its been like 2 months from singapore.
last time i checked, early - mid 2008 the S330D MSRP is SGD199, C3 SGD180, MX5021 SGD200-220, AEGO M SGD220.

but, one day around Q3 2008 i visited SLS, and i've found one shop on 5th floor they selling C3 for SGD180 and S330D for SGD129(its for sale tag). i check the supplies they have quite a lot of boxes of S330D there.
i went next door and check S330D is still 199.   

curious, i check at pricelist in internet from some parts of the world. comes out that in some countries, C3 price is higher than S330D. so i think the SGD129 S330D isn't a fake one...

Just buy edifier e3100 at sri computers for onli RM140.
Works great on both my pc and ps3!! 
No regret buying it!!

Try playing around with DFX? Or some bass or audio enhancement software. I remember my Enzo 4000 bass is so-so only, but after enhancement is better.

Damnit IT Show no more S330. So I went to SLS...guess what...no crowd to squeeze with and they are selling cheaper than 'offer' price at IT Show. What rip off! Anyway its called S2.1M over there...why the name change between S2.1M and S330?

Testing the unit now at my home...sound is sweet. At only $116 it's a steal! But I have to carry from SLS to Bugis MRT, then from Bugis MRT to Pioneer, take bus to my house at JURONG WEST! Reach home found that my 640GB hard disk died and go to heaven liao...knnccb all my data from high school until now gone. Data recovery companies want to charge me RM2500 or $500 to recover the data...holy shit. And it's not even a head crash, probably a faulty pcb.

But anyway...relax my heart after listening to my new speakers...calm already. Wakaka.

it's been quite awhile since S330 was launched, yet the price never drops, and has increased from RM399 to RM429, gosh. i am tempted to get one, but contemplating whether to get S330 or S330D, using built-in Realtek ALC1200 chipset which comes with coaxial output. any suggestion on which to take, and where to get (at cheaper price of course) in Puchong/Damansara area? thanks

hihi...you can still get the s330 at RM399 if you go to the right place and talk to the right person.

Why not considering C3 since it's witihin your budget?I'm using one now....and it's good Mid range seems better than the S330D plus bigger satelite-more room for sound production.But on the downside, its base is pretty weak but definitely not lacking quality though.Yes,C3's satelites are much better than it's counterpart - looks/feels more like bookshelf (hifi-kaki dun flame me pls)

So far,most genre i tested it on sounded nice.Pop,rock,vocals,classical,R&B sounded nice with good dynamic range...although it could have been much better,but considering it's only RM400,it's a bargain:sweat: Bass has the quality but rather weak..Sorry i'm ain't an audiophile so dunno all the jargons/terms

From what i auditioned in the shops,C3 loses out to S330D in terms of clarity but has better midrange performance.S330D's bass is more tight and powerful compared to C3 although C3 has a 8" woofer compared to S330D's 6.5" woofer,which is quite embarrassing actually

But overall quite satisfied...at the same time,looking forward for my next speaker purchase

X-Fi Extreme Music is selling at garage sales music and audio section for rm180...that's the best you can get for low budget.

Dont get audigy or the SB Live series, wont make much of a difference

aiya, let me know ma, i can test the performance between onboard and any dedicated soundcard in front of you that day.

if you don't mind, i have one SQ210A modded a lot of caps and changed opamp for sale, which can smoke x-fi all the way when playing music.

Why not opt for Asus Xonar U1 instead

It's probably one of the cheapest external SC you can find out there bro, of coz not taking into account of those cap ayam SC xD