AXPONA 2016

AXPONA 2016: The Mola Mola Makua – digital control over an analog realm

May 20, 2016 // 2 Comments

This is less of a room review, and more a small write-up on an interesting piece of hardware/software I sort of stumbled across at AXPONA in Chicago: The Mola Mola Makua [...]

AXPONA: Tuning in to Channel D

May 20, 2016 // 1 Comment

Channel D has become so well-known for its audio software that it’s easy to overlook the fact that the company makes impressive phono preamps as well. Engineering guru Dr. [...]

AXPONA 2016: Quintessence Audio, the essence of luxury

May 19, 2016 // 3 Comments

One of the things I always look forward to at AXPONA is seeing how Morton Grove, Ill.-based retailer Quintessence Audio Ltd. chooses to outfit its penthouse-suite space at [...]

AXPONA 2016: Blue Smoke locates Black Box

May 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Usually in the high-end, “blue smoke” is not something you want to hear in the same sentence as “tubes.” Unless, of course, we’re talking about Blue Smoke [...]

AXPONA 2016: Teac has not lost their marbles

May 18, 2016 // 2 Comments

It seems some of the fun rooms at audio shows take on a bit of a buffet line quality, where a wide variety of gear is stretched out along the perimeter of the room so a [...]

AXPONA 2016: The Sublime Musicality of Raidho Acoustics

May 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Back at the last RMAF, one of my favorite rooms saw both Raidho and Constellation. I found it to be a remarkable blend of resolution and effortless musicality. At [...]

AXPONA 2016: Doshi Audio muscles around 450 lbs Wilson Alexx

May 16, 2016 // 9 Comments

Nobody is arguing that most Wilson Audio speakers aren’t big. Some of their kit is downright huge. These are serious speakers for serious cats who want large-scale [...]

AXPONA 2016: It’s GamuT, dammit*

May 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

There are precious few audio brands “out there” that seem to care as much as the guys at GamuT. The speakers are designed to sound “live”. The amps [...]

AXPONA 2016: Devialet mercilessly beats Magico into submission

May 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Rose gold, and solid copper-chassis Devialet D-900 Dual Mono amplification is not something you see very often. That’s because they’re as rare as hen’s [...]

AXPONA 2016: Joseph Audio and a roll of tape

May 13, 2016 // 3 Comments

I’ll confess — I’m a digital kind of guy. Perhaps it’s the ease, or the lingering aftereffects of my day-job, but digital wasn’t really a [...]