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    The Shure and Hifiman are sold.

     

     

    IMPORTANT: Can Mr Goh (I hope I remembered your name right) who has already paid me for the hifiman but have not collected it yet, please contact me at 97871929 as I have replaced my old phone (it died) and no longer have our original SMS thread. Unfortunately I also do not know your sgheadphones nickname.

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    Shure SE535 - $300

     

    hifiman hm-602 (comes with 8GB SD card) - $300

     

    both are nearly 2 years old, in perfect cosmetic and working condition. complete with boxes.

     

    Call or sms 97871929. As the prices are already very fair, I will be ignoring lower offers. Thanks for understanding.

     

    Will prefer to deal in the clementi mall/clementi mrt area.

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    Eh excuse me, a properly maintained LP ie washed and anti-static free, will play as silently as a CD. :P

     

    The pops and distortion may be inherent with the original master tapes. For instance, you won't hear a Charlie Parker masterpiece recorded in the 50s to sound as clean as a whistle. Read the CD track details for an insight of its recording date.

     

    Mackie, then I must have been listening to really bad vinyl setups all this time, even with present day LPs. Maybe their owners did not clean them? :))

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    Some comments on the Oppo dvd player.

     

    My Rotel cdp's transport died recently (when it rains it really pours) so I was quite literally forced to use the Oppo for 2 channel audio as well. It sounds pretty decent, much to my suprise. Most dvd players, including my previous pioneer, sound pretty horrible/artificial for 2 channel audio. The Oppo is quite listenable. Not as good as my recently deceased Rotel, but very close. Human voices at least sound like human voices, and instruments sound realistic, which is more than what I can say of other dvd players I've heard. I think the people who commented that it sounds as good as the Marantz SA-11 are on drugs.

     

    I still stand by my earlier recommendation that one should buy this player ONLY if you are using it for DVD playback as well. As an all in one player for $299, its a no brainer. For redbook playback only, you have other options in the form of used players or entry level players from Marantz, Nad, Rotel, Arcam etc.

     

    There are some places offering expensive and not so expensive mods for the Oppo. My opinion is that they should be avoided. At the end of the day the Oppo is a cheap player using a very cheap transport unit. Spending that kind of $$$ will defeat the purpose of buying the player, which is to get decent multi-format/dvd playback at an affordable price.

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    So is the G1000 that great? At Headfi they claimed it was a rediscovery of classical music, or something like that.

     

    I can say that yes the GS1K is good for the classical music. It difference from the others Grado range. For whose heavy metal gene, you have a very good HP amp to control the “Bass†of the GS1k or else it very fuzz...

    So which amp works better with the gs1k? the toaster or the ps audio? :))

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    a specialise cdp will sure win a universal player if around the same price range.

    All things being equal, that's usually the case. That's why I advise against it unless you are going to use it as a dvd player as well.

     

    P.S. word of caution on the ts lim modded players, they do sound good but bear in mind you are buying a very old cd player(probably with multiple owners in its history and) with a lot of wear and tear already. The modded cd67(which I used to own) sounds slightly better than the modded cd63. The difference is more noticable when playing the fast and heavy stuff like rock/metal. For the same money, you might want to consider a brand new Nad, Rotel, or Arcam player. Or a Marantz as well. Besides the Oppo, you might want to try out the Usher cd player at X-Audio too. It's pretty decent.

     

    Bear in mind that long term reliability and parts availability are just as important, if not more, than sound quality.

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    For the Oppo, I suggest you buy it only if you're actually going to use it for DVD playback as well. If not you might be wasting your money. I purchased one because I needed a new dvd player capable of playing divx videos. Haven't actually had the chance to evaluate its performance audio-wise, because my headphone amp is away. It sounded decent when I heard it at X-Audio though.

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    You dont know how much i hate you :D

     

    You will hate me more when you know that there are limited number of GS1000 available. Fellow head-fier Barradio was there to collect his as well.

     

     

    Thank you. I now know whose house to break into. :lol:

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    An Aiwa walkman that I saved like crazy to buy.

     

    From there onwards it was a couple of Technics discmans and an Aiwa mini-compo, and a Sony MD player.

     

    You know, if I could rewind time, I'd stick to those few pieces of gear and avoid the higher end game, which is time and money consuming. Those days I'd buy something new only if the old one broke and was beyond repair. A far saner approach. There was no consideration for system matching, synergy, placement and whathave you. Me and my classmates just wanted to listen to music on the bus, on the train, and at home. Sound quality was a secondary consideration. :))

     

     

  22. Posted · Edited by av98m · Report reply

    Wait for the remaining modifications to be completed,probably in a week's time and all shall be explained(the photos only show partial views). :)) In its original form, it has served me reliably without fail for over 2 years of heavy usage giving an extremely high level of performance beating several commerical units that I've heard. Which is a lot more than can be said for a whole series of projects started but never finished(or just flat out failed) that I've seen here. All by the same person no less. :lol:

     

    And yes its a headphone amp and preamp. The old timers should be well familiar with this unit.

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    "such simple circuit.."

     

    Yes it simple once someone put it together the circuit but to come out the simple circuit it take many sun and moon. :lol:

     

    Indeed :lol:

     

    It's like fried rice. A very "simple" dish but to do it well requires proper ingredient selection(only a few ingredients, but they must be fresh and of high quality) and requires that the chef has a good foundation in all the basic skills of chinese cooking, such as control of the fire/heat, skill with the wok, timing etc. This is why it is sooo hard to get good fried rice in restaurants. :))

     

     

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    av98

    Thought that you got the Diva amps? Has Stephen delivered them yet?

     

    No, I'm exploring other options. In the meantime, rotel cd player, the bbamp partnered with the rotel power sounds pretty good too. Heck, I could actually stop here. :cans:

     

    Seems to me you had the study desk tailor made for you hifi rack and not the other way round. You really fully utilized your space well. :))

     

     

    I had no say in the design of my room, it was done while I was still a student :lol:

     

    This is a case of me stubbornly shoe-horning a speaker system into my room :))

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