As most Chinese would be ‘all in‘ preparing to celebrate Chinese New Year 2026, I was equally excited in preparation to receive the first unit of Technical Audio Devices’ (TAD from JAPAN) first High End integrated amplifier, the TAD Evolution Series A1000 (retail at Ringgit Malaysia RM111,300 for the standard silver colored) from their MALAYSIA distributor, Audio Visual Designs Sdn …
Lately, I have been impressed with the price to performance ratio of TiGLON (JAPAN) cables/ products. I am always happy and not shy to recommend such audio products to any audiophile who is willing. After my favorable review of their TiGLON AZURE DRAGON MS-DR20L-AD LAN/ ETHERNET cable, Ms.Kenix Chua of BEGINS ACOUSTIC (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD, treated me with another review sample, the yet to …
After my recent written review of the Audiovector‘s flagship loudspeakers, the R10 Arreté (retail at Ringgit Malaysia RM829,000 per pair), both Mr.Kenny Lim and Mr.Issac Ho of Audio Perfectionist MALAYSIA (and Audio Maestro SINGAPORE) came over to my Audio Den for a listening session. Both gentlemen suggested to me that Mr.Mads Klifoth, the CEO of Audiovector (DENMARK) would be visiting …
Late last year, I received a message from (Mr.)Whang of NOTBRAND, a MALAYSIA Brand/ Company that specialise in Handmade High-Fidelity Audio products, notably In-Ear Monitors (IEM) that… utilise Single Dynamic Driver, called the ‘Pursuer of Emotions‘ (the said IEM, retails at Ringgit Malaysia RM3,200). In that message, Whang asked if I be interested to review the said IEM that… employed …
My first encounter with the TiGLON* MZ-GRANDE Isolation Footers of pure Magnesium were in Begins Acoustic (MALAYSIA) exhibition room at the recent WAVES AUDIO & VISUAL EXPERIENCE MALAYSIA 2025. There, Ms.Kenix Chua did a simple demonstration with and without the said Footers under a digital source audio component,…and without any stress and hard concentration,… I could easily Hear the Sound …
Had resisted reading the Review of the Audiovector R10 Arreté flagship loudspeaker until I have been able to have a listen for myself first. Which I have just done, TQ, DD for the invitation to almost six [6] hours in your Audio Den – 1/2 listening, 1/2 chatting about Hifi subjects from Helmholtz Resonator to Breuer Tonearm (first & only …
OFF THE CUFF,… I remembered having heard a special pair of loudspeakers with all the prized ‘audiophile’ attributes, used at the main audio system for the recent DS Audio (from JAPAN, that specialised in Optical Phono Cartridges, their dedicated Equalizers and analogue source’s Accessories) launch event at Audio Perfectionist, MALAYSIA. I investigated and discovered they were a pair of the …
I cannot deny the attributes to sound quality by some (not all?) Ultra End Audio components, but unfortunately they come with a hefty price tag that most audiophile find difficult to own,… ‘Performance comes at a Price‘. Many whom have experienced then argued that some Ultra End Audio components, though have their respective attributes to sound quality, did not merit …
I have only started streaming music from SPOTIFY and TIDAL since the arrival of the ZIDOO NEO 4K Digital Media player and later, the HIFI ROSE RS150B Server/ Streamer into my main audio system but a few years ago. Initially, I treated such Digital Medias/ Platforms (SPOTIFY and TIDAL) as mere convenience,…especially to try out new music. Therefore, I did …
I was invited to a lunch appointment by AV DESIGNS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD to meet up the gentlemen from TECHNICAL AUDIO DEVICES LABORATORIES, INC (TAD, JAPAN), Kazuto Okura-san and Takehito Sekiguchi-san. Apparently, TAD‘s local distributor, AV DESIGNS have just received their first M2500TX stereo class D amplifier, but with Powerful Linear Power Supply! After the generous and delicious lunch from …