Saja wanna see is there any old timer audiophile kaki still active... 🤣

This post has been edited by PcWork: May 17 2024, 10:43 PM

I don’t call myself an audiophile as most audiophiles only use music to analyse their equipment. I enjoy listening to music and have been doing so for more than 35 years.

Wah even my account like grow spider web de lol

Thats misunderstood to the words.
Audiophile literally means people who love musics.

Those who analyse music are ppl who love the 3d soundstage and effect created by their speakers. Those technically are stereophiles

2nd post sudah cari gaduh, 4th post sudah mula gaduh pasal terminology/gear. That's the old timer audiophile spirit alrite

Me not really audiophile, small time wannabe only

Got some gear from here too, via Bulk Orders (used to be a huge deal when online shopping was still in its infancy hehe, thanks se7en ) when they first(?) came out:
- koss ksc-75
- philips hp-1000
- acoustic energy aego 2
- iBasso d1 & crossroads mylar3 , from jaben boss's early days
- superlux hd-668b (maybe i got this from lelong, can't remember )

I pretty much abandoned my pursuit for better audio, quite a while ago

Hope you got yours and are happy with them though

“Audiophiles are more interested in the gear while music lovers are more interested in the music.”

This is the general consensus when using the term audiophile. That’s why I stay away from it.

Thats because stereophile claim themself to be audiophile.. hahahah
But literally the word phile = like, eg: hydrophylic=things that have tendency to attach to water / water loving.
While the -philic usually denoting an affinity for or inclination towards a specified thing. Hence audio-phile was originally used to describe people who love music a lot. But then the borderline gets blur. Even those who listen to effects now also call themself music lover when they realise audiophile has a certain negative meaning to it.

Previoisly i also like to lable myself away from those stereophile who listen to train running across effect, glass shattering sound ect ect. But after i grow old, i realise theres no wrong or right. As long as they spend their money and be happy with it. Some people spend money to hear song because they enjoy the song. Some other people spend money to hear effect also they are happy. Some enjoy both. As long as the setup suits the need and create happiness. Its just fine.

Its just healthy discussion.
Different people are subjected to different opinion. As long as the boundary of using nice words are adhere and it doesnt turn into offensive discussion with name calling or describing"yo mama", i dont see harm at all for exchange of opinion.

This post has been edited by PcWork: May 18 2024, 12:16 PM

Very true bro. To each, their own. Anyway music is life and I can’t imagine a life without it. I was also a former musician and released an instrumental album in 2002 as a passion project.

Enjoy the music!

This post has been edited by aceedburn: May 18 2024, 12:27 PM

I can confirm that equipment is more important than music
And yes, only stereophile is true audiophile
Also Bose is dirty word

Now that is out of the way, let's continue

the audiophile here is the spending money type but are technical dummies

just look at one of the threads how many idiots there think all audio cable sound the same

even i capable to answer "how to find out bluetooth version" but will not cause i feel i wont be able to learn anything from these guys

I remember TS is expert in DIY audio cable.

best equipment is no equipment
we attend live concert 1

pc work is creative famous speaker line up
by henry xyz forgotten names

Speaker cable might affect
Optical and USB cable no

Concert also need good equipment

sponsor us plz

PCworks was the sifu of DIY cable!!!!

no i disagree but i will not argue with u here for the reading pleasure of the mediocre audiophiles here

Actively listening to music? Yes

Touch water for a while with headphone but now back to listening with speaker. All the pleathers on my headphones now becoming dust like when Thanos snap his finger.

The legendary Symphonica cable dude

This post has been edited by jimbet1337: May 25 2024, 03:55 PM

clieos mana clieos?

Music lover here ...can call myself Audiophile or not ?

This post has been edited by fourzee: May 27 2024, 09:44 PM

unker check in....

hi old timer! wah havent seen u for a long time...

When next gath lol?

But honestly i slowed down alot lah.... nothing much and my stuff mostly collecting dust...

Long Time No see. Now I using Apple music for main source. Do I still consider as old timer?

I still into olde 2 channel listening. Not bothered about labels, whether audiophile or not.

Source would be streaming and vinyl, about 75:25.

Still rocking my classic Edifier S530D and R2800

But audiophile or not, I appreciate good audio.
Nothing beats the rawness of a classic amp+passive speaker combo. But in this era, the new speakers with built-in DSP are plenty good. Bluetooth is catching up. Streaming services are increasing in quality.

I am happy as long as full-range audio is presented to me.

The legend is here...

S730D x 2 sets... E3100 x 1 set... S2000 First Gen...

Too bad the S2000 external amp has a few leaking capacitors... dont know wanna fix or not... potentialmeter volume control also need to exercise, otherwise changing volume also crackling to badly...

