Here are all the brands I wish to see back in our Malaysian market soon!
Restek is German amplifier brand, with a strong kick in the bottom end, clear mid range and smooth airy highs
Restek also made some Limited Edition stuff for Thorens
This shoe box sized Restek mono block is nice and look at the price, not too expensive too!
The Restek Editor is pre-amp with high end ambitions. The Epal model looks like an integrated amplifier using the same metal case & interface
Acoustic Solid actually has wooden plinth turn tables
Another towering high end turn table offering by Acoustic Solid
The succesor to the hugely popular Pioneer BDP SC LX-88, coming soon is the LX-89 Bluray player, seen here in satin silver finishing
Looks like Pioneer too, is moving back in to hifi! On display are their latest range of integrated amplifier & digital media streamer
Pioneer CD Player cum DAB tuner and digital network streamer with built in ripping capabilities? Seen here is Pioneer’s display sample, which I really do hope will be in production soon
Octave is an interesting German tube amp manufacturer I’d to see in Malaysian shores
Another Octave tube amplifier design
The Octave HP 300SE is a tube pre amp
Octave phono module, now this I am really keen to see coming to Malaysia!
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.
