All photos by Dave Clark, words by Carol Clark... more on AXPONA 2018.
Also, just a note. Not all rooms provide equipment lists, so many times I have to go by what is on the door sign. If you notice an error we are happy to correct it. Thank you!
Sennheiser headphones in the EXPO Hall.
AIS Audio. There were lots of interesting things to see in the EXPO Hall! Kaboom.
Audio Technica.
Zavfino turntables, very cool looking!
Another Zavfino turntable, these are custom painted.
GIK Acoustics.
Linn turntables.
Audioquest.
Mr. Speakers.
Schiit Audio, always sounds great!
Wells Audio, Milo Reference.
Focal headphones.
Pathos.
iFi Audio.
Reckless Records giving us the attitude we asked for! Finally we find someone selling the music we like.
U-Turn Audio.
Thorens.
Elipson turntables. Starting on the right is the Alpha, Omega, and Carbon series. From France and affordable.
Eccentricity of Wood from Olga Oreshyna. Gorgeous products!
Arnold Martinez of Tweak Studio.
Stein Music.
Stein Music HighLine S loudspeaker.
Ruel Audio, stackable loudspeakers. Line-array fronts.
Ruel Audio's passive radiators in the rear.
The Ruel R+ is a modular, full range, one-way line source loudspeaker. They are meant to be stacked up to the ceiling. Intense sound!
Ruel R+ definitely something different!
Doshi Audio.
Clear Audio Concept turntable.
A line up of Clear Audio turntables.
Clear Audio Innovation turntable.
HHR Exotic Speakers, Krell Industries.
From HHR Exotic Speakers, the Walsh TLS-V.
HighEnd by Oz, Acoustic Revive, Ansuz Acoustics, MBL, Vitus Audio.
American Sound, Aurender, Avantgarde Acoustics, Bergmann Analogue, Esoteric, Harmonic Resolution Systems, Phasemation, Transparent Audio.
Pneupod isolation device by Pneuance.
GamuT RS7i loudspeakers, M250i mono block amplifiers, D3i dual mono preamplifer, and also interconnects, speaker cables, and power cords. Pear Audio Blue Kid Thomas turntable. Also in the room Aurender A10 music server and Bricasti Design M1 LE Gold DAC.
NOLA loudspeakers.
David Michael Audio, Aurender, Dohmann, Graham Audio, Kubala-Sosna Research, Modulum, Nagra Audio, Phasemation.
Musical Artisans with Nagra, Kharma, Argento Audio, and Organic Audio.
Kharma DB-11S loudspeakers, Nagra HD mono block amplifiers.
Nagra HD preamplifier, Argento cables.
Einstein Audio Components.
Aurans SRV. Conrad-Johnson ET-3 SE preamplifier and Classic 62 SE power amplifier. Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeakers. Vandersteen SUB THREE subwoofer. Soekris dam 1541 DAC. Audioquest Dragonfly Red DAC and Niagara 5000 AC line conditioner. All cables by Audioquest.
MBL North America, Kyomi Audio.
Positive Feedback's Bruce Kinch.
John Heiler of Fritz Speakers and Gordon Burwell of Burwell and Sons, sharing a moment.
High Fidelity Services. Verity Audio Otello loudspeakers. Trilogy Audio Systems 925 hybrid integrated amplifier and 907 phono preamplifier. TW Acustic GT SE turntable. Also in the room Signal Projects and Vibex.
Atma-Sphere Music Systems, Classic Audio loudspeakers, Silent Running Audio, Tri-Planer, United Home Audio. This room had the most interesting music choices. The first time we went in they were playing Dead Can Dance. Great sound was found here.
United Home Audio reel-to-reel. No digital in this room.
In the Parasound room, Tekton Double Impact Monitors with Sanus speaker stands.
Parasound had five systems on display.
KRC Professional, Antelope Audio, PMC loudspeakers, VTL amplifiers, XLO cables.
Dynaudio and Octave.
Dynaudio loudspeaker.
ROON Nucleus, Peachtree - Decco 125 Sky, Dynaudio Excite X18, Tributaries cables, Rega P3 turntable, powered by Surgex.
Ryan loudspeaker.
Bob Carver Corp., Music Direct, Audioquest.
Bionic Cables, Aerial Acoustics loudspeakers, Kuzma, and Aesthetix.
The new Aesthetix Mimas integrated amplifier. As a hybrid amplifier it consists of a bipolar output stage, bipolar driver stage, and a vacuum tube gain stage. Word is that this could be a real game changer and perhaps one of Jim's best ever products. Has the option of an additional DAC card and a phono card. Review is in the works!
That's all for AXPONA 2018!