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FT's  System

 

Updated System Configuration - Year 2006

Turntable

Scheu Premier MK2 turntable - 80mm platter, black, 2-tonearm plinth version

 

Living Voice Mystic Mat turntable mat, active carbon mat

Rudolf Bruil Universal Record Stabilizer Ring (URSR)

Tonearms

Scheu Classic MK2 tonearm - 12" version

 

SME 3009R, 9"

Phono Cartridges

Audio-Technica AT-33PTG MC cartridge

Grado Reference MM cartridge

Phono Stage Red Rose
CD player/transport / DAC A few
Loudspeakers Audio Artistry Beethoven
Preamplifier Ayre
Amplifier Ayre power amps driving speakers active (used to also have another Burmester driving triamp)
Room Treatment ATC
HiFi Rack Soundstyle (FT likes the Hutter racks, but they wouldn't fit in his control room)
Cables Many
Accessories, tweaks Many
Music Genre Mainly Classical, a few pop, rock, jazz

 

Mr. Koh, fondly called "FT" by peers, is one of the true veterans in the Singapore high-end scene, probably almost every veteran high-end dealer knows him.  Although he has tamed down quite a bit, he still keeps himself updated listening to new high-end products that interest him, or trying out various accessories.  And of course, listening to music still occupies much of his time, having a great collection of classical LPs.

 

With the introduction of the Scheu Premier MK2 / AT OC9 into his system, the gains that FT reported are better pace, rhythm, and timing.  Overall, a more lively and dynamic presentation compared to his previous Walker Gold Proscenium turntable / Clearaudio Insider.

 

Listening to the system with various music, the above assessment is evident.  On the rare box set LP "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack (if you have the album for sale, please let us know),  we can add that timbre reproduction is very good, with detailed yet natural highs, courtesy of the Scanspeak Revelator tweeter.  And Audio Artistry's claim of "unboxy" speakers holds water, the system was open and free from any sort of boxiness, with the speaker panels of the folded baffle design helping in this department.  FT know his stuff, and the bass modules were unobtrusive, like they weren't there at all, reminding us of the Genesis 1.1 speakers in other systems we've heard.  Ultimately, with the system in an open air environment, compromises have to be accepted.  But in a dedicated enclosed room, this system will be awesome.

 

Part of the system

 

A closer view

 

The "control room", separate from the listening area

 

A closer view of the "control room"

 

The Scheu Premier MK2 turntable, with the Rudolf Bruil Universal Record Stabilizer Ring (URSR)

Cartridge has since been changed to Audio-Technica AT-33PTG

 

Side View

 

A closer view.  Notice the layers of isolation, FT definitely takes it seriously

Under the motor is a custom-built wooden box filled with sand

Under the turntable, we have Symposium super couplers, Shun Mook wood board,

2 Black Diamond Racing Shelves of different thickness, BDR cones, Titan granite slabs

 

A unique home-made cover built with cardboard and thin acrylic

Lightweight, easy to take out and put back

 

The phono stage

 

The speakers

 

The power amplifiers driving the speakers, active configuration. 

A Burmester power amp was also previously used to tri-amp.

 

The speakers' active crossover, wooden block placed above it

 

One of the passive crossovers

The wooden tweak is to reduce hash, supplied and recommended by Walker Audio when FT was

still corresponding with Lloyd Walker when he still had the Walker Gold Proscenium turntable

 

The preamplifier, with Shakti Stone

 

One of the power amplifiers, also with Shakti stone

 

The Day Sequerra FM Reference tuner

 
 
 

The speakers again, drivers shown

 

The speaker from behind

 

Some of the music software

 
 
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