I’ve heard the new Oneiros speaker in three different rooms in New York City and thought I had their sound pegged. I was wrong.

Jeff Joseph's room is the hottest ticket at every show. Securing a seat is a yearly battle, driven by the sheer, undeniable magic of his and Nick Doshi's reel-to-reel system.

In one of Joe Parvey and House of Stereo’s five rooms at FLAX 2025, the Jacksonville, Florida dealer presented horn-loaded speakers and tubed electronics. Be still my beating heart!

Ofra Gershman brought an exceptional system to FLAX 2025.

Franck: Symphony In D Minor, Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Berlin Philharmonic/Daniel Barenboim; L'Arpeggiata: Terra Mater, L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar, cond.; Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano; Robert Simpson: Chamber Music, Volume One, The Tippett Quartet; Emma Johnson, clarinet; Raphael Wallfisch, cello; others.

The Cure: Songs of a Lost World; Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes; Father John Misty: Mahashmashana.

Out Of/Into: Motion I; Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From a Winter Stone; Lars Danielsson/Verneri Pohjola/John Parricelli: Trio; Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: Secret Message; Arild Andersen: Landloper.