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Edit: (By request, listed by poster & location SINGAPORE only) hi All, There's alot of info about which shop is selling/distributing what and so on and we get people here asking where to get this, where to get that, perhaps we could start a thread, stating where you bought your headphones and how much they costs ... Let's leave the overseas online sites out of the this thread. Could be a useful guide for newbie (I am a newbie myself and I know the trouble I went through) Headphone Brand & Model / Costs / Shop Name / Shop Location AKG K501/ S$250 / Asia Sound / Adelphi Sony D66SL / S$148 / Bluetin / Collected at City Hall (Cheaper elsewhere, check posts below) Sony EX70SL / S$70 / Bluetin / Collected at City Hall Philips 890 / S$99 / Hung Brothers / Sim Lim Square Philips 890 at Courts Suntec City selling for S$99 as well Perhaps we could add in interconnects and amps if everyone don't mind... all prices here are in S$ unless stated otherwise! ablaze MF X-canV2 / $450 (but bargainable) / Alpha Audio (SLS/Adelphi) from tanghy posted a long time ago: Sugden Headmaster / $1634 / Electrade / Adelphi RKV MkII / $1837 / Electrade / Adelphi Grados (all) / Music By Design / Adelphi (2nd level) SR60-$120 SR80-$170 SR125-$260 (edited by rameish) SR225-$350 SR325-$520 RS-2- (available as special order item @ S$850) RS-1-$1200 Sony MDR-7506/V6 - $156~$159, back in stock at Mustafa shopping centre (confirmed by ablaze) Belden Cables/Neutrik jacks /Andrew Heliax cables/ other DIY parts / LHS / Sim Lim Tower Klotz cables / Hung Bros / SLS DNM Reson / $138 (1m) / Musiclink / Shaw towers W1000 / Hung Bros / $660 EM7 / Hung Bros / $71 Sony D66SL /$95 or so / Lucky plaza Stax prices are Kingsley http://www.secondbeat.com/html/mall/stax.html Sony MDR-7506 $195 Hai Chew Electronics SLS ground floor N@Z Sennheiser MX-400/$30/Changi Airport Sennheiser PX200/$95/Changi Airport Ryan list price at Hung Brothers: etymotic 4S/P S$595 4P to 4S converter S$125 Senheisser HD590 S$361 At 3rd floor Plaza Singapura (Can't remember shop name but quite a complete set of Senheisser headphones) Senheisser HD600 S$499 El Scorcho Sennheiser HD600 - $450 at Hung Bros. Beyerdynamic DT880 - $590 (jumped from $450 for no apparent reason!) also from Hung Bros. Aural Focus is my new company and I currently import Ultrasone headphones. I'm offering them at the following prices: UltrasoneUpdate - no longer applicable 1. HFI-650 Trackmaster - $270 2. HFI-650 DVD Edition - $280 3. HFI-2000 - $280 we are currently offering the Ultrasone HFI 650 at SGD$220 to non members, and a flat SGD$200 to members of SG headphones. Please note that this is not a sale; these prices are permanent. For international customers, our price is USD$135 (incl. standard airmail shipping). Group discounts (Singapore purchases only) are welcome. *PRO-Line versions of the above headphones (which cut radiation emission by up to 98%) cost an additional $90 and are available upon request. Philips 1. HP-890 - $88 (please note that we no longer stock the Philips HP890.) gryphon1972 Audio-technica EM7 / $85 / Tower Records (suntec) Wicked Sony EX51SP / $59 / SLS V8 Sony EX71SL / $74 / SLS V8 Sony E888SP / $90 / Jade Gift Shop @ Shaw Tower The shop name is "Lucky Centre". As for stock availability for MDR-D66SLs... dat Uncle says still got a carton of it. If u r on budget and want an Eggo... Sony MDR-D22SL/$?/some shop at 1st level in SLS Sennheiser PX200/$85 (Have to bargain)/Jade Gift Shop @ Shaw Towers ting List price of px200 at hung bros----S$99 px250-----S$245 FookLai Hung Brother: Koss KSC 50 $45 Koss KSC 55 $45 Koss Porta Pro $85 Xenium Senn HD-280 PRO / Hung Bros / SGD $219 lz720 Senn HD-280 /mustafa/150 bummer HD280pro @Hung Bros can be gotten for S$200 har28 hung bros : ety er4 $520 ety er6 $235 julery Philips HP890 at Raffles Home Audio at $75 (as updated by augustineRS) vulpix Audio Technica EM7 / $87 / Junction 8 harvey norman Sennheiser MX500 / $35 / Junction 8 harvey norman Sony EX71SL / $75 / Junction 8 harvey norman #01-28 in Sim Lim Square is the dealer Shure E2s is SG$190 Shure E1c is SG$235 WatCult Sennheiser MX500 $25 at People Park Complex lekguan Etymotic ER6 at Hung bros : $270. However the person say have offer so only $235 Price has dropped: Sony MDR EX-71SL/$70/V3 audio/SLS Sony MDR EX-51SL/$52/V3 audio/SLS kenolwen Bose