Reviews

FURUTECH NCF to Boost Up your System’s Performance?!

FURUTECH NCF BOOSTER, “Connector & Cable Holder” I am sure most audiophile have heard and may have use a product or two from FURUTECH Co., Ltd (Japan). They are famed for their specialized and hi-end audio accessories; cables, connectors, binding posts, power distributors, vinyl record demagnetizer, cables lifter, etc…(the list is quite extensive). In my beloved country, Malaysia, FURUTECH products are …

STUDER 810, REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER… An Awaited Experience (Part 2)

STUDER A810 REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER . My experience with the Reel to Reel Tape playback experience continued with my latest acquisition from Analogue Productions Ultra Tape, “Winds of War and Peace” (Wilson Audiophile Recordings/ RRAP 0012). I decided on that tape because it’s vinyl record was one of my favorite high rotation test record for scale, dynamic, bass …

TEKTON MOAB Loudspeaker, a Towering Statement?!

Recently, the country has underwent a ‘Conditional Movement Control Operation’ (CMCO). Therefore, home visitation was limited, at best! However, I managed to pay a visit to Encik Ariff, our local ‘audio gentleman’ who lived quite close to my home (previous visit to his audio den at ‘OPEN DOOR’). That visit was prompted by his newly arrived Tekton Moab loudspeakers from …

STUDER A810, REEL 2 REEL TAPE…an awaited experience!

STUDER A810 REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER . An Awaited Experience (Part 1) . I remembered my first impressive encounter with Reel to Reel playback was at a fellow audiophile’s home set up with his STUDER A810 playing Patricia Barber‘s interpretation of “Black Magic Women” (Companion, Premonition)…then I said to him and myself, no analogue/ turntable sources of mine (then) …

GRYPHON ETHOS…The DAC with the CD TRANSPORT!

ETHOS CD PLAYER from GRYPHON AUDIO DESIGNS . Recently, Gryphon Audio Design launched their Compact Disc player, the Ethos, after an absence of a new CD player in their catalog since the end of 2013. I have read some very positive reviews and testimonies from colleagues in the industry and fellow audiophile in the local fellowship. Prompted I was to call RAVE System …