Ngoo has been an avid audiophile for some time now. He did left the audio journey for a short while to pursue other interests. Like any true music enthusiast and audiophile, he returns to our beloved audio journey. He went up the Audio Ladder at a pretty fast pace then… …thus, his audio set up remains formidable in sound quality! …
Monthly Archives: July 2020
I have heard this jazz group performed at my university, University of Malaya, a few years back! Then and there I bought this album as one of my Reference CD…is that good! The following is taken from the review of Tombo Audio MP-05; “My immediate test CD was the Eva Klesse Quartett “Obenland” (ENJ-9643), where I discovered their expansive soundstage to be more stable in height, width and depth. That …
This has been the vinyl album to showcase the PRaT and Control over the Frequencies Bandwidths of my Audio system! The following is taken from the Tombo Audio MP-05 review; “Next I played my favorite test track/record, ‘Hawaii 5-0’ from the vinyl album Kojak & Baretta (RCA JRS-9522), where I could easily attest that the addition of the MP-05 shoes did enhance the …
It has been the longest wait…not literally, but emotionally, for the Gryphon Audio Ethos to reach my listening den. I was all excited when TK Han of Rave Audio, Malaysia (and Reference Audio, Singapore) agreed to send the unit for review. Even in the current Conditional “Movement Control Operation” (CMCO) due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, his team managed to deliver …
Sam McClain’s voice, songs and artistry have been in most Audiophile’s mind when it comes to the male vocalist…another worthy album for the collection. The following is taken from the Tombo Audio MP-05 review, “Firstly, I used three (3) pieces of MP-05 shoes under the Technics SP-10 to couple the turntable with the HRS platform…all were metal to metal contact. …
This maybe a Chinese/Mandarin Pop album with dance tunes but it’s well done and worthy to be a showcase! The following is taken from the Tombo Audio MP-05 review; “I played the vinyl album of A’ Mei: Truth (Warner Music Taiwan 5054196909970/ 180g Clear Vinyl Record Made in Japan), where I discovered there were added focus, clarity, delineation and definition …
This is a showcase quality album that both entertain and educate…just buy it! The following is taken from the review of Tombo Audio MP-05; “Secondly, I added another spike together with another MP-05 shoe at the turntable. I played Zhao Cong “Sound of China/ Dance in the Moon [Pipa album] (Fung Hang Record Ltd/ Modern Records MCD 3101 LP), there …
Following our audiophile from Teluk Intan, Malaysia, he has initiated room tuning. He realized the detrimental effect of an acoustically untreated room/space,… …and the necessity to adhere to the Wilson Audio’s manuscript in their speaker placement and toe-in… …to achieve better coherency, balance tonality, focus, imaging, soundstage depth and lower frequencies respond… I am sure he is getting there…enjoy.
The Thales Tonearm has been dubbed the ‘chopstick’ by some local audiophile…here we have its Statement version installed on the Sperling L-1 Turntable…more to come.
After some times, it is a good practice to tidy up the cables…especially the high performance cables?! …even more so to welcome new additions into the audio den! This audio den does not rest…I sure hope so!