Continuing on with our coverage of AXPONA 2019. All images by Dave Clark, along with some added commentary.
Source Systems Limited, Esprit Audio, fidata IO Data Devices, Lumin Music by Pixel Magic Systems.
M2TECH.
Jim Clark Stereo, located in central Illinois, interesting to us as Dave's brother is named Jim. They featured Bob Carver, Mytek, and Wolf Audio Systems.
Gated HiFi Distribution, Aavik Acoustics, Ansuz Acoustics, Borresen Acoustics, Kudos Audio.
The Audio Surgeon, Bricasti Design Ltd, Cardas Audio, Dynaudio, OCTAVE Audio, Sutherland Engineering, VPI.
Cary Audio and Fyne Audio, cabling by Wireworld. Cary had their DMS-600 and DMS-550 digital music streamers on display.
Always a pleasure to spend time in the Gershman Acoustics room. The sound is wonderful, and the hospitality is outstanding. Pictured are the new Grande Avant Garde X loudspeakers. Electronics by VAC, turntable by VPI, and cabling by Nordost. Another room that was usually packed with avid listeners.
Beautiful Gershman Avant Garde X, the only thing better is the way they sound.
This room caught the eye as you peeked in the doorway. The string of lights you can see in front of the Sadurni Acoustics loudspeakers was red, the horns on the speakers were also red. As we walked in I remember thinking, "I bet this system would sound great if I sat down," so I did. Wow, I was right. Extremely sweet sounding. Also in the room, Wolf Audio Systems, Doshi Audio, and cabling by Audience.
Worth a listen, Sadurni Acoustics.
The Sound Organisation, Kii Audio.
Crux Audio, SOtM.
Parasound New Classic 200 INT integrated amplifier, 200 PRE preamplfier, ZM 2350 amplifier, and Zphono XRM phono preamplifier. Buchardt Audio S400 loudspeakers. Norstone racks and stands. Straightwire cabling.
Holm Audio, Audio-Technica, DALI Speakers, Nordost, Rogue Audio, Sony, VPI Industries.
Gorgeous VPI turntable.
Holm Audio, Nordost, Questyle Audio, Revel.
Questyle QPM portable lossless player sitting in the Super Hub SHB2, a wireless preamplifier.
Questyle CMA Twelve, wireless amplifier.
The Stillpoints room is always interesting, so many things to see. Rockport Technologies loudspeakers, Viola Audio Labs electronics, Wolf Audio music server, Tein Audio turntable, Acoustic Arts phono preamplifier. And from Stillpoints: ESS Rack, Ultra 5 and 6, Apertures Stands (room correction, not room control).
Also in the Stillpoints room, Telos Audio Design Quantum Resonation Conditioner. There were also many other Telos products on display. All sounded quite nice.
Aurender and GamuT were in two rooms. The Aurender A30, GamuT D200i power amplifier, RS3i loudspeakers, speaker cables, interconnects, and power cables. Pneupods. Grand Prix Audio Rack.
The Aurender A30 with MQA decoder DAC, $18,000.