AXPONA 2014

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AXPONA 2014 Highlights High Performance Audio Vitality
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 26, 2014  |  9 comments
Friday at AXPONA appeared to be well attended. The event at the Westin O'Hare attracted a healthy demographic mix and excellent area dealer support —something last year's New York show failed to get, with most dealers preferring a parasitic show relationship.

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Balanced Audio Technology Debuts Five New Vacuum Tube-Based Phono Preamplifiers at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  1 comments
Balanced Audio Technology introduced at AXPONA five new phono preamplifiers priced from $3500 to $12,500. The five models are variations on a theme starting at the bottom with the $3500 VK-P6 and ending at the top with the VK-12SE Superpak.
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Acoustic Signature Launches Triple X Turntable Starting at $6500
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
Acoustic Signature introduced at AXPONA a new look with the handsome Triple X Turntable.
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Kronos Demos New $21,500 Sparta Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
Though the Sparta AXPONA demo unit was still a prototype, a company spokesperson claimed the unit was "a few weeks away" from going into full production.
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VPI Launches Headphone Amp and MM Phono Preamp Equipped Nomad at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
VPI's new $999 Nomad made its audio show debut at AXPONA 2014. The 'table features a built-in headphone amplifier and MM phono preamplifier as a well as a new gimbal bearing tone arm.

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Thales' New Easy Tone Arm Makes North American Debut at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  3 comments
Switzerland-based Thales recently introduced "Easy", a new moderately-priced tangential pivoting tone arm, that importer AAudio Imports introduced at AXPONA.
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Funk Firm Debuts at AXPONA New Budget-Priced Flamenca Turntable and F6 Tone Arm
 |  Apr 27, 2014  |  1 comments
The under $2000 price-pointed heated up yet further with the introduction of Funk Firm's new $1495 Flamenca turntable and F6 tone arm.

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TW Acustic Demos Raven GT SE Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  2 comments
Highwater Sound demoed TW Acustic's Raven GT SE Turntable featuring a chassis machined from a solid aluminum billet.
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Kuzma Moving Coil Cartridges Make Sonic Debut at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
At Munich's High End Show 2013 Franc Kuzma showed prototypes of a new cartridge line that has now been introduced at AXPONA. Mounted on a 4 Point tone arm on the Kuzma Stabi XL turntable, the new mid-line CAR-40 ($2900) sounded great playing a "TRON" test pressing.

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AMG Teatro Phono Cartridge Makes Sonic Debut at AXPONA
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 27, 2014  |  0 comments
In a successful cross-branding debut, importer Musical Surroundings demoed the new $2000 AMG Teatro MC cartridge mounted on an AMG Lorenzo tone arm, itself mounted on a Clearaudio Ovation turntable.
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Take A "Tour" of SOTA's Entry Level Series II Moonbeam Turtable
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2014  |  2 comments
I met up at AXPONA with SOTA's Kirk and Donna Bodinet. They were part owners in the company for many years, buying the company outright from Jack Shafton in 1997, when depending upon your perspective, it was vinyl's nadir, or the beginning of its resurgence.
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Doshi Audio Demos New Cosmetics and OS For Doshi Tubed Phono 3.0
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 28, 2014  |  8 comments
Doshi Audio's $15,995 vacuum tube based phono preamplifier features three inputs, a full complement of remote controllable loading options and even memory to store settings for each of the inputs.
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