Mr. Kent Poon – Asian recording producer and sound engineer. He started recording study and works from 1993 in North America, to participate large number of recording and mastering projects. His first 24bit / 96kHz high-definition digital recording was made at 1995. In 1997 Kent joined the world’s largest audio society AES (Audio Engineering Society). He was one of the youngest full members in AES history. He was widely recognised by the Chinese audiophiles from his technical articles written for few Hong Kong audiophile magazines.
Before year 2000, Kent cooperation with the Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer “Focus Audio” to develop MT1 / MC1 / FS888 series loudspeakers for McGill University in Montreal. The McGill’s engineer won the 1999 Grammy motion picture engineering award with these monitors. Throughout these early years, Kent came into contact with the Swiss manufacturer Weiss Engineering in digital mastering products. This became an important standing open for future cooperation.
Kent became Weiss Engineering consultant in year 2000. He returned to Hong Kong around 2003, to commemorate the debut recording “Audiophile Jazz Prologue” project by his “Design w Sound” production company. 2005 “Audiophile Jazz Prologue part 02” established the highest audio quality standard in SACD format. 2009 “Audiophile Jazz Prologue part 03” released in the form of revolutionary high-definition audio files format. This becomes very popular in audiophile communities worldwide.
From the 2003 to 2007, Kent served as technical consultant for one of the biggest audio distributors in Greater China region to help this company develop high-end digital audio market. 2007-2009, Kent joined a private company to consolidate one Hong Kong and one Japan listed companies subsidiaries set up in Hong Kong, and opened its first thirty thousand square feet store. Over the same period he has the opportunity to work with the legendary master Mr. Chris Babida, and participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games theme music recording work.
In year 2010 Mr. Kent Poon and Mr.Daniel Weiss from Weiss Engineering Switzerland joint venture established “Asia Weiss Limited” in Hong Kong, handling all Asia regional works as the head office. The same year in August Kent and the other two directors established “SquareWave Limited” for multi-brands audio distribution business. “Square Wave” represents a perfect reputation of digital information, target in leading digital audio business development as its main approach. 2012 SquareWave Limited partnership with Danish audio brand Vitus Audio founder Hans Ole Vitus joint venture “AVA Asia Limited” taking care of Vitus Audio and Alexander Vitus “Alluxity” brand Asia development.
Mr. Kent Poon is committed to promoting high-definition digital audio and quality recording culture. 2011 he produced the first regional “Pure Audio Bluray” cooperation with German biggest mastering studio “MsM Studios” in Munich.
Many years in cooperation with the Hong Kong “HiFitrack.com” to launch high-definition digital audio file format. Producing various high quality recordings for female cantonese singer Bondy Chiu. Kent is one of the first two Apple approved “Mastered for iTunes” (MFiT) studios in Asia.
Mr. Kent Poon travels to Vancouver 3rd year in a row from 2014/2015/2016, to record Chinese male singer Christopher Wong and Grammy awarded musicians in world famous Vancouver Armoury Studios. His works have been released in CD / SACD / vinyl and MQS formats.
Mr. Kent Poon believes recordings represent time. High-quality sound recording and reproducing can transcend time, bring out the deepest memories. Hope you will like high end audio sound and find your own definition of time.
錄音專輯Selected productions
Blanks in the card I cannot even fill with words,
Neither can my feelings of you be translated.
As for my love, cannot be written down,
But one person,
The only you will be able to read.
First Pure Audio Bluray in Asia: https://designwsound.com/dwsblog/2011/10/first-pure-audio-blu-ray-in-asia/