AXPONA 2024 Ron Reporting

[Audiohertz2]

Yes i heard the piccolo stole the show in that room , apparently the big panels may have had some incompatibility with the CAT stuff , performance was below par it was said ..!


Regards

 

[tony22]

I emphatically agree!

And of course as a Von Schweikert owner, I would have to agree!

 

[Sharok]

Are there any released specs on Picolo?

 

[Alrainbow]

Has Ron made any comments back at Mike’s
comments
I’ll say this ron is a busy man and I do enjoy his commentary and videos

 

[tony22]

I’m surprised no one has yet commented on Benz-Micro finally getting a new distributor for the U.S. - and making a show presence after so many years. I was very happy to meet with Mike Fajen of Sierra Sound. They had two tables each outfitted with two arms so showing four different Benz carts. He assures me from his recent visit to Benz that Albert Lucaschek is doing well and still running things at the factory. I hope this gives Benz a new opportunity for exposure and sales here in the U.S.

 

[Lagonda]

I’m surprised no one has yet commented on Benz-Micro finally getting a new distributor for the U.S. - and making a show presence after so many years. I was very happy to meet with Mike Fajen of Sierra Sound. They had two tables each outfitted with two arms so showing four different Benz carts. He assures me from his recent visit to Benz that Albert Lucaschek is doing well and still running things at the factory. I hope this gives Benz a new opportunity for exposure and sales here in the U.S.

They sure have useless representation here in Denmark, i tried to get a new LP-S for a whole year, finally gave up and bought a VDH Grand Cru instead, my luck i guess ! Could be they just could not get cartridges from Benz, i had better luck 6-7 years ago.

 

[tony22]

Unfortunate, although I guess I wouldn’t be too unhappy with a Grand Cru. Mike seems likes he has real excitement behind getting Benz back into notice by the audio world.

 

[Florian]

Yes i heard the piccolo stole the show in that room , apparently the big panels may have had some incompatibility with the CAT stuff , performance was below par it was said ..!


Regards

Odd, I guess we got lucky when we sold 3 pairs of Auditoriums LOL ....

We tend to get these feedbacks on flagship systems, I guess it's because they are less approachable for people.

 

[Audiohertz2]

Congrats on the sale , the comments maybe are from expectation bias, not from “reach” and as i admittedly repeated, my comments were mentions by those in attendance communicating with me...!

They were very impressed with the piccolo size performance ..

Regards

 

[High Water Sound]

You are very welcome Jeffrey, my name is Ellie thou

Sorry Ellie, my mistake. Thank you so, much.

 

[Gregadd]

The myth that vacuum hold down causes micro-cracks in the record has never been visually demonstrated, AFAIK. we certainly have the technology for that. Esoteric et al, may have something to say about what's best.
For a discussion. https://www.minusk.com/content/in-t...player-vibration-isolation-XD1-turntable.html

 

[Ron Resnick]

Please enjoy my AXPONA 2024 Video Tour + Interviews Report!

 

[Ron Resnick]

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[Kenc]

I gotta say that I like the questions you ask and the way you ask them. Best on the net by a good margin.!

 

[Ron Resnick]

I gotta say that I like the questions you ask and the way you ask them. Best on the net by a good margin.!

Thank you!

 

[Blue58]

Hi

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Ron,
thanks for presenting a varied and interesting summary of Axpona show rooms and interesting persona.

However, I really can’t get on with either the YouTube shorts or the vertical format that you use. Even when expanded to YouTube full screen they appear as 5x3 images, is it something I’m doing wrong?

I much prefer YouTube videos as full screen horizontal format. It’s so much easier to see on a phone or tablet

Why not record like this video?

 

[Ron Resnick]

I much prefer YouTube videos as full screen horizontal format. It’s so much easier to see on a phone or tablet

Thank you for the comment.

Unfortunately it appears that the fixed aspect ratio native to iMovie for iPhone video causes the black bars problem.

 

[Bobvin]

Unfortunately it appears that the fixed aspect ratio native to iMovie for iPhone video causes the black bars problem.

I think you just need to record in landscape mode.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Yes i heard the piccolo stole the show in that room

The Piccolos did have a very surprisingly big sound!

, apparently the big panels may have had some incompatibility with the CAT stuff

I did not hear an incompatibility. Much more probatively Ken Stevens not only does not hear an incompatibility, he, apparently, really likes the combination.

If I remember correctly Ken told me that he heard Clarisys Audio loudspeakers, and he liked him so much that he sought out Florian to exhibit his amplifiers with them.

, performance was below par it was said ..!

I thought the combination sounded great. But I am a panel person. I liked all of the panels I heard at AXPONA, including Clarisys, diptyque and Magnepan.

 

[Audiohertz2]

@Ron ,

Apparently , CAT and Clarysis will ride off into the sunset i have heard , both parties very happy with the combination ...!


Regards