AXPONA Chicago April 10-12, 2026 - Who is going??

@hilde45    The truth is Youtubers need to create content that caters to the subscribers interest. With the exception of Playback Designs selling relatively unknown/unheard brands is difficult when just depending on the products performance, some mudslinging is necessary to move boxes.

I enjoyed AXPONA again. Seemed bigger than the last one I went to a few years ago. Highlights for me:

The MBL room always impresses. “Another Brick In the Wall” never sounded so unearthly. I also really enjoyed the Third Ear Audio room. Those speakers really were impressive, especially being powered. 
 

Klaus’ room for Odyssey was vibing as always and sounded really good. His new Meilenstein amp is impressive. I just picked up a pair of Kismet monos from him so the comparison was interesting. 
 

Magico’s demos drive me crazy. The new S7s were set up but again playing classical at Muzak level volume. Yawn. Someone really needs to show them how to demo a speaker. They did the same thing the last two times I listened to them. 
 

Had a relisten to SVS’s Pinnacles, and they still impress first the money. Also really dug the Stenheims. That whole rig was megabucks, and sounded like it. 
 

All in all was a good time. The elevators were worse than usual. 

@douglas_schroeder I was at the show all 3 days and attended your seminar. I really enjoyed it especially your testing and conclusions about BURN-IN. I 100% agree with you by the way!

@douglas_schroeder I've always found your writing and thinking interesting. The RMAF has videos up from a lot of great talks. Any chance this talk of yours was filmed? Would love to watch it.

@zgas-music I listened to the LTA/Sound Lab room and it sounded very good. I was so happy they finally attended an AXPONA show since Sound Lab usually goes to the Capital Audio show. It appeared LTA was using their new amplifier to drive them. Loved the combination.