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4 days ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
AXISS Audio Introduces the Accuphase E-3000 Integrated In front of a passive hallway display in the lobby of the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Mark Henninger and I caught up with TJ Goldsby, AXISS Audio's vice president of sales and dealer relations, and Takaya Inokuma, senior management director, Accuphase Laboratory. Together, we chatted about the first showing of the brand-new, entry-level Accuphase E-3000 integrated amplifier ($8975).
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4 days ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
“It’s Luxman’s 100th Anniversary,” Stereophile Editor Jim Austin told me in passing. “You’ve got to hear how good the sound is in the Rhythm Distribution room that Luxman shares with Marten and Jorma.”In the Prosperity room—a nice aspirational name—I found beautiful timbres and open, spacious sound. A DSD file of the Shelly Manne Trio’s “The Sicks of Us” excelled in smoothness and refinement.
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5 days ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
No fewer than five Stereophilers visited Fidelity Imports’ Utopia-D room during AXPONA 2025. I focused on the Audia Flight Strumento No.8 monoblocks ($34,999/each) that had joined forces with Audia Flight’s Strumento No.1 EVO preamplifier ($29,995), an FLS 20 SACD player/streamer ($21,999), and a Flight Phono ($6999).
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1 week ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
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.
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1 week ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
For years, my Stereophile colleagues have laid claim to Zesto Audio’s exhibits; so at this AXPONA, I was glad to cover a room where I could enjoy Zesto’s sparkling tube sound again. On a 24-bit/192kHz file of Billie Holiday's inimitable late-career take on “A Foggy Day (In London Town),” from , the muted trumpet sounded delicious, and midbass tonalities were ideal.
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1 week ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
Brama Drama: Vinnie Rossi and Rockport Bring the Thunder Along With Innuos, Mola Mola, Stillpoints, and AudioQuest It had been too long since I’d heard Vinnie Rossi’s gear, so I was pleased to encounter the brand’s Brama Gen2 preamplifier ($38,995), Brama Gen2 monoblocks ($59,995/pair), and Rossi himself. The system also featured Rockport Technologies’ new Lynx loudspeakers ($78,000/pair in Satin Titanium Metallic) and the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC ($13,500).
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1 week ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
In the Renaissance Hotel’s Connection room, Quintessence Audio of Morton Grove, Illinois presented Boulder’s new 1151 power amplifiers ($48,000/pair as monoblocks, see Stereophile’s June issue), a 1110 preamp ($24,000), and a 1108 phono preamp ($24,000), all making their AXPONA debut.
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1 week ago | 
stereophile.com | Jason Victor Serinus
Stenheim, VTL, and Nordost returned as AXPONA system partners, joined this year by several notable additions. The analog front end featured Grand Prix Audio’s Monaco 3.0 turntable ($56,250) with Fuel Station battery power supply ($15,250), Kuzma’s Safir 9 tonearm ($23,140), and a Lyra Etna cartridge ($8995). Nordost showcased four rare Odin Gold power cords ($43,999), alongside its familiar Odin 2 and Valhalla 2 cables and a broad range of accessories.
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1 week ago | 
stereophile.com | CH Precision |Jason Victor Serinus
At Munich High End 2024, my biggest discovery was Switzerland’s Wattson Audio. It’s easy to hear a sonic kinship between Wattson and its new owner, CH Precision—an affinity that helped explain CH’s acquisition of the company last year. At AXPONA, Wattson introduced its new Madison amplifier ($6495), a fully discrete, class-AB, dual-mono design rated at 50Wpc into 8 ohms. Configurable for stereo, mono, or biamp use, it was paired with the Madison LE Streamer ($4995), launched in 2023.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Jason Victor Serinus
“Do you know where the room with Pearl Acoustics Sibelius loudspeakers is?” That question, which greeted Jim Austin and me as we navigated the …
