AXPONA 2017 Show Report -- Audio Expo North America
AXPONA Show Report Part 3 By Steven R. Rochlin

  Next up was my fave single-driver company MarkAudio-SOTA. In fact they gave away a set of their sensational Cesti B speakers to a lucky AXPONA 2017 attendee! MarkAudio-SOTA uses what they prefer to call "all-range drivers" (a.k.a. full-range) in their new Viotti One, Cesti B and Cesti Tower speakers. ($2995/pair, $1895/pair, and $3495/pair respectively). Their flagship Cesti B uses a pair of SOTA 11 bass-mid drivers to increase the low frequency extension and better mate with larger rooms. The speakers utilize a Billow waveguide baffle for optimum dispersion in practical room environments. All of MarkAudio-SOTA products are styled with clean lines, bright and beautiful colors and come with a 30-day money back guarantee. Enjoy the Music.com recently reviewed the Markaudio-SOTA Cesti MB here. We also have Markaudio-Sota's Viotti One stand-mounted speakeaker reviewed here plus we have a video with their chief designer/engineer Mark Fenlon too.

Aurum Cantus, Wells Audio, and DanaCables joined forces via Audiophile Direct and this combo was all music, no filler. OMG those glorious highs and midrange were glorious! Here's one of those rooms you just want to stop reporting and just keep on listening. (Sigh) If only there was more time. Bravo guys, great sounding room! Enjoy the Music.com has world premiere reviews of both the Aurum Cantus V30M loudspeaker and the Wells Audio Milo Headphone Amplifier.

The next room is Ryan and they had their R630 speakers driven by an AURALiC Polaris. Ryan designs their exceptional drivers in house and they are carefully manufactured under their direct supervision to ensure the absolute highest performance. R630is a floorstanding three-way with a 1" chambered cloth dome tweeter, 4" laminated Nomex cone midrange and two 6.5" laminated Nomex cones. They are a no-nonsense design and available in many wood finishes plus black, red and more. You can read our extensive review of the AURALiC VEGA digital audio processor and MERAK monoblock power amplifier here.

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