Munich High End Show 2016, Day 4. By now time seems closing on me as this is the last day of the show, and yet there’s still so much I did not covered! There’s a competing show across town called Hifi-Deluxe at the Marriott Hotel Munich, where supposedly more high end brands like FM Acoustics and JMF Audio were all there, but I have decided to miss that to concentrate fully on MOC 2016. Apparently because of that, I missed the chance to hear Anne Bisson & Lyn Stanley “Live”! Life is about choices and perhaps, regrets too, unfortunately.
Grimm Audio, if there was ever a name that matched the product character so much! I was listening to a very depressing double bass solo demo via the Grimm speakers, I had to walk out and fast, because I suddenly felt the urge to end my miserable life!
Nice looking 2 piece power amp from Acoustic Plan
The Acoustic Plan mono block amp & power supply units seen here on demo with Raidho speakers
Thales TTT-C turntable with battery drive system
EMT phono pre amplifier looked stunning in gold!
Quadral speaker line up
New! MX series from Musical Fidelity
Musical Fidelity’s NuVista 600 series CD player and integrated amp. Looks promising in black!
Musical Fidelity Encore 225 digital music streamers
Now, that’s one very unusual looking Thorens turn table
Latest G- Series from Audio Research! ARC PH 9, DAC 9 and LS 28 pre amp
A trully convincing & spetacular DSD multi channel demo set up by www.nativedsd.com These guys know good music! DSD file coversion handled by Merging NADAC multi channel DAC, with amps and speakers by daudio. It’s my Best Sound of Show Day 4, as I returned to this room twice!
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.
