Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: Fidelity Imports | Perlisten + Audia Flight
Four Perlisten D8is subwoofers (DSP-controlled 3000W driving 8x 8″ woofers) capable of plumbing the depths well below 30Hz. Woof!
Year: 2026
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: April 17, 2026
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Album of the Week
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: YG Acoustics
Big speakers, no make that huge speakers, huge room. Not always a winning combination in my experience.
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: Joseph Audio
Big room, no make that huge room, small speakers. Not typically a winning combination in my experience.
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: Stereo Haven
Getting back to relaxed, the system in the Stereo Haven room at Axpona 2026 felt like slipping into an old pair of well worn Levi’s. And I love a pair of old well worn Levi’s.
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026: New & Noteworthy Gear
“What’s new? / How is the world treating you? / You haven’t changed a bit / Lovely as ever, I must admit”*
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: Treehaus Audiolab
Different is as different does and Rich Pinto took his Treehaus Audiolab to new heights at Axpona 2026.
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: Grimm Audio
Carrying on our theme of difference is beautiful, the fully active Grimm LS1c / MU1 combo is all you need to make sweet sweet music.
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: True Source Audio Distribution
There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting in front of a hifi that quietly seduces.
Axpona 2026
Axpona 2026 Favorite Rooms: Axiss Audio | Gauder Akustik
Bigger doesn’t have to mean overblown.
TM News
This Joint Is Jumpin’
I hope you haven’t noticed the “Service Unavailable” messages. I really do.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Fyne Audio F502S Floorstanding Loudspeakers (Revised)
To get right down to it, the Fyne F502S sound like more than $3499/pair. Shockingly so.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Telescope by Olivia O.
It was only after I dove in beyond a single song that I realized how deep the waters of Olivia O’s Telescope run.
TM News
Why I pulled my review of the Fyne F501S speakers
This is, without question, the most difficult post I’ve ever had to write.