips for the new “Reviewers on Reviewing” seminar. The conversation, as you’d expect, […]
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Friday Highlights from AXPONA | AXPONA 2022
Friday highlights from AXPONA 2022. What a pleasure it is to write those words. It’s been more than two years since I’ve attended a high-end audio show. It’s been more than two years since I […]
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Big Iron from Krell meets grace from Estelon | AXPONA 2022
The new Krell KSA-i400 Amplifier made some breaking news at AXPONA 2022 — and not only for it’s back-breaking 160lb curb weight. The amp, which will retail for $35,000, features the latest in tech from Krell […]
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Drooling over Acora, VAC, LampizatOr, UHA, TW-Acustic | AXPONA 2022
I am not in the budget for an ultra-fi system — and probably never will be. That fact, sad though it is, is true for most of us. HOWEVER, the point of the ultra-fi is […]
Loudspeakers
Von Schweikert Ultra 55 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
I consider part of my job in reviewing an audio component as a search for the truth–while knowing full well there is no absolute objective truth. There is only my subjective truth, in my listening […]