AXPONA 2018

Join PS Audio's Paul McGowan as we visit the 2018 AXPONA Audio show in Illinois. Meet the designers, see the gear, and get a unique glimpse into North America's biggest show.

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[michaelbeckerman]

It's so great to be able to watch videos like this of big trade shows in other cities. I now feel like I've been to AXPONA!

[lueant]

The love and respect I see in your video is so great. People love you and share the passion for music and sound. I really appreciate your approach. Thank you.

[MrMarantzman]

Thank you VERY VERY much Paul for the peak at the "AXPONA 2018 SHOW".. And for letting us meet your wife Terri and your son Scott.. Have a good day Paul...

[nixternal]

It was nice meeting you. Stopped by on Sunday but you had already left. Hung out & let my legs rest on your couch there. Really cool people you have working there at PS Audio. Just getting into this hobby & I learned a lot at this show. Sunday was my favorite day, as for some reason, guessing weather, the attendance was really low, which meant I got to sit front & center in pretty much every room I visited.

[drewmcauley]

Thanks Paul! Nice to see that all the different manufactures are so passionate about getting great audio to the people! AND they all seem to get along!

[sidvicious]

Mr. McGowan, this is why I like you, you could have been in your space by your equipment, but you took the time to film this event for those of us that were too sick to make it. I watched Michael Fremer's filming of the event and thanked him for doing it. Your Filming of this event was done from a different prospective, not analogue so combining the two lets me see a part of what I missed, hope to see you there next year and I must also thank you for doing this as well because as a dealer, you didn't have to. Dan Laufman is a great guy and is with his very talent engineer Lonnie they are now a regular at Axpona. Dan did this a similar demo before for home theater at one of Dan's events I won the XMC-1 during a raffle. Hey Paul I think you need that 24 inch subwoofer for your Emotiva Home Theater, come on Paul, buy it, you know you want it.

[denniswaske]

fantastic show, fantastic tour. good to see the camaraderie between manufacturers. thanks for giving some facetime to McIntosh, my first audio love.

[JesusISdaonlyway]

Looks like fun!! Man, had I known that these were held so close to where I live..I would have gone long ago. Definitely looking to attend the upcoming one.

[ProkonsTechCenter]

Thanks for taking me for the tour Mr.McG. Loved seeing how you interact with people and how people react to you. Have a great day bud

[friedmule]

Thanks a lot for taking us on a great tour!
I have never owned or heard any product from you, so I can only judge from this video, but it sounded like your system was the only system that was musical!
Great to here that there still are systems where the love for music is the main part. :-)

[seank]

Axpona 2018 was exhausting. There was so much to see and listen to. My favorite room was Andrew Jones with his $1, 000.00 system. I kept coming back to it because it sounded so good. There were many uber-expensive systems that did not sound as good to my ears. I also liked the stand mount Tekton Double Impact speakers powered by the new Parasound class D integrated amplifier.

[melbguy]

"Power to the people...right on!" Lol :D Great wrap up, thanks Paul

[drc]

As for the Directstream DAC, all I need to say is Thank You, PS Audio. My HiEnd search is finally over.

[JCW-jxld]

Your a complete gentleman always a pleasure to listen in and see what your companies and colleagues are up too.

[KosmicHRTRacingTeam]

That's cool that you aren't afraid to give other companies publicity and show product. As a huge McIntosh fan and owner, I appreciated the Mc room you showed. Thx!!

[brydon]

Thanks for the tour Paul. Great stuff.

[ZappaTime]

Thanks for sharing, wish it had have been an hour and 16 minutes, great stuff, sound came over really good too! 👍

[frankdoris]

Thanks for the opportunity to do my Curly Howard impression online! (It's a show ritual. Whenever I see Paul McGowan or his crew we do dueling Three Stooges impressions.) But his gear is "soiteny" nothing to joke about...quite the contrary.

[ALTERMANAUDIO]

I would nominate that Axpona video for an Academy Award. Really well edited. You have a voice and wonderful way with the folks. Glad you did not spend a lot of time on "listening" videos as some others do in their videos. Aren't those Golden Ear Tritons outstanding?

[noavgjoe]

Great video Paul. I'm kicking myself in the ass for missing this.