Audio Shows


  • AXPONA 2023, Part 1

    The last AXPONA I attended was five years ago. Much has since changed. The good news is that AXPONA was bustling this year.

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  • Florida Audio Expo, 2023

    This yearโ€™s edition boasted 77 exhibits, with over 180 brands on display.

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  • Toronto Audiofest 2022โ€”impressions from an exhibitor who didnโ€™t exhibit

    Greetings! My name is Justin Brown and Iโ€™ve been a loyal exhibitor at the Toronto and Montreal Audiofests for years, but having no new products to showcase, my company decided to skip its turn at this yearโ€™s Toronto show. To my pleasant surprise, PMA Magazine asked if Iโ€™d visit the show in its entiretyโ€”a first…

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  • In Search of audio at CEDIA Expo 2022

    Long ago are the days when CEDIA could be considered, among other things, a high-end audio industry show. Now itโ€™s mostly for designers, sellers, and installers of various home and commercial electronics products that revolve around home automationโ€”the Smart Home segment.

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  • T.H.E. Show 2022

    โ€œAudio Showโ€ is a funny term to me. โ€œAudioโ€ and โ€œShowโ€. They donโ€™t really fit together, do they? How can you show sound? Or is audio show shorthand for audio gear?

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  • Gilles goes to High End Munich 2022โ€”an intro

    High End Munich is an extraordinary event unlike any other. Nowhere else can you hear and see such a large display of high-end gear assembled by exhibitors from around the world. I had a chance to attend the 2022 show, which ran from May 19 to 22. Over the course of those three days, I…

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  • The Montrรฉal Audiofestโ€”an American in Montreal

    Audio show enthusiast and writer Mike Harkins travelled from his home in Austin, Texas, to the Canadian province of Quebec to visit the Montrรฉal Audiofest, where he found the temperature in March to be a bit nippy. Welcome up North, Mike. Mike took down notes and took pictures at the show which he graciously allowed…

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  • T.H.E Show 2021

    First impressions All prices listed in USD My wife is not an audiophile. But as a classically trained pianist and a professional musician, she has ears for sound quality. Itโ€™s why I sometimes seek her opinion after changing something in my audio system. This yearโ€™s T.H.E. Show, held in Long Beach, was her first audio…

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