Auris Luminis at AXPONA 2026
Ken Micallef speaks with Upscale Audio's Kevin Deal about the Auris Luminis 300B integrated amplifier at AXPONA 2026.
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Onkyo Icon Series A-50 streaming integrated amplifier
There are craftspeople and companies in high-end audio doing admirable work. Those at the cost-no-object end of the business are pushing performance limits and doing new and better things with new and better materials. The ones I especially admire, though, are in the high-value end of the business, making extraordinary equipment at approachable prices.
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Seen and heard at AXPONA 2026, the all-new Jones and Cerreta Troubadour speakers are Andrew Jones's mic drop
Rogier van Bakel speaks with renowned speaker designer Andrew Jones about his all-new Jones and Cerreta Troubadour loudspeakers at AXPONA 2026.
Brilliant Corners #37: A Lejonklou System
The more I listen—to gear I'm reviewing as well as other people's hi-fis—the more I believe in intangibles. One of these intangibles is the art of system building.
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Revinylization #74: You Can Never Have Too Much 'Trane on Vinyl
As I listened to the newly remastered edition of John Coltrane's Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings, I read through some critics' takes, which make it apparent just how far critics tend to trail the musicians they cover, the great ones at least.
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RAAL 1995 headphones at AXPONA 2026
Miguel Barrio checks out a pair of RAAL 1995 Immanis headphones at AXPONA 2026, and has quite a transformative listening experience.
Treble Clef Audio and Vinnie Rossi at AXPONA 2026
Miguel Barrio checks out Treble Clef Audio's TCA-M Signature active speaker; a new, as yet unnamed Vinnie Rossi phono preamplifier; and a Vinnie Rossi Brama preamplifier at AXPONA 2026.
Rocket Man: Swan Song Audio shoots for the moon at AXPONA 2026
Rogier van Bakel recounts his visit to a Schaumburg hotel room that, it's safe to say, looked like no other at AXPONA 2026—the Swan Song Audio room.
AXISS Audio USA & Soulution at AXPONA 2026
Ken Micallef speaks with chief audiophile and President of AXISS Audio USA Cliff Duffey and Soulotion owner Cyrill Hammer about the gear in one of the AXISS Audio USA rooms at AXPONA 2026, which includes a Soulution 350 phono stage, Soulution 312 amplifier, and Gauder Akustik Elargo 200 speakers.
Western Electric Room at AXPONA 2026
Miguel Barrio says that the Western Electric Room at AXPONA 2026 is one of those rooms that make you feel you have traveled in time the moment you see it. Find out why.