At AXPONA 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Axiss Audio's Steve Huntley and Bel Canto Design's President Michael McCormick about the gear shown in another one of the Axiss rooms at the show, including a Transrotor Dark Star turntable, Bel Canto Design Black system—which includes the ESC2 system controller and MPS2 monoblock amplifiers—and Franco Serblin Accordo Unica speakers.
Rogier van Bakel reports on the massive system he encountered in the YG Acoustics room at AXPONA 2026—featuring YG's Titan speakers, four Moon by Simaudio's 888 monoblocks, and Taiko Audio's Olympus music server—and how he (and they) had to overcome from-the-hallway demo intrusions.
At AXPONA 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Fern & Roby's Christopher Hildebrand about the gear shown in the company's room at the show, including a Fern & Roby The Archival turntable, Linear Tube Audio ZOTL Ultralinear power amplifier, and Fern & Roby Raven II bookshelf speakers.
The Reference Listening Experience, a two-day event focusing on the latest and greatest hi-fi from around the world, will take place at AudioVision San Francisco next weekend on May 16-17, 2026.
In a large but low-slung space on the 15th floor of the Schaumburg Renaissance, Magico premiered its S7 speakers at AXPONA 2026, the culminating statement in the company's S Series. Rogier van Bakel reports on his S7 "sonic waterfall" experience.
At AXPONA 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Western HiFi's Mike Stephens about the gear shown in the company's room at the show, including a Consonance Linear200 MkII integrated amplifier, Consonance Compact Monitors, and a Well Tempered Lab Amadeus Jr/T3 turntable.
Tom Fine reports on the impending merger between BMG Rights Management GmbH, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann Group, and Concord Music Group.
