AXPONA 2018

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AXPONA 2018
Jason Discovers More Fine Sound on Day One
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 15, 2018  |  8 comments
Most of my audio show experiences have been mixed, with strings of fine-sounding rooms punctuated by others that have sounded mediocre or worse. On the worst of days, the pattern has been reversed, with room after room sounding so dismal that I occasionally began to wonder if I was suffering from a temporary case of sonic indigestion. But on the Renaissance Schaumberg's 4th floor, despite room layouts that seemed to have been designed by the Son of the Set-up Demon himself, room after room delivered fine sound.
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Herb's First Dispatch from Chicago: "Step Right Up . . ."
Herb Reichert  |  Apr 14, 2018  |  4 comments
Even though the weather in Chicago is cold and wet, all these acres of glass seems to double the light…
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Jason Starts AXPONA with Small and Not Small at All
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 14, 2018  |  5 comments
If AXPONA seemed to get off to a slow start on the 4th floor of the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, it was only because, the second the clock struck 10am, huge numbers of people made a mad dash for the first level Marketplace. It was only after they had sated themselves with all the rare LPs and other paraphernalia they could find that they ventured forth into the great unknown.
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AXPONA 2018 Opens With a Bang
John Atkinson  |  Apr 13, 2018  |  1 comments
A half-hour after the show opened (held today, tomorrow, and Sunday at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel, 1551 Thoreau Drive North, Schaumburg, IL), this was the scene in front of the seminar center, where a presentation on Room EQ Wizard was about to start. With well over 160 exhibit and listening rooms and another 80 booths, and what must be every dealer in Illinois participating, this is the biggest consumer audio show to be held in the US in quite a while.
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