If the statement made that "AXPONA should be only for dealers and that the rest of us are stupid", is what was actually said - that’s enough to ignore and avoid such a negative and self-serving person directing you only to what he sells. Good grief.
Industry reflection -
Think back, 3-4 years ago coming out of the pandemic, there were so many multi-generation audiophiles sharing worry the next generation of earbud and headphone kids had no interest in home audio systems, and lots of banter about how the industry was not likely to survive and thrive. The Axpona show indicates otherwise.
Since I could not attend Axpona in person, being able to watch several videos of reviewers and attendees was refreshing to see just how many NEW components, speakers, so many new/different amplifiers is quite reconfirming to see. Promoters, distributors, dealers, all spent a good deal of time, money, energy to make all of it accessible to attendees to see in person. How cool is that!
They should be commended and supported for that. Someone talking crap about it all is not worth wasting time with. Imo, its fantastic having one place to go to and see it all in person over a few days. We are lucky to have the experience.
