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Combinations That Rocked at Axpona 2023 by Joe Rosenthal of InsideHook
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Mr Joe Rosenthal ofย InsideHookย was at theย AXPONA Audio Expo North Americaย Show and visited the room ofย Upscale Audio
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Partย of the beauty of component systems is the alchemy involved in how they play together when combined piece by piece. Obviously, itโs a foolโs errand to try to review all the combinations represented at the expo (the permutations are practically endless). But two systems stood out from the pack for me. The first was put together by the team at Californiaโs Upscale Audio. It featured a Dr. Feickert Trio SE turntable (with a Tri-Planar U2 tonearm and Soundsmith Hyperion cartridge) running through a PrimaLuna EVO 100 Phonostage and a PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid Integrated Amp using Cardas interconnects and a AudioQuest Niagara 5000 conditioner anchored by two gorgeous Tannoy Kensington speakers that aesthetically evoked a bygone radio era. Analog manager Kat Ourlian was spinning a record by Morphine that filled the room with controlled reverberations that washed over the listener like waves. Iโm not even a Morphine fan, but I could have listened until that platter wore itself out. The systemโs in the neighborhood of $50,000, so itโs not a surprise that it sounded amazing, but itโs the kind of sound that makes you aspire to pick these pieces up one by one.
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