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Ah, the TDA1543, check out this too

http://www.dddac.de/

im being sarcastic here, if you haven noticed, i have been using sarcasm on u all along.

There are many better ways of warning people about others trying to rip people off than being sacarstic

If we would like to prevent people from being ripped off we can just tell how much and where the original stuff can be bought for. The pricing can never be wrong. If buyer and seller are both happy, even if the pads cost $1000, so be it! (thought if this is the case, something fishy must be going on).

If snr does not know about the $7.50 pads himself, he is actually already a victim of the rip-off. Besides, since he has no knowledge of it, we cannot blame him. If what snr has said is true, isn't it sad how a simple sales has caused him to be flamed?

(you should really have posted in the classifieds to prevent such harsh comments)

Maybe the heating in the dry cabinet is done using some heated air or something, which means temperature can be controlled. Microwave direct radiation can be very hot right? My guess.

Not exactly what you would like, but definitely worth more consideration if you find them at same prices as current PCDPs, or even lower.

http://www.sgheadphones.net/index.php?showtopic=1298

but not so reliable as new ones, life shorter right? since so cheap, might as well...

Just remember to change new ones when they change colour. 1 bottle can last a lifetime (u get what i mean) and cost very little. If you happen to have an air-tight container the silica gel will last much much longer.

I don't have any problem of the wire not staying beind my ears...

Somehow the weight of the cable can pull it down enough not to be dangling too much.

Wow, 2 years and only used 30 hours? How's that possible?

IMO this phones is not dynamic, kind of give me an electrostat feel (though I have not tried an electrostat it just links me to that word). When paired with the equinox it gives a lot of air. Soundstage is no doubt wide and deep...

Edit: I heard that this pair of cans needs up to a few hundred hours to be at its best.

You have to either order directly from Dr. Xin or get 2nd hand.

How did the comparison go?

I have a couple of China pressings, although i can't compare to the same album, but pressings somewhere else, I should say they are no way inferior to my other albums. In fact pretty good.

Well its one of the most powerful (loudness wise) pc speaker around. But its no hifi product.

Don't you want to totally remove the RCA plug and solder the cable directly after you've confirmed that a certain cable is what you want?

I think he meant the other way around. Use the shield as signal conductor and the centre not connected. This is way dynamics should improve a whole lot.

Digi01 says thats his solution for high freq cables.

I think they are in a total different price range altogether right?

Anyway if possible try out for yourself as what is good to you might be a signature which I can never agree with, very subjective.

Besides if you choose the correct cans u can change the cable when you have the money, if you buy a cheaper one and change the cable now it would be more costly & troublesome to do a cans upgrade in future.

I think you go and try if possible a few brands of cans first and buy the one u like best. Cable can wait. I don't think at this price range it would be worth it to change the cable unless the signature is absolutely so for-you that you can't find another cans with this signature.

But you can't really blame the agent since u did not get it from them.

Well if you eventually decided against the grados because of the agent, it'd be just one less business for the agent but one big loss for yourself. Is it even worth it?

Corrosion resistance and oxidation prevention. Should not really change the sound until the plug itself oxidise.

Is it the PX100? It should come with a warranty card. I had the PX100 once and yes there was indeed a warranty card.

do a search there were quite a few threads on this.

for the px100 i felt its a very muddy phone, and i thought the px200 was pretty darn good, considering its price. For the px200 there is a common problem which is placement. You need to try out. For me it sounds the best lower and behind on the ear, relative to the normal placement. Normal placement doesn't sound good. To me it certainly outshines the px100, which i couldn't stand, a whole lot.

BTW i think the extreme 3d effect is pretty much crap, it seems to sound wider but is actually causing more problems than it solves.

Try setting your own EQ instead (of using the useless 3D) on the iriver, its really useful.

So far it seems, from what I have seen it is only Sony that has the short cord. IMO there is no reason for Shure or Etymotic to have short cords because if one really cared for the quality he'd probably bypass the remote altogether and plug directly to the headphones out. Otherwise, he'd have a portable amp. Actually I think its kind of a nuisance to have the remote control taking up the headphones out port also, isn't it?

It'd probably not be that the 621 cannot go loud, but rather some problem witth your input, maybe its too loud, maybe too soft? I've tried blasting with my e1c on and they still arent distorting when they were loud WITH e1c on. Well, I'd say Altec Lansing didn't cheat too much in their power rating.

Sony E-888... This one is the one which has the mids sounding less "earbud-like".

Aiwa V743... I wonder if you can still find this. Its really good for rock for its price.

BTW when on the bus most of the bass and mids will be attenuated and the best earbud vs so-so earbud wouldn't be that huge a difference. When its quiet yes, but not on the bus/MRT.