Monthly Archives: February 2018
Analogue Fellowship Inaugural Dinner @ The Haven, Ipoh on 7th Feb 2018 The Analogue Fellowship celebrated its inaugural annual dinner at The Haven in Ipoh with a total of 118 gracious members attending. Members came from as far away as Miri, Penang, JB, Singapore and Hong Kong to attend what is considered the largest gathering of hi-fi/audio enthusiasts in …
Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (UK release) Release date: 17 February 1978 Label: EMI Catalogue No: EMC 3223 The debut studio album from Kate Bush was a strange phenomenon. She was only 19 years of age when the album was released. Most of the songs were written by her when she was only 13. The production team that …
Tetsuaki Aoyagi of DS Audio/Exports (Japan) has honored us at Analogue Fellowship with these review samples, a DS Audio Stylus Cleaner ST-50, VIV Laboratory Ltd Rigid Float 9” Carbon Arm Tube tonearm, and Vacuum Disc Mate IQ1300A.
This is a new Analogue Fellowship feature by resident writer and music lover JK. He revisits lovers and records, great or otherwise, from back then. For those who are just discovering these gems now, Analogue Fellowship would like to say “Enjoy…” and “You’re welcome!” Everything But The Girl – Eden (UK release) Release date: 4th June 1984 Label: Blanco Y …
I was told “an audiophile is measured by the tools he/she uses”. Personally, I think this was meant more for an analogue audiophile. Most record spinners will have a record brush at their disposal for obvious reasons. Most people do not realize it does have positive contribution to better audio performance. The gentleman who made the above statement was …
I will always level the turntable platter before setting up the tone arm and aligning the phono cartridge. A leveled platter ensures that the bearing sit perpendicularly in its housing. Therefore, it will minimize the bearing friction. Thus, the desired rotational speed can easily be achieved and at lesser energy spent. Better performance and quieter background…to say the least!
Audio components that kept you awake Audio Note (UK) has offered to change the mono volume attenuater at my M10Signature tube pre amplifier to their latest 36 steps tantalum mono attenuater. The advantage of a more refined volume control are apparent especially with a high output source such as the Aries Cerat Kassandra LE DAC. I quickly have the returned …
The first installation of the TriangleArt Master Reference at my listening den late last year, met with some challenges.At that time, we found that there was speed instability. The turntable was not able to maintain the desired speed of 33.3rpm and 45rpm. We suspected that the cause maybe the bearing. Possibly damaged during transportation from a number of venues here in …