The Only Complete Coverage Of Cutting-Edge Audio At AXPONA 2025
Rick's first floor coverage features top-level audiophile gear & innovations!
Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) 2025 Show Report By Rick Becker

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MoFi Distribution, Dr. Feikert Analogue, EMT, Finite Elemente, HiFi Rose, IsoTek, MoFi Electronics, Music Hall Audio, My Sonic Lab, Piega, Solidsteel MC Group, Spin-Clean, Wharfedale, And X-quisite
MoFi Distribution turned this large room into a veritable store, displaying LPs, products they import, and products they manufacture. They also had an active rig displaying the newest MoFi SourcePoint speaker with designer Andrew Jones on hand to promote it earlier in the show. Celebrating our 30th year Anniversary in 2025, Enjoy the Music.com knew Andrew was an excellent engineer over a decade ago. You should read the exclusive intereview with Andrew Jones at this link.

Above was the new MoFi SourcePoint V10 Master Edition speaker driven by a massive Pass amplifier.

The Master Edition contains a larger and much-improved crossover seen above, both vertically and on its side, with the original crossover in the foreground. The crossover will be available as an upgrade, and the clip-together cables should make this relatively easy, though it looks like the hole in the cabinet will have to be enlarged.

The Solidsteel rack with copper-plated posts and laminated shelves caught my eye, too.

The Thales Reference turntable from Switzerland, with a unique motor speed control system, was very attractive. A display of the Thales centrifugal speed governor, patented in 2024, to the left of the turntable, was said to deliver a very precise and consistent speed. Note the sculpted top of the platter. It's a 13" platter with the top edge carved to enable an easy grasp of the exposed LP edge. Thales turntables feature an internal battery power supply that allows the turntable to play off-grid for several hours.

I quickly recognized the new flat finish on the MoFi Fender turntable. Later, in the Expo Hall I saw a vendor with a gloss version on display. I can't say I like one more than the other. I noticed the spindle was exceptionally tall, which might make it incompatible with some record weights.

The EMT 928 turntable, also from Switzerland, was also battery powered. I've seen both of these Swiss tables in action at Canadian shows, and they have been in very high-quality systems. The 928 is operable at 33, 45, and 78 rpm. The EMT 128 on the shelf below is a Micro-Tube Precision Phonostage (around $10k).

For all the DIYers contemplating building their own turntables, MoFi provided this exploded view to show you what's involved in their relatively simple design.

Tucked away in the back corner on silent display were the new Quad 33 preamp and 303 monoblocks that I had heard up in room 334. MoFi also distributes Quad speakers, but I guess I will have to wait for Capital Audiofest and hope they are shown again in the Robyatt Audio room.

It was nice to see so much product from MoFi on display in this large room. There were lots of products I would have loved to have heard, but the room was not set up for listening. It was also a waste of a large room that could have been used for listening to a large system. A space this large could easily have been carved out of the large hallway on the 2nd Floor of the Convention Center. Like my mom used to say, "That's the way the cookie crumbles."

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