Southwest Audio Fest 2025
Show Report
Now
in their second year, the Southwest Audio Fest
(SWAF) high-end audio show by the dynamic duo Gary Gill (Capital Audiofest) and Lou Hinkley (Pacific
AudioFest / Daedalus Audio) brings magical music to Dallas. SWAF 2025 follows
their sensational success with the popular Pacific Audio Fest event. Attendees
may listen to many of the world's top manufacturers who create a wide variety
of exciting home and portable audio products. Within this expansive Resort
environment, bask in luxurious sounds that caress your ears and bring newfound
meaning to many of the songs you've heard many times in the past. All this and
more within a curated experience filled with fine art and acres of event
space. The show promoters worked very hard to secure this amazing event venue, which is extremely safe, family fun friendly, and features great weather during March too!
---> Southwest Audio Fest 2025
High-End Audiophile Show Report.
Montreal Audiofest 2025
Audiophile Show Report
(Updated 04/25)
The Salon Audio Montreal Audiofest
2025 took place from March 28th through 30th with more than 5000 visitors
expected who desired listening, seeing, and touching over 300 brands of high-end
audiophile products
all under one roof. As the largest show in Canada, attendees experienced
the very best high-end audio and video / videophile industry distributors, manufacturers, and retailers in Canada.
Within each listening room, exhibitors were overjoyed to share their passion for music with you by demonstrating some of the world's best sound systems from
$5000 to $500,000. Montréal Audiofest was celebrating its 36th edition
in 2025 and remains the must-attend event for audiophiles, high-end audio gear
enthusiasts, and music lovers. This long-standing
event has become a tradition in showcasing the very latest advances in high-technology,
high-fidelity audio equipment in Canada. More than 300 brands will present their latest
innovations from music streamers and high-quality headphones to cables, tweaks,
loudspeakers, turntables, and much more!
---> Montreal Audiofest 2025 Audiophile Show
Report.
AXPONA 2025 High-End Audiophile
Show Report
(Updated 04/18)
AXPONA 2025 (Audio Expo North America) is set to take place from April 11th through 13th at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center in
Illinois. This annual event is for audiophiles and features a wide range of high-fidelity,
high-performance audio gear. Over 200 rooms will let you listen and assess the equipment being presented.
An extensive AXPONA 2025 show report for longtime Enjoy the Music.com enthusiasts
will showcase the latest and greatest audio equipment from top audio brands. For personal audio, the Ear Gear Experience (akin to CanJam shows) is a dedicated area for headphones and personal audio gear, including open-back, closed-back, and in-ear monitors (IEM). There's also an Expo Hall & Record Fair that will have stereo hi-fi audio accessories, vinyl LP turntables / record players, various cable manufacturers, and more.
---> Enjoy the Music.com's Extensive AXPONA 2025
Show Report.
HIGH END 2025 Audiophile Show
Report & Info
The HIGH END 2025
audiophile / immersivephile event is an internationally renowned audio exhibition that will take place from May 15 to May 18, 2025, at the
M.O.C. Event Center in Munich, Germany. This event is a must-visit for anyone passionate about high-quality audio technology, as it brings together
manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and in open to consumers from over 40
countries. This year's brand ambassador is the Norwegian singer Anette
Askvik, who embodies the event's motto "Passion for Music". Her hypnotic sound and deep emotion perfectly reflect the passion for promoting audio technology that the HIGH END
2025 exhibition aims to convey. The HIGH END 2025 exhibition will feature hundreds of exhibitors showcasing their latest innovations in consumer electronics technology, including hi-fi audio, high-end video, home theater, and bespoke entertainment solutions for millionaires and billionaires alike.
---> Learn More And See Enjoy the
Music.com's HIGH END 2025 Show Report.
Lone Star AudioFest 2025 From May 2nd Through 4th
Touted as the "Woodstock of high-end audio shows", Lone Star AudioFest (LSAF) says come as you areas you show up and setup, or just look around. You'll hear your favorite music and be introduced to some new favorites too! The show is held during the first weekend in May, with 2025 bring from May 2nd through 4th. Exhibitor rooms are open to the public Friday and Saturday from 10am to 6pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. This fun, manufacturer-produced equipment and DIY audio gear show aims to be a little grass-roots event that continues to grow and flourish. Seminars at LSAF are always informative and popular. You can learn quite a bit from the industry professionals and seasoned DIY enthusiasts alike. Attendees will also enjoy T.H.E. Film Festival and an IASCA car exhibition too! LSAF was created by passionate audiophiles to be a place where audio and camaraderie matter
most.
---> Lone Star AudioFest 2025 From May 2nd Through 4th.
