Rockport and Stillpoints | AXPONA 2022

The Rockport Technologies and Stillpoints room was rocking cool gear and playing Hans Zimmer’s haunting original soundtrack for Dune. [See, I wasn’t the only one at the show making people play Zimmer–Ed.] This was EPIC sound in a small room, not surprising since the Renaissance Schaumburg’s upstairs rooms tended to be a little cramped.

In the Rockport Technologies and Stillpoints room, the new ESS Ultra Turntable Stand from Stillpoints–with Ultra 7s, Rail Grids and Ultra 6s ($65,000)–supported top-flight gear from:

• Viola Audio Labs Sonata Preamp ($33,800 USD) and Cadence Amplifier ($35,000 USD)
• Rockport Technologies Atria II Loudspeakers on Ultra 7s ($37,892/pr USD)
• Bricasti M1 SE Mdx DAC ($10,000 USD)
• Wolf Audio Systems Alpha SX Music Server System ($10,495 USD)
• Madison Audio Labs Eclipse AG XLR 1M cables ($1,950 USD) and AG Speaker cables ($3,000 USD)
• Telos QRC Line conditioner ($13,200 USD) and Active AC cables ($3,200 USD)
• Shunyata Research Sigma USB Cable ($2,000 USD)

All of the gear in the Rockport and Stillpoints room was supported by the latter company’s isolation products such as the Apertures ($960 each), the Aperture Stands ($1,920 each), and the Stillpoints Component Stand with Ultra 6s ($6095). Stillpoints definitely knows how to make the most sonically of a hotel room with thoughtful and precisely placed room treatments to complement the gear. (If you’ve ever had a chance to test out Stillpoints in your own system with or without Rockport Technologies, or at a demo, you’ll know why they’re so highly regarded in the audio industry.)

The Rockport and Stillpoints room made my Top Five of the show!

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