Axpona 2022 what impressed you?
I'll start. The Borrensen 01 playing Otis Taylor 'Resurrection blues' was stunning! I also enjoyed the Legacy Aeris on the first floor playing Nils lofgren 'Keith don't go'. In the smaller rooms there was a $4k pair of speakers with what looked like 18" woofers and a horn tweeter that performed well. While the kef ref 3 sounded harsh the ref 5 in a similar small room sounded great just reminding me how much incremental set up affects the demo. I only had a few hours on saturday and missed many rooms due to crowds and would enjoy hearing others impressions from the show.
I couldn't get to Axpona, but at RMAF 2019 the Goebel speakers were (are) the best speakers I have ever heard. Totally amazing! And that was in the largest conference room there which is really big. If I had a "spare" $280K they would be mine. Then a million or two for a larger house etc etc.... Regards, barts |
There were some horn speakers with either 15-18" woofers that were $5k a pair that sounded surprisingly good in the small rooms that at modern prices seemed like a bargain. I also really like Dali and the oberon line pushes a lot of air for the dollar. Making speakers that cost as much as a car or a house doesn't really seem like an achievement compared to getting quality sound at a real world price point. |
I couldn’t make it to Axpona, so thank you to @steve59 and everyone else for their observations and thoughts. Maybe next year? JD |
