Correct me if I am wrong, but this year’s KLIAVS featured more turntables than ever before. From the good ol’ Linn LP12 in Perfect Hi-Fi’s room to the twin-platter Kronos in hifi Creations’ room, it was certainly a show that was worthwhile for the vinyl addict. Here are some photos of the turntables that I saw (it may not be a complete list) and heard.
Thorens turntables in Perfect Hi-Fi’s room.
Dr Feickert Woodpecker turntable
TW Acustic Raven Anniversary turntable
Rega RP8 turntable at Asia Sound’s room.
The venerable Linn in Perfect Hi-Fi’s room.
A range of Pro-Ject turntables.
The Kronos Sparta turntable in hi-fi Creations’ room.
The Kronos Pro turntable.
The Consonance Die Walkure turntable in the Living Vinyl Ventures room.
Acoustic Solid Machine Small turntable in the AVP Soundcraft room.
The Acoustic Solid Transparent turntable.
VPI Classic turntable in the Centre Circle room.
The Clearaudio Innovation turntable in the CMY room.
Brinkmann turntable.
Another Brinkmann turntable.
The Vertere turntable in the Absolute Sound room.
The huge Sperling turntable in Swedish Statement’s room.
Eugene Ngoh, the veteran who has worked for numerous dealers including Asia Sound and Swedish Statement, has opened his own showroom in Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaya.
By Lam Seng Fatt
After the Kojo Technology Crystal Ep virtual grounding plugs improved the sound when fixed to the black terminals of my ATC speakers, I tried the third plug with RCA cap on my preamp. I couldn't find any unused RCA input in my streamer/transport, DAC or power amp, so I had to use the tube Lamm LL2 Deluxe preamp for the test.
By Lam Seng Fatt
Kenix Chua of Begins Acoustic gave me the opportunity to try grounding speakers when she handed me three Kojo Technology Crystal Ep virtual grounding plugs on the last day of the Kuala Lumpur International AV Show last weekend. Two of them had spades while the third had an RCA plug. I was told to plug them into the black terminals of the speakers or an unused black RCA jack of the preamp, DAC or streamer.
