The following was written by Mr.Chong (an Audio Video Specialist and owner) of ACTSESSORY SHOPPE in MALAYSIA.
“My thanks to ๐๐๐ญ๐จโ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง for inviting me over thru ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ, together with ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ก ๐๐ข for letting me sit in during their latest round of fine-tuning, just to listen, experience the system and share some thoughts from a slightly different perspective.
Some rooms impress you with the equipment in them. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง is one of those rare rooms where, after a while, you stop counting the equipment and simply listen to what the whole system is capable of.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง โ calling it a serious Hi-Fi room would probably be an understatement. This is far from an ordinary listening room; it is a private sanctuary encompassing both ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ and ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ๐.
The room is filled with some of the most serious equipment from the HiFi world โ Gryphon Kodo, Vitus, Audio Note, FM Acoustics, Aries Cerat, Pilium, Clearaudio, TechDAS, Naim, JBL L100 75th Anniversary Edition, Chartwell, Falcon LS3/5A, Lyngdorf, Ascendo, JVC, open-reel machine and more turntables than I managed to count properlyโฆ+ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ a ๐๐-๐ข๐ง๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ซโฆ
Dato tells me his LP collection alone is around ๐,๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ..
When Dato acquired his ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, it was only the second unit in Malaysia, one of the worldโs most extravagant analogue front ends!
Then there are his specially commissioned ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ monoblocks โ a unique set made specifically for himโฆ etc etc.
Yet what interested me most wasn’t the hardware itself, but how all of it had been made to work together.
<๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง>
Audio Den is essentially built around three different listening experiences:
*๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐จ
*๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ / ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐จ
*๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ๐
At the heart of the serious stereo setup is the mighty ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ forming the reference point, complemented now by the latest addition โ the enormous ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
