Congrats to Gary Koh: Nice Stereophile post!

[garylkoh]

Thanks for posting the link Andre!

Jason's a very critical listener, and I'm honored that he liked what music I was making at CES. The last time I played him my Class D amps, he thought that they sounded "etched". I'm glad that this second generation of amps (more mods made to the Hypex modules and new developments in both the low-voltage as well as high-voltage power supply) met with his approval. What Jason didn't mention was that I was using the latest version of Steve's VRE-1C preamp (sonically the same, but it has a digital volume read-out) and only using my SMc-1 preamp as a phono stage.

Here's the LP I played for him - a 50-year-old original pressing. I first heard about it from jazdoc (Thanks, Mark) and it took me quite a few months to get a quiet, clean Stereo copy. The Monos are much easier to find. It's a wonderful demo for tonal color and dynamics.

 

[Alrainbow]

Congrats gary.

Al

 

[garylkoh]

Gary's new speakers are indeed wonderful. I just viewed the raw video... wait until you seem them up close

Here's Gary with Steve McCormack.

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Thanks, Peter.

The new speakers are unfortunately so transparent that paying close attention to every component up the chain paid off. Using Steve's VRE-1C preamp was a big part of that too. I'm sure you know it as you awarded him Product of the Year. That's almost as good as Bunny of the Year

Congrats gary.

Al

Thanks, Al.