Reviews

The story of this room was great sound. Despite the stated “Value Room” moniker dubbed by À La Carte Productions, and their exhibit room comprising of a system only totally $9,781 USD, I never felt like anything I was hearing was compromised at any point.

Dynamic Sound Associates (DSA) and Analogue Productions hosted a two room exhibition of high-quality vinyl pressings, along with award winning systems. DSA always impresses, no matter the show or venue, and this time at the Florida Audio Expo was no different.

Just wanted to send you guys a note.....I've been eyeing the Axiom II for a little while now and despite the ridiculously low price for the one input I've been wanting one with 2-3 inputs and 2 outputs so I've been shy about pulling the trigger since I've never gone passive.  Well, I grabbed one with just the 1 in/out to see if I wanted to make the jump to a more expensive modified version and all I can say is holy s--t.  I have it mated with my NuPrime STA-9 class D amp (another steal) and a pair of...

The Luminous Audio Technology Axiom II Passive Preamplifier, with Walker Mod and Remote Volume Control Positive Feedback 02-01-2018 | By Tom Gibbs | Issue 95 About five years ago, I'd just gotten an HRT Streamer HD DAC with balanced outputs, and had also just upgraded my system amps to a pair of Emotiva XPA-1Ls. The Emotivas were (and still are!!) capable of fully-differential, balanced Class A operation, and I was itching for a balanced preamplifier to help me enter what I was hoping would be a significantly enhanced era of system performance. Enter the Luminous Audio Axiom II, which was...

09-21-2014 | By T. C. Holy Moly! There’s a subway running under the house!An early, para-musical reaction to the new Arion phono preamp from LuminousAudio ($6000). We’ll get back to the train, but first a disclaimer. The Arion is theresult of a collaboration between Luminous Audio’s president/owner/sous chef TimStinson and GAS Audio’s Mike Bettinger. Tim has been a personal friend for many,many years, Mike for several, and both Tim and Mike are fellow members in theRichmond Audio Society.* The Arion was heard in prototype form at a couple of RASmeetings, which I unfortunately could not attend, but I heard raves...