AXPONA 2025

What I thought would be a quick hello to distributor Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio—accompanied by his wife, Candy, and their adorable 15-month-old daughter, Victoria—turned into a tour of premieres from three companies. Technically four, if you count Victoria’s AXPONA debut.

On passive display were Métronome of France’s just-released DST transport ($5800), DSS 2 streamer ($5500), and DSC Mini DAC ($5700)—three compact components that look tailor-made to work together, though they can be used independently.

Wong then introduced me to Felix Avalos, who presented Fono Acustica of Spain’s new Grandiosso-series speaker cable ($73,000/1.5m pair) and power cord ($23,800/1m). Grandiosso applies equally to looks, construction, and price.

“They contain very special-purity silver and gold which is very hard to find,” he said. “Combining the two metals, coating them in Teflon and wrapping them in hand-stitched leather, and terminating the cabling with our own silver-and-gold-alloy connectors produces an organic, natural sound.” Attached to the cables are olive-wood boxes that contain a damping material and an internal grounding module claimed to enhance performance.

Entreq of Sweden’s Protectus Level 2 L ($2550) is designed to connect to the chassis ground of audio equipment. According to Wong, it “works as an antenna to absorb EMI/RFI and serves as a combination of vibration control and grounding solution.”