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hmm my monica is cased up but not the PSU. it's not bad but the amp is picking up alot of noise from the DAC though. Are your monicas dead quiet with volume at max?

Try LHS in simlim tower. Not sure if they will do for you but the resident cable assembler there is pro. Also if you run out of luck in SLT you can try Byteron Electronic Trading Sim Lim Square 1 Rochor Canal Road #04-04 Singapore 188504 Tel: +65 6336 3132 (Irene) Saw her repairing some loose components when buying some cables from her.

hey thanks for all the tips and aegis for your offer. But I just took the lazy man's solution. A bit childish i.e. don't like what you see just use magic marker. at the end of the day, it's just a back panel la, cannot be too sad. Maybe I'll try sanding/painting it if I ever choose to sell it. Basket this project taking so long with parts missing here and there don't even know if it'll run or explode...

next time i'm just going to a shop and ask them to drill everything for me...basket... anyway i decided to just follow fuzzy and draw with permanent marker..now instead of silver lines i have black ones. ugly but abit less ugly la..

Hi, Am currently sorting out my casing for the beta22 im building. Was drilling holes when I stupidly pressed the back panel against the newspaper, and all the metal shavings started scratching it. So now it looks very very beat up... Any ideas on how to unscratch/heal/hide those damn blemishes? Am very open to 'creative' ideas. thanks in advance

maybe you can try www.echoloft.com the ppl there, on average, are prob more knowledgeable for speakers

looks nice... how come you didn't just go with the non-polar blackgates? i got myself one set also but still in the works...prob won't be completed till december. Am really jealous of your small psu, I bought a sigma11 from www.amb.org. With a toroid it's huge will prob house them in 2 boxes sigh...

yea heady i think i don't have much choice, though im really quite tempted by that 250sgd dact2...will prob end up sticking to alps. thing is i read a bit about those stepped attenuators and I don't think they will be very good unless you use quality SMD resistors...don't think those DALES will be much good. also damn mafan la

Hi guys, need a 50k potentiometer. buy in sg. Any suggestions? So far have only found the DACT2 but that's 250. thanks

seconded, though personal attacks deserve a warning at least. Can we sticky that '10 biggest lies' article? It's good, albeit controversial, stuff!

If bulkiness is an issue you can consider the supermini IV. It's bigger than the supermicro IV but still credit card size, and it is considerably thinner. (the new Xin reference amp is also thin worth a listen I'd think) I have mine with a modded ipod also and an ER4S. Sounds ok I still prefer my home rig by some distance but i'm happy considering the size. My supermini isn't the latest upgrade though so I expect it to sound better now. In any case I don't know much about portable amps. This page should be useful hope it helps: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.p...portable+review

the remittance shops like the ones in lucky plaza should be the best since i see alot of foreigners themselves using the services.

please post pics when done! (unless the box isn't for some audio project but to keep jewellery etc...)

I remember seeing altoids tins for sale somewhere in the Takashimaya mall, but that was some years back... you can try Marks and Spencer's 'curiously strong mints' the box is very nice and the lid is tight too. Very good mints also!

hmmm sorry to hear that. In terms of a good and relatively cheap balanced amp I don't think there's any other than the headroom desktop. You could try searching on www.head-fi.com - balanced amps are really 'the buzz' now on that forum and many designers are creating their own, but not at a good price. e.g. (as mentioned by kyaw) Ray Samuel's Apache: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=241586 - $3k usd Headamp GS-X: http://www.headamp.com/home_amps/index.htm - $17xx usd Rudistor amps: http://www.rudistor.com/soundsystems/amps.htm - cheapest starting at €950 if budget is not a concern, but something big! also have you tried going on http://forum.lowyat.net/Audiophiles ? Malaysian forum which you might find more useful for questions specific to your locality.

this is a great idea. Someone should sticky it when all the links are completed, or earlier. I can only think of this: http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/127865.html not really a diy guide, but just tells you not to bother burning it in. Sorry if slightly OT

nice grills. looks really different, but i think i still prefer the grado 'retro' look. do a review of your diy amp!

i think that nostril put people off looking at the thread...

i'm using a hd600, but have no need for a new amp atm...just curious...

http://www.echoloft.com/cgi-bin/buysell/Ya...&num=1181923208 Just saw this at echoloft. Sounds like a steal at $180sgd. Anyone going to give it a shot?

http://www.headphone.com/products/headphon...alanced-amp.php? has both balanced input and output. Read some very good comments about it over at head-fi. And for a balanced amp, I think the price is ok.

Ok then I can say that you won't want to look at etymotics, which are very bass light.

these are all good brands, and different people will prob give different recommendations to their taste. Why don't you just go down to either Jaben or Stereo Electronics? I believe they carry the brands you are looking at, and you can try them all until you're happy with one...

some people say iems sound better with customs, but i think you really have to take that with a pinch of salt. My experience with earmolds is that they don't really improve sq much at all. It's really more of a comfort/isolation thing. Really, really, alot more comfortable than stock tips So I'd get B, though I agree with you on your dap. you could head down to jaben/SE and try their portable amp ranges to see if you get anything out of the headphone out, or try their daps with a lineout to see how much better it is. As regards cost I paid a bit less than 200sgd at Jaben for my custom earmolds for my er4s, and you can get portable amps starting from 50sgd i suspect...

i don't know about marantz or denon; marantz is well rated here but you can also try the cambridge 540/640 series cdps. I own the 540cv2 - the sound is very big, very detailed with a good soundstage if you have the right amp to match. But it tends towards the more 'electronic' sounding type, not as natural as some of the higher end stuff. I think if you go down to adelphi you can find all the players you want. yep you can plug it straight to your aego ms, just make sure you have a pair of rca cables