AXPONA 2024 Reports Record Attendance And Exhibitors
April 18 2024, 09:10
AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) welcomed 10,391 attendees, coming from 42 states and 31 countries, to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, April 12-14, 2024. This was a 14% increase over 2023 and marked its biggest show yet. Over 600 audio brands from 50+ countries offered a vibrant showcase filling the largest number of rooms. AXPONA offered music lovers three jam-packed days of spectacular sound, technology, seminars, live music, and the very latest products in the industry.
AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) welcomed 10,391 attendees, coming from 42 states and 31 countries, to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, April 12-14, 2024. This was a 14% increase over 2023 and marked its biggest show yet. Over 600 audio brands from 50+ countries offered a vibrant showcase filling the largest number of rooms. AXPONA offered music lovers three jam-packed days of spectacular sound, technology, seminars, live music, and the very latest products in the industry.
AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) is North America’s largest event for audio enthusiasts, manufacturers of high-end audio equipment, and music lovers. The three-day experience expanded to almost every available space of the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, with many manufacturers from all over the world benefiting from large rooms and excellent demonstration and presentation conditions. More than 200 high fidelity listening rooms spread across 12 floors of the hotel provided guests the enviable opportunity to experience the newest technology in high-end consumer audio products.
From the first hour of each one of the three days, attendees filled the floors and hallways, roaming from room to room, listening and comparing the various systems. The Expo Hall and Ear Gear Experience played host to thousands of products and accessories from cables to headphones to LPs and SACDs.
“The audience growth we experienced at AXPONA 2024 was driven by thousands of first-time visitors to the show, many traveling great distances to attend. We recognize the importance of building awareness of this hobby and industry to music lovers of all ages and backgrounds, so this year we worked on multiple programs to support this mission,” says Liz Smith, AXPONA’s Show Director. “This year our Gen Z pass doubled. It was exciting to see so many attendees ages 15 – 26 discovering the world of high-performance audio.”
The printed issues of magazines offered to attendees - including a substantial quantity of audioXpress and Voice Coil magazines - vanished in the first hour of the show, as attendees cued to grab their copies.
AXPONA featured 202 dedicated Listening Rooms (on 12 floors) crafted by the best in the business, including 600 global manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and brands. The bustling Ear Gear Experience encompassed everything for personal audio, from headphones and electronics to accessories and cables. Rounding out the show was the Expo Hall, which is home to the Record Fair, showcasing a vast array of turntables, cables, accessories, racks, stands, tonearms, cartridges, and new and vintage Vinyl - and this year particularly vibrant with several companies promoting reel to reel recorders and players, and the corresponding tapes.
“Our exhibitors were joined by dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and press from over 50 countries,” adds Smith. “We are proud to be the annual B2B gathering of the high-end audio industry in North America and we look forward to welcoming everyone back next year.”
Live Concerts nightly at AXPONA are always a big hit. On Friday night, AXPONA welcomed Bobby Broom to a packed and energetic crowd. Saturday night’s concert featured The Secret Sisters, the singing and songwriting duo that wowed the full house.
The large Ear Gear room was a vibrant display of the best available in personal audio.
Vance Dickason was at the show to chat about loudspeaker design and sign copies of the new 8th Edition of the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook.
The listening rooms at the Renaissance hotel.
About Joao Martins
Since 2013, Joao Martins leads audioXpress as editor-in-chief of the US-based magazine and website, the leading audio electronics, audio product development and design publication, working also as international editor for Voice Coil, the leading periodical for... Read more
