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Saturday, March 25, 2023

Canjam Singapore 2023

Canjam Singapore is now on from March 25-26 at Pan Pacific Singapore. It runs from 11 am - 6 pm on March 25 (Saturday) and 10 am - 5 pm on March 26 (Sunday). See you at Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039595. You can visit the website, http://https://canjamglobal.com/shows/singapore2023/ for more information.

Here are some pictures of the event. I had a brief listen to the Fiio R7, Final D8000 Pro SE, DCA Corina and Expanse, and the DITA Perpetua with Celeste cable.


Dan Clark Audio

The Corina has stunning bass-lines, and fantastic everything-else. I would have grabbed one if not for the hefty price-tag.

The Expanse sounded fantastic and is easily the best magnetic planar headphone from Dan Clark Audio that I've heard. 

Project Perfection / DITA

The DITA Perpetua with Celeste cable. This will challenge your idea of IEM performance albeit at a cost that few can afford.

The Final D8000 Pro SE must be the Baby Bear's Porridge of headphones. Nice organic midrange with extended and sparkling high frequencies. 

AV One / Fiio

Fiio R7 AIO Unit with SP3 active speakers

Interviews

I was also lucky enough to interview Rob Watts (digital design consultant for Chord Electronics) and Kevin Chen (director of Fiio). The interview covered the following :-

Rob Watts

  • Products in the pipeline
  • Tap length and the view beyond 1 million taps
  • Thoughts on software solutions like HQPlayer and PGGP
  • His thoughts on criticism on the technical performance of some of his recent products


0:09 - Tap Length
8:20 - Ultimate DAC and new scaler
9:00 - Software solutions
12:27 - Power supplies
23:40 - Measurements on his products
42:50 - Early days in Deltec
47:53 - Singapore food


Kevin Chen
  • Products in the pipeline
  • High-end products from Fiio
  • Fiio R7 AIO unit and SP3 speakers
  • Future trends