AXPONA 2025

@jayctoy i really enjoy the music. When it sounding good it’s the best place on earth.  I’m blessed to be working with Infigo because the sound is just remarkable. I get to listen to my system every day at home and I’m in audio heaven. I enjoy this hobby. I’m going to send you cables to demo soon 

I was there for three days, but due to a commercial interest was unable to make a wide survey.  At price-no-object I particularly enjoyed the big Magicos, in the middle-market Vinnie Rossi/Rockport, Doshi/Joseph, and Songer field-coils, and at a reasonable price-point Rogue/Maggie and new Klipsh La Scala with designer Roy Delgato in a rare appearance at shows.  I wanted to like the Avant Gardes, but couldn’t get past their uncontrolled LF.    

@prof  I was at the AXPONA Show all 3 days and spent quite a bit of time in the Joseph Audio/ Doshi/ J Sikora room.

Year after year, I feel they put on an excellent exhibit.  

First off... you couldn't ask for a nicer group of gentlemen.  Jeff, Nick, and Robert Sikora are all really great guys, who have a passion for building the absolute best product that they can.  They are great to talk with, they are music lovers and are very welcoming.

They had the J Sikora Reference table this year - my dream endgame table, along with Doshi tubed electronics and of course Jeff's Pearl Graphene speakers.  The whole system has a wonderful synergy.  It provided a dynamic, full and immersive sound.  Voices sounded fantastic as did instruments.  The bass at times could sound a little boomy depending on where you were sitting in the room and depending on how loud they pushed the volume (show room conditions), but when not pushed too loudly, everything gelled really nicely.  Always a show favorite of mine!  

Seeing as you were specifically asking about the Joseph speakers.  I think they are beautifully made - simply gorgeous!  I love the relatively small footprint they have, and yet the huge, full sound they put out. These speakera will fit very nicely in the average person's home. While not inexpensive, I think think they are a bargin imho, compared to the extremely high priced monstrosities that were at the show.

Best wishes,

Don

Thanks Don.

it was hearing Jeff’s room with the Pearls in Montreal

That led me to eventually purchasing my Joseph audio perspective 2 speakers.

The Joseph Audio site says;

”Live, unamplified music has unmistakable presence and clarity. Yet, at the same time it also sounds relaxed and warm.”

That’s exactly how I hear things, And that seems to be the balance that Jeff has

Achieved in his designs.  The sound strikes me as luxurious.

@prof ”Live, unamplified music has unmistakable presence and clarity. Yet, at the same time it also sounds relaxed and warm.”

Yes, I could agree with the above statement, but with a clarifier...

I agree that live unamplified music has an "unmistakable presence and clarity" but when he says  "Yet, at the same time it also sounds relaxed and warm.”   I would say that live unamplified music can also sound very dynamic.  I think what he may be implying is that it still sounds unforced, instead of relaxed.  I would also maybe replace warm with natural/organic.  At least, that is how I hear things when I performed music, whether when playing my cello in classical venues or my tenor or bass trombones in jazz venues.

I do believe that Jeff Joseph has really done a great job in recreating sound in that manner with the Pearl Graphene’s.  Although I do not have any experience with his Perspective speakers, I would have to believe that they are cut from the same cloth, so to speak.

Best wishes,

Don