Part 1: AXPONA 2025 Show Report 16th Floor
My in-depth Audio Expo North American 2025 show report begins....
AXPONA Show Report By Rick Becker

1604   PureAudioProject
Ze'ev Schlik had a fine-sounding rig with a new two-way Duet15 Horn1 open baffle speaker with a compression horn on top, starting at $7,350. As in recent shows, the rig was wired with Silversmith Audio cables — the ribbon speaker cable and their new interconnects. Note the Silversmith 3-D printed cable risers. A Luminous Audio Technologies Axiom II Walker passive line stage caught my eye, which undoubtedly helped with the transparency of this rig. A Pass Labs First Watt SIT 4 amplifier drove the speakers. An Aurender streamer provided the source.

This LAiV Harmony DAC ($2700) caught my eye with its handsome design. First time I've seen it. LAiV was founded in 2023 in Singapore, and from what I see in the fit and finish of this small DAC, you will be hearing a lot more about them in the future. It features a FEMTO clock, I²S synchronization, RCA and XLR outputs, and a remote control.

1603   SPL
This room was not yet open, as I recall, but I saw SPL products elsewhere at the show, which I will highlight.

1607   Next Level HiFI, Audio Group Denmark
Ansuz, Aavik, Borresen, And Axxess
Next Level HiFi is a retailer in Wayne, IL, and the sole US source for Ansuz, Borresen, and Axxess. They presented three rooms in a row here with  "Good", "Better", and "Best" rigs with stand-mounted monitors from Audio Group Denmark. This first one was the "Good."

1608   Next Level HiFi And Audio Group Denmark
The second room had the "Better" rig from Audio Group Denmark.

1615   Next Level HiFi And Audio Group Denmark
The third room had the "Best" of the three rigs featuring this gorgeous-looking (and sounding) monitor. Audio Group Denmark also had their own space in the large Epiphany Room on the 2nd Floor, which I'll get to....

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