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April 17, 2016, 07:59 PM #101
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
1. MBL
2. Avantgarde Uno XD/Not sure of electronics.
3. ARC/Sonus Faber
4. GamutMarty
Aurender N20 / SonicTransporter i7 / Roon
MSB Premier
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Dynaudio Confidence 50 / SVS SB13 Ultra
PS Audio Powerplant 15
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April 17, 2016, 08:58 PM #102
Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
My girlfriend and I did the last two days at Axpona and while neither of us heard anything we thought was downright stunning here are some comments that may be of interest...
The MBL's were certainly an experience. I couldn't help but imagine the grid shutting down or the walls bursting while we were in there. We enjoyed them.
The Wilson - Dag room was pretty good. Despite being (relatively) reasonably priced the the classic stereo amp is out. It's enormous, there is no way I'm housing that thing in my current digs.
Volti Vittora room - possibly my favorite of the show. Huge, effortless, natural. In a very large room.
Focal-Pass room:
Girlfriend - Best combo of looks and sound
Me - agreed
Raidho D1.1 - I thought this was one of the best rooms while my girlfriend couldn't stand it, telling me there was some sort of annoying high frequency ringing on transients and explained that her and Dexter (my dog) wouldn't be able to live with them. Interesting.
Magico S5mkII: On occasion a little bright/not quite harsh sounding but not absolutely smooth either, otherwise very good. Could have been the source. Wanted to come back to hear something besides esoteric tape recordings but never did unfortunately.
YG - Kubala Sosna: Didn't spend a whole lot of time here but I thought it sounded really good and we both agreed we liked it more than the somewhat hard sounding YG-MSB room.
ATC SCM40 - really good sound. Open, coherent, great staging, ugly. Wish they had something a little bigger and better looking that isn't their massive flagship.
Magico S3 - Devialet: Holographic and detailed. Bass was weird and kind of amorphous though. Still feel they have a little trouble getting out of their own way by not sounding completely effortless. I want to hear these on stout conventional SS.
KEF LS-50: the limited edition colors are cool and they sound quite impressive. My girlfriend wants the red ones.
There were some cool looking Isoacoustics footers in the Focal/Micromega room that I will be investigating. I thought they were stillpoints at first.
That's off the top of my head. It was a pretty casual visit for us. We skipped a lot of rooms and didn't listen to anything real seriously.
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April 17, 2016, 09:19 PM #103
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
Jock
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April 17, 2016, 10:54 PM #104_______________
Mike
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April 17, 2016, 10:58 PM #105
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April 17, 2016, 11:27 PM #106
Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
Thanks guys!
Personally,I would chalk up the differences to show variabilities. (Seat, track, volume, source, ambient noise, etc.)
I tend to find that two people sitting next to each other usually interpret aspects of of the sound similarly but maybe differ on the overall gestalt.
The MSB certainly wasn't bad and I only heard one track, and the Raidhos I really liked and didn't hear anything untoward from. i'm guessing my hearing doesn't extend to the problem range if there was one.
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April 17, 2016, 11:32 PM #107
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
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April 17, 2016, 11:39 PM #108
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
I elaborate a little bit more above, I had a misfire before editing.
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April 17, 2016, 11:42 PM #109
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
Also, I was looking out for you Mike but didn't spot you. It would have been nice to be able to point to somebody and say, "honey, it's all that guys fault".
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April 17, 2016, 11:51 PM #110
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
"We can hear everything we measure, but we can't measure everything we hear. Let your ears be your guide."
Dealer for: Aqua Hi-Fi, Aurender, AudioQuest Cables & Power Products, Berkeley Audio, Block Audio (distributor), Boulder Amplifiers, Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), Bryston, Clarisys Audio Loudspeakers (distributor), Classe’ Audio, Degritter Record Cleaning Machines, Esoteric, Finite Elemente, FirstWatt, Focal Loudspeakers and Headphones, GigaFoil, Harbeth Loudspeakers, Hegel, HiFi Man, Innuos, ISO Acoustics, Keces Power Supplies, Kharma Loudspeakers and Electronics, Kuzma Turntables, Lumin, Luxman, Magico Loudspeakers, MBL Speakers & Electronics, MSB Technologies, MySonicLabs Phono Cartridges, Nordost Cables, Ortofon, Pass Labs, Quadraspire, Rega Turntables and Electronics, Shunyata Research, STAX, Stein Music Products, Stillpoints, Soulution, VAC, Vicoustics, Viva Audio, VPI Industries, WireWorld Cables.
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April 18, 2016, 12:36 AM #111
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April 18, 2016, 02:24 AM #112
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
Mike, I was being sarcastic! Thank you for the pics! Too bad Sat/Sun turned out to be a bust for more traffic! That's what good weather will do to a show!
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April 18, 2016, 09:42 AM #113
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Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
Mike you did a great job with pics as usual. I didn't even bring my camera this year cuz I new I could count on you. God gave you both better ears and eyes than me.
Thanks for the memories.
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April 19, 2016, 12:06 AM #114
Re: Axpona 2016 Official Pictures Thread
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Ok, thanks very much for the quick response.
Esoteric DAC type, DSD or PCM?