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 …
When asked if I be interested to review the latest flagship cable(s) from a reputable Norwegian Audio Cables brand, Skogrand Cables and,…after reading the statement below from them;… “Our Skogrand Stravinsky line of cables is where we push for the absolute extreme of what is possible. With the Stravinsky line of cables we are going all the way – spearheading …
‘Half a Century’ of Bryston! The Canadian Audio Brand Bryston, renowned for their State of the Art amplifiers/ audio electronics designs and manufacture for both professional and consumer marketplace/ industry for more than fifty [50] years, that came with an unprecedented twenty [20] years warranty,…decided to make a ‘no compromise‘ integrated amplifier. With half a century of know how and …
Many moons ago already I have known the audio brand, Bryston from Canada that offered an unprecedented warranty of twenty [20] years for their robustly build amplifiers (and they also design and build audio products that cover the entire chain, from source to transducer). I remembered fondly my many years of owning their then flagship mono amplifier, the Bryston 7B …
Few years ago, a dear audiophile friend of mine said that it was possible to enjoy the “Big Aural Presentation” of my audio system through headphones,…what a proposition?…mine you,…in my mind,… High End Headphones (at US $ Thousand) comparable to High (or Ultra) End Audio System (at US $ Million)?! -seemed like a case of David against Goliath (from the …
I coined myself, a Gryphonist. My first encounter with a Gryphon Audio Designs product was their Colosseum stereo amplifier. I remembered how majestic it sounded and looked in my audio system. There and then I told their local representative, Reference Audio Singapore/ YY Sound Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd that I be taking it. Shortly, I realised that they have coming …