Nordost’s room at Axpona 2024
AXPONA is the biggest hi-fi show in the US, held in the Schaumberg Convention Center in Chicago every April and visited by more than 10’000 attendees.
Stenheim once again partnered with Nordost cables and VTL amps to provide stunning sound. In the large Nordost room, we displayed our Reference Ultime Two SX - Reference Ultime Two speakers mounted on their Reference platforms for greater stability and ease in set-up. The world-renowned set-up guru Sterling Trayle tweaked the system and speaker placement to provide an award-winng sound.
It was remarked upon by the specialist press. The team at The Absolute Sound magazine was unanimous: this was one of the stand-out sounds of the show.
Jonathan Valin called it “a gorgeous-sounding system with superb staging and imaging and solid, hard-hitting bass.”
Andre Jennings gave it his Best Sound (cost no object) accolade whilst Robert Harley agreed - the Stenheim Reference Ultime Two SX’s provided the best sound in the show.
Stereophile was similarly impressed with Jason Victor Serinus saying:
“Last year in the large Schaumburg F air-walled room in the Convention Center, Stenheim, VTL, and Nordost put together one of the finest sounding rooms I’ve heard at any show. This year, the sound was again among the best I encountered in the over 40 rooms I auditioned.”
Jim Austin said "the system with big Stenheim Ultime Two SX speakers sounded superb."
We would like to thank our friends at Nordost and VTL for contributing to this success and proving that the Stenheim Ultime Two SX can provide enthralling music in even the most challenging rooms.