AXPONA 2024 Sight And Sounds
April 19th, 2024
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
The AXPONA 2024 show has come to end and I was there Friday. Weather was beautiful and show seemed to have great attendance and vibe this year. Below are some pictures and there are many others out there from various sources.
It is always great to catch up with so many from the various vendors, distributors face to face. There was a lot of ... Read More.
AXPONA 2023 Sight And Sounds
April 19th, 2023
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
The AXPONA 2023 show has come to end and I was there Friday. Happy to report the show seemed back to pre-COVID levels of vendors and attendance. I am sure it helped to have a sunny 75 degree day in Chicago at this tinme of year. Below are some pictures and there are many others out there from various sources.
It is always great to catch up ... Read More.
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest - Cancels 2021 Show and Ceases Operations
September 3rd, 2021
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
The pandemic certainly has taken its toll in so many ways and high end audio has certainly not escaped this impact. The normal spring show, AXPONA, which last occurred in 2019 has been postponed to spring of 2022. Now the show that has been with us for over fifteen years and was scheduled for ear ... Read More.
Exploring the Aurender ACS100 CD-Ripping Process
April 10th, 2021
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
Background
It's been a while since I have written a new article but decided to sit down and share my thoughts on how Aurender digital transports capable of CD-Ripping work. This would include as of date of this article three models - A30, ACS10, and ACS100. For ... Read More.
32-bit Floating Point DXD - Format of Merit?
August 7th, 2020
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
I came across a blog article from Brendon Heinst from TRPTK of The Netherlands. I found the math and theory behind this fascinating. I was hoping I could take a listen on my reference gear but after a few emails back and forth with Brendon we came t ... Read More.
Creating and Archiving Playlists External to your Aurender
August 11th, 2019
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
Introduction
On July 27th Aurender released the much anticipated version 3 of their Conductor application. While the update was probably most important for the visual overhaul of the user interface there were a few other new features that caught my attention. Conductor V3 also included the ability to backup or r ... Read More.
Two Weeks with The Bel Canto e.One Stream and Roon
May 12th, 2019
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
We recently had a customer request the Bel Canto e.One Stream so we ordered a demo unit. I thought I would share some thoughts about using it with the native Seek app and also in conjuction with Roon. Both were new experiences for me as I personally use Aurender music servers. While there is similarity the devices, both can ... Read More.
AXPONA 2019 Sights And Sounds
April 28th, 2019
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
The AXPONA 2019 show has come to end. I was there only Friday this year due to a death in family so had to work quickly through the ever expanding venue. Below are some pictures and there are many others out there from various sources.
First some general thoughts.
AXPONA was in its new location about ten miles further north at ... Read More.
Reactions to Two Months Using Qobuz....
April 3rd, 2019
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
As most of you know Qobuz has went into full launch for any willing subscriber to sign up. The web site is still labeled beta and I suspect they are rapidly tweaking and certainly still adding content (more on this experience shortly). This entry is written from the context of an existing TIDA ... Read More.
AXPONA announces that spring schedule shall remain versus moving to fall
September 20th, 2018
By: Carlin "Rick" Smith
Well it appears feedback from the industry has caused AXPONA to remain in the spring versus fall for the forseeable future.
2019
April 12 - 14, 2019
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center
​Schaumburg, IL
2020
April 17 - 19, 2020
... Read More.
