Tampa Audio Expo 2025

Thanks for this. I hope we hear from more who were there. I've been a couple times but not this year. I believe it was a new venue?

I attended Saturday with some friends, including some that had never attended a show. I attended this show last year.

I thought the big Clarysis were fun, but apparently it is good to hear more than once as they mix up the music. A friend heard some orchestral and electronic music and said they cranked it up. I was on another floor at the time that was played. When I heard them, they were good, but he said dynamics really brought them up.

I liked the room with Margules amplifiers, and the room with all Lynn gear and speakers was very good to my ears. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the Mission 770 speakers in that room. I also liked the Fyne Audio speakers with the big tube amplifiers (Pathos). One friend said that even at the end of the show, he still liked the Acora speakers room the best (granite floorstanders). The MBL room was good, of course, but quite loud, and I think the large Maggie room also seemed very loud. One person liked some metal-framed planars I had not heard of before, better than the big Maggies. I wanted to show a friend the big Borrensen X3 but they had some kind of video thing going on toward late afternoon, so we couldn’t go in. Also, I missed the new Focal because there was no demo happening when I went it.

Just remembered the room this company was in sounded decent, and the amplifiers look great in person. Affordable as well.

https://www.advanceparis.com/en/

Very curious if anyone else appreciated the glass speakers by Perfect 8?

I listened to his lecture and then heard them later. I really thought there was something to them, but others thought not so much. But they missed the lecture...hmm...hypnosis?

Anyway, I thought the extra space in the new venue was good and parking was better, but I don’t know if it made it feel less attended or not. The car audio addition was appreciated by a couple in my group, but I am not sure if overall it is a draw. I think it is definitely worth a trip if you’ve never been before.

@pete23  Agree the Mission 770 speakers did sound very good.

The Acoras do sound very good.  I heard them 2yrs ago at the Tampa Expo.

The Borresen x3 sounded excellent for $11,000.

I'm kicking myself for not attending this year, had a conflict that try as I did, was not able to worm my way out of. 

I was curious to see if anyone listened to what Volti had to bring at this years show.