At AXPONA 2026, Axiss Audio's Steve Huntley and Phasemation's Hideki Sato and Shigeki Momoto talk about all the gear shown in another one of the Axiss rooms at the show in an interview with Ken Micallef that's now posted on our YouTube channel..
The sound in this Axiss Audio room at AXPONA 2026, which was dominated by Phasemation amplification, was similar to the sound of the Phasemation room heard at High End Munich 2025.
Capitalizing on Phasemation's sleek, quiet, and pure sound, music played with faithfulness to the recorded event with excellent overall transparency, with neither bass nor treble excessively focused, nor any artifacts. Music had a naturalness and sense of composure and see-through-ness that both quickened my pulse and put my core being at ease.
Equipment list: Analog sources: Reed Muse 3C turntable (shown above; $31,975); Reed 3P Panzerholz tonearm ($7690); Reed 5A Panzerholz ($12,765); Reed SF Optical cartridge ($12,975); Phasemation PP-2200 cartridge. Phasemation EA-1500 phono amplifier (shown below; $26,795). Preamplifiers: Phasemation CM-2200; Phasemation CM-1500 ($10,975). Amplifiers: Phasemation MA-3000 monoblocks; Phasemation MA-1500 monoblocks ($23,975/pair). Speakers: DeVore Fidelity O/96 ($20,530). Diffusors: Nihon Onkyo Engineering (small room package of 3; $6090). Power core & ground core: Telos Foundation. Cables: Tara Labs Air Evo cable loom.
