Thanks to the crew over at TAS, and congrats to Steve Davis for pulling together a damn fine show.
Looking forward to next year!
Here’s some pics to play us out.
Man Cave MetalKronzilla SXIGeorge Warren turntable motor — look ma, two feet!Nightingale Audio — nice retro lookDave Kleinbeck of EnKlein Cables — new cables with big (but light) connectorsFirst Watt SIT-1 monoblocksVPI Classic III turntable — nice finish!Stellavox SP 7 tape deckSoundsmith Strain Gauge on a VPI HRX turntable with a Shroeder tonearmNew Soundsmith Strain Gauge systemsVolti Vittora in Mappa BurlNew Purity Audio SE300b monoUHA Phase 11 analog tape machine, with MBL loudspeaker in the frameBorderPatrol S10, a dual-mono, dual-PSU, 300b-based SET amplifierBorderPatrol P20, a dual-PSU, 300b-based push-pullBorder Patrol “Control Unit” with Snake River Audio “Boomslang” digital cableSnake River Audio “Snake Pit” power distributionLamm M2.2 monoblock ampMiyajima Kansui on TW Acustic tonearmTW-Acustic GT with two TW-Acustic tonearmsTW-Acustic 10.5 tonearmTW-Acustic, Miyajima and an LP — what more could you want?MG Audio Designs Planus III ribbon speaker cableVeloce Audio LS-1 linestageAurender S10Enjoy the Music’s Steve Rochlin and a Nottingham turntableSarah Rose of Tweak StudioRogue Audio M-180 monoblockModWright KWI 200 integratedModWright modded Oppo BDP-105Coin flicking contest, now underway at a KEF Blade near youHigh Fidelity Cables CT-1 UltimateStealth Dream cables, filled with helium and looking like well fed albino pythonsWhen was the last time you saw some Clayton Audio monoblocks?Townshend turntable with Helius tonearmSteve Rochlin, of Enjoy the Music, rocking the awesome shirt/time combo and some seriously retro shadesThoress 211 monoblocks
Walter Liederman of Emerald Physics and Underwood HiFi (who were proudly sponsoring the PTA crew here at AXPONA) was on hand to expound the joys and glories of DSP-based audio reproduction and a new wonder-DAC company that he’s importing […]
Have you ever gotten the feeling that someone else has been having way more fun than you? Well, after spending 45 minutes with Jason Sirenus, Colin Flood, Ray Seda and Neil Gader, I managed to […]
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook A truth I’ve found: the host of the room sets the mood. This cramps the monotony one might expect when attending an audio show. Let’s take a walk ….
The Vittora’s look sensational in that finish, any hint about how the MG Audio cables sound? The ModWright Oppo mod looks interesting(whack a mole).
Loading...
MG Audio Design cables are fantastic. Is that enough of a hint?
Loading...
I do appreciate you throwing a shot of a hot blond…….in leather pants…..Yow! And, go Volti Audio:)
Loading...
Thanks for the post.
Just a little note.
The small tape recorder with the big spools is NOT a Nagra but the Stellavox SP 7.
The white wire is directly connected from the tapehead to an external preamp.
Regards, Cor
![](https://parttimeaudiophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/acora-300x200-dealers.gif")
The Vittora’s look sensational in that finish, any hint about how the MG Audio cables sound? The ModWright Oppo mod looks interesting(whack a mole).
MG Audio Design cables are fantastic. Is that enough of a hint?
I do appreciate you throwing a shot of a hot blond…….in leather pants…..Yow! And, go Volti Audio:)
Thanks for the post.
Just a little note.
The small tape recorder with the big spools is NOT a Nagra but the Stellavox SP 7.
The white wire is directly connected from the tapehead to an external preamp.
Regards, Cor
Thanks for the correction!