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!
It was supposed to be a single subwoofer endeavor… …then proceeded to a pair of them… …and then three of them to form a 6’ tower of subwoofers. Initially, I wanted a four subwoofers tower but the height of my audio den prohibited the endeavor. Then the idea came for a pair of three subwoofers towers…the Home Theatre Initiative continued… …
Aries Cerat have launched a new series of amplification, the IANUS series, using their proprietary and exclusive TriodeFet technology. The picture shown here is their Flagship IANUS model, named GEMINAE. They planned to release other more affordable models in the IANUS series in the near future. TriodeFet is not hybrid amplification, nor is it tube and, most definitely not solid …
Lyngdorf Audio from Denmark have spent much to develop their own proprietary “Room Perfect” System. After some endeavors, I managed to achieve 100% Room Knowledge for the System. Initial impression is that the MP-60 AVP is an impressively low noise performer. I sure heard a lot more micro details and macro staging, with higher dynamic bass in the movies played …