Jason Victor Serinus

Stenheim, VTL, dCS, Nordost, VPI, and Lyra Wow Once Again
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 01, 2024  |  0 comments
Last year in the large Schaumburg F air-walled room in the Convention Center, Stenheim, VTL, and Nordost put together one of the finest sounding rooms I’ve heard at any show. This year, the sound was again among the best I encountered in the over 40 rooms I auditioned.
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Zesto, Tidal from The Voice That is, Dr. Feickert, Tri-Planar, Ortofon, Cardas, and Stillpoints
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 30, 2024  |  0 comments
Oh, how I love the look of Zesto Audio equipment. Here it found its ideal visual complement in Tidal Piano speakers ($57,000/pair) from Philly-area dealer The Voice That Is and a catchily titled (not) Stillpoints ESS42-26-4 rack with acrylic shelves ($13,788).
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Vimberg, Kalista, Karan, Entrec, and Fono Acoustica
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 30, 2024  |  0 comments
It was a mixed show for Wynn Wong, mastermind of Canadian-based Wynn Audio importers. Soundwise he did very well, with Ayama Witter-Johnson’s take on Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington’s “The Nearness of You” so satisfying on every level, from solidity of bass to clarity of voice.
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T+A
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 30, 2024  |  0 comments
Brian Damkroger’s recent review of the T+A Solitaire S 530 was laudatory. I was eager to hear it.
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Børresen / Audio Group Denmark from Next Level HiFi
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 30, 2024  |  0 comments
It was hard to tell where distributor / dealer Next Level HiFi ended and Audio Group Denmark began. Or, vice-versa), it was equally hard to tell if more action was taking place in the room during the demo or in the hallway. Suffice to say, there was a lot of energy flowing, and all that talking made listening a challenge.
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Dynaudio, Octave, Moon, Grimm, Brinkmann, and Torus
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 30, 2024  |  0 comments
It was great to hear monoblocks I'd just reviewed—the new, German-made Octave MRE 220 SE mono amplifiers ($28,500/pair) with their Super Black Box PSU upgrade modules ($7000/pair)—in the context of a different system.
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Artisan Fidelity’s TIDAL room with Garrard, Schroeder, VDH, and Signal Projects
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 29, 2024  |  1 comments
TIDAL made a fine showing in the room sponsored by one of its three US dealers, Christopher Thornton’s Artisan Fidelity. Totally drug-free I swear, I melted into the exceptional smoothness and beauty of “The Girl from Ipanema” on vinyl.
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Synergistic Research, Estelon, Ideon, and JMF
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 29, 2024  |  1 comments
Off by itself near Expo Hall, the Journey/Creation rooms sponsored by Scott Walker Audio and Synergistic Research utilized so many Synergistic Research products—eight models of cables, seven for power conditioning (including fuses), six acoustic room treatment thingees, four racks, three grounding devices—that I was tempted to adapt the product list into lyrics for an audiophile Christmas carol.
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More from the AXISS Audio Team: Gauder Akustik, Soulution, Transrotor, Nihon Onkyo Engineering, and Beaudioful
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 26, 2024  |  0 comments
When “What a beautiful midrange!” is the first phrase that floats through your brain as you settle down to listen to a hitherto unknown system, you can be pretty certain you’re in for a rewarding time.
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Kyomi Audio, MBL, and Wireworld Meet Expectations of Excellence
AXPONA 2024
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Apr 26, 2024  |  0 comments
It’s become a virtual axiom of show reports: With Jeremy Bryan doing set-up, MBL invariably sounds excellent. In the sweet spot—MBL speakers definitely have one, and it’s not very wide—sound was ideally focused, warm, and pleasing.
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