AXPONA 2025 Audio Show Report

We’ve just attended the 2025 AXPONA audio show in Chicago. We had a team of 5 on site: Adrian Alexander, Grover Neville, Jason Methfessel, Robert Taylor and Tom Martin doing video coverage. The magazine also had a group of reviewers covering the show and their summary will be published in an upcoming issue.

Errata:

DeVore Fidelity Gibbon Super 9: $9900/pr

Pass Labs new preamp is the XSPRE-2, not the XP-22.

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00:00 AXPONA 2025

02:25 Value for Money

04:12 Innovative Woofers

06:49 Sweetspot

08:57 Integrated Systems

15:50 Refinement

19:20 Vinyl

20:29 Thought Provocation

23:05 Fun

The Absolute Sound’s Review Methodology: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-absolute-sounds-review-methodology-first-principles/

Theoretica BACCH4Mac Review: https://youtu.be/TxI6wf5TYTU?si=Q9ZB4TufhdpwO0N_

The 6 Major Problems of Audio Believability: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-six-major-problems-of-audio-believability/

VPE Electrodynamics Woofer Reviews: https://youtu.be/Z9oMKGqtlDI?si=0RsqAaI957iqfHMm

Pass Labs Factory Visit: https://youtu.be/Z685WSlGz0A?si=yXNVH7RutoY3bZp_

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