It took some persuading to enter that audio room… …but, it was worth it! It was not your average audiophile set up! It was not even a generally expected top audiophile’s set up! To me, it was a galore and a fanfare of tube audio components… …that made up a stupendous set up! In my many years of audio visitation, …
Mr.Yap has been and still very much my audiophile brother since my university days in London, England. How time flies…a friendship that spanned more than 2 decades! He has been an audiophile with an appetite of nostalgia. He told me once that he wished to collect every desirable piece of audio component from his days in England! Till today, that …
Our local hero, Eric invited me for another round of listening session at his place. This time around, I got to listen to his newly acquired McIntosh tube amplifier MC2000 of limited edition! I remembered listening to that McIntosh MC2000 amplifier in a ‘full McIntosh system’…it was musically enticing! You could imagine how excited I was when I got to …
An incredible system! All components signed by my dear friend, Gryphon Founder and Designer Mr. Flemming Erik Rasmussen. What’s not to like!!! Had the pleasure to meet the owner Mr. Koay and not at least getting to enjoy this unique Gryphon System on my last trip to Malaysia in company with Gryphon Distributor and Brand Ambassador Mr. TK Han. Followed …
Here, I got myself invited to a seasoned but private audiophile, Uncle Wah. It took some efforts to get into that audio room! The audio system consisted a one of the kind tube mono amplifier built by Mr.Wong. According to him, it was loosely based on the design of Audio Research. The tube preamplifier was the Audio Research LS-5. The …
THE GRYPHON KODO LOUDSPEAKERS! When one of the very Top Audiophile in the country allowed you to listen to his audio system…you jumped at the chance! Mr.Koay is considered the country’s most prominent audiophile whom have owned (before) some of the very best audio products in the world… He used to own flagship system and/or audio components from some truly …
My third visit here proved somewhat different. The audiophile Mr.Tee has progressed in his audio journey. Now, he has the confidence, and know how to set up and tweak his Analogue set up that comprised of the Clearaudio Master Reference Turntable and Linear Tonearm. After some set up efforts and tweaks by Tee, I was delighted with the result and …
Next, in the realm of Vintage Audio Enthusiasts that I have the pleasure to meet, they seemed to like and own JBL speakers. After some exposures with them, I could not blame them for liking their JBLs. There were certain alluring attributes with them. Especially their mid range, soft, luscious, bloomy, detail, meaty…just like a fluffy sponge cake…(in the better …
Kent is an Interior Designer by profession,… …and by the looks of his residence, I will not hesitate to say he is good at his job! He was generous with a welcome dinner for me and the accompanying audiophile. After that sumptuous meal, we were treated with other feasts! We were given a taste of his design work upon his …
I was fortunate to be informed that Wong has decided to upgrade his audio system! Other than more acoustics treatments in the audio room, he has upgraded his digital source with the Tank-Like Build Flagship SACD/CD Transport (DP-950) and Flagship Digital to Analogue Converter (DC-950) from Accuphase, Japan. I would say that Wong has a …