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

guyz, thanks alot for the many advise and opinion. i think i should hold on for the AV Fair eh...... hopefully there wud be much bargain there. wonder if there;s any cheaper during the fair.

Siriuslycold, could i get some interconnects and speaker cable cheaper in singapore? compared to malaysia? (if you r familiar with the price in My). might be goin to singapore soon.

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.

I bought my Cable Talk Talk3.1 at Sim Lim Tower too. But, that was abt 8 yrs ago.

how bout brand like audioquest or QED entry level? any cheaper in the lion city?
btw, how much is the belden and canare? and wat's the quality like comparing with brand like audioquest G-snake for example? wat's the price different?

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

hehe, ok ok. thanks anyway, will go to the sim lim tower.

issit confirmed that AV Fair will be on 21st to 23rd july???

confirmed. Will be there on 22nd.

there's a new marantz cdp 5001. anyone knows how much it cost and how does it perform?

sld be in the RM1K range.

Sifus, actually i'm still quite blur on how a HI Fi system separates itself from a HT system. both can play music, but how much differences does it make to play music in a HT and in a Hi Fi system? and wat actually makes the differences? issit becoz of the player? or issit becoz of the amp ? assuming we r using the same speakers and cables.

let say i have an old HK receiver. i bought an NAD CDP and put my receiver into stereo. will it sound as good if compared to a full NAD combination?

Your advise and oopinion plss.....

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

well said, s/cold.

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

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

OOoooo........ok. McD vs fine dinner? hehe
so, i should assume the same answer for CDP vs DVDP right?
i think it's still the same conclusion that, different ppl have different taste right? to some ppl, McD = fine dinner. or some might even prefer McD.

LOL..... McD again.

i wish i could be satisfied with McD and not want fine dinner. save a lot of money o

the MA Bronze B2's are 90db. if i bi-amp then then it would be something like 6wx2 isn't it?