Late last year, I received a message from (Mr.)Whang of NOTBRAND, a MALAYSIA Brand/ Company that specialise in Handmade High-Fidelity Audio products, notably In-Ear Monitors (IEM) that… utilise Single Dynamic Driver, called the ‘Pursuer of Emotions‘ (the said IEM, retails at Ringgit Malaysia RM3,200). In that message, Whang asked if I be interested to review the said IEM that… employed …
My first encounter with the TiGLON* MZ-GRANDE Isolation Footers of pure Magnesium were in Begins Acoustic (MALAYSIA) exhibition room at the recent WAVES AUDIO & VISUAL EXPERIENCE MALAYSIA 2025. There, Ms.Kenix Chua did a simple demonstration with and without the said Footers under a digital source audio component,…and without any stress and hard concentration,… I could easily Hear the Sound …
OFF THE CUFF,… I remembered having heard a special pair of loudspeakers with all the prized ‘audiophile’ attributes, used at the main audio system for the recent DS Audio (from JAPAN, that specialised in Optical Phono Cartridges, their dedicated Equalizers and analogue source’s Accessories) launch event at Audio Perfectionist, MALAYSIA. I investigated and discovered they were a pair of the …
I cannot deny the attributes to sound quality by some (not all?) Ultra End Audio components, but unfortunately they come with a hefty price tag that most audiophile find difficult to own,… ‘Performance comes at a Price‘. Many whom have experienced then argued that some Ultra End Audio components, though have their respective attributes to sound quality, did not merit …
I have only started streaming music from SPOTIFY and TIDAL since the arrival of the ZIDOO NEO 4K Digital Media player and later, the HIFI ROSE RS150B Server/ Streamer into my main audio system but a few years ago. Initially, I treated such Digital Medias/ Platforms (SPOTIFY and TIDAL) as mere convenience,…especially to try out new music. Therefore, I did …
“The BBC LS3/5a is a small, classic BBC designed speaker monitor, originally developed in the early 1970s for nearfield listening in studios and broadcast vans. It became a cult classic and is renowned for its excellent mid-range reproduction and detailed, well-balanced sound, although it lacks deep bass due to its compact size. Many companies like ROGERS, CHARTWELL, HARBETH, and FALCON have produced …
Audiophile knows Audiophile, Audiophile understands Audiophile, Audiophile designs/ makes for Audiophile, and Audiophile market to Audiophile,…at least for me,… The ‘Formula‘ at my time. I do not know about others (and maybe cannot speak for them?), but I am always frustrated to talk to a non audiophile about audio/phile,…and more so if that person is in the audio industry (imagine …
My first exposure to the HYPER Sonic X-4 MC cartridge (said MC cartridge retails at US$18,000 or RINGGIT MALAYSIA RM81,000) was at YY SOUND SYSTEMS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD‘s launch event for the GENESIS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOXTROT and MINUET loudspeakers. There, the said MC cartridge was installed at the ORTOFON AS-309R tonearm on the TECHDAS AIR FORCE FIVE turntable (TECHDAS AFV), …
Recently, I was invited to an audio event, LIVE to TAPE Recording with EB DUET (local duet, Ms.Eve Wong and Mr.Billy Ho), and LUKANG AUDIO (TAIWAN) at BEGINS ACOUSTICS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD. There I got to experience first hand comparison between EB DUET‘s LIVE performance with its recorded performance at both TAPE (R2R) and DIGITAL (HDD DSD). Consequently, I was …
This be my third [3rd] review for DS AUDIO (JAPAN) a well known specialised design, manufacture and proponent of Optical Phono Cartridge and Equalizer system. Through some searchings at the Net, I discovered that the technology started ‘with PHILCO‘s “Beam of Light” record player in the 1940s and later, with notable developments in the 1960s and 1970s by Japanese manufacturers …