Axpona

Fantastic feedback from those who posted.  Very much appreciated.  

I reached out to SOTA turntable company and  connected with Donna.  They are attending and have some products they are launching.  Sounds like a good opportunity to check out an interesting brand that I have no experience with in the past.

Any other interesting guidance is appreciated.

Woots

+1jcoehler

  I live a few miles from where Axpona takes place and I’m on the fence.  I haven’t started attending Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts again, and perhaps I should do that before attending an Audio Show.  I am mildly immunocompromised, due having Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, and work as a Primary Care Physician so I get some risk exposure every day.  My wife is a Nurse and the worse thing I've ever  did was take her Axpona when it was in Rosemont, pre Covid.  Her memory of 20 crazed Audiophiles packed into a hotel room makes it difficult to discuss going back, even though the newer venue is much better

Not sure if I can ask this here... first time at Axpona or any audio show for that matter. I am staying in Lincoln Park curious if any locals hailing from the downtown surrounding areas want to carpool to and from the show can provide money for gas etc? Since its only 3 days I don't really want to rent a car and ubering twice a day seems excessive.

Just got back home from the show. It was fantastic. I got a chance to meet some great people like John Siau with Benchmark and Gary Yacoubian with SVS. Two things I’m really excited about: 1. Al Clark, Pres/CEO of Danville Signal Processing. He spent a lot of time speaking with me and I’m going to be an early adopter of his dspNexus which will replace my Mini DSP at more than twice the fidelity and offers much more flexibility for an active crossover plus some fun things like Bluetooth play etc. I would never have known about this without going. 2. The best in show was the Minuet Speakers by Clarisys Audio playing in the room sponsored by and paired with Hegel amps. The combo was stunning and bests my 20.1’s by light years and there wasn’t another speaker in the place that could touch them. They have completely modified and improved on the Apogee system, solid aluminum frame weighing 210lbs per piece at 4ft tall. Frequency range 28Hz to 25KHz, my hair stood up the three times I listened to them. The sound was so coherent and effortless within the entire range. My wife couldn’t come to the show and when I called she said I sounded giddy. Lol