maybe that's the sign that u need to visit Yamaha showroom for at least a 3900 ? (hurry hurry,u are at KL now )

Btw,with Onkyo,i crank to volume to about +62db,with celion dion,Warlord,Iron Man and TRansformer recently.Talking about IronMan,what're u guys opinion on AQ? I actually felt a bit disappointed cos the bomb and gun shot not enuf ummmmmph,surround effect is good.....( the AQ i felt like Black Hawk Down i watched last week). In term of LFE,U571 is much better then that

This post has been edited by myqd: Oct 29 2008, 11:35 AM

+62db ????????????????????? ur sub / speakers didnt konk ??????? not gonna get another yamaha! im going to look at u for onkys! hehehehe but not now yet.. got a few more important things.. lol

btw, where can i find yamaha/onkyo/denon/speaker showroom with a good accomodating store keeper that dont mind me messing around with the volume? hehe

I think he's using the "relative volume" option that is available in Onkyo. It ranges from 0 to 100dB. I think there's no " + " for this option.

And, very hard to find all diffrent brands in one shop. You have to go to different shops to audition.

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Added on October 29, 2008, 11:53 amI will not say it's Yamaha's problem, but it could have something to do with the rated power output. My Yamaha 1800 was rated at 130W I think, and the 663 is even lower at 90W. And I've read that Yamaha receivers actual power output is a bit lower than their factory rated power.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Oct 29 2008, 11:53 AM

Most shopping centers should have at least one good cd/dvd store eg. Plaza singapura, paragon, suntec, etc.

BD's are not cheap in Singapore. I noticed most of them are price between SG$50 - SG$70 which is about the same price as Speedy. Get from Amazon better.

hmm actually he can go visit i think hardwarezone forum got ppl selling sealed bds there that dont mind cod..

haha,i cant remember it's "absolute" or "relative" but since there's no "-" sign,i assuming it's "+" lor

like aiman04 mentioned,most probably under power,forget about others thing,get a onkyo back frok KL,htkaki sure got "jalan"

Anyone knows whether buying Bluray in Jakarta is a good idea? And where?

Maybe it's your ohms setting?

mega...the S550 in US...does it have a voltage selector?

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Added on October 29, 2008, 2:35 pmfound this on Sony US site....

Model Number: HES-V1000
Home Entertainment Server

Provide endless home entertainment with this unique multimedia server. Equipped with a 200-disc Blu-ray Disc™ changer and a 500GB hard-drive, it is the ultimate media organization solution for your digital movies, music and photos in one attractive, stand-alone device.

MSRP USD3499

This post has been edited by rthj: Oct 29 2008, 02:44 PM

just met with htkaki~ super nice guy~ hehehe and.. ive took a bite of the hd65 fruit.. and i must say very poisonous.. the price + the performance.. thats it.. hahah will get it from him soon hopefully.. haha

Why don't you get the 803? Better lar.

hmmmm....GBP now around 5.5 only...

Hi I am new here. I am interested to buy BD movies from Amazon US. Need to get some info from your guys experience

What is the normal shipping fees?
How long normally it takes from ordering to finally reach you
Is it safe to use CC or have to use Paypal account?
How do the package pass through Kastam (or Ketam)?
Is there any tax?

- Amazon Standard USD 4.99 (per shipment) + USD 3.99 (per BD)
- Amazon Expedited USD 13.99 (per shipment) + USD 3.99 (per BD)
- Amazon Priority USD 29.99 (per shipment) + USD 3.99 (per BD)

- Standard which takes around 17 ~ 31 days (Pos Malaysia)
- Expedited 12 ~ 19 days (Pos Laju)
- Priority 4 ~ 5 days (DHL / UPS)

- Using CC for the past 3 years, i heard pay pal got service charge (can't confirm)
- Shipment less than RM500 for safe passage (that's including shipment cost)
- If you want to take risk and kena tax. It's 30% on total cost (shipment cost + BD)

p/s : if you want to use standard shipping (which is the cheapest), make sure it's deliver to your house and "not" apartment. Cause it's uses our normal pos malaysia which they don't have any care whether your package arrives to you safely or not.

CC normally charge a bit more
eg. current USD exchange rate is 3.60 then CC will charge u 3.65

Hope this helps..

Regarding the tax rate, the latest news from forumner that it is only 10%. Arj can attest to that since he kena the 10% tax recently.

If confirm 10% then it is quite good since still quite cheap.

that's not tax, that is release fee or something...

if this doesnt help......i dont know what does....

This post has been edited by rthj: Oct 29 2008, 06:27 PM

10% is tax. The UPS fee is RM20 only

Regarding the 10% figure, I don't know weather that's the standard rate at the moment or I just got lucky there

Normally the rate is 30% + 10%.

UK rate very good hor

US now about 3.65-3.70... aikss

woke up too earli today later sure fishing one