adhoc

goodness! before you shop online, try out Sing Music first!

Sing Music

#02-75 Lucky Plaza

tel: 67412575

or perhaps you might want to wait a short while for singapore dealers to receive stock of the e-mu 1616m. apparently it has the same sound as the e-mu 1212m - just external this time!

imho the gmx has a slight metallic tint to the sound. anyone else notice this? i had a listen at some relatively quiet apple store on sls 6th floor.

no problems here.

perhaps you could ask him to try this:

go to start, choose 'run'

type 'command' and then press 'enter'

then type 'ipconfig /flushdns'

might help.

eddie current hd-25. uses 1x 6SN7 and 1x6AS7/6080.

fwiw, i already have managed to procure NOS raytheon and kenrad vt-231s and 1 of the famed sylvania 6sn7 brown bases (1952 vintage) - 3000/3050 and in mint condition! 252 date code. w00t w00t!

hello all,

just a simple question:

where can i procure 6AS7/6080 or 6SN7 tubes in singapore?

regards,

aaron

EDIT: also, any impressions/opinions on any tube in particular would be very welcome!

well argued, absolute0.

my apologies if i seemed rude - i really did not mean to.

I see, you have made your move on the MS-Pro. How was it??

just expressed interest in his phones. nothing firm yet. will probably be going down again sometime soon to audition the rs-1s again.

but this time, with a lot more music.

My audition of the RS-1 was too short to make any comments....wouldnt be accurate...

 

However, i can compare it with the 325i which i just bought..

 

But from the 5 mins i had i can say that the RS-1s are very transparent and warm sounding.

haha, was the rs1 still as i left it - on the cdp?

adhoc: did u compare with the 325i??

didnt really have a serious listen with the 325i - was there for the rs1 only!

from what i recall, it was a pleasant sounding phone though, if oh so very slightly sharp in the highs.

wil: how do the RS1 detail level compare  to ER4S??

not as good as the er4 certainly. imo nothing full-sized out there i've come across (save maybe the staxes) can touch the er4 on detail. but then again, i dont need such a level of detail in my main phones!

and fwiw, i do not believe that the alessandros > grados. imo both house sounds have their individual merits.

Care to elaoborate on what are the individual merits? The majority on Head-fi seems to prefer the Alessandro's except probably in the comparison between the RS-1's and MS-Pro's.

nonsense!

the majority of head-fi probably leans towards the ms2 instead of the 325 simply because the ms2 is less piercing and cheaper, but then again you must take into account the horde of 225 owners! and the ms1 certainly has few fans when compared to the sr80!

add that to the fact that very few people in head-fi own the mspro when compared to the rs1.. and those that have have moved back to the rs1 (bhd812, goredwings19 comes to mind).. you get the idea. alessandro owners are still a distinct minority.

anyway, to rehash a stereotype, i think there is some truth when it is said that the grado line has a more lively and musical sound when compared to the alessandros. grado: more bold, more upfront, more musical, more harsh, more mid bass. alessandro: more laid back, drier sounding, more recessed highs.

the other guy? he dismissed my ms-2 as 'oem'!! 

Lol obviously he's not a cans guy. Alessandro's are widely acknowledged to be better than their Grado counterparts! Anyway are the RS-1's still $1200 according to the price thread? That's extravagant!

yep, still 1200. i've been doing some searching around and i dont think that there's way to get a rs-1 first hand on the cheap. sigh.

and fwiw, i do not believe that the alessabdros > grados. imo both house sounds have their individual merits.

the nicer guy talked to me about my ms-2 and showed genuine interest in it.

the other guy? he dismissed my ms-2 as 'oem'!!

wil, there were 2 guys in the shop - which one served you?

i cant remember exactly, but there was one with more hair and a red shirt iirc and another one with less hair. the latter guy was much nicer. the former was a bit curt with me.

hey wil, i was there around 1300 and stayed till around 1345.

brought along my ms-2s and flat pads for a direct head-to-head session at MBD...

in my eyes - it's official now. the rs-1 beats the ms-2 without breaking a sweat.

here are some of my quick impressions.

NOTE: all impressions with flats.

Do note also that i'm not exactly a neutrality fan wrt to grado headphones - these are rock headphones... and i just wanna rock.

rs-1 has a lot more bass

rs-1 is definitely far more musical sounding - the ms-2 sounds a tad cold in comparison

rs-1 has far more micro-detail and seperation, but are NOT fatiguing

while having far more bass slam. imo the rs-1 has a slight wooliness in the bass. not enough to bother me, but enough such that it becomes noticeable.

also, i noticed a very slight hollow tint to the sound once or twice during music with female vocals. strange. perhaps caused by resonance in the mahogany cups?

cmk,

the 4040 system IS the signature II system.

the mx500 and mx400 are imo indistinguishable sonically.

the only obvious differences to me would be the colour and the inline volume control on the mx500.

sr325. this is the classic version, not the thicker 'i' version. fwiw though - many head-fi members maintain that both the ms-2 classic and ms-2i have no sonic differences.

and well, it's an INTEREST CHECK. i'm not obliged to sell, but those who are interested can contact me so that IF i sell, they have priority..

FWIW, i'll 90% likely be selling these within the next 2 months.

SOLD

thanks all for your interest!

hey all, i'm still around. anyone missed me?

anyway.. anyone know whether there is a singaporean brick and mortar retailer for stax earspeakers?

i'm curious about the signature mkII system and am looking for someplace to audition it.

anyone?

ps: the link in the pricelist sticky doesnt work anymore!

the mx5021 is not bad. i own then. then again i have DIY'ed 14guage twisted pair speaker cables for them so ymmv. they sounded terrible out of the box but after leaving them to burn in for 24 hours with the radio on, i came back and gave them a second listen and they sound great! quite natural sounding for the price. i did not listen to them in the meantime so i know it was not a case of my ears 'getting used' to them.

my only complaint is that the bass is a little boomy, but for $200..

the promedia 2.1 can be auditioned at the apple store near the escalator on the 6th floor. to my ears there is something unnaturally 'hard' about the treble, but the bass.. the bass!

nice new player! and hmmm, to be honest, i actually prefer champagne gold to black.

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