Axpona

NJ-based dealer, and nearly-a-neighbor, GTT Audio premiered the new YG Acoustics Summit Loudspeakers along with a host of gear that made for some captivating sounds.

That’s one half of the Avantgarde Acoustic Trio G3/iTron/Spacehorn Active Speaker system in the Presidential Suite Alexander and if I stretched my legs out from the couch where I sat and listened, I could nearly touch ’em.

Vivid Audio Gaya G1S Loudspeakers ($86,000/pair) in the Audio Skies Room.

Oh Luxman, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

Auralic had a full stack of digital gear on display paired with a pair of active ATC speakers for a nice twist on system-building.

The next room on my first day morning tour was about as far from silent as you can get, and the VTL/Stenheim combo produced some of the most captivating sound at the show, at least according to my big mojo detector.

The first room I entered for Axpona 2022 was silent.

More news of the new at Axpona 2022, which is just days away!

I will be seminar’ing at next week’s Axpona along with friends & colleagues Michael Fremer (Stereophile/AnalogPlanet), Greg Weaver (the audio analyst), and Marc Phillips (Editor-In-Chief, PTA) on a panel hosted by Stereophile’s Julie Mullins to talk about Reviewers on Reviewing!

With Axpona happening next week, news of the new have been hitting my inbox. Here are a few new speakers, or speakers that are new to me, that I’m looking forward to listening to.

Axpona 2022 is a month away and I am ticketed, booked, and ready to roll.

Smoke ’em if you got ’em. I snapped 455 photos during 3 days at Axpona 2019 (plus some Polaroids). You’ve already seen a bunch. Here are some more. I’m visually oriented so I care about how things look. YMMV.

More so than any other show, I need to apologize. We all know hifi shows can be big, really big, but there’s really no excuse for missing important things. And I missed a bunch. My excuse? I don’t have one. Besides, I don’t like excuses, […]

“You’re the best!” When you hear that being said, you know it’s typically meant to come with a pinch of sarcasm. If not, it implies the bestower of said gift is in a position to know what’s best. For everyone.

Speakers live with us in a more obvious manner than other hardware. Speakers, especially loud speakers, live in-room and stand out as objet d’art (ideally). Which is all to say with speakers, looks matter.