Northern Oak

You didnt see my post above? It's a bit misleading, I thought it was for the Cardas. Thanks for the info!!!

BTW, what's the damage to my wallet for the Zu Mobius?

If it's for digital section, you may want to try (MLCC) multilayer ceramic caps. Kemet "Golden Max" perhaps?

What type of Wima caps are you looking for? MKP? MKS? MKT? MKC? Koba carries very limited choices for MKP caps but you might have better if you are looking for 1uF MKS caps.

Previously, I had a problem with my CDP. The CD tray works fine but it doesn't spin the disc at all. I had initially thought either the rotor or something in the tray mechanism that is not functioning properly. However, after some troubleshooting, it was found that the transformer for the digital sections of my CDP is dead, therefore the CDP couldn't even work at all. Only the mechanical section of the transport is still working because it uses another transformer. Changed the transformer and the problem was fixed.

I have spoken to Farnell's CSO about this and she tells me that if: 1. order online, total before GST > S$30 = free delivery. 2. order by the phone, total before GST > S$50 = free delivery. Else I need to pay S$10 for delivery. Very different from your version. I've only ordered the parts from them 2 weeks ago.

I usually use the optical out from my CDP and connect it to the Sharp MD recorder. The MT-888 comes with the optical cable. If he wants to transfer from PC, I had the original Sharp USB->S/PDIF converter which I use to transfer from PC to the 888. It was $90 when new, I can let it go for much less than that. PM me for info. Software wise, Creative's software actually includes a simple program to line up the files and transfer to the MD. You can change the software to change output to the Sharp USB converter.

You can check out Audiostation Forum for resale price. It was about $500 when new. Recorder was released about 5 years back.

Yes, that's Sharp MT-888. Unique dual color LCD remote.

Tough, because the Sharp models mentioned above have already been discontinued. The DS8 was never available in Singapore. I've bought it through bluetin. I believe there are no more than 10 units here in Singapore. The DS8 is an MD player-only version of the DR7. Therefore, the DR7 sound would be very close to the DS8. It's a perfect fit with the Sharp MD-33 earbuds because of the 4-poles connector. Sharp MT888W is hard to find as well. I would recommend your friend to get the Sony RH-10 but I wouldn't want to buy it locally. The Sony RH-10 from Japan comes with the Sony stick LCD remote but the local set comes with a LCD-less remote. The colour range is also limited to silver and black while the Japanese set comes in blue, orange, sliver and black. The OLED screen on the RH10 looks fantastic but the RH910's screen looks mediocre. It's around $450 for the local set but it would probably costs close to $600 for the Japanese set. Blue RH10

I've always liked my Sharp DS-8 and Sharp MT-888W.

Did you enquire if the replacement buttons be of the same material/quality as the one that just cracked? This is not a one-off incident as I have been tracking news of this HDD player since it came out in Japan and alot of users had already complained about the cracked buttons.

$$ .. Yes, it's pretty expensive. $69 for the disc. I wonder if it's 2 discs. I've bought the Mahler No 6 by Karajan, 2 discs and it only costs $41.

hi LaoMao, Is the Horenstein #8 from BBC? I saw it at HMV Heeren but the year recorded on the back of the CD cover says 1959 (IIRC).

hi all, Item is sold. Thanks for viewing! Regards, Noak

I think you might be referring to the Yellow Pages. Different colour but all the same. I believe that Hung Bro and Anything Audio should be selling about or less than S$450.

I'm not sure cos' I communicate with them in Chinese instead. There's no harm trying anyway.

hi razer, Here's a taiwanese website which was recommended to me by my friend who frequently ordered kits from them. They'd just completed a mass order for a full CD-PRO 2 kit, with a very nice casing, DAC, transformers, etc but I would prefer using my own DAC and transformers. http://www.my3c.net/product/default.asp?gid=171 The CD Pro 2 costs NT8000, which should be around S$400 plus.

Do note that tube-rolling may be necessary to bring the best out of the Cayin and that may add substantially to the overall costs.

My colleague is letting go of his brand new, unopened 1GB iPod Shuffle for S$200. Please PM me if you are interested.

Killing 2 birds with one stone : No more gaudy LED! No more "tick" to bother you!

hi wil, After reading your initial account with the buzzing sound, I suddenly realise that I'd that problem previously. The buzzing will go off after the amp has warmed up and the source of the problem was with one of my EL84 tube. Once the tubes were changed, the buzzing just stopped. One thing to note though, my LED didn't flicker at all.

Perhaps you can get some of the caps upgraded at the same time.

hi all, I'm sharing a website below where Gmail users share their invites. My buddies and I got our gmail accounts from there. Please note that when you first arrive at the website, there will be a set of "encrypted" numbers which appears but this number is only valid for a short while so if you linger at the site for quite a while, just hit the refresh button for a new set of numbers. http://isnoop.net/gmail/?PHPSESSID=927d93d...2d35af4f9d8d4ad

As for headphone related equipment, the Grace 901 does have a CS43122.