Dear mod and pro kakis out there, if you find my post to be deemed useless or disturbing, please delete it or move it to oblivion

Ok here it is, after some time discussing with a very helpful mod, scotty, i have decided to venture into the audiophile world and ditch multimedia speakers!!

Erm, but i have decided on buying these stuff, but i need some help.
For a CD player, i would wana get something not 2 cheap but can play from HDCD to SACD to XRCD, like a AIO CD-player, and i particularly liked the Marantz CD5400..

For an amplifier, i've decided to get Audiotrak's DR AMP which should be around SGD150-180.. Or get myself a Sonic T-amp (if i can).

For the speakers, i have searched high and low and this is what i have managed to find out.. 2nd hand d la.. bolded ones are d ones i like

AE Aegis Evo 1
KEF Q15
Wharfdale 70th Annivesary Speakers
Mission 760i
KEF Cresta 3
Wharfedale Laserrange
Paradigm Atoms
Infinity Primus II 160
Mordaunt Short 902
NHT Super Zero
Monitor Audio B1
Wharfedale Diamond 3

But i dunno what to look out for speakers.. the THD? The impedance? The frequency range? But personally i don't like too much bass as i tend to like instrumental, classical, performance (yahor i need bass for drums), new age, vocals... or u guys could recommend me some? My budget around SGD300++ for new one..

Btw i live in quite a small room onli, but there is space for speakers placement.. so i would like a not to heavy set (speakers) <15kg..

Another things is i wana ask about is what is burn-in? (i onli know cpu burn-in or ram burn-in, but hifi burn in is how?)
Another fact is that what kind of cables must i use to notice the difference? Give me examples of some exa cheap but good ones.. decent la..

So please help me out ya!!!
Thanks

Best regards.. (btw i m buyin from Sg coz i studyin there)

This post has been edited by [Top-Gun]: Sep 26 2005, 02:24 AM

htkaki, i live in rasah jaya one.. haha!!
Siriuslycold, i believe u should b a very active member at echoloft or vr-zone? Haha.. dunno.. anyway thanks for the opinions guys!!
I just got an offer for the Infinity Prius II 160, seems like new unit around <$300, should be a good buy..
How about it? Wat kind of amps should i buy? (preferably small ones)
I'm not going into HT (lol i am 18this year studying at JC le), but will b going into audio monitoring/recording.. so wat would u guys recommened? like wat types of cable/interconnects (wat's this?)..

This post has been edited by [Top-Gun]: Sep 26 2005, 02:12 PM

Valve? Gulp.. told ya!! I am a student onlie.. getting onli like 200 dollars per month for allowance with no support from parents at all.. all from S'pore government .. wat u expect?
I love music.. that's all and i want nice music..

Haha.. reali? Are u the guy i emailed? The one that works at JBL Audio Place methinks.. Singapore have friendlier service maybe..
But maybe Malaysia too big a place so seems more unfriendly ppl..
THanks man