Hi Fi Turntable

I saw this turntable selling at Mustafa Singapore for S$248. It has a Lenco brand which I have not heard before. Model is L-85 and the box stated a USB direct encoding, probably to translate the analog signal to digital format with a USB output for storage. The interesting point is the price which I felt was reasonable, although I have no idea of the quality.

Below the box is an audio technica turntable.

Historically, I had not been playing music on turntable. When I was born, the cassette tape was already available. Hence, all my songs were either kept in cassette format or CD format. Recent years, there was a growing interest in turntable and a revival of audiophile view that the music from turntable is better than CD. Music from vinyl record is argued to be analog and music in its original form. However, none has argued that cassette tape which is also in analog format is of better quality.

As I have not owned a turntable or vinyl record, it would be difficult to comment. But a cheap turntable may make me interested. I have also read that due to the growing interest in vinyl records, the prices of such records have been rising.

National Gallery Singapore - Interesting Painting

Chua Ek Kay

Not too long ago, I shared a painting by Arnulf Rainer displayed at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
http://e21s.blogspot.sg/2015/08/germany-part-12-interesting-painting.html

When I was in National Gallery recently, I noticed another interesting painting by Artist Chua Ek Kay which was entitled Yellow Door 1 and 2.  It is white piece of Chinese calligraphy paper with 2 strokes of black ink at the upper half of the paper. At the bottom, there are traces of ink.

I did not appreciate the intent or the artistic value of the Yellow Door. It is too abstract.

There are other nice calligraphy in the Gallery such as Pan Shou 'Poem of Zither' shown below. It has strong calligraphy strokes which show the effort and control required of the painter.

Pan Shou Calligraphy