AA AUDIO (website: aa-audio.com.my) from Malaysia is,… “the brand name of affordable high-performance Music Server and USB2 Audio Cables which Rival the Megabucks“, and have enjoyed quite a following from the local audiophile community. Therefore, I hesitated not when asked by their Founder/ Head Designer, Dr.Anwar Ali Muhamad to review their USB 2.0 Audio Cable. I was honored that AA …
While delivering the Fusion RPS 500 for review, Mr.Matthew Ong of AFC TOP HIFI (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD, asked if I used USB cable and, be interested to review the AB Tech KLAR USB 2.O cable (?) (retail Ringgit Malaysia RM7,999 per 0.5 meter to max 2.0 meter)… after I saw that it came ‘shining‘ (the aluiminium cased USB Isolator) in …
I have always been an Advocate of Clean, Sufficient, Stable and ‘Grounded‘ Power for any audio component and system. Therefore, I have used many products of different brands (AUDIOQUEST, AUDIOTECH, PS AUDIO, FRANK ACOUSTICS, SHUNYATA, NORDOST, TELOS, ENTREQ, etc) to pursue such Power. They were considered Essential for the Ultimate Performance and Protection for any audio component and system. When …
YY Sound Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd‘s Mr.TK Han told me that his company be launching the TechDas Air Force 10 Air Bearing Tonearm (retails Japan Yen ¥5,000,000) for the Malaysia market,…with its Designer/ Engineer Hajime Shimizu and their Export Manager, Motofumi Hirata to install, demostrate and answer any question related to the Tonearm. For that occasion, they were willing to …
After my recent review of the In-Akustik Referenz NF-4005 Air Balanced XLR interconnect, their distributor in Malaysia, D&A Analogue Hifi (M) Sdn Bhd sent me the similar series, Referenz LS-8005 Air Speaker Cables (retail at Euro €20,000 per 3 meters pair) for review. The Referenz LS-8005 has the similar impressive design,…similar materials used which were not ‘cheap‘ (they only used “pure and oxygen-free …
The In-Akustik Kabel‘s Malaysia distributor, D&A Analogue Hifi (M) Sdn Bhd sent in for review their newly arrived Referenz NF-4005 Air Balanced XLR interconnect (retail at €4,499 per 1 meter pair or at €6,499 per 1.5 meter pair). Intrigued by its size, flexibility (ease to bend), sophistication and complication,…I digged into… the designs, technologies and manufacture of the said cable. …
I am always fascinated with tube electronics or any with it, whether be phono amplifier, preamplifier, amplifier, digital to analogue converter (dac), CD player, etc. Therefore I found myself owning some of them whether I needed them or not,…especially I did not have much use for flee power/ wattage tube amplifier since I did not own a high sensitivity loudspeaker …
The Magico M Series of loudspeakers represented the company’s Highest Echelon in Technologies, Materials, Parts and Manufacture,…therefore their Ultimate Expression in Performance. When I received the Magico M2 loudspeakers from their Malaysia distributor, YY SOUND SYSTEMS SDN BHD, I was not really impressed with the size, compliment of drivers and especially the retail price (US$76,500 per pair),…more so after compared …
The loudspeaker brand, Magico from the United States of America, headed by Mr.Alon Wolf and Mr.Yair Tammam, have been actively pushing the boundaries of loudspeakers designs and performance, and started marketing their very first product, the ‘Magico Mini‘ in 2004. Since then, their loudspeakers have always been in my ‘Need to Audition‘ bucket list. I was fortunate to have heard …
In 2024, the well received Norwegian company, Skogrand Cables launched their new flagship Speaker Cable (SC), the Silverspine SC which as the name suggested, it was constructed mainly with silver wires,… “Silverspine is our first cable model not using single core copper. Instead it elevates single grain solid core silver wires to float suspended in air throughout the cable length …