International Sound & Sight Exhibition 2012
It's that time of the year again - for Singapore's major hi-fi show, International Sound & Sight Exhibition (ISSE for short). Being somewhat crowd adverse, I paid a visit on the first day of ISSE, which would be less crowded, being a Friday. The reception level contained the larger exhibition halls, with the bigger systems usually setup in larger acoustic spaces. First visit was to High End Research's room. The Wilson Audio Alexia standing guard over the Pass Lab monoblocks Wilson Audio's Alexia was being driven by Pass Lab monoblocks paired with an Audio Research Reference 10 preamplifier. The source was a Mac computer, feeding an EMM Labs DAC. In fact, quite a number of exhibitors were showcasing computer audio based setups. The system was being played a bit too loud for my liking, with the usual hi-fi demonstration type of tracks. It was very dynamic and incisive, perhaps a bit too much so for my taste. As it was close to a scheduled live performance, I made a d