So as not to hijack avanti1960's thread, thought I'd start a new one to share my favorite axpona rooms. I don't have avanti's depth of knowledge so my reporting won't be as sharp, but hopefully folks will enjoy my casual take. If anyone else is here today, feel free to add to this thread. Starting on the 3rd floor, I really liked these Lyngdorf Cue 100s. Nice looking and sounding with deep bass. Room 318 is Atohm Speakers and Atoll electronics. Very nice sounding system (I think the large floorstanders were playing when I was in there). Clean, deep bass, detailed across all frequencies.
Totem Acoustics in 378 sound excellent. I didn't catch the speaker model or electronics (too shy to ask). I appreciate the systems that maintain detail and have articulate bass in the hotel rooms like this one. So many of these show systems are pure mud. (Apologies for the pic quality, I'll try to do better)
Still can't get into the Rogue/Magnepan room. Tried 3 times yesterday and once today. Thought getting here early would help, but nope, lol.
Moving on to the 4th floor, love the look of these Stenheim speakers in 480. Unfortunately the sound quality didn't leave an impression. The system is set up against the long wall, and I can't say many of the systems set up this way sound good in the hotel rooms.
Wow, the Alta Audio Aphridite with Infigo electronics in room 476 blew me away. I'm a soundstage guy and this system threw a great image. It wasn't about the details or frequency extension (not that they were lacking), just a deep, coherent, believable soundstage. Out of my league unfortunately.
Wow, wouldn't have guessed those are $50,000 speakers just from the picture, but I'm obviously not very good at that game. Those carbon fiber/rohacell/carbon fiber composite sandwich cone drivers must get expensive to make
And my favorite system of the 4th floor: Philharmonic BMR with Van Alstine electronics. Just incredible considering this room beats a lot of the high-end systems on display. I don't see how the BMRs aren't my next speakers.
Probably won't hear any better sounding rooms for that cost, about $7000 with speakers and electronics, and you probably only need one of the preamps at a time, so if you are all digital you could drop the CA1. Looks like the Van Alstine rack has the new NP1 power amp at the bottom ... DVA DIGITAL PREAMPLIFIER Regular price$2,499.00 CA1 CONTROL AMPLIFIER Regular price$1,599.00 NP1 POWER AMPLIFIER Regular price$1,199.00
Not many rooms caught my ear on the 5th floor. A lot of systems I wanted to like but just weren't working due to room or music choice while I was listening. Fern &Roby in 584 sounded pretty good, but not for the price. I think Omega is probably a better choice if you're looking for single-driver/pointsource. The turntable is a piece of sculpture, though. I was really interested in hearing the Caladins with Atmasphere Class D in 512. Unfortunately just ok sounding based on what I heard visiting yesterday and again today. Beautiful speakers though, unfortunately forgot to snap a pic. Really cool looking and nice sounding SB Acoustics Gema kit speakers with Margueles (?) tube amp in 568. On to floor 6...
Revival Atlante 5s and Leben electronics in 628 was just killer. Atlante living up to its reputation on thuis forum. Super clean and detailed, great frequency extension and soundstaging.
Maybe check out the Madisound room where they have a bunch of really competent DIY designs this year and see how they compare to commercial speakers ? cheers
Looks like they are using the Dynavector/Well Tempered table, big Fonolab step up transformer to the left of it, pretty nice setup with the Leben gear and Atalante speakers, love to hear that myself
I thought the Atohm speakers were one of the best I heard when I attended AXPONA a couple years ago. Not only great sounding, but absolutely gorgeous. I think it was the first AXPONA held at the current location. Thanks for posting.
As a recent BMR Tower owner, I'm just going to say to anybody interested, go listen to them if you can.... I've not heard the Monitors that are set up there in the pic, but let's just say I don't have my shocked face on that you'd like them. Another one I believe, I'd love to hear some one day.... The 5's always rubbed me the right way as something I'd enjoy. Man, I gotta plan a trip to this show next year, that is just audio eye candy all over the place!
kinda weird that they only brought the monitors to AXPONA instead of their Awesome towers. if that were me I’d take my best speakers. anywho
Yeah,, but alternatively if you only could take one pair, the Monitors are his best seller.... economics, opportunity cost and all.... Better yet, why not take both if you could? Who knows, maybe there's still a pair to set up (Towers or HT) waiting in the wings..... let's see what happens over today and tomorrow!
Yeah I would probably take all three. I mean those rooms cost a lot of money, I’ve been to guitar expos and know the cost. I would wager the cost of the smaller rooms cost around $5k so I would take whatever I had. Or not go at all. But that’s just me. The real question is what would Tekton do? Lol Sorry I had to
Best thing would be to make sure and have someone in the room that is good at PR... ... I guess I had to also....
Ha! hey man I was close ! lol ‘200 Listening Rooms. Rates: $4,750 for Standard Listening Rooms’ now if you’re gonna spend that cash for a room, take all you can I copy pasted that from the AXPONA 2024 site
One would think that they could have been able to roll in those beautiful Floor Standers as well, switch back and forth once in a while.
