Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by psp _BOY

It's here!

psp _BOY — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:43:24 +0800

Wahahahah! I'm overwhelmed with joy.

Shipping unbelievably fast. Ordered on the 11th evening, shipped yesterday, arrived today, 10 minutes ago.

Got it from apple malaysia store.

Wooooo!

Mac Pro user help

psp _BOY — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:05:11 +0800

Hey y'all,
Taking the plunge to Mac Pro soon and I realise that the RAM apple provides is rather pricey (RM 1,625 for an additional 2GB over the standard 2GB) and enough for someone to add an extra 400 bucks to get an apple 20 incher.

I do realise that Kingston sells their Value FB-DIMM modules which costs around RM750+- for a pair of 2GB (800Mhz).

Has anyone have any experience using the Kingstons in your setup?

My first 2 days with strobes

psp _BOY — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:32:04 +0800

Hey guys, just some pictures I took during these 2 days. I bought my strobes on Saturday.

So here goes!

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

Comments always welcome. Cheers!

My first 2 days with strobes

psp _BOY — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:28:52 +0800

Some more

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

Beatboxing.

psp _BOY — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:56:14 +0800

This seems weird, i didn't know where to post this, so, since beatboxing is also producing beats, i figure it would be nice to post this in he Musicians section.

So yeah, does anybody here beatbox?

I'm just trying to find some people in the forum who does, were lacking some beatboxers in Malaysia

Farhan.

Our Home Theater. (Pictures and Screenshots)

psp _BOY — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:33:02 +0800

Let me tell you guys a bit about our theater. We had our first theater in 2000 which consists of a Sony 60" 4:3 RPTV, And a 5.1 Snell Acoustics system which were powered by the Sunfire Theater Grand Processor and Sunfire Cinema Grand 5-channel amp which put out juicy 200 watts into each channel. Sources were a Sony DVD Player fed through Component, Pioneer CLD-95 Laserdisc player thru composite, a VHS Player thru composite and astro. The sound was IMO terrific in our medium sized room. But it just needed more, oomph, more kick. We enjoyed it alot, well, until the TV broke down, twice once in 2003, then in 2004, after that we didn't really bother to send it for repairs.

So, in 2006 I went around studying AV and checking for reviews to replace the Television, we first decided that a 720p RPTV at around 60" would be enough, so we looked at the JVC, then Toshiba came out with a nice looking gargantuan 72" RPTV, looked at it, and almost went for it. But then, 1080p RPTV's started coming out, the Sony 60" SXRD was absolutely gorgeous, but then we looked at Projectors, first the 720p ones, I thought the Panasonic AE900U and AX100 were excellent, AX100 being a bright little fella, but it kept me wanting more, Fast forward 2007, Sony Pearl Arrived, went to take a look at it, 'Mamma Mia!' I thought, the black levels were unbelievable, the picture filmlike, but a bit too soft, colours were excellent but didn't have that POP to it, I waited for the Mitsubishi HC5000, 'That's more like it, a picture that pops!' Wait a minute, i see the iris working, it's kinda annoying, and the Black Levels were 2 steps down from the Pearl. But, that colour that just pops, and the Reon Processor doing great work. Then I thought, what If I could get the Black Levels of the pearl, and the razor sharpness and colour as well as processing from the Mitsu in one package. Tadaaa! the JVC DLA-HD1 was next on my list, went for a look. 'B'JEEZUSSS'. Thats one heck of a picture. Bright too.

So I took that. What about screen? Oh Noes! Spent a lot of time looking at a DNP Supernova screen. Bright, but hotspotting, as well as half gain off the center, brightness isn't uniform, and some sparklies. Looked at Senemax as well, bright but, even worse than the DNP, while cheaper. Then took a look at carada, nope, da-lite, nope, Stewart, YES. YES? Looked at the Firehawk G3, nice and sharp, excellent colour, excellent uniformity. Asked questions in AVS, good reviews, but, WHAT'S THIS? 2.35:1? Cinemascope? NICE! This is gonna be expensive I thought, It's ok, DIY Screen is good enough, went an ordered a Prismasonic FE-1500R lens, neeaattt. Whaddya mean the JVC doesn't do vertical stretch? Problem occured, I've ordered the JVC, the Lens, now i need a Video processor? Dayyuummm.

DVDO, Crystallio, Dragonfly, etc. V-Processors, I BE NEEDIN' THEM. Looked at Crystallio and Algorith's Dragonfly when I was at UK, Great but, they don't sell'em here, DVDO, whaddya know, they do. The Video Processing were amazing. It's amazing what it can do to 1080i material, or even HDMI 480i from a dvd player connected to it, will allow godlike results. But, bu-but wait, I don't have HDMI Sound Processing from the Sunfire! I need a new Processor, well looked at receivers at first, almost bought the Yamaha RX-V2600, then Almost bought the Denon 3806, then almost bought a Marantz SR-9600. KRELL, yum, ARCAM, yum, I wan't more.

