NEWS ARCHIVE

Join Us at AXPONA 2026 APRIL 10-12th, 2026: We invite you to experience world-class analog playback at AXPONA 2026. You can schedule a private appointment or simply stop by — walk-ins are welcome. You’ll find us on the main floor in the Connection Room, Perfection Room and Knowledge Room, alongside our Chicago dealer, Quintessence Audio.

This global celebration honored 55 years of Excel Sound and introduced their new flagship cartridge, the Hana Umami Black.

Garth Leerer, Ken Bowers, and Chris Thompson from Musical Surroundings will be at AXPONA this year, along with Robert Suchy and Stefan Kmuch from Clearaudio, Tetsuaki Aoyagi of DS Audio, and Hiroshi Ishihara from Hana. This year, we have new products from AFI, Clearaudio, DS Audio, and Hana. As always, it is an honor to present them with Quintessence Audio LTD, Chicago, Illinois.

Annual Analog Open House Saturday, March 29th | Noon - 5pm Audio Connection - 615 Bloomfield Ave in Verona, New Jersey. Audio Connection in Verona welcomes Garth Leerer and Ken Bowers of Musical Surroundings on Saturday, March 29, from Noon to 5 pm for our 13th annual Analog Open House.

Meet Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings on Saturday, December 2, 2023, 10 am - 12 pm as he spins on Moving Coil and Optical cartridges and demonstrates high-performance vinyl playback. There will be a drawing for a Hana EH cartridge and DS Audio ST-50 stylus cleaner.

Come to visit Garth and Ken of Musical Surroundings in the High-Fidelity Studio rooms (Atrium 4.1 First Floor F126/127) and meet Tetsuaki Aoyagi-san, president of DS Audio.