TriPort / S$199 (promotional)/usual around S$250 / Bose / Plaza Singapura Sipher HD200 cost about 120 from Hung Brothers, 3rd storey SLS theodore Senn HD497 from Hung bros. $100 fuwen Sound Devices HX-3 headphone amp with AC Adaptor / Hungs Brother / $631.32 chebangpoopoo Shure Distributor: Electronic and Engineering PTE LTD 285 Outram Road Tel. 6223 5873 Service Centre:62272112 WAILIAN ELECTRONICS ENTERPRISE 1 Rochor Canal Road #01-28 Sim Lim Square ? Singapore 188504 Tel. (65) 339-9320/0243 ? Fax (65) 339-9960 E2: $183 E2 Large Foams: $21 E2 Wax Guard: $18 Servicing: $40 -Basic fee jasonhanjk Hung Brothers, SLS. Senn HD600 @ S$440 via paying NETS DT 231 Galactic @ S$89 tropicalrips Audio Technica ATH-L3000, price*, SLS Hung Bros *Yet to be confirm by A-T singapore about S$2600~S$2800 Audio Technica ATH-ES5, $99, Hung Bros Koss KSC-75, $49, Hung Bros Wicked Audio-technica ATH-CM5/$69 (Retails at $78) & ATH-EW9 $200.00 Both @ Hung Bros Scriberex Shure E2 - cheapest price quoted S$175 (including GST) UPDATED at Esden Trading, #01-01 Sim Lim Square (facing road). Tel: 63339745 Distributor has no stock, hence need to indent, pay deposit and wait 3 weeks Musical Fidelity V3 S$720 (Bargainable to S$650) at Alpha Audio, SLS N3w_Typ3 Dt 880 for $480... 250(80ohm), 990, 770 and 150 at $429 kenshinz Price from Bluetin.com Sony MDR-EX70SL NUDE Black - $64 Sony MDR-E888LP Fontopia - $65 Sony MDR-CD3000 -$742 Audio Technica ATH-A1000 - $595 Audio Technica ATH-A900 - $360 Audio Technica ATH-W1000 - $740 xistrot Sennheiser HD 497 at $109 at Funan Challenger, if you are a non-member $99 for members. musica Sennheiser MX500 - S$33.90 Courts basement at Parkway Parade. evo Sony MDR-7506 available online http://www.lsv.com.sg/ 629 Aljunied Road 08-14 Cititech Industrial Building Singapore 389838 Tel:67446775, Fax: 67443193, email: sales@lsv.com.sg augustineRS Musatafa Center MX500 - $37.00 MX400 - $25.00 MX300 - $12.90 courts/best/mustafa MX550 - $37 MX450 - $25 MX350 - $14 zonalblitz_audio HD 212 PRO at $99.00, Hung Brothers gimj Team Digital - Panasonic RP-HJE50 Blue Earbuds (similar to SONY MDR-EX71SL) - $54 Note - Portable lifestyle Online Store. Carries various consumer (mostly Japanese) earbuds/clip-on/headphones. SG based similar like Bluetin.com albeit looks more polished like Audiocubes hence reflected in some of its prices. Accept's Paypal!) david watt Audio-Technica ART ATH A-500, Retrospective, S$160 cumiks Sennheiser HD 595, hungbros, S$360 Heck Sennheiser PX-100 for $70.00 from hung bros heady Hung Brothers: DT880 - $390 HD600 - $480 HD650 - $690 ddca HD575 - $375 at CK Tangs (Note: not the cheapest price) fuwen Sennheiser HD 25-1, Hung Brothers, $330. barradio Grado Bowl Pads, Music By Design, S$15/pair. Grado Soft Pads, Music By Design, S$15/pair. frodo Audio-Technica ATH-CM7Ti : $240 @ Hung Bros RonTheMan Panasonic RP-HJE50; Song Brothers (Jurong Point Branch); $54 stuka69 Sennheiser HD 280 Pro $239 @ Hung Bros Sennheiser PX100 $80 @ Best Denki (Parkway) Koss Porta Pro $89 @ Hung Bros AKG K26P discount price: $60 Usual Price:$89 @ Hung Bros SLS Brandon.lim Graham Slee Solo 2004 with PSU1/ $1,250 / Soundscape Hifi, Adelphi VerySleepy Panasonic HJE50, $50 at Song Bros SLS/$55 at W3 Adelphi idkfa Cayin Ha-1a, $600 at precision audio, Adelphi. Sony V6, $156 at Mustafa centre. master HD600 @ Hung Brothers - S$490 DiGdUb Audio Technica CK5 canalphones @ Best Denki Plaza Singapura - $49 Shure e4c @ Edsen trading SLS - $450 lypk Audio Technica CK5 canalphones @ Carrefour - $49 @ Challenger Funan - $46 (if you're a member) yaufei Hung Bros Sennheiser HD650 - $690 Sennheiser HD600 - $490 Audio Technica ATH-W1000 - $590 A900 - $650 (RRP$349) AKG K1000 - $1150 (must order) Cayin/Spark HA-1A @ precsion audio - $650 cossack Sennheiser HD-555 @ Hung Bros - $215 nakedtoes @ Kingsley: STAX 0202 - $950 STAX 0303 - $1,700 STAX 0404 signature - $2,600 (Tube amp alone $2,000 ; Ear speaker $900) Headphone stand - $100 (must order) Stax ear speaker cover - $15. mctree AKG K14P @ Asia Sound (Adelphi) - S$30 pbandp Grado SR60 @Music By Design - $120 Sennheiser MX500 @ Carrefour (Plaza Singapura) - $40 gavyn Sennheiser MX550 @ Best Denki - $36.90 koljaho Shure E2C @ Hung Bros $170 (from$179) Shure E2C (red box with extra sleeves + free 5 pairs of foam sleeves) @ Performance Audio ( level 2 corner shop) - $180 Shure E2C @ Esden (3rd floor) - $165