E3100 so boomy haha. Man I forgot about my E3100 and I test run it it's bloated sounding.

S2000 1st gen damn classic weh. But I'd swap the amp if I don't wanna fix

Just google and found that I remembered wrongly... I dont have E3100 but rather 3280bt... tall 2.1 with bluetooth...

Yeah... I kinda liked how S2000 sounds but this have been crackling too much lately due to the faulty caps and also volume control.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jun 13 2024, 12:00 AM

Recently serviced a modern audiophile Marantz amp and compared it to my vintage Sansui AU-D707F because I need to run it in for prolonged period of time.
I much prefer my vintage amp than the modern one.

I've been buying tape, MD and vinyl players lately. Midlife crisis maybe.

Now I need a good amp and speakers. Heck, might even try a portable vinyl player. Would be cool to use it in a cafe listening to Spice Girls on vinyl.

Wow I was just thinking about you the other day... Come back here to look for IEM recs and see you're here. Long long long time liao.

I do have several usb cable.. sound totally different on my hand. One of them are furutech usb cable. Alot headphone kaki previously tried.. they control the computer. They dendiri plug and play. Foobar source... Wma, wave, flac... And the different is not only tiny bit... All ppl tried agreed they sound different.

Ps: note i said "different" not "better/worst"

Hey arianne G i still remember you...
.the only female headfi by then

I do hope to have a meet up.
Even not so much so of audiothing also fine. Just chill. Chat..
We all grew old already ....

Of course!

So glad someone still remember my work. Hahahaha

Hey there old timer
Eh i macam recall you had a sonus faber right? Or i recall wrongly


Kkthen.. long time no see!!!

Bro jangan hentam bose la...
Last time always said Bose=buy other sound equiptment...
Now I have a few bose product at home 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and frankly quite happy with it....
Lifestyle... Lifestyle

Still rocking my Aego 3 and Aego M, thanks for whoever (from Lowyat forum) that sold it to me.

ya...you took over the Domus i think....

wah ini bagus....i regretted selling mine away...now wanna cari back very susah

some listen to music and some listen to equipments .. but definitely your favorite music type will determine which or what brand equipment you go for ..

I stopped at streaming music and playing music saved on usb drives. gave up on CDs and never dared to join the vinyl bandwagon ..

Nowadays modern Bose replacement is SONOS right? Premium brand and simplicity...

Agreed. That’s why I get pissed off when people use the term audiophile so lightly. Here’s the Cambridge definition of the term Audiophile.

“a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about equipment for playing recorded sound, and its quality. “

I consider myself a “Musicphile”. I enjoy music in its original form and only believe my ears in what sounds best to me. Not graphs, equipment testers or reviews. My own set of ears always prevails. Period!

I don't post much online these days but I never quite stop on buying new gears, except these days I am more onto earbuds (NOT IEM, but old school flat earbuds) and USB dongles, given I listen mostly on smartphone

but u still active in headfi forum kan?

any nice earbuds below rm100 for recommendation?

Relatively more active I guess.

There are more cheap earbuds than ever before, so it is kinda hard to keep track of all of them. But I can recommend the new Qian 25 10-yrs Anniversary edition as a good choice in this price bucket. Otherwsie, NiceHCK YDX isn't bad either.

This post has been edited by ClieOS: Jul 11 2024, 09:01 AM

thank you.
am i looking at the right sku?

Yep

Hello!

sure the lowyat.net audiophile community will come up with something. Just catching up with old acquaintance and perhaps seeing a new ones too...

Thank you for the recommendation.

Bought the NiceHCK YDX together with FAAEAL Iris 2.0 (due to Lazada same shop free shipping, haha)

YDX's sound tuned nice with sponge on it and some EQ adjustment. While FAAEAL Iris 2.0's sound tuned nice without sponge on it and some EQ adjustment.

How i wish the YDX's cable uses the 1 on Iris 2.0.


Will order Qian25 and Yincrow X6 next time.

Yo PcWork!

I am still here lor.... hehe
Whats new?

I settled all the endgames in every category except tower speakers. For that I have the elac dfr52. But I think with subwoofer the neumann kh150 can bungkus many tower speakers also edi.
Anyway with the introduction of dca e3 I think there’s not much more improvement in audio space. Well measured and performant gear is already here, now it’s just about cost reduction while maintaining quality.
Three nothing more to the hobby in terms of hardware, I still collect video game vinyl when one comes along that’s about it.



I still want a yamaha amp with analog meters but it’s not a need…

This post has been edited by GHBZDK: Jul 25 2024, 03:24 PM

No longer active here, mainly in FB. Just passing by to see what people are posting nowadays and saw this post. Had to reset my password to log in.

PCWork last time i remember introduced me to go Perfect HiFi to check out Sonus Faber. We are old already.

