KL International AV Show 2017 Report
Kuala Lumpur International AV 2017 Show Report
KLIAV 2017 Show Report By Christopher Tan

  Various brands are on static display allowing some sort of a in contact visitation hours for show goers who will eventually own them.

Alcoves face these static display with complete systems ready for audition from. Acoustic System International (A.S.I.) were of note as the entire system from CD player to speakers including cables are on demo.

In another smaller but no less interesting room, Esoteric was on show partnering Focal's Aria 936 loudspeakers.

Hidden behind the Focal and Esoteric ensemble in another room was one of the better sounds of the show despite their minute proportion. DCS' Rossini Player that will plays CD, music from your network and streams Tidal, Spotify & Deezer provided the music whilst FM Acoustics 255 preamp & 108 amplifier sprung the Stenheim Alumine Two bookshelf speakers into some serious action. If it were not for my sacred duty to you, dear readers, your content reporter would have been complacently spending the rest of the show in this room. Luckily that did not happen for there were other rooms to be astounded and mesmerised.

An all Triangle Art upstream performed a duo with Venture Audio's Grant Ultimate Mk II. Triangle Art's starting line-up includes their Master Reference turntable, Reference Tube Preamplifier and Reference Tube amplifiers.

Another mind blowing demonstration was by one of the more interesting speakers at the Show. PMC's active MB3 XBD-A, the first in Asia, were mesmerizing the audiences (Most are entrenched and refuse to give up a seat for Your Dear Reporter!). No doubt as one of PMC's top models, these speakers enraptured the audience who were firmly rooted. The MB3 XDB-A gave a relaxed yet dynamic presentation of the music with authoritative low end. These speakers are more of a system being fully active; they came with PMC's own custom DSP crossover processor and amplification. Fronting this mammoth of a system is a Bryston BDP-3 digital player, BDA-3 DAC and BP-26 & MPS-2 preamplifier and power supply combination. The Bryston front-end adroitly wrangle the active PMC speakers to give out enjoyable and emotive experience.

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