Posted on Sunday, 8th February 2009 by Auw Jimmy

It was a nice day, a little bit rainy at the morning. I went to Bintaro (Mr. Didik home) to enjoy a Solid State Blind Test session. After around 1.5 hours traffic, finally I arrived there.

We used equipments as follow:

• NAD C542 CD Player and Aico top loading DVD Player (with External DAC)
• Aikido 6CG7/6072 Pre-amp
• DIY 3-way speaker (Woofer PL26, Mid P17, Tweeter XT25TG)

The contenders (first session)

• Unknown from Bandung (Mr. David SKP)
• LM3886 (Mr. Ado Bekasi)
• LM1875 Balanced (Mr. Ara)
• LM1875 Buffer 12SL7 (Mr. Budiarto W)

The contenders (second session):

• Lucky13 LM3886 (Mr. Dino Ary)
• LM3876 Buffer Nelson Pass (Mr. Dino Ary)
• MOSFET IRF (Mr. Ado Bekasi)
• MOSFET MP50Di (Mr. Didik WA)
• LM1875 Stasiun Bekasi (Pak Praka N)
• LM1875 Sentul (Pak Aip N Sentul)

It was a long sesssion. Although the session was ended at around 17:00, we still continued with some extra session, like loudspeakers and Pre-amp testing. We finally ended the session at 21:00.

Here is some photos. Enjoy!

“Filled the tank” before we started the session.

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Tags: Audio, audiophile, Blind Test, DIY-Audio, gainclone, LM1875, LM3875, MOSFET, pre amp
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Posted on Tuesday, 5th August 2008 by Auw Jimmy

Artist: Waldjinah
Album: Sings Gesang
Publisher: Rice Record OSR-702
Recording Technology: -

About this album:
After this album, I think this album also worth to be considered as an audiophile-grade Kroncong. This time, Waldjinah solo album with title “Sings Gesang”. This album called “Sings Gesang” because Waldjinah sings Gesang’s songs on this album.

Waldjinah is well known as famous female Kroncong singer in Indonesia. With strong and angelic voice, Waldjinah really spread her magic on Krocong world. This album is quite unique since Waldjinah sings Gesang’s songs. She doesn’t sing her own song like the famous Walang Kekek. You can find her popular song, “Walang Kekek” on other album here.

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Tags: audiophile, bengawan solo, CD Audio, gesang, waldjinah
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Posted on Friday, 1st August 2008 by Auw Jimmy

Artist: Gesang, Nuning, Waldjinah
Album: Bengawan Solo
Publisher: JVC Record
Recording Technology: -

About this album:
According to Wikipedia, Kroncong is the name of a ukulele-type instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the Kroncong, a flute, and a female singer. And this album is an audiophile-grade Kroncong!

All the singers (Gesang, Nuning, and Waldjinah) are famous Kroncong singer in Indonesia. Gesang, though quite old, still has enough breathe to give emotional touch on this album. I think this is his last “best” Kroncong album recorded. Nuning (and especially) Waldjinah are well known as two famous female Kroncong singer. We could find a lot of their albums in local, but none in audiophile-grade like this album.

This album was recorded on JVC Victor Studio, Tokyo on April 1994 and remastered on April 2000, also on the same place. Again, I would like to highlight (again!) the quality of this album. This is one of the rarely superb recorded Kroncong album.

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Tags: audiophile, bengawan solo, CD Audio, gesang, kroncong, nuning, waldjinah
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Posted on Thursday, 15th March 2007 by Auw Jimmy

Artist: Ingram Washington
Album: What A Difference A Day Makes
Publisher: STS Digital
Recording Technology: -

About this album:
This is one of the most recommended album. Superb recording and superb male baritone vocal. Most of the songs came from the classic song, like “Unforgettable”, “Smile”, “What a Wonderful World”, etc. When he was young, Ingram enjoyed music from Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Al Hibbler, Arthur Prysock, and Billy Eckstine. No surprise if his style was similar with them.

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Tags: audiophile, CD Audio, ingram washington
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