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Show Report: AXPONA 2025: The Best Show Yet

September 24, 2025 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Show Report: AXPONA 2025: The Best Show Yet

AXPONA 2025 was a great show, with 10,910 attendees, more than 700 manufacturers, retailers, distributors, brands from all over the world, thousands of products, and more exhibition booths than ever. Oliver Masciarotte and photographer Kurt Close flew through the more than 200 listening rooms on 12 floors to prepare this show report with what’s new and notable.

AXPONA 2024 Showcases The Very Best In High-End Audio Equipment

March 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

AXPONA 2024 Showcases The Very Best In High-End Audio Equipment

AXPONA, the largest consumer audio show in North America, returns to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel April 12-14. The show attracts nearly 300 exhibitors featuring 700 brands coming from 40 different countries including dozens of first-time exhibitors. For the 2024 edition, the promoters have confirmed over 200 listening rooms and the largest ever number of companies exhibiting. And Vance Dickason will be there to promote the 8th Edition of The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook!

AXPONA 2024 Audio Expo Returns in Full Force

February 19, 2024 by Joao Martins

AXPONA 2024 Audio Expo Returns in Full Force

What is now the largest hifi and high end audio show in North America, will take place April 12-14 to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL (Chicago area). Anticipating by a month the Munich show in Europe, AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) is where many of the US brands reveal their latest and greatest gear. For the 2024 edition, the promoters have confirmed over 200 listening rooms and the largest ever number of companies exhibiting.

AXPONA 2022 Audio Expo Returns In-Person Stronger Than Ever

April 14, 2022 by Joao Martins

AXPONA 2022 Audio Expo Returns In-Person Stronger Than Ever

North America's largest high end audio expo, AXPONA returns in-person April 22-24, 2022 to the Chicago Area. The whole audio industry has been anticipating the return of this event, which in its 11th edition promises already 500+ exhibitors and brands, 130+ interactive listening rooms, an expanded Expo Hall, a dedicated headphone area, live concerts, seminars and much more. Once again at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center.

Alta Audio Debuts Adam Three-Way Floorstanding Speaker

April 14, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Alta Audio Debuts Adam Three-Way Floorstanding Speaker

Just before its presentation at AXPONA 2022, Alta Audio confirmed that it will soon ship Adam, a new floor standing three-way speaker that continues the company’s tradition of creating products with high impact sound reproduction. Alta Audio, is a NY-state company that since 2013 designs home audio loudspeakers using its own advanced technologies, the creation of industry veteran Michael Levy, its president and CEO.

Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) Rescheduled for October 29 – 31, 2021

November 20, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) Rescheduled for October 29 – 31, 2021

As the world continues to navigate the challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, JD Events, the promoters of the AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) show are focused on 2021 and making plans with the health and safety of exhibitors, attendees and press in mind. Given the continued unpredictability and the expectation that restrictions on travel and large gatherings continue into 2021, JD Events confirmed the show will take place October 29-31, 2021 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL.

AXPONA 2020 is Cancelled. Show Not Taking Place in 2020

May 1, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

AXPONA 2020 is Cancelled. Show Not Taking Place in 2020

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) was originally scheduled to take place in April 17-19, and ended up being rescheduled to August 7-9, 2020 out of concern for the health and safety of all participants due to the growing coronavirus situation. The event would still take place at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center. But now, under pressure from concerned exhibitors, the promoters announced the show cancellation for 2020.

Fresh From the Bench: Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Powered Speakers

April 8, 2020 by Stuart Yaniger

Fresh From the Bench: Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Powered Speakers

Stuart Yaniger reviews the Vanatoo Transparent One Encore speakers, the company’s second successful design since the Vanatoo’s Transparent Zero, which our author discovered and reviewed a few years ago. The new Transparent One Encore speakers clearly benefited from this Transparent Zero development effort to create a much improved model, retailing for just $599 per pair. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2020.

Show Report: Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) 2019

March 16, 2020 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Show Report: Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) 2019

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) 2019 took place April 12-14 at The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel. In this report for audioXpress, Masciarotte spent three days traversing multiple hotel floors packed with listening rooms, which this year included 50 new exhibitors, and writes about all the product highlights in most categories, from speakers to headphones, electronics and the traditional oddities. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2019.

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Fresh From the Bench: Meet the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT Speakers

October 3, 2019 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Fresh From the Bench: Meet the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT Speakers

In this speaker review, Oliver Masciarotte and Kent Peterson (of Warkwyn) listen, measure, and listen again to the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT speaker system. This is a fascinating modular system, in this case designed using an ESS 6" Air Motion Transformer (AMT) and two Eminence 15" drivers, specifically optimized for use in open-baffle applications. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2019.

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