Not to be missed at Axpona

Convergent Audio always has great sound.  They often use Magico S5MkIIs, sometimes other interesting speakers.  They've exhibited a DP W3 optical cartridge also.  

I just spoke with my friend Danny from RAAL-Requisite. I am making a drive to his location in Ventura, CA this Friday to have a listen to maybe the world’s best headphones, the brand new RAAL 1995 Magna and Immanis ($10k). These ones are not cheap, and the target competition are $60k phones.

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The following week he is taking the phones to the Axpona show in Chicago.

Go have a listen at his booth. The RAAL SR1a ($3.5k) is very much like 2-channel sound. The new phones are not designed like that but supposedly have some similar 2-channel presentation characteristics of the SR1a but with better resolution and bass impact.

I would be very interested to know what other 2-channel people, like me, think of them.

Thanks for the suggestions. These are the types of things we have missed. 

In regards to my wife attending the show, she does enjoy it. We are local (25mins away) and we know quite a few of the area reps. Over the years, we've made a number of friends that we see at the show. She loves music and together we've built an exceptional system. She enjoys the concerts and we eat out the whole weekend. That's a plus. 

No shortage of good Restaurants in the area.

+1 Volti Lucera speakers, but Volti doesn’t appear in the 2024 AXPONA spreadsheet list.

T+A Solitaire S Series Line Source Loudspeakers - reviews say it’s fast/effortless like a panel speaker but also has the weight/pressure of box speakers, and soundstage images are narrow but very sharply defined.