Having worked with ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ subwoofers myself, including integrating several ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ (RP: RM79,500) systems for clients, as well as running a Ascendo THE24 SUB PRO in my own setup โ Iโm not entirely new to what a properly integrated infrasonic sub can bring to a system.
But hearing what the ๐๐-๐ข๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ could do in a system of ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ was still quite ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐โฆ”
—๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญโ๐โฆ
ๆ็็ฌฌไธๆฌก Audio Den ไน่ฎฟ โโ ๅฝโ่ๅฌโไธๅๅชๆฏๅฌ้ณไน๏ผ่ๆไธบไธ็งไฝ้ช๏ผ๏ผ็ฌฌ 1 ็ฏ / ๅ ฑ 5 ็ฏ๏ผ
้ฆๅ ๆ่ฐข Datoโ Danon Han ้่ฟ AV Designs ็้่ฏท๏ผไนๆ่ฐข Joseph Ki ่ฎฉๆๆๆบไผๅจไปไปฌๆๆฐไธ่ฝฎ็ณป็ปๅพฎ่ฐๆถไธ่ตทๅไธๆฅๅฌไธๅฌใๆๅๆดไธช็ณป็ป๏ผๅนถไปไธไธช็จๅพฎไธๅ็่งๅบฆๅไบซไธไบ่ชๅทฑ็ๅฌๆไธๆณๆณใ
ๆไบๆฟ้ด๏ผๆฏ้้ขๆๆพ็ๅจๆ่ฎฉไฝ ๅฐ่ฑกๆทฑๅปใ
่ Audio Den ๅฑไบ้ฃ็งๆดๅฐ่ง็็ฉบ้ดโฆ..ๅพ ไธไธ้ตๅญไนๅ๏ผไฝ ไผๆธๆธๅๆญขๅปๆฐ้้ขๅฐๅบๆๅคๅฐๅจๆ๏ผ่ๅผๅงๅ็บฏๅฐๅปๅฌ๏ผ่ฟไธๆดๅฅ็ณป็ป๏ผ็ฉถ็ซ่ฝๅคๅๅฐไปไนใ
Audio Den โ ๅฆๆๅชๆๅฎ็งฐไฝไธ้ดโ่ฎค็็ฉ Hi-Fi ็ๅฌ้ณๅฎคโ๏ผๆๆ้ฝๆ็นไฝไผฐไบๅฎใ
่ฟ้่ฟ่ฟไธๅชๆฏไธ้ดๆฎ้็่ๅฌ็ฉบ้ด๏ผ่ๆดๅๆฏไธไธช็งไบบๅฝฑ้ณๅฃๆฎฟ๏ผ็ปๅไบ High-End ไธคๅฃฐ้้ณๅ ไธ ๅฎถๅบญๅฝฑ้ข ไบไธไฝใ
ๆฟ้ด้ๆฑ่ไบไธๅฐ Hi-Fi ไธ็้็ธๅฝ้้็บง็ๅจๆ๏ผ
Gryphon KodoใVitusใAudio NoteใFM AcousticsใAries CeratใPiliumใClearaudioใTechDASใNaimใJBL L100 75th Anniversary EditionใChartwellใFalcon LS3/5AใLyngdorfใAscendoใJVCใๅผ็ๆบ๏ผไปฅๅๅคๅฐๆๅทฒ็ปๆฒกๅๆณ่ฎค็ๆฐๆธ ๆฅ็้ป่ถๅฑ็โฆโฆ
ๅๅ ไธ ้ฉฌๆฅ่ฅฟไบ้ฆๅฐ ASCENDO THE64 SUB PRO โโ ไธๅช่ถณ่ถณ 64 ่ฑๅฏธ็ๆฌกๅฃฐ่ถ ไฝ้ณ๏ผ
Dato ๅ่ฏๆ๏ผๅๆฏไป็้ป่ถๆถ่ๅฐฑๅคง็บฆๆ 7,000 ๅผ ๅฑ็ใ
ไป็ Clearaudio Statement ๅจ้ฉฌๆฅ่ฅฟไบๆฎ่ฏดไป ๆไธคๅฅ๏ผไนๆฏๅ จ็ๆๅฅขๅใๆๆ่ด็้ป่ถๅ็ซฏ็ณป็ปไนไธใ
็ถๅ่ฟๆ้ฃๅฅ็นๅซไธบไป่ฎขๅถ็ Vitus Analogue Fellowship Masterpiece ๅๅฃฐ้ๅ็บง โโ ็ฌไธๆ ไบใไธ้จไธบไปๆ้ ็ไธๅฅๅจๆโฆโฆ็ญ็ญ็ญ็ญใ
ไธ่ฟ๏ผๅฏนๆๆฅ่ฏด๏ผๆๅธๅผๆ็ๅ ถๅฎๅนถไธๆฏ่ฟไบๅจๆๆฌ่บซใ
่ๆฏ๏ผ
่ฟไนๅคไธๅ็ๅจๆ๏ผๅฐๅบๆฏๆๆ ท่ขซๆดๅ่ตทๆฅ๏ผๅนถ็ๆญฃๆไธบไธไธชๅฎๆด็ณป็ป็ใ
<ไธไธช็ณป็ป๏ผไธไธช Audio Den>
Audio Den ๅบๆฌไธๅด็ป็ไธ็งไธๅ็่ๅฌไฝ้ช่ๅปบ็ซ๏ผ
*ๆฐ็ ไธคๅฃฐ้
*ๆจกๆ / ้ป่ถไธคๅฃฐ้
*ๅฎถๅบญๅฝฑ้ข
ๅจๆ ธๅฟ็ไธคๅฃฐ้็ณป็ป้๏ผๆ็ฉ็ฎ็ๅฝ็ถๆฏ้ฃๅฅๅบๅคง็ Gryphon Kodo ๆฌๅฃฐๅจ็ณป็ป๏ผไฝไธบๆดไธช็ณป็ป็ๅ่ๅบๅใ
่็ฐๅจ๏ผๅฎๅ่ฟๆฅไบๆๆฐๅ ๅ ฅ็ๆๅโโไฝๅๆๅ ถๅคธๅผ ็ ASCENDO THE64 SUB PROใ
ๆ่ชๅทฑ่ฟๅปๅ ถๅฎๅทฒ็ปๆฅ่งฆ่ฟไธๅฐ ASCENDO ๆฌกๅฃฐ่ถ ไฝ้ณ็ณป็ปใ
ๅ ๆฌไธบๅฎขๆทๆดๅ่ฟๆฐๅฅ Ascendo THE24 SUB PRO๏ผ่ๆ่ชๅทฑ็็ณป็ป้ไนไฝฟ็จไธๅช Ascendo THE24 SUB PROใ
ๆไปฅ๏ผๅฏนไบไธๅช็ป่ฟๆญฃ็กฎๆดๅ็ๆฌกๅฃฐ่ถ ไฝ้ณ๏ผ็ฉถ็ซ่ฝๅคไธบ็ณป็ปๅธฆๆฅไปไน๏ผๆๅนถไธ็ฎ้็ใ
ไฝๆฏโฆโฆ
ๅฝๆ็ฌฌไธๆฌกๅฌๅฐ่ฟๅช 64 ่ฑๅฏธ็ Ascendo THE64๏ผๅจ่ฟ็ง่งๆจกใ่ฟ็ง็บงๅซ็็ณป็ป้็ๆญฃๅๆฅไฝ็จๆถ๏ผไพ็ถๆฏไธๆฌก้ๅธธ็นๅซ็ไฝ้ชใ
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