🥇Best of PAF 2024: Day 1 Highlights

Audiophiles, rejoice! We're back on the show circuit again after a few months break.

Yesterday I featured a super cool new speaker preview. Today, we're diving deep into the first day of the Pacific Audio Fest 2024 in Seattle! Thanks to Bob who filmed in my absence, you will see most cool audiophile gear on display in Seattle this weekend.

From high-end speakers to state-of-the-art turntables to vendors with the latest room treatments and cables, we've got it all covered. Get ready to be blown away by some of the things you see and hear.

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Original Trailer Song - Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Arranged and Orchestrated - Yuri Krutikov

0:00 Intro
0:50 La Dolce Audio
6:54 Clayton Shaw Acoustic Lab
8:04 Bella Sound
9:19 Porzilli and KLAudio
13:19 Zellaton and Burmester
14:34 Estelon, JMF and Ideon Audio
15:55 Daedalus, WyWires, and Linear Tube Audio
17:16 YG Acoustics and Wells Audio
18:55 ModWright Instruments
20:57 EverSolo and Melody

[abxaudiophiles]

Thank you for swinging by to our room. 🎉❤❤

[roberthensley]

Managed some time in every room. It's so clear that many of these demo's are a labor of love for everyone involved. For me the La Dolce was the standout and I suspect its 50/50 between amps and speakers. Planet Venus had a headphone display of their Spacial Coherence Control that demo'd removing noise from digital - definitely seemed to be doing something I like!. The live music was FUN! Hat's off to everyone for putting the effort into a great experience for all.

[andrewfoster]

Afaudio Cables in the ABX system. Very proud to be part of the ABX Audiophile community.

[NackDSP]

Excellent. I wasn't able to make it out there, so this is the next best thing. Thanks for producing this!

[philliparguello]

I remember being a very young boy going with Terri Gesualdo and my brother all the way out to Boulder to check out the new speaker systems. I am not surprised at all all the work. This man has done beautiful and I am very proud to say I’ve known him since I was a very little kid.

[jimbreakall]

Thanks Jason and Bob for doing the videos of different rooms. The original Note speakers with just the front firing line array of 1 inch speakers heard at this past AXPONA had an incredible stage and depth presentation. This just reinforces the advantages of a line array. Hope you are feeling better Jason. See you at Capital Audiofest. Prof. Jim

[sumantkanala]

I went on the last day and I missed Clayton shaw design, however got a chance to listen to pure audio project and meet the founder. Great transparency from those trio 15s. However what wowed me were the zellaton plural evo s with 250k burmester amps! I listened to kraftwerk radioactivity and oh yeah by yello. That last song felt visceral with these speakers, imaging was simply outstanding and the energy and punch it provided seemed other worldly! Great show!

[kawasakiaddiction]

Hi from the UK 🇬🇧. I currently own Fyne Audio F502 SP Speakers. I've always loved Open Baffles, and am building some now. My friend is designing the crossovers, and I can't wait. Great show.

[bengleason]

Thank you for your coverage of La Dolce Audio, great amps too! (In the ABX Audio room)

[WhatItBeLike]

Estelon, JBF and Ideon.. When that bell hit it was spot on. Goodness that sounds good. Thank you

[jbf]

Thanks for doing this! I miss the RMAF in Denver!

[Orestis]

Thank you for the presentation, it was very informative. I would like just to add a "missing" detail that in Bella Sound's room, the lovely sound comes from a pair of Analysis audio's "Omega" speakers. Proud as I am about my country's one of the couple few companies that still manage to survive and make such wonderfull sounding products.

[Yeybeth]

Thanks for the video and your friend .. he help you a lot .. thanks for his hard work 👍

[carminedesanto]

GM ☕️This was spectacular 👍
Thank you for this 🙂

[WhatItBeLike]

Thank you again for not caring about ad revenue or copyright stuff. These speakers sound great.

[jazzboy]

The Franco Serblin speakers where the highlight for me, natural and tons of impact. The Clayton shaw room was actually equally impressive. Some of the larger boxes, were frankly, just sad.

[flex-cxbi]

Very dramatic difference in sound between rooms. Some should study physics for 5-10 years before tying to build a speaker again while others have perfected their skills.
Estelon was the only one that impressed. Totally distortion free, fullrange and sonically balanced.

[psyphonyxaudio]

That looked like an A.I. intro... Interesting.

[kenmcglown]

I was a very disappointed in this years show. I attended the 2022 PAF. Unfortunately, the 2024 show did not live up to the excellence of the 2022 show. Also, I was also extremely disappointed in the trashy, grotesque, conditions of the cities of Seattle, as well as Tacoma. I won't be back.

[abeltasman]

Why is the music so bloody tedious, well we all know the answer to that question! It's asking Nothing of the audio equipment with this Lifeless Dull Jazz Drone.🥱