Eric Teh - Stereo Times

The Quick and Dirty 300B tube shoot-out

September 24, 2020

The 300B vacuum tube must be one of the most talked-about vacuum tube models, especially in Asia. Critics like to pan it as hyped-up, before introducing their own favourite directly heated triode tube. Others [Read More]

SOtM sHP-100 DAC and Headphone Amplifier

October 5, 2016

Introduction This is my first personal experience with SOtM products. Although I have heard them a number of times during our local AV show (ISSE), somehow they never made their way into my listening [Read More]

JCAT Reference USB Cable

January 25, 2016

For the unfamiliar, JCAT is a sub-brand of JPLAY dedicated to hardware components. The company believes that use of their products will help JPLAY users to maximise performance of their systems. JPLAY is already well-known [Read More]

2015 Sound and Sight

January 21, 2016

Unicorn Sound & Vision were doing a live demonstration on the beneficial effects of the Audioquest Jitterbug. A notebook PC was being used to play a music video (the PC was hooked up to a [Read More]

2015 Sound and Sight

January 21, 2016

AV Intelligence were exhibiting the Devialet Phantom speaker (just one) and their amplifier in the main hallway. Not forgetting the portable crowd – in fact, quite a significant part of the show was dedicated [Read More]

2015 Sound and Sight

January 21, 2016

High End Research had the all-new Audio Research Ref 6 on display. An EMM Labs XDS-1 was spinning optical discs, with a Goldmund Mimesis 32.5 Processor and Logos Anatta active speakers. Goldmund Logos Anatta [Read More]

2015 Sound and Sight

January 21, 2016

Unicorn Sound & Vision were doing a live demonstration on the beneficial effects of the Audioquest Jitterbug. A notebook PC was being used to play a music video (the PC was hooked up to a [Read More]

Curious Cables – USB Cable

September 28, 2015

Introduction Curious Cables is a new Australian audiophile cable company. However, founder Rob Woodland was previously manufacturer of the well known bullet plug, under licence from Keith Eichmann. The USB cable under review took 12 months [Read More]

Sony’s new Walkman

March 10, 2015

Sony Walkman NW-ZX2 IntroductionI recently attended a media event organised by Sony Singapore to introduce the NW-ZX2 – the latest flagship Walkman from Sony. Mr. Katsumasa Yoshioka, Senior Electrical Engineer flew down from Tokyo to [Read More]

Entreq Tellus and Eartha Silver Cables

February 5, 2015

The Entreq Tellus is the big and badder brother of the Minimus. It is almost as big as a typical hi-fi component and will take up a complete shelf on your hi-fi rack. The Tellus [Read More]