it's called an 'analogy'

why? food makes sense to most people

about McDs - whjen the first McD opened up in KL they were the first fast food joint to enforce self-service... not realizing this, two guys went and after waiting at their table for 1/2 hr (upstairs where they can't see the counter) stormed out of the place saying "bah! poor service!!"

my equating McD is on the basis of that its edible, but mostly junk i.e listenable but not high fidelity

its the same, when you go McD's you get UPSIZED

back to hifi...

does anyone in Malaysia sell Acoustic-Solutions? There are a couple of shops in Singapore selling their products and the prices are low (arouns SG$200+ for the CD player if i remember correctly - will update once i go to Sim Lim Sq).

For those prices, it probably won't compete with the likes of NAD, Marantz or rotel, but could make a good entry-level system for a beginner. Should be much better than a minicompo

And I also saw a digital 5.1 AV Amp on eBay UK selling for £55.00

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: May 26 2006, 11:58 PM

no lah... just making options available for new addicts

check out the review of this new speaker company in the current issue of What Hifi (or read it online)

it looks solid, and the insides look well made too

QAcoustics Q1010



Enclosure Type: 2-way
Bass Unit (mm) : 100
Treble Unit (mm) : 25
Frequency Response (±3dB) : 68Hz - 20kHz
Nominal Impedance (Ohm) : 6
Minimum Impedance (Ohm) : 4
Sensitivity (2.83v@1m) : 86dB
Recommended Amplifier Power : 15 - 75W
Crossover Frequency (kHz) : 2.5
Effective Volume (litres) : 3.4
Cabinet Dimensions (HxDxWmm) : 215 x 195 x 150
Weight (Kg per cabinet) : 2.8

ya this is the 4" baby model - looks like they have bigger models as well; but the baby of the range Q1010 starts at GBP100 which is also quite promising, price wise.

Wonder when they'll come to this region (maybe someone can ask one of these guys)

well, someone call them... now

look in this thread

I have a Sonic Impact T-Amp (defunct) and a drAMP

the drAMP is in a small system with Rotel RCD951 and Paradigm Micro speakers with a JBL PSW1000 sub

if you are serious about testing the T-amp I would suggest really efficient speakers (90db/w/m or better) - its only 6W into 8Ω so it'll struggle with bookshelves requiring some power.

Also, while the stock T-amp is a great deal for the price, it can be improved upon significantly, and one of the best Tripath amps you can get nowadays is local - Charlize from http://www.diyparadise.com/

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jun 23 2006, 11:32 AM

i think you will, especially if you aren't looking at "branded" stuff and willing to buy stuff like Belden and Canare - make sure you go to a shop named LHS in Sim Lim Tower and ask Robert; he will fabricate interconnects on the spot. (like the ones they are talking about in this thread).

Also, I'm not sure what the brand was but a friend of mine bought these silver speaker cables at SG$600 per meter... they were RM$4000 per meter in KL. so.. good chance thing will be cheaper i guess.

sorry, not a cable person. run over to xtremeplace:planet audio - and ask around lah... v friendly people

lets say the HK receiver was $1,000 - you pay for 5 channels of amplification, some processing power in a DSP chip, some video switching circuitry and it all fits in a box roughly the same size as the NAD amp. therefore the transformers in the HK are smaller, yet have to supply power to 5 amplifiers.

now, the NAD amp is also the same price, similar sized box, but you are paying only for 2 channels of amplifiers, no processing, no video circuitry, and because its the same size for two channels, the transformer is bigger and only needs to supply power to two amplifiers.

now audio being subjective it takes a listening to determine which amp would be better in a stereo-only setting; but there's a great likelihood the NAD will sound better, no?

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jun 26 2006, 12:55 PM

i was tempted to subject everyone to another mcDonalds analogy... *LOL*

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jun 26 2006, 02:16 PM

i suppose you could biamp i.e 2 separate amps for each channel; IIRC the T-amp cannot be bridged internally

90db sounds promising and the t-amp should be able to drive it sufficiently (if the impedance isn't totally wild)

double the amp power means only 3db increase in SPL though

AVJ

you would need a AV receiver with pre-outs on the main L/R channel, and conect that to your stereo amp inputs. (pre-in, or AUX input on an integrated)

If the stereo amp is an integrated amp then maybe you can connect a CD player direct to it, but controlling the volume level between AV and stereo is a problem.

The other way is to use the AVR as a pre-amp and let it control the volume.

we should treat all reviews with grains of salt.

AVjunior, no idea offhand sorry. If i go down to Sim Lim or Adelphi I will ask for you

for some stuff http://www.worldaudiocentre.com/ gives recommended retail pricing (which means if you get down there, or email them the price will be better)

WHF = eye candy

where are these 24bit Audio CDs??

really? I have a few CDs mastered in 24bit but the resulting CD is according to redbook spec i.e. 16b/44.1Khz

how do you play your 20bit CD from Telarc?