AXPONA 2019: Loudspeakers $20k and Up
Jonathan Valin on the more expensive loudspeakers at the Chicago show.
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AXPONA 2019: Loudspeakers under $20k
Andrew Quint reports on the newest and most notable speakers in this price category. -
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Show reportAXPONA 2019: Loudspeakers under $20,000
|At the end of a major audio show, there’s often a sense of depletion, a let’s-pack-this-stuff-up-and-go-home kind of exhaustion. Not so at 4 p.m. on Sunday at AXPONA 2019. There was, instead, a vibe of ...read more -
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Equipment report2019 Editors' Choice Awards: Loudspeakers $100,000 and up
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NewsPrimaLuna EVO Series Debuts at Axpona
|The following is a press release issued by PrimaLuna. April 12, 2019 - PrimaLuna’s new EVO Sereis of Tube Electronics will make its North American trade show debut next week at AXPONA, 12-14 April, at ...read more -
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NewsMQA Champions Master Quality Sound at AXPONA 2019
|The following is a press release issued by MQA. New York/London | 10 April 2019 - MQA, the pioneering company delivering authenticated master quality music in a file small enough to stream, will be participating ...read more
