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Hi-Fi ASMR: Luxuriating in a Million-Dollar Singapore Listening Room
We don’t have much to offer about the following trio of videos, other than anyone interested in pristine sound might find them riveting. Represented are twelve components in a fancy Singapore listening room. As you go through the room with the video’s maker, the Taiwanese Hi-Fi magazine My-Hiend, scroll through the list of machines powering it below, and maybe imagine what your favorite record would sound like on it.
The info that accompanies the three videos in this series doesn’t offer much, either, just a list of brands involved in this wonder-chain: Wilson Audio, Vitus, Stromtank, Bergmann, EMT, Thales, Clearaudio, Nordost, Ortofon, Micro-Seiki, SRA, and PSI. In comments beneath this first clip, My-Hiend writes that this system cost at least a million dollars. Below, while you luxuriate in the system, we annotated the brands. If you’ve got the money, here’s one way to do it.
Bergmann, a Danish company, builds air-bearing turntables and tonearms designed to reduce friction and vibrations.
EMT engineers professional-grade turntables and cartridges, originally developed for broadcast use and prized for their durability and accuracy.
Thales, a Swiss brand, specializes in crafting precision tonearms with unique geometry to minimize tracking errors.
Clearaudio, a German brand, manufactures innovative high-end turntables, tonearms, and phono cartridges.
Ortofon designs phono cartridges, offering a wide range from entry-level to high-end models, known for their accuracy and detail in playback.
Micro-Seiki, a Japanese company, built a legacy with its precision turntables and tonearms, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, still celebrated for their superior build quality.
SRA (Silent Running Audio) creates high-performance isolation platforms and bases, designed to reduce vibrations and resonance in audio components, enhancing sound clarity and detail.
Nordost leads the industry in high-performance audio cables, including speaker cables, interconnects, and power cords, designed to enhance audio signal transmission through cable geometry and materials.
PSI Audio, a Swiss brand, specializes in producing high-end studio monitors and active speakers, acclaimed for their accurate and neutral sound reproduction, making them a favorite in pro studios.
Wilson Audio crafts high-end loudspeakers, renowned for delivering some of the most precise and detailed soundscapes, often featured in reference-level systems.
Vitus excels in producing high-performance amplifiers, preamplifiers, and integrated amplifiers, designed to deliver exceptional sound quality with a focus on transparency and musicality.
Stromtank makes high-end audio systems with advanced power conditioning and energy storage solutions, ensuring a clean, stable power supply for optimal sound performance.
And, finally, for those of us fascinated with the process by which an empty, nothing space can become a brilliantly executed listening room, the below time-lapse details how the East Bay audio company Magic Audio built a new listening room in 2022. It, too, is AMSR-worthy.
