hahaha, yeah its my exercise ball. my room is in an employees hostel, so not much space to place stuff.

huhuh just bought prodigy HD2...still using analog...optical cable how much 1 meter now?

Why do you want to use optical if you got such a nice card? If not mistaken, optical bypasses all the opamp and dac giveing u the same signal as onboard optical out.

This post has been edited by dlyz: Jan 11 2009, 10:30 PM

I bought optical cable <50cm for RM30.00 only....

opps.. i've been missing for a long time.. sorry for not replying. hey.. no need to be shy about our setups.. end of the day, the most important thing is the music.. the equipment becomes secondary or at least i hope most people think the same as i do. also, there will always be someone out there with better equipment.

i actually have another setup i use in my room, and its not as expensive as people might think.

i bought my 2nd setup 2nd hand, totally from just looking thru the staronline audiophile section classifieds. I was very lucky, and got good quality stuff at very good prices.

i started building it in 2001. bought each item as they appeared.

speakers: mordauntshort MS10i - RM300
Amp: NAD 310 - RM300
CD: Marantz CD67SE - RM400

= RM1,000 total. budget another RM300-400 for 2nd hand cables and you have a decent entry level Hi-fi setup.

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Added on January 15, 2009, 12:20 amthanks for the kind comments. but sorry for the super late reply.. anyways.. nothing special.. QED Qunex 2. for a "budget" cable, bass is nice and punchy. previously, i was using my own homemade interconnect... made out of individually separated CAT5 cable and then weaved together. works pretty well, but using that on my 2nd system now.

This post has been edited by gary73: Jan 15 2009, 12:20 AM

hi,

Mind to let me know how many twisted pair u make use of cat5 as inter connect cable? I have bunch left after switch to wifi set up at home, try to attempt to use these cables on my old hifi setup.

Thanks

i only used 2 twisted pairs.. the thing i was worried about if i used too many twisted pairs, was how to fit them into the RCA plugs..
but they really sound decent, comparable to commercially sold interconnects in the RM250-400 range in some cases.

Great, I read some study from tnt audio, recommended is 3 twisted pair to work out the best combination. But i have the same problem as u, too many to squeeze in, I am digging out all the cat 5 i have during this new year clean out.

beside, have you try this into your video player (yellow plug) does it show better??

Thanks

havent tried that before actually.. tried it with my turntable, but its too noisy, i think its coz of lack of shielding or something.

using hdmi cable with my plasma tv now, so no chance to try as vid cable.

here is a link that may help you

http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/CAT5.html
regards

are you sure dude?...

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This post has been edited by danny_sp15: Jan 24 2009, 10:43 PM

my simple and cheap setup, but im loving it!






This post has been edited by danny_sp15: Jan 24 2009, 10:45 PM

Kinda. Speakers need analogue signal to play. And they need to be converted to analogue so might as well be ur SC. Instead of a lousier DAC built into speakers.

My lastest setup



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Sansa Fuze 8GB + 8GB SDHC, replacing my 1.5 yrs-old iriver clix2 ;D ;D ;D
I am in progress of building my LOD for the Fuze so I can take advantage of the hidden line-out signal, just waiting all the parts to come after CNY.

here is my humble audio rig.

Your zero is modded?

yes franken modded. but the headamp is dead. =[

latest rigs

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