I noticed there were quite a number of dealers that had set up AV systems for demo. In previous years, there were lots more dealers selling karaoke systems.
Also, this year audiophiles were treated to fabulous music from well-tuned systems and they were also introduced to several new brands such as Absolare tube amps from hifi creations, the Dohmann Helix 1 turntable from Swedish Statement and Chartwell LS3/5 and Graham Audio LS5/9 speakers from Creative AV.
Here are some photos taken at the show:
Karan, Kalista and Acoustic System in the CMY room.
ProAc Response D30R speakers with Naim CD player and amps in the CMY room.
The Audio Note TT-2 turntable.
The all-Audio Note system.
ProAc Tablette, PrimaLuna and Metronome system in the CMY room.
Jeff Rowland, Dynaudio and Clearaudio turntable in the CMY room.
Clearaudio Innovation turntable.
Playback Design CD player, Mark Levinson integrated amp and Revel speakers in the Clarity MP room.
The Chartwell LS3/5, Graham Audio LS5/9 and Elac speakers in Creative AV’s room.
Spatial open baffle speakers and Clones components.
Nagra and Verity speakers.
And finally, the Ocean Five speakers, Kronos Pro turntable, Absolare tube amps and Frank power banks in hifi creations’ 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.
