Q&A: Ken Heng Gin Loo - DIY Audio Appeals to Applications Engineer

Shannon Becker interviews Ken Heng Gin Loo, the founder of the diy-audio-guide.com website. Ken is of Malaysian Chinese origins, and studied in the United Kingdom, where he graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Honors) from the University of Manchester, UK. Today he lives in a beautiful tropical island named Pulau Pinang (aka Penang) in Malaysia. Ken has a passion for DIY audio, in particular tube amplifiers, Tripath amplifiers, high-efficiency loudspeakers, and high-quality audio reproduction. This article was originally published in audioXpress, December 2013.

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