Throughout this Chinese New Year 2023, I am quite preoccupied with my love ones and audio/ video components reviews. The local audio/ video distributors have been most generous to this blog (AV DESIGNS, ACTSESSORY SHOPPE, CREATIVE AV, CENTRE CIRCLE AUDIO VISUAL and last but not least, YY SOUND SYSTEMS/ REFERENCE AUDIO)…thank you all. Today, the main talk would be at …
AN UNAVOIDABLE JOURNEY… Nowadays, streaming music and videos are becoming the norm…since buying physical media is getting more inconvenient and expensive. In addition, the online media is getting better and closer in quality to the physical media, and cheaper by the day. Just by paying the price (or lesser) of a physical media album, and one have access to the …
Today, I was treated to a listening session at CENTRE CIRCLE AUDIO VISUAL Boutique (MALAYSIA), of their latest flagship horn loudspeakers from AVANTGARDE ACOUSTIC (GERMANY), the TRIO G3 ITRON, that was recently launched at the last quarter of 2022. Firstly, I thought they coupled well with their accompanying subwoofers,…the audio presentation was coherent and was coming from a pair of loudspeakers …
The nice folks at CREATIVE AV SDN BHD sent me their MAGNETAR 4K BLU RAY Player which is made in China…I was unofficially told that it is made by the people whom specialises in upgrading the well known OPPO 4K BLU RAY Players. Am I looking for a 4K BLU RAY player at this time? Not really…I am more keen …
Yesterday, I received a pleasant message from Joseph Ki (affectionately known as JoKi among the BBC LS 3/5a collectors/ audiophile) that he would be sending the KLAV 2022 CDs to me. Upon receipt of the CDs, I quickly and purposefully set up my FALCON LS 3/5a system for a listen…reason being that those tracks contained therein were monitored through JoKi’s …
The following was a posted testimony of Mr. Danny Tay (Singapore). Echole Cables Demo Session with Adrian I knew Adrian from one of the Hi-Fi forums in Malaysia in 2019. We chit-chat, share experience, etc. like most audiophile kaki (member) does. He shared there is a range of cables (interconnect, speaker cable, power cables) that will improve my current …
It’s always an excitement for me to listen to an iconic audio product, especially one that can withstand the test of time. The brand JBL have quite a few of such products, namely their loudspeakers; Paragon, Everest, Hardfield, K2, 4000 series, L100, etc…that still command a very healthy followings. Here, the nice folks at AV DESIGNS SDN BHD (MALAYSIA) invited me …
(Mr.) Andrew Saw was presented (by James Chin of YL AUDIO) an ECHOLE ‘Obsession’ Power Cord, for home trial. The following was his testimony, “Me wifey’s calling me for lunch else she’ll be late for her appointment with the hairdresser yet here I am rooted to my sofa begging her for one more song. This is how good the Echole …
BALLFINGER M-002P Reel to Reel Player (only). MY FIRST EXPOSURE I remembered my first hearing of the Reel to Reel (hereinafter referred to as R2R) format was about 7 years ago. It was at a local audiophile gathering, the host played a very familiar audiophile album, Patricia Barber “Companion” (PremonitionPREM90762 [R2]), through a vintage STUDER 810tape recorder in his High End audio system. What I heard then surprised me,…captivated me,…and …
CREATIVE AV Sdn. Bhd sent me the FURUTECH NCF BOOSTER BRACES, 2 sets of single and a set of double, some weeks ago. I used the ‘double’ brace for the VITUS MP-M201 mono amplifiers. Here I needed the double braces to secure and support the heavy power cords from GOBEL (GERMANY). Indeed, the sound quality has improved…the bass was more …