I-Qual Vacuum Disc Mate IQ1300A. DS-Audio have been busy with their optical phono cartridge and equalizer system for some time due to ongoing healthy demand from the audio community. As their networks improved, DS Audio set up a separate entity, DS Exports, to distribute some of their locally branded audio/analogue related products to the world. I knew Tetsuaki Aoyagi …
BRUTALE ACHILLES, PILIUM AUDIO Stereo Amplifier Pilium Audio’s Next Entry I readily admit that I am attracted to the brand Pilium Audio by the muscular looks of their products, especially their Achilles stereo amplifier of the Brutale range. On the other hand, I am also a fan of (smaller size) Linn products, especially their LP12 turntable and Klimax 500 Solo mono …
I was told “an audiophile is measured by the tools he/she uses”. Personally, I think this was meant more for an analogue audiophile. Most record spinners will have a record brush at their disposal for obvious reasons. Most people do not realize it does have positive contribution to better audio performance. The gentleman who made the above statement was …
The Encounter Pilium Audio hails from Greece but its business is registered in the country of Bulgaria. They have been around for a few years but only recently introduced their high end line of audio products, the Brutale series, namely the Ares line stage preamplifier and the Achilles stereo power amplifier. Mr Constantino of Pilium Audio contacted me one fine …
. SPERLING L-1 TURNTABLE . A little beginning…what started it all? . It all started for Sperling when two gentlemen from Germany, Ansgar Sperling and Michael Bonninghoff, hit the DIY and audio market with their first external, stand-alone drive unit. It consisted of an elaborate and adjustable, fine tuning, speed drive (or motor) system meant for those who are not …
. TRINITY Stereo Amplifier . The Trinity stereo amp and the Vitus Masterpiece Stereo MP-S201 amplifier. . Lately, in my local audio scene, two amplifiers stood out among other amplifiers as the talk piece. They are the above and both command a price that is beyond the reach of the common crowd. So, both amplifiers came with an admirable specification …
. TRIANGLE ART APOLLO MC US$8,000-00 . Phono cartridges is deemed to be the first contact in an analogue audio system. It’s stylus come into contact with the grooves imprinted on the record surface. The whole vibration, resonance and movement generated as the stylus maneuver through those grooves are sent through the cantilever then to the magnetic core of that …
. An Analogue Fan… . Ever since I was bitten by the analogue bug, I became very interested in the development of new analogue products, especially those that may give me a different perspective on analogue reproduction. A number of years ago, that enthusiasm coupled with curiosity brought me to purchase the SoundSmith StrainGauge phono system, without any audition. …
. The 2016 upgraded Vitus Masterpiece phono stage . The best gets better?! . Early this year I was offered to upgrade my Vitus MP-P201 (hereinafter referred to as MPP) to its latest specification. . Currently, the MPP is the best phono stage in the Vitus arsenal. Almost all that they knew in making the ultimate phono stage are in …
. KRONOS PRO LTD SUPERCHARGED POWER SUPPLY(SCPS) . The Story of the Greek God, CRONUS . As most whom are interested in the Greek Mythology may have known that the Greek supreme God ‘Cronus’ was dethroned and killed by his sons, led by ‘the son, Zeus’, whom later assumed the throne. Kronos Audio was named after that Greek God ‘Cronus’ …