AXPONA 2025 Audio Show Report

We’ve just attended the 2025 AXPONA audio show in Chicago. We had a team of 5 on site: Adrian Alexander, Grover Neville, Jason Methfessel, Robert Taylor and Tom Martin doing video coverage. The magazine also had a group of reviewers covering the show and their summary will be published in an upcoming issue. Errata: DeVore Fidelity Gibbon Super 9: $9900/pr Pass Labs new preamp is the XSPRE-2, not the XP-22. Sponsored by: https://www.advanceparis.com/ 00:00 AXPONA 2025 02:25 Value for Money 04:12 Innovative Woofers 06:49 Sweetspot 08:57 Integrated Systems 15:50 Refinement 19:20 Vinyl 20:29 Thought Provocation 23:05 Fun The Absolute Sound’s Review Methodology: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-absolute-sounds-review-methodology-first-principles/ Theoretica BACCH4Mac Review: https://youtu.be/TxI6wf5TYTU?si=Q9ZB4TufhdpwO0N_ The 6 Major Problems of Audio Believability: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-six-major-problems-of-audio-believability/ VPE Electrodynamics Woofer Reviews: https://youtu.be/Z9oMKGqtlDI?si=0RsqAaI957iqfHMm Pass Labs Factory Visit: https://youtu.be/Z685WSlGz0A?si=yXNVH7RutoY3bZp_ Newsletter: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theabsolutesound Substack: https://www.theabsolutesound.substack.com What Is The Absolute Sound? The Absolute Sound magazine has been a leading publication in high-end audio since 1972. Since the early 2000s, The Absolute Sound has expanded to include web, newsletter, digital magazine, social media, YouTube and Substack platforms. The Absolute Sound platforms have a global audience of over 500,000 audiophiles. #hifi #audiophile #theabsolutesound @ruarkaudio @TheoreticaAppliedPhysics @AudioGroupDenmark @PerlistenAudio @PearlAcoustics @DeVOREFIDELITY @lonemountainaudio642 @atcprousa2355 @GrimmAudio @dynaudio @danvillesignal8234 @Devialet @ygacoustics @thevoicethatis @artisanfidelity7648 @audio-ultra @gttaudio @vividaudiochannel @audionet-hifi @Paulmcgowanpsaudio @scottwalkeraudio1 @WilsonBeneschTV @fidelityimports3604 @linkwitzaudio689 @estelon_speakers @audioresearchus Copyright 2025, Nextscreen LLC, all rights reserved