‘Half a Century’ of Bryston! The Canadian Audio Brand Bryston, renowned for their State of the Art amplifiers/ audio electronics designs and manufacture for both professional and consumer marketplace/ industry for more than fifty [50] years, that came with an unprecedented twenty [20] years warranty,…decided to make a ‘no compromise‘ integrated amplifier. With half a century of know how and …
When it was time to return the Genesis S7 Foxtrot and Minuet loudspeakers, YY Sound Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd‘s Bossman, Mr.TK Han asked if I be interested to review their Magico S3 loudspeakers,…obviously my answer was a Big YES! Well, he did sent me more than a pair of Magico…reviews in the works!
Many moons ago already I have known the audio brand, Bryston from Canada that offered an unprecedented warranty of twenty [20] years for their robustly build amplifiers (and they also design and build audio products that cover the entire chain, from source to transducer). I remembered fondly my many years of owning their then flagship mono amplifier, the Bryston 7B …
After I did the review of Feliks Audio Echo 2 headphone amplifier, I realised that Feliks Audio did design and manufacture quality tube electronics that sounded good,…especially given that they ‘designed and wound their dedicated transformers‘. When their local distributor, AV Designs (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd asked if I be interested to listen and review their 300B tube integrated amplifier,…I jumped …
AV Designs (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd have been Bryston‘s representative for some years,…to the extend that the company’s brand was ‘synonymous‘ to Bryston (as far as Malaysian Audiophile was concerned). When I saw the Bryston Bi-200 has reached the company, I quickly arranged for a review sample,…and that they sent me!
My high end audio journey started with tube electronics from Audio Innovations (Audio Note UK) and Conrad Johnson. Progressively, I went into, and bought the Audio Research 610T amplifier, the Audio Note UK Ongaku, the Audio Note UK M6 line stage, the Hovland HP-100 line stage and etc. Most of those components of mine were sold to my friends. However, …
Few years ago, a dear audiophile friend of mine said that it was possible to enjoy the “Big Aural Presentation” of my audio system through headphones,…what a proposition?…mine you,…in my mind,… High End Headphones (at US $ Thousand) comparable to High (or Ultra) End Audio System (at US $ Million)?! -seemed like a case of David against Goliath (from the …
Genesis 1.1 (Modified), FM Acoustics, Transrotor Artus, Esoteric SACD, Vertere and more! I was treated to a pleasant hospitality and honour to listen to this compilation of one of the world finest audio gears to date. I was blown away by the experience. Nothing prepares me for a spectacularly huge and lifelike soundstage. Imaging was first class with palpability so …
I coined myself, a Gryphonist. My first encounter with a Gryphon Audio Designs product was their Colosseum stereo amplifier. I remembered how majestic it sounded and looked in my audio system. There and then I told their local representative, Reference Audio Singapore/ YY Sound Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd that I be taking it. Shortly, I realised that they have coming …
JADIS’ André Calmettes‘ Lasting Passion. André Calmettes started making tube amplifiers and received praises,…’unanimously considered superior quality as compared to the best amplifiers at that time‘, from the audiophile community before he even started the JADIS company in 1983. One of the main key reason of his many praises and successes in designing and making tube amplifiers was his own …