Riviera Audio Labs

Riviera Audio Labs

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The profundity of the “Italian School of Super High End” is far-reaching, of which the Riviera marque qualifies as a cornerstone. Riviera’s Luca asserts: The human brain autocorrects “distortions generated by the cochlea inside our ear,” beginning at 90db SPL. This is the same for all humans regardless of age and gender. (This is not to be confused with hearing ability, which differs from one to another.)   The human brain can eliminate these distortions ONLY IF it recognizes the “distortion distribution”. The shape of this is said to follow a gentle downward slope (where the X axis is the frequency range and Y axis is distortion measured in db). Our brain does not recognize any other pattern of distortion distribution even if distortions are zero.  This is why electronics made by Luca, aim at replicating the shape of the distortion distribution that our brain ordinarily corrects for us. AE founder, Chris Leung, has a full suite of Riviera Lab's flagship electronics in his home. The sound projected by Riviera Labs is wonderfully open and transparent.  Within this, the subjective elements of majesty and magnificence are conferred from the expression of musicians radiating their talents. Such design is a re-definition of true transparency, allowing the listener to come into a wider spectrum of emotional connection to the music.

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“It's the silence between the notes, that holds the key to all music", said the French composer Claude Debussy.  Mozart made similar conclusion.  Maestro conductors in modern time such as Karajan, Bernstein, and Stokowski etc all agreed.

Music is an art. Art isn’t just about colour, but contrast.  Music does not solely exist in the notes but also in pauses (silence between the notes or spacing). It is intangible in physical form but tangible in human senses.  Silence has the power to punctuate notes and creates a sense of anticipation. 

Thus, it is also correlated with tempo, dynamic, rhythm, harmonic progression and instrumentation, which in turn holistically define the energy level of any piece of music. 

Legendary jazz musician, Mile Davis said “silence is more important than sound”.

Audio Exotics pursues genuine musicality through recreating the silence between notes on any recording. 

Our systematic approach to annihilate noises will connect you easily with the souls of your beloved artists as though you are traveling in a Time Machine. 

Chris Leung

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Given numerous humble works I had done over the past few years, it is about time to make a profile video of my company.  The aim is to internationalise the company brand to broader audiences. 

The world should know more about my tremendous amount of intellectual effort put forth in the art and science of recreating the soul of musicians. 

Please come travel a Time Machine with us in Hong Kong and Singapore to reach any music on any recorded medium. 

Chris Leung 

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