APR 11-13, 2025
The biggest US show.
The outstanding replay quality with “economic” sources points to the relevance of the proper speaker system (LINKWITZ LX521.4MG). Even with a decent USB DAC, the results can be stunning.
Laptop with HQPlayer5, doing the heavy lifting of filter and modulator duties, sending DSD128 and DSD256 in direct mode to T+A 200 1-bit DSD DAC. Furthermore, you may hear Grimm Audio MA 2 streamer.
LINKWITZ parlor talks
The series of talks were launched 2024 and are going to continue at this year’s AXPONA:
Industry experts give insights into their work.
This years series of talks will feature on the
six major problems with music reproduction,
that have been identified by TheAbsoluteSound Magazine:
“… six major (above threshold) problems with music reproduction that stand in the way of believability. These are:
- The problem of recording standards
- The problem of visual images
- The problem of spatial imaging
- The problem of bass in real rooms
- The problem of dynamics
- The problem of a-musical digital distortions”
We will explain and demonstrate how these six problems are mitigated with appropriate measures, minimizing spatial, timbral, timing and phase distortions in the recording-storing-replay chain
LINKWITZ parlor talks will be made available successively on our YouTube Channel. Subscribe and stay tuned.
LINKWITZ PARLOR TALKS on SAT APR 12:
10 a.m. Barry Diament (Soundkeeper Recordings) : On Minimalistic Recording Techniques (and Minimal Spatial Distortion).
Barry will announce the winner of the “LINKWITZ Minimal Microphoning Medal” 2025.
11.30 a.m. Jamie Howarth (Plangent Processes) on myth busting, objective vs. subjective listening.
12 p.m. Frank Brenner (LINKWITZ.audio) on the virtues of dipole bass in reverberant rooms.
2 p.m. Jussi Laako (Signalyst) on reducing digital artifacts with external filters and modulators. Postprocessing pure SDM* recordings, without going PCM/DXD, in HQPlayer Pro. *SDM=Signal Density Modulation (once invented under the brand name “DSD”)