AXPONA 2017: Sanders rewards listening without prejudice
I’ve been raving about Sanders Sound Systems’ amazing Model 10e hybrid electrostatics for so long now, I’m afraid of being accused of taking payola. Regular readers [...]
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AXPONA 2017: Music From Another Room, Part 1
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. [...]
AXPONA 2017: NAD doesn’t forget past as it embraces future
NAD Electronics for years was best known for being the stalwart of an underserved audio niche — affordable high-end. Its receivers, integrated amps and separates [...]
AXPONA 2017: Fern & Roby’s Tredegar turntable impacts Chicago
There was something special happening in the Fern & Roby room shared with Voxativ in Chicago, and it kept me coming back for more. The turntables that Christopher [...]
AXPONA 2017: Bricasti Design goes network
Brian Zolner of Bricasti Design is on something of a tear. Last year at AXPONA, Zolner introduced a new stereo amplifier and a new preamp/DAC — the latter earned a [...]
AXPONA 2017: CH Precision North American debut of I1 Universal integrated amplifier with Magico
Raphael Pasche doesn’t mess around when it comes to designing high-fidelity audiophile components. He’s got laser-beam intensity when you ask him about the [...]
AXPONA 2017: Vinnie Rossi keeps ’em smiling
Every time I enter Vinnie Rossi’s suite at a show he is smiling. AXPONA was no different. It doesn’t matter who he is talking to, what music is playing over the [...]
AXPONA 2017: Not much scares YG Acoustics, Mola-Mola, Kubala-Sosna
For an audio manufacturer that has worked long and hard to craft equipment that sounds great under most normal listening conditions, taking that gear to an audio show can be [...]
AXPONA 2017: Tidal’s sonic wave floods room with the spirit of music
As I stood mutely at the front of the crowded room I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d stumbled into some kind of church, or worship service by accident. There was [...]
AXPONA 2017: A Place In The Market
A photojournal by Eric Franklin Shook “Success is 5% perspiration and 95% getting your name out there.” -Albert Einstein Often the reason I get from dealers and [...]