DS AUDIO MASTER-1 OPTICAL PHONO SYSTEM A 3-part introduction and review of Japanese audio company/ maverick/innovator DS Audio by Dato Danon Han. Stand by for Part 3 for the ‘Big Bang’ surprise… Part Two Enter the Master of Optical Phono Cartridge System Another review meant another series of sessions listening to …
DS AUDIO MASTER 1 OPTICAL PHONO SYSTEM A 3-part introduction and review of Japanese audiocompany/ maverick/innovator DS Audio by Dato Danon Han. Stand by for Parts 2 & 3 for the ‘Big Bang’ surprise… Part One The D and S of DS Audio The DS stands for Digital Stream of Digital Stream Corporation, Japan that specializes in …
VERMOUTH BLACK PEARL POWER CORD A Humble Start… Hendry Ramli started Vermouth Audio in Indonesia at 2010 that specialized in ‘connectors, cables and electronics to a loudspeakers’. After much hard work, commitment and dedication, the brand began to receive acknowledgement and standing as a manufacturer of quality audio products at an acceptable price points. As the head honcho …
The land where Skogrand Cables were born. Skogrand Stravinsky Balanced Interconnect… The Rise of Cables! I have seen more and more boutique branded audio cables in the market now than the last decade. Some said that designing and making cables involved the least capital compared to actual audio components. Others claimed that the initial capital isn’t small …
FRANK ACOUSTICS ULTRA BANK 25000Ws & POWER BANK 15000Ws As provided in their accompanying manual, the Frank Ultra Bank UB-25000Ws (hereinafter referred to as Ultra Bank) and Power Bank PB-15000Ws (hereinafter referred to as Power Bank) are ‘essentially a scaled down version of an industrial shunt reactor commonly found in electricity power plants. Shunt reactors are typically used as …
Hendri Ramli, the “Head Honcho” of Vermouth Audio Vermouth Audio from Indonesia have been really busy. They have successfully expanded their catalogue from cables to loudspeakers, integrated amplifier, audio cable plugs and more. They have sent me their Red Velvet balance cables for some time (now in its Mk.2 iteration). All those time, I have connected the Red Velvet …
Many whom have followed me here know how much I love the Aries Cerat Kassandra 2 LE Digital To Analog Converter. It’s tube based ladder DAC with a tonality closest to a Top End Analog Turntable rig with the Top Ender Phono Amplifier. It’s mid is luscious, seductive and capturing. The dynamic and slam are fast and pounding like …
Mama mia here we go again. There is just one winner of the KL international show and that accolade goes to – the absolute sound for the all FM amp-speaker using either the Vertere turntable or the eye opening Rosini digital source. SUMMARY This is not a system not for the faint hearted. It is fast –lightning fast – …
THE KRONOS COMPLETE ANALOGUE SOLUTION with REFERENCE PHONO The ‘Unstoppable’ Kronos The Kronos Pro turntable is now six years old. During its illustrious life, it has received many upgrades and it has maintained its position as the industry standard. Indeed, Kronos has been chosen by many High End audio manufacturers such as Magico,Von Schweikert Audio, Absolare, Kubala-Sosna, Joseph …
This is one of my staple turntable that caught the attention of my audio Sifu or Teacher. Mr. Ng Cheong Bing was an analogue audio distributor for some years and has retired recently. He told me he wanted to have a good analogue source and asked me for recommendation. I invited him to come to my audio den to …