Monthly Archives: March 2021

ANILIUM CABLES’ Reach thus far!

The head honcho at ANILIUM CABLES has been busy. Due to the current “Movement Control Operation” (MCO), most folks stay at home and occupy their time with activities therein. Mr. Tham took the opportunity to further his cables design/ catalogue to include ‘Speaker Cables’. So far, my initial impression with his Balanced Interconnect (ANILIUM CABLES AR1X), Digital S/PDIF (ANILIUM CABLES …

SPERLING L-1 & T-1 with SOUNDSMITH STRAINGAUGE PHONO…still spell Musical Bliss to me!

For some years I have the SOUNDSMITH STRAINGAUGE PHONO system in my audio set up. I still keep it because I experience certain “rightness” in its musical presentation; tonally balance (but on a slightly leaner side), expansive soundstage, fast, articulate, define,… On the SPERLING L-1 Turntable and T-1 Tonearm, which contributed some lower frequency foundation, stability, soundstage depth, ultra quietness …

Tube Amp sings with FALCON GOLD BADGE LS3/5A!

I have been listening to my 28 years old CONRAD JOHNSON PREMIER 11A Tube Amplifier pairing my FALCON GOLD BADGE LS3/5a, and am impressed with their seductive and kind of alluring sound characteristics/ coloration. Of course the FALCON GOLD BADGE LS3/5a can’t portray the fundamental sound quality of a Behemoth Loudspeaker such as my GRYPHON KODO; energy, power, attack, transient, …

“Nobody else comes close…?!” (Follow – Up)

Clarification on the article “Nobody else comes close…?!” by TK Han of YY SOUND SYSTEMS SDN BHD. We sincerely thank Dato Danon Han for the earlier article of the same title. However, I believe that I have contributed to a copywriting and editorial error that may cause a misinterpretation of the statement: “Nobody else comes close…?!”. The statement was made …

FRANK ACOUSTICS’ Latest Power Management Behemoth?

Whenever any local audiophile wants to improve the backbone of the audio system, namely electrical supply…Frank Acoustics will be called! Now, we have cases where the voltage exceeds or (way) below 240v, the owner can either solve it with the Electric Co. (TNB Malaysia) or get Frank Acoustics to build a Power Management System to maintain the voltage at an …