AXPONA 2014: Wrap Up
Chicago in April is a capricious time to visit, but while we all got a bit damp here and there, at least this year we didn’t have to dump into the street while we all [...]
AXPONA 2014
AXPONA 2014: Sweet Home Chicago
Part-Time Audiophile How hot was the gear at the 2014 Audio Expo of North America? So hot a fire alarm briefly cleared the four show floors of Chicago’s Westin O’Hare [...]
AXPONA 2014: Music Hall, Creek, Epos and a wee dram
It may be the worst kept secret that Leland Leard and Roy Hall of Music Hall Audio serve up the “good stuff” at audio shows. They have these tiny plastic medicine [...]
AXPONA 2014: Sound Lab and the wall of sound
Let’s enjoy a hypothetical. Say, for the sake of argument, that you believe that panel speakers don’t present bass with the same impact that cone speakers do. If [...]
AXPONA 2014: Soundfield Audio
Ammar Jadusingh (AJ to those of us prone to slaughtering names) was showing a brand new loudspeaker from his Soundfield Audio brand, the $8,500/pair Variable Soundfield Tower [...]
AXPONA 2014: Volti Audio and Triode Wire Labs
I’ve been tracking Volti Audio for a while now, and I’m happy to note that I loved their flagship Vittora loudpseakers before Art Dudley did, so that’s [...]
AXPONA 2014: Denon & Marantz
D&M were here at AXPONA with offerings Denon, Marantz and Boston Acoustics. These guys are still on my go-to list for quality sound, great features, and reasonable prices [...]
AXPONA 2014: Kharma and Constellation, times two
Kharma and Constellation Audio teamed up on a pair of rooms at AXPONA, and if you were a fan of hi-fi sound, they would have been like manna from heaven, weaving webs of [...]
AXPONA 2014: Legacy Audio will kick your big room in the rear
When I get asked about Legacy Audio, the first thing I think of is “giant loudspeakers”. For whatever reason, the Whisper got stuck in my head all those years ago [...]
AXPONA 2014: Sonist Returns
As you may or may not know, Sonist founder Randy Bankert passed away a bit over a year ago. Given that Randy was a one-man show, this was terrible news for lovers of his [...]