Sound perfection

THE STUNNING SIGHT AND SOUND OF KEF AUDIO Celebrity photographer Wig Tysmans and wife Carole Tara Litton and fashion accessory designer Ann Ong Pinky Antonio, Rachel de Guzman, Linda Ley, and Du- day Tuason Tricia Pancho and Eve Yu- Agile Zamora and Carol kimtiao Mercado Joanne Villablanca and actor-model Derek Ramsay Jayelles’ Ina Bugayong, Ayna Ong and Jayelles’ Roselle Rebano Wilcon executive vice president and COO Rosemarie Ong and husband Tony Chat and Hugo Lozano Charlene Cobankiat-Tiu, Mannix Peña, Francine Lim, Willin Chan, Alou and husband The French Baker founder Johnlu Koa accessories took center stage at a special affair held at the second floor of the main wing of Shangri-La Plaza mall in Mandaluyong City. The world’s premier innovators in sound, the UK-based KEF brand is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Coby’s Gear and Gadgets which is headed by its managing director Charlene Cobankiat-Tiu. “Mu- sic is a very personal experience. We have customers who want to have their favorites playing to get them up in the morning and by their side as they go to sleep at night. This is why we have brought the KEF speakers into the country,” she said. The whole family came in full force: Co Ban Kiat Hardware Inc. chairman and president Johnny Cobankiat and wife Aida and their children, Co Ban Kiat Hardware’s vice president for sales and marketing Jan Vincent Cobankiat, vice president for IT and logistics Jan Wesley Cobankiat, and Camille Cobankiat. GP Industries group business development director for Asia Pacific Lawrence Chu was among the VIP guests. Headlining the showcase is the mighty small Muo wireless speaker. Sound by KEF, designed by British industrial design guru Ross Lovegrove, Muo speakers are sculptural forms of extreme high-end per- formance audio. Its size and shape are perfect for music lovers on the go. Another standout—looks and performance-wise—is KEF’s EGG wireless digital music system, a “plug-and-play” system with built-in amplifier that allows one to enjoy one’s music with depth, clarity and detail of true high- resolution sound. Guests at the special presentation also raved about KEF’s stylish and colorful high-quality headphones and earphones. There is no need to be an acoustic engineer to appreciate pitch-perfect audio output.