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hey sorry for OT but can anyone recommend to me good record labels for classical music? im looking for some but i have no idea what to look for!

hoho im using a technics sl120, with some sansui arm and grado black cart.

just got mine last week! looking to build up my collection and find out some good way of cleaning my lps at home (cause i kinda have no time to go to adelphi =/)

ehh i dont really have many lps so getting a record cleaner is a bit of a wasted investment. is there anywhere in sg that provides a cleaning service for some fee?

how do i clean it? is there a special method or can i just do it at home?

oh no ive fallen to the dark side! and loving it =D

oh but how do i get rid of all the pops and clicks?

I personally prefer the HD25-1-II as

1. i find that it sounds better and improves a lot with amping

2. its much lighter and much less bulky

3. its pretty much indestructible.

another thing is that the hd25-1-II uses a steel cable, and a cable upgrade to a copper one definitely yields better SQ. (saying this, i personally do own a HD25 but its the 600ohms version which sounds better when amped compared to the original)

hey bro try the Sennheiser HD25-1-II. I have the 600ohms version and its a pretty balanced sound, with plenty of deep bass for your movies and soundtracks. its also the clearest portable headphone ive tried, but it might need an amp to shine.

do try it out! btw its smaller than the srh series, and much lighter as well

Hey all, ive decided to tube roll my SRM-T1S...only problem is that i dont have tubes!

So, does anyone know where to get matched pairs of tubes? Im looking for 6CG7/6FQ7, preferably Toshiba, Matsush*ta, Raytheon or RCA clear tops

Thanks!

hey anyone here has reshelled their ck100s?

and is it possible to add a bass driver to the ck100 as the only thing wrong (sadly) with them is the bass quality and quantity =(

updated, got a stax amp!

hmm but noone is selling either (amp nor earspeaker) locally! Sad.

I don't mind travelling, know anyone who might want to give me an audition?

EDIT: the stax adaptors cant be used with either a headphone amp OR a preamp right? only speaker amps will do?

oh kidult! I was just about to pm you about this! Darn.

So i cant get the vintage setups (not that anyones selling em locally) as i dont have anything even remotely resembling a speaker amp. Guess ill spring for the 2050s, but again, noones selling em used locally =(

I'd expect them to cost upwards of 1k, while my budget is only .75k. sigh

ah thanks! I see you have much experience with stax as well, from your head-fi account. Would you say theyre good for classical?

In any case, is the Basic System II (SR2020/SRM212) a good deal? I'd prefer not to ship stuff in, and i have no feedback on headfi so its a bit difficult to deal overseas...

Hey guys, as you may have read in the headphones subforum, im thinking of getting a low-end stax system

Budget is ~$750, warranty is not needed and condition doesnt really matter. As long as its usable, i dont mind scratches. Looking for a setup, meaning earspeakers with amp!

Do pm me with offers! Can only deal after the 12th of Feb (payday heehee)

Alright, ive gotten myself a stax SRM-T1S from yahoo japan, but no earspeakers! So im looking for a pair to go along with the amp, perhaps a lambda pro, or LNS would be good. Or a recabled esp950. open to all offers, do pm me or sms me at 96247224

Also, mod: if wtbs (doesnt say so in the sticky, yes i read it) require a post count then do pm me and ill close this

Hi guys, im pretty new to the forum here. Been playing with portable for some time and finally came to my perfect rig (Etys ER4B + Secret Amp) which imo is the best for classical of all the iem and amp combis barring customs..

So now i wanna go desktop. I have a budget of $750, can get an audiogd compass+K701, or a low-end stax setup (most probably stax basic system II, 2050/212). The question is which of these should i get? I dont have a DAC yet, but can get one the following month should i go for stax...

I listen to classical mostly, strings, chamber and opera and i value detail, clarity, an involving midrange and extended treble over bass, bass and more bass. Hence the love for etys.I might have opened can of worms here but id love some nudges in the right direction.

Also, i posted this on headfi. And i have no way to audition stax.

OH and if anyone wants to let go of a stax system at around my budget feel free to pm me

hey...if your tv only has an optical out, you cant use ANY headphones stright from that port.

optical out is basically a digital signal thats in 1s and 0s so youll need a Digital-to-Analog Converter(DAC) plus an amplifier to drive the headphones. a cheap all in one unit is the ZERO DAC, a slightly more expensive but better model is the maverick one that available at SE(not sure whats the model number but i think its on display)

may we know your budget? youll need the DAC+AMP before you can even use the headphones haha

i doubt there will be damage if you mess up. if you switch the two i think the driver will move in the opposite direction from what its intended to (because electricity is flowing the wrong way)...meaning the music may sound weird hahaha as duck said.

in any case, where are you going to get the ety cable adaptors to mod? i dont think theres a thrid party version.. if you find one do tell me as i really wanna recable my etys

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Your expectations are rather high...for the budget. However of the phones you quoted, these:

Head-Direct RE0

Etymotic er6 /er6i

Shure e2c

Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3 Studio

can be found for below SGD200. of all of these i would personally get the RE0 (er6 requires amping). You will have tough luck finding a mono (one side) earphone for new so if you dont mind getting used earphones it might be a better idea to post a WTB (want to buy) thread in the classifieds..after all people do spoil their earphones from time to time.

yeah i second the RE0 ones. or you could try the YUIN PK series. both have to ship from overseas though... er6i may not be that suitable for chinese songs (too analytical)

hi,

if you want really good isolation and awesome SQ then go for etymotics ER4 or ER6... the ER4 is around 200 used (i think someone is selling them online somewhere on jaben) and the ER6 are around that price new i think. use triflange or foam tips, you wont go wrong

it might help if you say what kind of music you listen to, or what you are looking for in your IEMs..

bass? detail? clear highs? etc etc

wah siao the smoke from where!? eh like that can sue haha

making me scared of tooth extraction =(

sibilance wont cause cracking noises?

you'd be better off sending it in, after all thats brand new... even if the problem goes away you'd never know if it might come back. better to just RMA it....

Oh try using different sources? laptop, ipod etc

actually its not. its just that stereo sells the customs at a very very competitive price heheh.. the rest of singapore seems to sell the stock ER4 at the price of stereos custom ER4 (!!!!!). kinda obvious which to get but im afraid that customs maybe a bit uncomfortable for me...

anyone got experience with custom ER4!? can give some impressions?? TIA