This post has been edited by dlyz: Jul 29 2024, 04:35 PM

I'm back to cassette, turntable, MD and CD last month.

Now looking for a 200 CD carousel to store all my mix CDs compilations.

hi there! I'm still using the pair of RCA cables you made for me... I think it was 20 years ago?

Hello!

Hey I still use your custom coax cable. Gooding.

Hey, I rmb you!~ Glad to hear it's still working well

Any teh tarik session like last time very good

just received the Qian 25 10th Anni, nice earbuds too.
superb value, for those who are interested in getting FAAEAL Iris 2.0 or Ancestor can forget about it, just buy the Qian 25 10th Anni. (for those who already bought FAAEAL Iris 2.0 can try to replace the stock foam with donut foam)

Qian 25 sounds best with donut foam, while NiceHCK YDX sounds best with normal full foam.

Qian 25 has better coherence across the frequencies, but lack of the treble sparkle that NiceHCK has.

worth for getting both (though i prefer NiceHCK YDX more), thanks again for the recommendations 👍🏻

This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: Aug 30 2024, 04:40 PM

Anyone got Hifiman RE400?

I had 2 pair NiceHCK, I agree that NiceHCK sound better with Foam.

Mine was the original version, another one is v2 YD30 with "silver" cable.

In case someone wanted to know what is the difference

Original version dubbed Sennheiser mx500 clone, has brighter treble and weaker bass and mids (not so full)

v2 YD30 is more balance with better bass and mids


Those looking to listen songs to appreciate their vocal, can get them, no brainer. I bought 2 pairs for RM16 excluding shipping.

Wow!

Long time no see😆

i am disappointed with my Monk Plus.

anyone know person who can repair Philips SHE1360 ?

ill pay whatever it takes.

I haven't touched my stuff in ages, also sold most of my stuff.
Still have HD800S which I don't plan to sell, 6XX, 598SE and U12t.

Have the ZMF Auteur Original & iFi Micro iDSD BL still trying to sell lol

what spoil

only left side got sound.

need to wiggle the cable near the audio jack then sometimes can hear both sides.

Appears to be just a loose connection. A simple soldering job would solve that. If you or anyone you know is good at soldering, it can be fixed easily.

good to know. i will try it. thanks.

You can also try using some wd40 on the jack hole that might help also.

Not recommended, it forms an oily film and gets gummy and attracts dust.
Use contact cleaner instead. Most MR Diy sells them in the electronics section or more expensive better ones can be found in Ace Hardware.

Still using my qdc 4CS custom IEMs from 2021 until now.
(bought it as I wanted to try out a custom - turns out its not as comfortable as what I've expected lol)

As it was a blind buy, had to get used to the sound signature as I was more used to liking a warm sound signature prior to getting it😂

An old timer dropping in.. how's everybody doing..?

Hi there

If I remember correctly, did you do recabling service for Koss KSC75? If yes, I still remember you recabled my KSC75 around 13 years ago in a near public university area, at your place. I was year 2 or 3 in the univ during that time.

After university, I slowly stopping my audiophile hobby, as life priority changed. Back then in university I think I could afford having audiophile hobby because I had more free time. Now while I may have bit more money as I'm working, I don't have the time to enjoy the sound properly.

I hope one day I can make comeback to this hobby. Cheers.

PcWork is quite a legend when it comes to custom cables
Symphonica for the HD650 is very highly regarded. I myself had the DR150 cable for my Goldring headphones.

Haha no la..urs sell to someone else..mine i got from alvin, last year the concertino domus had been retired after serving me 16 years. Now i am using sonetto 3

You the guy for most detail iem/earbud review since decades ago. Hahahaha
Bro. Any recommended earbud as round 300-400?

Yeah it could be nice...
I remember you also.

Hi, i still recall you. Hahahaha
Normal lo..work...busy... But last year got a sonus faber floorstander. Quite happy with it.

Ya old d....
Haha we sama sama kena poison, i still go perfect hifi though.

About there hahahahaha power. Still alive...

Hey bro....

Cheh i though u got my phone number wat.


Thank you for nice complement.. hahaha

Hi every folks,

I hereby urging everyone to call back the biggest **s h*l* in LY Audiophile forum, mr Virkiller - vir___killer

Nowadays Audiophile can be in 3 categories
1. T20
2. B40
3.M40

Great listening experience is coming cheap now.

old timer should know Zero dac

i got b4

Not sure what's a Zero DAC. The one from Little Dot?

hi do u still provide service to mod KSC75 to mmcx?

tian yun 天韵

This post has been edited by ktek: Jan 24 2025, 10:29 AM

Wah just logged in after years and what did i find...surprise surprise...i still have PcWork cables too

It's been a long while. now only listen to phone speaker or bluetooth speaker.