Mark Henninger

YG Acoustics, Ayre Acoustics, Argento
AXPONA 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Apr 16, 2024
YG Acoustics speakers were featured in several rooms at AXPONA 2024. The highlight for me was a room featuring the Carmel 3 speakers ($29,800 per pair), the entry point to the company's Reference range.
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Stenheim, Infigo Audio, and VPI with Van den Hul
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024
This powerful yet precise system was tasked with filling a small ballroom with sound; in the process, it delivered a captivating performance. A pair of Stenheim Alumine 5 SE speakers ($72,000/pair) did the heavy lifting.
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Sound Lab, Berning, and EnKlein
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024
Sound Lab is an electrostatic speaker specialist. The company's G745-3C ($20,000/pair) debuted at the first Southwest Audio Fest. These speakers aren't small, but they are suitable for relatively compact spaces, thanks to the panels' modest 20" width.
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Børresen Acoustics M6 and X6, Axxess, Aavik, and Ansuz
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024
At the Southwest Audio Fest in Dallas, Børresen Acoustics took a room and outfitted it with two killer systems. The cost-no-object system featured the flagship M6 speakers; the other showed the capabilities of the more affordable but similarly imposing X6 towers.
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Acora, VAC, Esoteric, Clear, and Cardas
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024
VAC and Acora were a compelling combo at SWAF 2024. In this demo, a pair of granite-bodied Acora SCR-2 loudspeakers ($48,000/pair) sounded rock-solid powered by a pair of VAC Essence amplifiers ($9900/each).
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Estelon Forza Speakers, MSB Electronics, Taiko, and Synergistic Research
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024
This superb high-end audio system, featured at the Southwest Audio Fest in Dallas, included Estelon Forza speakers ($170,000/pair) in dark silver liquid gloss powered by MSB M500 mono amplifiers ($75,000 each).
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YG Acoustics Sonja 3.2 with Constellation Audio, Audio Research, MSB Technology, and Pure Fidelity
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024

Southwest Audio Fest v1.0 in Dallas, Texas, was the site of the North American debut of the YG Acoustics Sonja 3.2 loudspeaker.

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MBL Radialstrahler 120 Speakers and C41 Player
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 25, 2024

Now, before we return to Montreal, here's more from the Southwest Audio Fest.

You won't mistake an MBL speaker for any other. No matter what size MBL speakers you buy, you will get the same unique 360-degree dispersion driver technology. The company's smallest and most affordable entry point into its line of speakers is the Radialstrahler 120 ($26,500/pair), which was demoed in Dallas.

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Von Schweikert Audio, Ideon Audio, JMF Audio, Pear Audio
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 20, 2024
Von Schweikert Ultra 55 speakers ($120,000 in Porsche Oslo Blue) are the company's smallest flagship-level offering, but still reference-level in capability with a response specification of 20Hz-40kHz. In practice, they delivered a completely enveloping and absorbing musical presentation.
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Songer Audio S1x Field Coil Loudspeaker
Southwest Audio Fest 2024
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 19, 2024
Ken Songer of Songer Audio must be on to something because his demo led me to experience a heart rate of 141 while listening to "Sharkey's Day" from Laurie Anderson's Mister Heartbreak.
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