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  1. Posted · Edited by ckng · Report reply

    Hi guys,

     

    Happy New Year. Over the long weekend I've finally completed my AMP5. Got the black version of this case at Well Audio Lab for $85. Saves me a lot of drilling.

     

    http://eshop.diyclub.biz/product_info.php?...products_id=232

     

    But being a pre-amp case, I still need to drill additional holes for the speaker binding posts. However the other holes for the 4 RCA inputs, volume knob, source selector, power, etc are all pre-drilled. None of the pre-drilled holes on the baseplate fits my transformer and the AMP5 PCB, so need to drill them too. Man, I really hate metalwork. :P

     

    The case came with feet, knobs for the volume/source (but unfortunately does not fit the ALPS pot that I use, so I'll have to source for another) and a power LED which somehow is not working :(

     

    Had a scare this morning when one of the speaker output had a DC offset of -22V!! Turned out to be a bad solder connection on one of the pins of the Tripath chip. Thankfully my speakers are still ok. Phew.

     

    The amp sounds pretty good. Didn't sound overly bright to me. Pretty good bass too. I am now using some cheapo wires for the speaker outputs, will need to replace them soon, probably with some decent wires.

     

    Regards

    CK

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    The bass from the T20 is actually pretty decent for the price/size. And it can drive pretty loud before it distorts. Of coz, it's not the kind of deep bass you get from full-range floorstanders or subwoofers but it's still pretty darn good.

     

    Regards

    CK

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    Seeing that this thread is so popular before, I would like to use it to ask questions myself.

     

    I plan to pair a pair of bookshelves with my NAD 3020i. My budget is <SGD$500 and I'm currently looking at the Mission 32i, the bigger brother of 31i :P. They pair quite well witht the NAD and has a more easy listening feel to it, warm and laid back. I'm looking for a general pair which can handle most genres of music from rock to classical, from orchestras to simple acoustics. The 32i is quite good for most genres but could use a slight improvement in terms of clarity.

     

    Thks.

     

    Give the Usher S-520 a try. It is within your budget. Clarity is excellent.

     

    Regards

    CK

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    From my limited knowledge of local audiophiles(home visit), quite a number of them belongs to 2. One of the case is that the owner has a $100K+ MBL setup in a customized listening rm and guess what? The owner got about 50+ of CDs(at least half of them are copied CDR). :))

     

    Haha, spent too much money on the hifi liao. No more money left for the music. Then again, some of these expensive systems don't sound good when playing most music, so the owner ended up only having a few which does sound good. :P

     

    Regards

    CK

     

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    Everybody knows the music lover. Just someone who enjoys his/her music. The audiophile group can be divided into 2 sub-groups :-

     

    1. The primarily music lover who also pursues the highest fidelity of audio reproduction to take him deeper into the music/into the performance (or the other way) but the music is still more important. Some of these audiophiles might even be musicians themselves. The musical performance is more important than the quality of the recording itself.

     

    2. The audiophile with only 10 CDs mostly made up of stuff like demo discs, drum discs, etc and change equipment every now and then. They don't listen to music, they listen to equipment. "Which power cord sounds better" is more important that "Who's a better singer". 1950s analog mono recordings probably won't cut it for them.

     

    The same segregation also happens in the photography circles, we got one group of people who are more interested in taking good photos, and the other group who is more interested to discuss whether Nikon or Canon is better, which lens is better, and shoots only test charts. :P

     

     

     

    Regards

    CK

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    I just got this at Gramophone. Very good performance. The dynamics here are excellent. I prefer it over the Karajan one which I have also. The dynamic range of the Symphony No. 9 is so wide, that if you turn the volume on your hifi to hear the extremely pianissimo parts of the work, you'll be blown away when the climax arrives.

     

    IPB Image

     

    Regards

    CK

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    They are easily available at any good CD shop. Gramophone, That CD Shop, HMV all have them.

     

    Gramophone and That CD doesn't have that big a selection but prices at Gramophone are pretty good. That CD's classical CDs (and many others as well) are unpriced, which is quite a put off. HMV Heeren has a good collection (was way better years ago tho) but the prices are ridiculous! The average price of a classical CD from the likes of Deutsche Grammophone costs like $28 :blink:

     

    Regards

    CK

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    If you want to get more power out of the amp, here is the additional rectifier which can be ordered from 41Hz, buy from Farnell only $3.74. But you need to get the 10000uF caps from Sim Lim, probably either Wells Audio or Martin will have them.

     

    http://sg.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/par...jsp?SKU=4084888

     

    May think of getting this later, when itchy fingers start twitching. :grin:

    kross and CK, if you have not ordered the transformer, you may want to consider two of this:

    http://sg.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/par...jsp?SKU=9530606

     

    However the 2-transformer solution is going to cost quite a bit more. :( I am now deliberating between 18-0-18 toroidal (and lose some power) or a 20-0-20 EI monster :P This will ultimately determine which case I can get. Of coz, one more solution if I go with the monster is to have a nice slim case for the amp and have the transformer in an separate external casing. :D

     

    Regards

    CK

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