From what I see , sony 888 is my recommendation for you. It's just slightly under a S$100. Clear vocals and high mids. Isolation is not fantastic though. All these are based on my little experience with my buddy's 888 and the posts that I have read on other forums.

Yes, it's a pity that she doesn't know how to appreciate these things. One thing about girls are that they will complain when you spend your dough on these stuff but they don't even feel the pinch when they go for spa, expensive facials and even expensive hair styling. (BTW, you are not even allowed to complain about how they spend their money, but when it comes to you spending your own, they will go ballistic!!! )

Agrees with ting. EX70 is fine only if you mod it, else the bass would be unbearable at times. But begarion, I believe you should at least tell us what requirements you have or what you want to achieve with the set of headphones, for example, do you need : Isolation? Bass head? Comfortable? Fashionable? Sound Quality? etc... Because this way, it would be easier for us to recommend the right earphones for you. You can still set your budget but that's just a criteria, ultimately, it is the sound it reproduces that matters to you.

I spent the whole of last night, all the way till 3.30am in the morning to get the system up and running. The other reason is I have to do the burn-in without my wife knowing that I bought another headphone. Headphones are my little secret, private hobby that have to be kept in the dark for the time being. I have been spending too much, buying this and that, so I guess it's better to keep her in the dark now. For the amp, the output impedance have to be matched to the headphones to get max output power. Since I am running on 9V source, maxing out volume on the unmatched amp will not be enough to power the amp to get some some decent sound. This may also cause clippings as the input voltage swing is already very high. No choice lah, have to fix the amp, then start the burn-in.

Sure thing, but I will have to wait till this weekend before I start the burn-in. My harddisk crashed two nights ago and I was busy bringing up the new hard disk. I would also have to re-worked my CMOY amp for the output impedance to match with the 120 ohms of K501. Currently, I have matched it to a 50 ohms load.

S$99 was what I saw at Hung Brothers just now.

Call them if you really want the K501, they are the distributor for AKG, I believe ... Might not be the last, just no space to display more.

Saw the thread... hmmm ... I sticking to my K501. How much did you CD3000 cost you? Seem like you are buying all sorts of stuff.

Did you mean mine is the last piece, or is there a last piece over at the shop right now?

Rameish, Thanks for the advice. Will run-in the K501. dqps, I bought it for S$250 but I did not bargain with the salesperson. Perhaps you can give it a try. The shop is Asia Sound at Adelphi, 4th floor. but I am uncertain whether that was the last piece as I saw only one on the shelf. Their number is 6338-7562 so do give them a call before you go over.

Did not have a chance to try, I went to buy the K501.

Since Pioneer has a local office in Singapore, I guess that they know who distributes them so it's easier to check out with them.

hi ablaze, I was at Adelphi about a week ago and at that time I saw two X-Can V2 there. I went to Adelphi today, about 4.30pm and guess what... there's an X-Can V2 right on the shelf, together with one X-PSU, two X-LP2 and two X-LP. READ IT ... ONE X-CAN V2 available right on the display shelf.

Rameish, Thanks for the advice. Think I've got to set my priorities first then. Will get the K501 first before I decide on the next move.

saving to get AKG K501 but don't think hung brothers or the 4th floor shop at Adelphi carry them

Just got HP890, D66SL

sure thing !

thanks alot !!!!

Alpha Audio will allow us to try out the amps right?

Building the circuit that's available at headwize, unless you could me a link for v2

hi ablaze, That's going to be tough for me as I have no experience in auditioning, especially if it was to test out for "tube microphonics".

Have built a CMOY, have ordered parts for Gilmore, so I will work on that soon.

wow... that seem a good price, how would you reckon the sound to be? Good?

Just want to check if anybody knows how much does this X-Can V2 cost and issit worth the money...