A soft wool brush on a battery operated drill set at lowest possible setting to wet clean a Record?! Our friend recommended that the soft wool brush only gently touched the record surface to avoid damaging it. In addition, this solution was not meant for record with dirt and/or stubborn substances that may scratch or damage the record due …
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Audio Tech in Malaysia has submitted their independent ground boxes and power distributor for review. Their founder, Mr.YF Fong explained to me his ‘ground boxes’ is of passive design and do not have any ‘magical’ ingredients. But hope that their ‘magic’ is in the sound. I admired his honesty Audio Tech Ground Box may be our answer to a …
‘Jakob Odgaard (52) has been appointed CEO for Gryphon Audio Designs. “I will do my best to support the Gryphon Team to uphold the high standard and deliver great products to Gryphon fans all over the world. We will aim to cover the wallspace of our Wall of Fame with even more well deserved trophies, diplomas and certificates”, says …
My Sifu recommended this book to me but I said “I do not know Chinese!” (I am classified as a ‘Banana’). He told me the pictures of the recommended records were clear enuf!
Kuzma is a brand well known among analogue Enthusiast. I used to loan a Kuzma Reference Turntable with my Mark Levinson electronics and a pair of loan Snell loudspeakers. That system has provided me tons of musical bliss in the ‘90s. Therefore, whenever a friend of mine said to me that he has bought a Kuzma, I would say …
Franc Audio sent their well received Ceramic Disc Footers. I will be busy with them in the coming months with them. Stay tuned for their review…enjoy
Release Date: 5 September 1983 Label: Polydor Catalogue No: 815 277-1 In 1983 I was a first-year college student with a rather huge question for the world; WTF happened to Paul Weller and The Jam? It was a valid question as The Jam was the biggest band in the UK and topped the New Musical Express …
This is one of my staple turntable that caught the attention of my audio Sifu or Teacher. Mr. Ng Cheong Bing was an analogue audio distributor for some years and has retired recently. He told me he wanted to have a good analogue source and asked me for recommendation. I invited him to come to my audio den to …
Our Robin Chung shared, “Am now listening a lot to my new Technics SL1210GR with SME309 & ZYX Omega into Sutherland PhD. Pitch & Timing flawless (speed sensor/ control tech drip Down from Blu ray players turning 2-3000 rpm! Not the Stone Age servo of the’70s) great with piano & other ‘struck’ instrutments (now playing Angerich: Chopin No1 ). …
Release date: 19 September 1988 Label: 4AD Catalogue No: CAD 807 In October 1988, about a year after starting my first job in Kuala Lumpur, I went down to Victoria Music Sungai Wang and bought this LP. I noticed the record section was getting smaller as compact disc started to overwhelm the small shop. Whenever there, I usually …