. FRANC AUDIO ACCESSORIES (Since 2009) . . CERAMIC DISC FOOT . Franc Audio Accessories, Poland, is not another new company with some audio accessories. They have been operating for more than a decade and remained strong with followings from some serious audiophile, and audio designers and manufacturers. . . Their specialties in producing footers, platforms and racks that “eliminate all …
. XAV EXPRESSO MINI MONITOR . A Chanced Encounter… . I chanced upon a pleasant meet up with Mr.Kitiwat Watcharachatchawan of XAV, an established loudspeakers design and manufacture company at Thailand. He invited me to have a listen to their hand made Expresso mini monitor that he just put up in a small audio set up at AMCORP MALL, Petaling Jaya. We …
SPERLING TA-1 TONEARM . The First Tonearm from SPERLING, TA-1 . My first encounter with the Sperling TA-1 Tonearm was a few years back at the Sperling Audio exhibition at Munich Hi End 2017. Then, I thought I knew the sound quality of the Sperling L-1 turntable. However, the sound quality I heard at that exhibition was familiar and yet unfamiliar. . . …
(Photo courtesy of El Hefe) . VERMOUTH REFERENCE POWER CORD . Hendry Ramli of Vermouth Audio, Indonesia sent me his flagship power cord last year to compliment the Reference XLR Balanced Interconnect that was reviewed last August 2019. . I have plugged both Vermouth Reference XLR Balanced Interconnect and Reference Power Cord to the DS Audio‘s Flagship, The Master 1 Optical Phono Equalizer …
Gryphon Audio Pendragon Four Chassis Loudspeaker system . An audiophile seeking what is better… . I am not keen to consider myself a career audio reviewer. Actually, I preferred to be myself, like any other audiophile in the quest for better audio component. I have my doors open to any audio distributor/ manufacturer/ designer who believes that his/ her audio …
ECHOLE CABLES LIMITED EDITION INTERCONNECTS The review continued with James Chin of YL Audio, Malaysia brought over Echole Limited Edition Balanced XLR Interconnect (to my Vitus Mono Amplifier MP-M201) and Phono RCA Interconnect (to my Kronos Reference Phono Amplifier). . Here, I have ‘almost totaled’ my audio system with Echole Limited Edition cables except, from the FM 268C preamplifier to …
A RE-POST OF THE ARIES CERAT KASSANDRA 2 LIMITED EDITION DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTER. It has been awhile since my last serious consideration of a digital component. It was the Vitus Masterpiece MP-D201 that my preference leaned toward at the last digital shoot out at my audio system. I thought it was an obvious choice due to its ‘character or …
. ECHOLE CABLES LIMITED EDITION SPEAKER CABLE . My pursuit for higher transparency cum higher appreciation of musicality brought me to seek out James Chin of YL Audio for more of Echole Cables Limited Edition. . . Without much hesitation on his part, he parted his own pair of the Echole Cables Limited Edition Speaker Cable (hereinafter referred to as …
LEVIN DESIGN SOLINGEN TURNTABLE MAT Levin Design Solingen from Germany have brought to us vinyl-phile some serious anti static record and phono cartridge stylus brushes of natural animal hairs. Many among us agreed the necessity in having and using an anti static record brush (for obvious reasons). However, not many believe that after a brush or two, the sound quality …
TELOS DESIGN QUANTUM DAMPING MAT (TAIWAN) It’s been some time since I last met up with Jeff Lin, the headmaster of Telos Audio Design, Taiwan. We rekindled at the recent Taiwan Hi End Audio Show 2019…and he started the conversation with ‘did you miss me?’. ‘Of course, I did’, I replied with a big giggle. He then quickly got me …