Peter has been a writer, editor and senior editor for publications such as Stereophile and The Absolute Sound. He currently has a new on line publication, AVshowrooms, which offers some great coverage of the event. Here's what he has to say about this years AXPONA.
Thank you for hosting such an outstanding event.
The show was intimate and friendly. In fact, it was one of the most enjoyable shows I've ever attended. The large rooms were huge and the sound was overall excellent. The hospitality parties were great and brought everyone together.
What really set the show apart was the partnering with the Jacksonville Symphony and the tours of the concert hall. Going backstage and standing in the pipe organ "blower room" was memorable. The The art exhibit was key as well adding a flair of culture to the event, not to mention the TM seminar with Prudence Farrow Bruns, the actual "Dear Prudence" of the Beatles song namesake and Mia Farrow's sister. I'll never forget shaking hands with Dear Prudence.
What a great show! We have full video coverage of the event, including the hall tour, the art exhibit, "Dear Prudence" talking about TM and the Beatles, and the fabulous
exhibit rooms. Thanks Steve!
Colin Flood / Enjoy The Music .Com
AXPONA 2012 Show Report
Show Coverage By A. Colin Flood
I, Mr. A. Colin Flood, am now a regular at AXPONA – haven't missed a year since they started! Why do I go?
Few high-end, audio-visual retail stores in my area. Convenient, entertaining, informative and not too expensive weekend. Stimulating seminars with experts. Something to do with friends from my Suncoast Audiophile Society (Meet up.com). Another way to enjoy the hobby. At AXPONA, you can see, and hear, some amazingly cool stuff:
And for me, after more than a decade of writing audio reviews, a chance to act wise (and nervous) on a panel of real experts.
AIX Records
There are a few rooms with sheer sound perfection quality at AXPONA, and AIX is certainly one of them. AIX is partnering with Dolby Labs, Bryston, Oppo Digital, JVC, B&W, Benchmark and DH Labs. They are demonstrating new 2D and 3D music productions from AIX using Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D software encoded with Dolby TrueHD lossless encoding played back through an Oppo Digital BDP-95 hybrid Blu-ray player using the HDMI outputs to the new Bryston SP-3 A/V Processor, which will do the digital to analog conversion.
The Bryston will provide volume control and state-of-the-art conversion through balanced DH Labs interconnects to massive Bryston 7B 600-watt monoblock amplifiers...one for each of the five main loudspeakers! The speakers at B&W 802Ds for the fronts, and B&W 804Ds for the surrounds. There was also a DB1 sub-woofer from B&W. The video output of the Oppo player will be routed via HDMI to the JVC 3D Projector Model DLA-RS65U3D to an eight-foot wide Stewart FilmScreen Reflections 170 screen. Mark Waldrep, of AIX Records, gave the keynote noon address for the show on both Friday and Saturday.
