AJ Soundfield
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The R100s Measure pretty well other than off axis, so with careful placement, should sound pretty good in most rooms. Looks like a newer version of the old Vifa ring radiator tweet
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SCAudiophile
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Thank you Mike!
RDSChicago
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The R100s are $649/pair. The larger monitors, the R200s, are $749/pair. Mike, which model did you listen to? Thanks.
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R100. Maybe they went up in price. That’s what they told us.
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RaChiK
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Agree with you. My impressions were somewhat similar. Apart from big speaker names, I was impressed very much with Muraudio and Alta audio. Of the big speakers, I liked Aries Cerat, MBL, Gaia-1, Estelon and M6. On amp side most impressive was Aries Cerat essentia, infigo audio (played with Alta audio), Karan acoustics, JMF audio (played with gaia-1) and Octave. Octave audio are very very good. I do have RE-320 and it has same signature as the Octave jubilee amp they played with Dynaudio.
RaChiK
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Off note, many thanks to whoever returned my BMW car key to "lost and found" yesterday. Else, my trip would have been screwed up. All it says is that "audiophiles" are good dependable people.
Dizzie
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Maybe it means they could not find where your BMW was parked.:safe:
MPW
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I thought I would share what I felt were a few of my top musical experiences for Axpona 2022 (in no particular order). This isn't necessary a list of my top systems, although there would be some overlap. This is about a series of experiences that I felt were noteworthy. For me, these experiences are why I go to audio shows.
Wilson/Audio Research via dCS DAC - The only room that played a request for me. I didn't really ask at other rooms given the amount of traffic, but since it was late in the day on Sunday and traffic had slowed down, the time was right. I requested Decks Dark from Radiohead and was treated to that plus Weird Fishes/Arpeggi. These are two of my favorite songs from my favorite band, and they were the best I have ever heard them reproduced. What was interesting about this for me was that I have rarely heard a room with Wilson speakers and a dCS DAC that I have ever enjoyed. These new products must be different (in a good way) because the sound was outstanding.
Muradio/Hegel - This was probably the most engaging small room at the show for me. This was really unexpected because I have owned the Hegel H590 that was driving the Muradio speakers and didn't have the best experience. Chalk it up to system synergy because this combination was really fun. The musical highlight was London Grammar's Call Your Friends.
Avantgarde/dCS - Another system sourced by dCS that was almost producing amazing sound. I say almost because these big horns needed more room to breath, but the potential of this system was clearly evident. The most realistic reproduction of music I heard at the show. I can only imagine what that system could do in a proper room. Birds by Dominique Fils-Aime was sublime.
Joseph/Doshi - It seems that Jeff Joseph always has a good sounding room and this year was no different. Michael Fremer entered the room with a tape that was promptly cued by Nick Doshi. The music (I believe) was Marti Jones' If I Can Love Somebody. This music was unfamiliar to me but was reproduced beautifully through the Studer/Doshi combination. I had the sweet spot in the room and to hear one of Michael's tapes was a real treat.
Focal/Naim - It was approaching 4:00pm on Sunday and they were showing off after a long show. I didn't get the piece of music that was being played, but it was electronic with huge dynamic swings. Needless to say the volume was pushed to club like levels. The Focals never broke...until they tripped the circuit. The large group that had gathered broke out in applause. A great way to wrap up the show.
Wilson/Audio Research via dCS DAC - The only room that played a request for me. I didn't really ask at other rooms given the amount of traffic, but since it was late in the day on Sunday and traffic had slowed down, the time was right. I requested Decks Dark from Radiohead and was treated to that plus Weird Fishes/Arpeggi. These are two of my favorite songs from my favorite band, and they were the best I have ever heard them reproduced. What was interesting about this for me was that I have rarely heard a room with Wilson speakers and a dCS DAC that I have ever enjoyed. These new products must be different (in a good way) because the sound was outstanding.
Muradio/Hegel - This was probably the most engaging small room at the show for me. This was really unexpected because I have owned the Hegel H590 that was driving the Muradio speakers and didn't have the best experience. Chalk it up to system synergy because this combination was really fun. The musical highlight was London Grammar's Call Your Friends.
Avantgarde/dCS - Another system sourced by dCS that was almost producing amazing sound. I say almost because these big horns needed more room to breath, but the potential of this system was clearly evident. The most realistic reproduction of music I heard at the show. I can only imagine what that system could do in a proper room. Birds by Dominique Fils-Aime was sublime.
Joseph/Doshi - It seems that Jeff Joseph always has a good sounding room and this year was no different. Michael Fremer entered the room with a tape that was promptly cued by Nick Doshi. The music (I believe) was Marti Jones' If I Can Love Somebody. This music was unfamiliar to me but was reproduced beautifully through the Studer/Doshi combination. I had the sweet spot in the room and to hear one of Michael's tapes was a real treat.
Focal/Naim - It was approaching 4:00pm on Sunday and they were showing off after a long show. I didn't get the piece of music that was being played, but it was electronic with huge dynamic swings. Needless to say the volume was pushed to club like levels. The Focals never broke...until they tripped the circuit. The large group that had gathered broke out in applause. A great way to wrap up the show.
RDSChicago
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Great post, Morgan. When I get home from vacation, I’m going to give all of those songs a spin!
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jadedavid
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this was special
This was, for me, the standout of the show.
The "Audiophile Junkie" has made a video of her performance (I am the person that walks in a couple of minutes into the video). Sadly the video does not and cannot capture the vibrancy nor emotion of the performance.
She made my eyes well up almost to tears. The reproduced accompanying music blended seamlessly with her performance.
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