Monthly Archives: April 2020

VERMOUTH REFERENCE POWER CORD…Fit For Your Hi End Components?!

(Photo courtesy of El Hefe) . VERMOUTH REFERENCE POWER CORD . Hendry Ramli of Vermouth Audio, Indonesia sent me his flagship power cord last year to compliment the Reference XLR Balanced Interconnect that was reviewed last August 2019. . I have plugged both Vermouth Reference XLR Balanced Interconnect and Reference Power Cord to the DS Audio‘s Flagship, The Master 1 Optical Phono Equalizer …

SoundSmith StrainGauge & Clearaudio Statement…Desired Analogue Combo

Many Moons Ago, In the Same Audio Den… I was hoping to upgrade the Clearaudio Statement Turntable with a Phono System that truly bring meaning to the word “Statement” I opted for the then much talked about SoundSmith StrainGauge Phono System. The combination’s sound quality was, in short, “tame” for my taste. I believed that it’s gain was a tad …

Gryphon & Egglestonwork at my Audio Den then!

It was way back then, an Audiophile’s Dream… I remembered that combination of Gryphon Audio & Egglestonwork Loudspeakers that prompted me to “Audio Craziness?!” The Egglestonwork Ivy Signature Loudspeakers were really amazing in playing any music material to a “lively scale, power and dynamic” I doubt anyone can damage these behemoths?! I realized that these loudspeakers love power therefore I …

ECHOLE LIMITED EDITION RCA PHONO & XLR CABLES…The Crucial Conduit?!

ECHOLE CABLES LIMITED EDITION INTERCONNECTS The review continued with James Chin of YL Audio, Malaysia brought over Echole Limited Edition Balanced XLR Interconnect (to my Vitus Mono Amplifier MP-M201) and Phono RCA Interconnect (to my Kronos Reference Phono Amplifier). . Here, I have ‘almost totaled’ my audio system with Echole Limited Edition cables except, from the FM 268C preamplifier to …