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AXPONA 2025
AXPONA Part 8: MoFi Electronics, Thales, Clearaudio, Yukiseimitsu Audio
Julie Mullins  |  May 05, 2025  |  2 comments

Welcome to Part 8, the penultimate chapter of Julie Mullins AXPONA 2025 show report. In this installment, Mullins checks out the latest analog gear from MoFi Electronics, Thales, Clearaudio, and Yukiseimitsu Audio. . .

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AXPONA Part 7: VDM Records, Grand Prix Audio, VTL, Pure Fidelity, Lab12, Nordost
Julie Mullins  |  May 03, 2025  |  3 comments

Hello and welcome to Part 7 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report. In this installment, Mullins checks out the latest and greatest offerings from VDM Records, Grand Prix Audio, VTL, Pure Fidelity, Lab12, and Nordost. . .

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Album ReviewsShort Cuts
Short Cuts, Vol. 25: Rhino High Fidelity Series Strikes Again With a Pair of 180g 1LP Winners From Alice Cooper & Black Sabbath
Mark Smotroff  |  May 02, 2025  |  3 comments
The prospect of reviewing two new Rhino High Fidelity reissues featuring seminal recordings by hard-rockin’ proto-heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper is both exciting and daunting. Read Mark Smotroff’s combo review of the new 180g 1LP versions of Cooper’s 1971 classic Love It to Death and Sabbath’s pivotal 1970 release Paranoid to see if they both make the (up)grade. . .

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Interviews
Mike Peters on the Eternal Love, Hope, and Strength of Listening to The Alarm on Vinyl
Mike Mettler  |  May 01, 2025  |  1 comments

We lost a true hero the other day. Mike Peters, frontman of the iconoclast Welsh alt-rockers The Alarm, passed away at age 66 on April 29, 2025, in Dyserth, Wales, following a three-decades-long battle with cancer. In a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2024, AP editor Mike Mettler and Peters discuss his favorite record shops he went to while growing up in Wales, the importance of understanding sleeve notes, and why early Alarm records were quieter on vinyl than they should have been. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 6: AirTight, Reed & AXISS Audio
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 30, 2025  |  1 comments

Welcome to Part 6 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report series. In this installment, Mullins visits one of AXISS Audio’s rooms featuring cool new gear from AirTight and Reed. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 5: Treehaus Audiolab & SME
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 28, 2025  |  3 comments

Hello and welcome to a new week, and to Part 5 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report series. In this installment, Mullins heads into the Treehaus Audiolab room to check out the SME Model 12 MKII turntable along with some classic, old-school tube gear. . .

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Album Reviews
Elton John & Brandi Carlile Collaborative Who Believes in Angels? LP Is a Somewhat Surprising SQ Winner on Tri-Color Vinyl
Mark Smotroff  |  Apr 25, 2025  |  4 comments

By now you’ve probably heard the news that Elton John has paired up with Americana crossover phenomenon Brandi Carlile on their fine new Top 10 LP Who Believes in Angels?, which was released by Rocket/EMI on April 4, 2025. Given all the advance hype, we suspect some of you fence-sitters are probably wondering how the album actually sounds on vinyl, so read Mark Smotroff’s review to see how it holds up to repeated spins. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 4: Monarch & SME
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 24, 2025  |  0 comments

Welcome to Part 4 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report series. This time around, Julie spends time in Monarch Systems Distribution’s Room 434 and checks out setups comprised of the SME Synergy full-package system featuring the company’s MK2 turntable, Chario Academy Serendipity loudspeakers, B.audio amplification, and more. . .

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AXPONA Video Report: New Turntables From Well Tempered Lab, TriangleArt, TW Acustic, Vertere, AVM, and More!
Mike Mettler,  |  Apr 23, 2025  |  0 comments

Our in-depth AXPONA 2025 coverage continues! In today’s installment, AP’s chief product reviewer Ken Micallef shares video footage of as many turntables that he could get on camera at the big show — plus some new tonearms and cartridges, to boot — including cool new offerings from the likes of Well Tempered Lab, TriangleArt, TW Acustic, Vertere, AVM, and many, many more. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 3: Wilson Benesch
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 22, 2025  |  4 comments

Hello and welcome to the third installment of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report series. In this edition, Mullins visits with Wilson Benesch to see what’s up with their new Prime Meridian turntable system. . .

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