Legacy Audio of Springfield, Illinois featured not one but three systems at AXPONA including three show debuts.
I’m an old school, analog, tube-loving, horn-speaker–espousing kind of guy. I'm not against, but I'm largely uninterested in, most new technologies. But when I sit in front of a streaming, active, class-D powered, DSP-enabled Legacy system, I never fail to relax. To feel engaged, alive. And charmed. I don't want to get up. I don't want to leave. I don’t know why Legacy founder and president Bill Dudleston’s systems sound so good and make me feel so good, but they always do.
The three AXPONA Legacy systems:
System 1
Flagship Legacy VALOR speaker system ($92,000/pair), 2750Wpc ICEpower® amplification and Wavelet II DAC/Preamp/Crossover unit with Omnio technology. Two Legacy i.V1 ULTRA Monobloc Amplifiers ($4450 each), 1125Wpc into 8 ohms, 1600Wpc into 4 ohms. Lumin U2 Mini Transport Streamer ($2400 each).
System 2
Legacy Focus XD speaker system ($15,200/pair); active, powered with 750Wpc ICEpower® amplification, Featuring new 7” graphene-filled, carbon-fiber midrange cone, computer optimized copper phase-plug and shorting ring.
AXPONA debut Legacy Marquis XD center channel speaker ($5850/each).
AXPONA debut Legacy Goliath XD Super Sub ($10,945/each). Dual 15” Ultra subwoofers powered by two kilowatts and pneumatically coupled dual 15” passive radiators.
Legacy Wavelet II DAC/Preamp/Crossover/Correction unit ($7,950/each), Legacy Wavelaunch Processor ($1850), Legacy Powerbloc4 Amplifier ($3575), Legacy I.V2 Amplifier ($3850), Lumin D3 DAC & Network Music Player ($2600).
System 3
AXPONA debut Legacy Aeris XD loudspeaker system ($23,400/pair), dual 750Wpc amplifiers built into each tower, total of 1500Wpc bass amplification per side.
Legacy Studio HD Bookshelf speakers ($2400/pair).
Legacy i.V4 Amplifier ($6050/pair), Lumin U2 Mini Transport Streamer ($2400).
“The Lark Ascending,” with Hugh Bean on violin and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, was transformative: deeply affecting with immaculate purity of line. Massed strings were beautifully defined. Music was immersive, emotionally impactful. Respect.
System 1
Flagship Legacy VALOR speaker system ($92,000/pair), 2750Wpc ICEpower® amplification and Wavelet II DAC/Preamp/Crossover unit with Omnio technology. Two Legacy i.V1 ULTRA Monobloc Amplifiers ($4450 each), 1125Wpc into 8 ohms, 1600Wpc into 4 ohms. Lumin U2 Mini Transport Streamer ($2400 each).
System 2
Legacy Focus XD speaker system ($15,200/pair); active, powered with 750Wpc ICEpower® amplification, Featuring new 7” graphene-filled, carbon-fiber midrange cone, computer optimized copper phase-plug and shorting ring.
AXPONA debut Legacy Marquis XD center channel speaker ($5850/each).
AXPONA debut Legacy Goliath XD Super Sub ($10,945/each). Dual 15” Ultra subwoofers powered by two kilowatts and pneumatically coupled dual 15” passive radiators.
Legacy Wavelet II DAC/Preamp/Crossover/Correction unit ($7,950/each), Legacy Wavelaunch Processor ($1850), Legacy Powerbloc4 Amplifier ($3575), Legacy I.V2 Amplifier ($3850), Lumin D3 DAC & Network Music Player ($2600).
System 3
AXPONA debut Legacy Aeris XD loudspeaker system ($23,400/pair), dual 750Wpc amplifiers built into each tower, total of 1500Wpc bass amplification per side.
“The Lark Ascending,” with Hugh Bean on violin and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, was transformative: deeply affecting with immaculate purity of line. Massed strings were beautifully defined. Music was immersive, emotionally impactful. Respect. 