Shure Celebrates Their 100th Anniversary
Shure Incorporated is celebrating their special 100th anniversary! With a century of research, development, innovation, and desire to achieve the best audio possible, Shure continues to offer industry-leading products to recording engineers, musicians and music lovers alike. "S.N. Shure started the Company in downtown Chicago in 1925 selling radio parts kits. In 1932, Shure became one of only a few U.S. microphone manufacturers with the introduction of the Model 33N microphone. Since then, the Company has grown into a global technology leader, offering a diverse portfolio of game-changing wired and wireless microphones, conferencing and meeting solutions, and personal and professional listening products. Over its 100-year history, more than 50,000 different electronics products have been developed by Shure. Shure products are now sold in more than 120 countries, and through the decades, they have been trusted and used around the world by such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, Nelson Mandela, The Beatles, and other
icons.
---> Shure Celebrates Their 100th Anniversary.
audioXpress' May 2025 Issue
Editorial: Learn About The Music You Like
78 RPM Records Returns
Anomalies V2: Leaving The Trodden Speaker Path
Coffee Can Towers
A Primer on Class-D Amplifiers Part 2
Do It Yourself With Vacuum Tubes
The Ultra-Linear Power Amplifier
Getting Less Gain From Tubes
Micro Details in Push-Pull Output Transformers
Type 3 Mu Stage Breakthrough
And Much More!
---> audioXpress May 2025
Issue.
World Premiere Review!
Synergistic Research PowerCell 14 Power Conditioner Review
Raising the performance of audiophile gear you plug into it.
Review By Rick Becker
The naysayers on internet forums will have
a "hey"-day with this review. They complain about reviewers who proclaim that
each new product they review is better than the last one. Well, I'm here to
plead "guilty" as this is the third power conditioner I've reviewed in the past
seven months, along with an incredible 650 photos and 59,000 words in the
reviews of the Toronto Audiofest 2024 and Capital Audiofest 2024. Each power
conditioner was better than the last, as well as significantly more expensive.
Let me give you an overview in case you haven't been following along. My longstanding power conditioner, since July 2017 when the
review was published by Enjoy the Music.com, had been the Synergistic PowerCell 8 UEF SE with an
Atmosphere Level 2 power cord, a unit that sold for about $2000 at the time.
--->
Synergistic Research PowerCell 14 Power Conditioner Review.
World Premiere Review!
Tobian Sound Systems 12FH Full-Range Reference Horn
Speaker Review
The feeling of being within the studio as musicians
play.
Review By Tom Lyle
The Tobian 12 FH hornspeakers' moniker,
"Full Range Horn Speakers," accurately reflects their capabilities.
These floor-standing speakers feature a 4-inch compression driver with a
9.5-inch
horn / mid-high compression driver featuring a titanium diaphragm. The
"12" in their name likely refers to their "ultra-light"
12-inch woofer located beneath the horn, near the bottom of their cabinet. The
speakers have an impressive frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Indeed, these
are full-range high-sensitivity loudspeakers. Designed and built in Switzerland, the Tobian 12 FH
speakers look striking. Their real wood cabinets measure approximately 3-feet
tall, 13-inches wide, and 16.5-inches deep. They are available in custom
finishes, although I can't imagine most listeners being more than satisfied with
one of their standard finishes: natural wood, high-gloss lacquer, or matte
lacquer.
--->
Tobian Sound Systems 12FH Full-Range Reference Horn Speaker Review.
World Premiere Review!
Class D Audio Premium GaN 6.0 Balanced Amplifier
And Terry Audio EI 30A Balanced Power
Two great high-fidelity audio products that offer truly great value.
Review By Paul Schumann
One of the advertising slogans that makes me the most suspicious is the statement
that something is "new and improved". Usually, it means that a company updated
the packaging, with little or no change on the inside. The worst scenario is
when a significant change is made but for the worse. For those of you old enough
to remember the New Coke, you know what I mean. Part of the high-end audio business is updating one's products
periodically to maintain public interest. I'm not saying this is wrong or right,
it's just how it is. I know most audio manufacturers are tinkers by heart, so
they always see room for improvement. While much audio technology is
well-established, some areas are rapidly changing. One of those is the
implementation of gallium nitride (GaN) devices.
--->
Class D Audio Premium GaN 6.0 Balanced Amplifier And Terry Audio EI 30A Balanced Power.
World Premiere Review!
Rogue Audio Sphinx V3 Magnum Hybrid Stereo Integrated Amplifier
Review
Back to the future.
Review By Ric Mancuso / Bargain Audiophile
The
Rogue Audio Sphinx was first introduced sometime around late 2013. I purchased
the original Sphinx from Rogue Audio upon a recommendation from a friend.
Imagine an integrated hybrid tube and solid-state stereo amplifier with 100
Watts output at 8 Ohms (200W @ 4 Ohms), with vacuum tubes in the front end! I
later came to find that it was the perfect unit to power my classic Martin Logan
SL3 electrostatic hybrid loudspeakers. Turns out that Mark O'Brien of Rogue
Audio told me that Rogue Audio had displayed with Martin Logan at audio shows,
and it was a superb match-up. I still own the original Sphinx which is still
pushing Watts through the SL 3's in our upstairs entertainment system. I reviewed the Rogue Audio Sphinx V2 and V3 subsequent
versions over the years.
--->
Rogue Audio Sphinx V3 Magnum Hybrid Stereo Integrated Amplifier Review.
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