BLACK WIZARD MAGIC PLATE MP-05 FROM TOMBO AUDIO PRODUCTS . Vattana and his Tombo Audio Products . (Mr.) Vattana Prasertnasung, a proud Thai himself, has been on the audio journey for forty (40) years now, and could be considered an audiophile whom have seen and heard much. In those decades, he learnt of the detrimental effect of vibrations, whether be it generated …
WADAX ATLANTIS CD TRANSPORT AND DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTER . WADAX from SPAIN . Those who have been following the high end audio industry may have learnt of the company, WADAX. It is a Spanish company established in 2006, with its Founder/CEO having ties to acoustics, electronics, digital audio, telecommunications, manufacture of specialized chipset and high end audio. Therefore, the WADAX team and it’s …
NASOTEC SWING HEADSHELL 202A1 (Patented) . Korea has established themselves as a major player in a number of industries which involve many areas of our life. Chances are there that we have at least one of those Korean made product in our home. I think the brand SAMSUNG, LG, KIA, HYUNDAI, DAEWOO,…might ring a bell(?!). . . Is no surprise …
NASOTEC VIBRATION EXTINCTION MECHANISM CLAMP, KOREA . The Man, the Thought, the Idea, and the Execution . I remembered that a couple of years ago, there was a lot of postings (the postings still continue today) at the social network about the Swing Headshell (patented) and a Vibration Extinction Mechanism clamp (hereinafter referred to as the VEM clamp) from Nasotec, South Korea. Out …
KODO, GRYPHON AUDIO DESIGNS FLAGSHIP LOUDSPEAKERS . A Chat With The GRYPHONISTS . The first time I met in person, Flemming Erik Rasmussen and Valdemar Borsting was in 2013. They were on an Asia Tour to visit their distributors in the region. At that time, I just bought their newly launch Gryphon Audio Mephisto stereo power amp to drive my then …
JADIS ELECTRONICS JP500 SE FOUR CHASSIS LINE STAGE . . An Audio French’s Pride . . It all started with one Frenchman’s quest to make a much more accurate sounding audio tube component which could bring back the emotion felt from the concert. That Frenchman, Andre Calmettes‘ prototypes, tube based power amplifiers, have wowed many and were considered better than …
. 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 …