Taiwan International Hi-End Audio Show 2009

Coverage By Wong Kok Chieat

T+A TCI-2A active loudspeakers featuring electrostatic tweeters.

 

The smaller T+A combination with SACD 1260R player, PA 1260R integrated amplifier and TAL XM mini monitors.

 

Cable lifters from Telos Audio Design in the Gold and Platinum series. From the demonstrations, these cable lifters performed miracles in stretching the frequency spectrums.

 

Venture loudspeakers with Venture and Onix amplifications.

 

Venture CR-1 and CR-7 loudspeakers.

 

Mini-Zenith mz-CD3 transport and digital media system and the mz-DAC3 digital to analogue converter. The mini-Zenith was the proud creation of Doctor Chen from Taiwan. The mz-CD3 was developed to extract flawless audio files from CDs and stored in external harddisc with audio files encoded in encrypted format. This made the mz-CD3 with unlimited storage capacity as external harddiscs could be added as and when required through USB interface. Also, the mz-DAC3 was developed to integrate seamlessly with the mz-CD3 and featured battery power supply. Furthermore, the mz-DAC3 came equipped with USB 2.0 interface to ensure higher bandwidth.

Initial listening impressions of the mz-CD3 and mz-DAC3 were very positive with plausible detail extraction and cohesive musical presentation. The presentation was very musical and fluid.

 

The complete cable range from the Telos Audio Design Gold series and Platinum series.

 

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