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AXPONA 22 Was Amazing
Did anyone else make it? I was thrilled to see the place absolutely PACKED with people. There were a lot more good rooms than bad rooms, but here is my high level summary:
Best Rooms: - Focal (of course) but not even with their big dogs, with the Maestro's (running from their top of the line Naim power setup). It was easily the best of show. - Krell and their new 400 watt x 2 (into 8 ohm) Class A amp running into a pair of Estelon Forza. Engineer claimed it was 2 ohm stable at 1600 watts. I believe it after hearing the demo. - Elac debuting some small but amazing sounding Concerto S507 speakers running seven drivers per. - Klipsch bringing those giant Jubulee speakers. Like listening to history. - Hearing the Wilson WAMM serial #1, fully restored and sounding incredible. Great story in that room. - Watching Michael Fremer set up a cartridge is a treat. My first but hopefully not last time seeing this. Biggest disappointments: - Dynaudio room - they had one of the biggest rooms in the best location but their setup just sounded flat. Maybe they shouldn't have been set up next to Focal! - B&W had the 801D4 set up in a tiny hotel room! What a waste. On top of that there was a giant line just to get in there. Didn't even bother to wait. A local Chicago dealer had the 802D4 set up in a decent room and they sounded incredible. - Paradigm - Room by Saturday Audio Exchange. They had some of the new Founder series Speakers. I tried to get in there, but for some reason the guy running the room decided he would be a DJ and spent more demo time talking than playing music. This actually jammed up the room and I never got a good listen. I am happy to know the background behind the recording you are playing, but maybe put it on a flier and just play it. All in all, so glad to get out and just do normal things again. -Geoff |
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