Recently, I was invited to an audio event, LIVE to TAPE Recording with EB DUET (local duet, Ms.Eve Wong and Mr.Billy Ho), and LUKANG AUDIO (TAIWAN) at BEGINS ACOUSTICS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD. There I got to experience first hand comparison between EB DUET‘s LIVE performance with its recorded performance at both TAPE (R2R) and DIGITAL (HDD DSD). Consequently, I was …
This be my third [3rd] review for DS AUDIO (JAPAN) a well known specialised design, manufacture and proponent of Optical Phono Cartridge and Equalizer system. Through some searchings at the Net, I discovered that the technology started ‘with PHILCO‘s “Beam of Light” record player in the 1940s and later, with notable developments in the 1960s and 1970s by Japanese manufacturers …
The DS AUDIO (JAPAN) TB-100 is an all-tube phono equalizer designed to complement with any DS AUDIO Optical cartridge. Hence, Mr.Issac Ho of AUDIO PERFECTIONIST (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD delivered the DS AUDIO MASTER 3 Optical cartridge together with the TB-100 for review.
That was my first time to the ‘premises‘ of BEGINS ACOUSTIC (MALAYSIA) which was founded by Ms.Kenix Chua in 2015, an established audio engineer and… a proponent of Acoustic Treatments in any audio visual space. BEGINS ACOUSTIC specialises in the ever important ACOUSTIC TREATMENTS, SOUND PROOFING, represents some premium AUDIO BRANDS/ HI-FI EQUIPMENT (LUKANG AUDIO, AUDIOVECTOR, MISSION, YUKIMO, TiGLON, T-ADLER, …
Mr.Joseph Ki (widely known as JoKi, especially among the BBC LS 3/5a aficionados) has been… a well known and knowledgeable ‘Audiophile Personality‘ in MALAYSIA. Ask any audiophile here if he or she heard and/or knew JoKi,…probability is high that he or she will answer affirmatively. Whenever, I meet any audiophile friend who wish to listen to a good audio system …
PILIUM AUDIO from GREECE was founded in 2014. It is headed by the ever-passionate and inspiring Mr.KONSTANTINOS PILIOS. It is well known that there is already a number of High End Audio Designers and Manufacturers that use PILIUM AUDIO components in their respective audio system and showrooms,… and that is a testament of PILIUM AUDIO‘s QUALITY, DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, and PERFORMANCE! …
DS AUDIO (from JAPAN) is not an unknown audio brand… among Malaysia audiophile especially the vinylphile and us at analoguefellowship.com. They “specialise in high-end optical (not digital) phono cartridges and associated (analogue) phono stages/ equalizers, and known for their innovative approach to vinyl record reproduction using light (from LED instead of old hot bulb), instead of traditional electromagnetic methods“. The …
Encik Shamyl, an avid audiophile has invited me to his dedicated audio room for a listening session to his newly upgraded audio system. He shared jokingly that he (even being a car enthusiast) had to sell off his MERCEDES-AMG GT R Sport/ Track Car to upgrade to the new audio system (if you check out his previous audio system,…you would …
A short two weeks after the ASCENDO 28” Pro-Passive Squared Subwoofer’s launch event at AV DESIGNS (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD (article of the launch event available here), I was invited for a private listening session to it where it was coupled to a stereo system, consisted of the INNUOS ZENITH NG Server/ Streamer (just reviewed here), BRYSTON pre and power amp, …
Courtesy of PILIUM AUDIO and their local distributor in MALAYSIA, CENTRE CIRCLE AUDIO & VISUAL, I have in hand for review their ARES preamplifier.