Since I spent much time on Level 4 where the AV2day.com Help Desk was located, I walked around the floor and popped into many of the showrooms again. Since I was seated outside Absolute Sound’s Focal showroom, I popped in a few times to check out the new Focal Sopra No 2 speakers. I also went downstairs to Level 3 to have a look at the Epson laser projector since Willy had sung praises about it.
I also popped into the Clarisys room on Level 3 as an audiophile had mentioned to me that the full-ribbon speakers sounded good.
Our Help Desk was just outside the Focal room, so I popped in to listen to the new Focal Sopra No 2 speakers.
The Focal Sopra No 2 speakers were driven by the FM Acoustics 811 power amp.
The FM Acoustics preamp and Esoteric CD player complete Absolute Sound’s system.
The Clarisys speakers are full-ribbons and are styled after the Apogees. They sounded transparent and had great bass slam.
The new Marten Coltrane 3 speakers were launched at the show.
The Marten Coltrane 3 speakers were driven by the huge Vitus power amp.
The source was the huge Sperling turntable.
I walked past the McIntosh room and saw a pair of ‘naked’ Mcintosh line array speakers and took a picture to show the number of midrange drivers and tweeters.
Selling his audiophile CDs and LPs was Todd Garfinkle, the man behind MA Recordings. Todd is a very pleasant man and he will readily autograph the CD or LP that you buy.
In the Epson room, the Life of Pi was being screened. I must say the Epson EH-LS 10000 home laser projector offered absolutely stunning picture quality.
Absolute Sound had another room on the 7th floor featuring the Focal Chorus 716 speakers.
The lower-range Focal speakers were driven by a Teac integrated amp..
The FiiO R7 is to me at least, a first of its kind. A product that merges a player, digital to analogue convertor, preamplifier and headphone amplifier. All of this is crammed into a uniquely designed chassis that would standout while blending in seamlessly on a desktop setup. Offered in both black and white, the FiiO R7 is by far the most fascinating product currently available in the FiiO catalogue.
About a dozen Taiwanese companies are taking part in the coming Kuala Lumpur International AV show to be held on October 27-29 (Friday – Sunday) at The Gardens Hotel, Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur.
It is double happiness at YY Sound Systems' showroom in Glo Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, as there are two demo systems with different sonic flavours set up.
