Axpona 2019

I've not been to an audio show in almost 3 decades so was a bit overwhelmed and only had 3 hours to make sense of things. I decided that I was going to simply see which rooms automatically engaged me with the music played, I imagine the type of music and recording factored heavily.  I found myself most engaged in the parasound/buchardt room and the Wharfedale linton room, that was good news considering they are amongst the lowest priced speakers at the show. I also heard the Kii 3 (with the new lower section), maybe it was the recording, everything was solid and tight but I found the experience fatiguing. I feel sometimes I have a reverse placebo effect, the bigger and more elaborate looking the set up the higher the expectation is to be somehow floored, the tiny buchardts by contrast seemed to make a sound that belied what you were in front of. The lintons were playing a heavy electronic track which I enjoyed, they might be coloured and tubby sounding? but at that moment I was really enjoying myself.

My picked. Bending wave room, Magico set up with Krell sounded good but mechanical sound, Most balance on towers speakers Gryphon room... monitors Vanalstine room , Devore room wavac combo very musical, very impresss with the new Elac ribbon monitors.

Can anyone comment on the Joseph Audio room?  He was demoing the new version 2 of the floor standing Perspective speakers.

Joseph room was acoustically lacking as many were. Sounded better at
RMAF last year. He had Pulsars which I think might have fared better.

Odyssey was there and I did not stop. Mistake. See Youtube review by a troika. The speakers were supposed to great. Damn!

Reasons to attend an audio show;

1) see the latest releases from attending manufacturers
2) pick up on the latest trends in the industry
3) discover previously unheard demo tracks
4) gape at equipment way out of your price range

Reasons not to attend an audio show
1) evaluate the sound of equipment being demonstrated

J.Chip