Axpona 2024

[Macca]

Some good pics here.

https://www.enjoythemusic.com/AXPONA_2024/Bump/Saturday/

Always wanted to go to one of these Yank shows. They always seem to have lots of large rooms with the big banger speakers that I like, whereas with ours there's just a couple of spaces like that and the rest are crammed into those tiny rooms.

Never been any on the times I've been over there though.

[hifinutt]

nice , seen the bel canto black pics from the show but nothing else

[Barry]

As usual a lot of over the top turntables, and horn loudspeakers that look positively lavatorial.

But amongst the absurd there were some systems and equipment that don't require you to be a billionaire to afford them.

That said, I would have loved to have heard the $4,000,000 system, just to make sure it really was 100 times better than a $40,000 system!

Thanks for sharing. :)

[Macca]

I don't know which one was the $4 million system? They all looked a bit spendy to me.

[Barry]

I don't know which one was the $4 million system? They all looked a bit spendy to me.

It was mentioned in passing, there wasn't a photo of the system.

[Macca]

Krell still looks like Krell. 75 thousand USD.

https://i.ibb.co/fMQyCCQ/krell.jpg (https://ibb.co/6YNT44N)

'Hello my good man, I'd like a pair of your biggest amplifiers please....no, those are too big.

[Pigmy Pony]

It was mentioned in passing, there wasn't a photo of the system.

This is the $4M system. Made in China by a company called ESD. I think I saw one of those on the cover of Pink Floyd's Relics album.

https://www.enjoythemusic.com/AXPONA_2024/Weaver/Sunday/ESD_Four_Million_System.jpg

[Pigmy Pony]

Another look at it.


https://youtu.be/hz3m2faWs48

[Barry]

It gets a lot of indifferent reviews from attendees. Apparently the larger horns are made of plastic, but they have $1,000,000 worth of lacquered finish on them - so that's alright then. :lol:

[Macca]

'Super Dragon' - it's a good name, anyway.

[Pigmy Pony]

It gets a lot of indifferent reviews from attendees. Apparently the larger horns are made of plastic, but they have $1,000,000 worth of lacquered finish on them - so that's alright then. :lol:

"Lacquer lovingly applied with finely crafted brushes using carefully selected pubic hair from Nepalese virgins". Probably. I'd go for the $3,000,050 Hammerite option, proper bargain that :)