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March 5, 2014, 02:38 AM #1
Axpona 2014
For those of you who will be attending AXPONA here in the Chicago area on April 25-27, I'd like to invite you all to visit our room to check out the big system we'll have going and meet the key people behind many of the products on demonstration.
We'll be in the Rosemont 4 room on the third floor. Bricasti Design also has room 406 where they will be showing as well.
We're especially excited about this year's show and look forward to meeting you!Brian Walsh
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March 5, 2014, 08:19 AM #2
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Re: Axpona 2014
I haven't purchased tickets yet but I do plan on going.
George
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March 5, 2014, 11:44 AM #3
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Unfortunately, I can't make it this year
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March 8, 2014, 05:06 AM #4
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Looking forward to it. I was very impressed with last years show.
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March 8, 2014, 12:37 PM #5
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Your girlfriend, in your avatar?
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March 8, 2014, 03:47 PM #6
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If I had a girlfriend like that I would never by on newsgroups!
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March 8, 2014, 04:25 PM #7
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She looks different (unique). ...Attention grabber?
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March 9, 2014, 01:11 PM #8
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Our system on demonstration in the big room will include the following:
Aurender W20 and X100L reference music servers, Bricasti M1 DAC, AMR CD-77.1 CD player, Kuzma turntable (model TBD) with 4Point tonearm and Kuzma cartridge (model TBD), Atma-Sphere MP-1 preamplifier, Atma-Sphere MA-2 amplifiers, and Sound Lab Majestic 845s, with cabling by Teo Audio and Clarity Cable.
Quite a few of the key people behind these products will be on hand to personally answer your questions.
Let's get this party started!Brian Walsh
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April 20, 2014, 03:03 PM #9
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Who's going?
I'm considering flying up for the day..._______________
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April 20, 2014, 08:21 PM #10
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I will be there. Heading up on Thursday-Sunday. I was there last year, best show of the year next to RMAF. At least 20 new roll outs: Plinius, Sony, Mod*Wright, and VPI among others.
Lots to see and hear this year!
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April 20, 2014, 09:11 PM #11
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I'll be there Saturday. It's my first audio show. Really looking forward to it.
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April 25, 2014, 06:53 PM #12
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Any first day impressions and thoughts?
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April 25, 2014, 09:29 PM #13
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April 25, 2014, 09:32 PM #14
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Cool! Thanks Frank. Hope you're having fun.
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April 25, 2014, 10:12 PM #15
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Mike,
The Alexias with Dag Momentums Monos and Dag Preamp were phenomenal. I see what you like about this match. The Alexias really are very musical (a little less clinical) than previous Wilsons I recall. In have this room in my top 5. I had a nice chat with Dan in the room too. Great guy.
Frank,
That was a great room too. I was shocked by the dynamics of the ARC amps. Did you hear the AMG TT with that system. Spectacular.
I sat right behind Fremer in this room. He looked sorta like this=>
Others rooms that rounded out my top five in no particular order:
-- Focal Utopias with Aesthetix amps and Clearaudio TT
-- Scaena and Ayon Titans
-- Kharma DB-11S bi-amped with Constellation Centaur Monos and Stereo amp with all Constellation front-end.
As an aside, Kharma's new Signature speakers are really great with Constellation. The new Constellation Integrated with the S7's were truly exceptional in a smaller room. Very coherent presentation.
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April 25, 2014, 10:42 PM #16
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Thanks Paul !
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April 25, 2014, 10:58 PM #17
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Anyone hear the $60,000 poly mer speakers? Does anyone who did agree with my less than positive comments about them?
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April 26, 2014, 06:29 AM #18
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Thx for sharing some highlights...
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April 26, 2014, 06:58 AM #19
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^ +1! Look forward to hearing more!
Allen
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April 26, 2014, 10:09 PM #20
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April 26, 2014, 10:13 PM #21
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Thanks Ramon! How did you like the Scaena speakers?
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April 26, 2014, 10:23 PM #31
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Ramon - thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
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April 26, 2014, 10:30 PM #34
Axpona 2014
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April 26, 2014, 10:33 PM #35
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Scaena subwoofers, are the most musical,fast, dynamic subwoofer i heard, Sonny did a demo, and WOW! IMO they would Crush REL G1, if you love musical subwoofer, this has to be, on top of your list!
these subs, are so musical, fast and at reference levels, show no distortion, just pure bliss! a subwoofer in a class, of its own and i say that with no reservation!
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April 26, 2014, 10:39 PM #36
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April 26, 2014, 11:01 PM #37
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Sonus Faber Aida room; what kind of music were they playing?
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April 26, 2014, 11:08 PM #38
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April 26, 2014, 11:09 PM #39
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I'm good with that.
* Delete? Why, that was a great video by a great (favorite of mine) Canadian female singer (Sarah McLachlan), too sad Paul.
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Here's another great voice:
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April 26, 2014, 11:18 PM #41
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Thx, I thought that it would have been Classical music, but Jazz is real cool. ...And vinyl is ok too. ...Hi res vinyl from a music server?
Yeah, my years of techno pop disco music are now behind.
..Nowadays they don't know how to reinvent themselves with sophisticated and pleasant taste, in general.
I much prefer world music with an edge towards the exotic/oriental new age.~ Bob ~
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April 26, 2014, 11:25 PM #42
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Ramone, Great pix!!! I took a few but they weren't worth posting. You really did a nice job. That must be a nice camera set-up you have. Well done.
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April 26, 2014, 11:27 PM #43
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Thank you so much Ramon.
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April 27, 2014, 06:16 AM #46
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Thanks for the pictures and comments!
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April 27, 2014, 06:17 AM #47
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Thx for the pics and writeup, Ramon!
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April 27, 2014, 08:53 AM #48
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Great pics! Thanks for taking the time to do all that. I like this one myself:
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Great picture. It is hard to get the perspective on how large those Ayon Titons are. They are monsters. I enjoyed this room as much as the Sonus Faber and ARC. These rooms tied for best in show for me. The Scaena /Ayon combination playing Louis Armstrong was sooooo cool.
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