AXPONA Live

Typically do you visit all the rooms?

 

OK here we go.... buchardt audio S400 time driven by a parasound hint....stay tuned....,,,

 

Gee kids, I sure hope that member @avanti1960 makes it to the 12th floor and room 1230, which is the Audio Note UK room. Very interested in hearing his or anybody who is out there's impression. If somebody would have told me that they were going to bring their AN-E SPe HE speakers (which I have been wanting to audition myself), I would have gone!

 

Also going on today and again tomorrow at 3:30, Richard Vandersteen is supposed to be there discussing some high end system that he has to offer

 

Love hearing your impressions @avanti1960 Thanks for keeping us posted!

 

well...,,, good sound and not worthy of the hype but most likely crippled by the amplification. a bad match pure and simple. the parasound is too smooth and veiled and does not compliment the buchardts already laid back character. but they truly do have tower speaker sound in a very small box. coherent, laid back, smooth and slightly recessed but with the right amp they would really shine. the heart of the matter is what else for $2k? and the answer is not much.

 

now on my final room hearing spatial audio. unfortunately these are the new up range models with the horn tweeter. a smooth very pleasing sound but the music is certainly holding them back....

 

alta audio stand mounts with ribbon tweeter

 

I just heard the Ocean Way Audio “Monterey” speakers. Wow. Out of my league price-wise but just wonderful sound.

 

I'd love to be there! But sadly I have school and the flight from PDX to Chicago is out of my price range at the moment. Maybe next year...

 

This is whetting my appetite for tomorrow. Road trip

 

I'd have loved to be there. We've exhibited at AXPONA since its inception. But AXPONA sold off our room right from underneath us despite our 'room points' and our having signed up by the deadline during last year's show. AXPONA was pretty uninterested in doing anything serious to fix it so we got shut out. Pretty disappointed...

 

Perhaps a more 'traditional-sounding SS' amp would be a good match?

I also take it many tube amps might not go well with it.
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Please check out Paradigm Persona with Anthem amp if possible.

 

Does Salk have a demo room?

 

Any chance for more details on Larsen speakers?

 

Love this avanti. Keep it up.

Luxman stuff I heard was killer sounding. Real nice.

 

Did you happen to catch the price on the Wharfedale Lintons?

 

Active or passive ATCs?

If active, something was badly wrong with the set-up/room.

ATC: I've found the mixing speaker of my dreams..

 

Absolutely but my motto is "if i don't hear it, i don't hear it" I couldn't buy speakers or become interested "hoping" they somehow will sound better after i buy them. They need to demonstrate something to go on.

 

correct you are .

 

I liked them but they had a very distinctive sound. No warmth whatsoever (possibly not broken in?). They relied on the forward midrange to carry the day, which sounded clear and smooth but possibly too much of a good thing.

 

no, sorry. i do imagine they will be quite reasonable compared to harbeth for example.

 

The switched between the active and passive models- the SCM 50. The midrange was just too much and the imaging was horrid. I preferred the sound of the passives.

 

I wish! Next year two days for sure though, i miss it alreeady!