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After some backbreaking moving of furniture and OCD-like rearrangement of speaker positioning, I now finally have decent imaging and soundstage. Now to tackle that problem with the bottom end bass....

Honestly, I have no clue. What is your other source? I was just thinking that the av switcher is the most economical option, as opposed to actually buying another amp! If your other source is also a cdp then maybe its best to just sell one of them.

You must live in some RFI/EMI hell area like me. I hear the wheeee wheeeee when I used unshielded headphone extension cables.....and my old amp was even able to pick up some unknown radio station!

Well, you could use one of those av switchers with multiple rca inputs. Then no need to buy another amp liao, just 2 more pairs of cheap interconnects. Hmm..but then again, some used integrated amps are very very cheap these days. Either way should work I guess.

Ah, sad to say that there are quite a number of cheats/conmen in this hobby.

Eh, must jio me also! Very curious about how this super system sounds like.

Seriously, I'm sure sonic bliss can be purchased for far less than 400k. If not, we're all screwed.

Spend the next week listening to boomboxes and computer speakers. Then after that, your system will sound just fine. Really.

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After discovering this site, CD Japan My wallet has been taking a lot of damage. Japanese presses and they even indicated if the CDs you're getting are from the first press.! Lovely!

I think you guys might want to open up your amps just to check that there are no deformed or leaking electrolytic caps. Just as a safety precaution. Burning smell does not sound normal.

I tend to disagree. Headphones are not a compromise in that it offers a good way to get a high end sound on a budget. $ for $ headphones systems can offer great value. There are drawback since most CDs/records etc are recorded in standard stereo. As such headphones suffer from the in your head feeling however crossfeed helps a little. The real problem of a headphone based system is the lack of binaural recordings of many genre of music and artists. Like you I prefer speakers because I can walk around drink coffee (or some other poison) and still enjoy music. As I mentioned earlier, in the end the comfort factor and the ergonomics, as well as the possible increased risk for hearing damage all contributed to my decision to dump headphones and move on to speakers, even though because of my cramped environment, my speaker placement will always be less than obtimal, resulting in off-center imaging. Thankfully I have no bass boom problem in my room.

I'd say the market for them in Singapore is almost non-existent. You can try putting up a poll aasking people how much their willing to spend on a decent amplifier for their headphones and I bet you most of the responses will be in the 50 to 100 dollar range. Compare and contrast head-fi and this forum and you'll see the huge difference between our market and theirs. Unless you can find something really decent for less than $100, don't bother.

Must find a chance to try out your new toy one day.

How did it sound? I assume very good?

Hang on...I thought you built a CD PRO2? Or did it go kaput? Or catch fire?

Yes PS Audio GCHA hehe Wah..you've really been shopping I see. Big bonus last year?

So do Shure E5c which I preferred to Etys in MRT. You can still hear the bass note but not the Etys, it seem like it had been cancel off by the rumble of the train moving. Jeff! Just noticed your new avatar. Is that the new PS Audio headphone amp?

Etymotics are excellent for commuting. I own a pair.

Scary thing is, when I'm on the MRT, despite all the noise, I can sometimes hear exactly(lyrics and all) what people are listening to on their ipod earbuds.

Whah, they call you shuai ge ah...so good. How come they call me xiaodi..somemore I already middle aged. Maybe I met the cock eyed ones.

But but..but....okay lah, its true. I've had no problems with kimber interconnects though. Just the blasted Grado extension cable.

1 mint condition Lite DAC-AH non-oversampling DAC for sale. Only a few weeks old. Will include a belden digital cable (89259 w/neutrik pro-fi).From personal experience, this is a very highly recommended upgrade for those who want to use a cheap-ass dvd player as a transport. There might be little or less improvement if you already own a decent cd player. $200 firm. (was $250 new) PM me if interested. As always, lower offers will be ignored. Info on DAC-AH SOLD.

Just try walking around the corner and you'll have all the china women propositioning you from the entrance of the "massage parlours"! Quite an interesting experience.