ANTHEM?! Whuttahell is that? New brand? Nu' uh They're AVM-20 has been on the Market for 5 years and remins a reference to many Processors. AVM-50, nice! GENNUM VIDEO PROCESSING? THX ULTRA 2? FOUR HDMI INPUTS? I'm Sold! Read...Read...STATEMENT D2? Anthem Statement D2, It's sooo sexay, it has rave reviews, it's sound a notch higher than the AVM-50 and what seems to actually join the ultimate realms of a Theta Processor, really? Nah, well close. Now I don't need 2 separate equipments, It's an AV Processor, with ultimate capabilities.

I didn't really need to Upgrade the Speakers, I just added 2 more surround, Energy CR-3s. So the 2 main front L/R speakers are now powered by, a... Bryston 4BSST. Warm, excellent sounding on 2-channel, well the Anthem Upconverts music to 7.1 so uh... still. Movies sound great too, lots of details I've never heard thanks to the Anthem. Bought a PS3 for Blu-ray, and getting an Oppo 980-HD for 480i thru HDMI and let the anthem do the processing to 1080p.

Oh the screen, well, I did a DIY Blackout screen, But guys here at LYN say that I've spent so much on the equipment might as well get a branded one. So I did. Ever Heard of SmX? SmX Makes Acoustically Transparent screens, in fact they're so good, Hollywood is using it, and AVS is raving about it, it's Gain is pretty low at 1.16, but it's actually pretty bright when used for real. I went with a Curved 2.35:1 130" wide SmX Acoustically Transparent screen. That gives me a 112" diagonal 16:9 which is more than enough. 2.35 though, is huge.

Time went by fast and in late 2007, we decided to upgrade the theater, give it a little makeover, a Big Little that is. The whole room has changed, we added rockwool and fabric to the whole, It's a bit classy, a bit modern, abit contemporary, it's us. I wish I could show you guys the difference before and after, but my mac screwed up and lost everything, silly me, didn't back-up.

Well, Were happy with what it is now.

Pictures in the next post.

Farhan.

Screen Material

psp _BOY — Sun, 20 May 2007 23:00:58 +0800

Anyone here knows where to buy fabric/material?

Thinking of doing a DIY and save some money.

Thanks in advance.

Amps, Receivers and Processors

psp _BOY — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:09:53 +0800

Any news about new products? Wanna share a review? Pictures of your setup? Post 'em all here!

Mini Review of my Sunfire Processor and 5 channel Sunfire amp will be up this week.

Upcoming Additions to my HT:
Anthem Statement D2 AV Processor
http://statement.anthemav.com/HTML/Products/D2/D2.html

Reviews
http://www.avrev.com/equip/anthemd2/

http://www.hometheatermag.com/preampprocessors/1206anthem/

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_13_3...2006-page1.html

Anthem Statement A2 2-Channel Amplifier
http://statement.anthemav.com/HTML/Product...s/A_Series.html

Any tips to share?

Najwa Mahiaddin

psp _BOY — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:56:20 +0800

Hello, I couldn't find an appropriate thread for this. But, please take a look:

http://www.myspace.com/najwamahiaddin

Do you think she's good?

Mediaplex KLCC LYN Forum Member Privileges

psp _BOY — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:37:24 +0800

Medaplex is giving LYN members a chance to buy their products at discounted prices.

Please refer to this thread HERE

Some of their products include:-
Sony
Samsung
Sharp
Senheisser
AKG
Krell
Yamaha
Pioneer
Toshiba
Martin Logan
SnaZio
Hitachi
Sim2
Projectiondesign
Mitsubishi
DVDO/ABT
Pixel Magic/Crystallio
Spyder Colour
Acer
HP
Panasonic
Sanyo
Infocus
Energy
Nakamichi
IXOS
DNP
LG
JVC

And many more.

They are happy to find or order products that they don't have. They will also match or make attractive prices with extras.

Frames Per Second

psp _BOY — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:13:39 +0800

What's up gamers of all kinds

How many FPS's at least to satisfy your needs?

Video Processors

psp _BOY — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:29:28 +0800

Hello there,

Is anyone interested in getting video processors for their home theatres?
Mediaplex has a range of products like Pixel Magic's Crystalio II and DVDO processors.

If anyone's interested gimme a tinkle

Mediaplex

psp _BOY — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:39:23 +0800

Has anyone bought products from mediaplex?

Hows their pricing?

sony VPL-VW50 pearl

psp _BOY — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:33:41 +0800

Sony just launched the new VPL-VW-50 pearl Projector.when do u think the projector will arrive in malaysia?

its onw of the cheapest 1080p projectors out there.dual HDMI,PC,and many more.Lets see if it could beat or be on par with its sister Ruby

n00b help

psp _BOY — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:54:06 +0800

whats the difference between normal audio and Gapless?issit like Lossless?

all i know is that it is like how it was mastered in the studio
hellp mee

Is it just me?

psp _BOY — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:03:03 +0800

is it just me,or is the iMac's price going down everytime a newer and Better one comes out?

When the First 17" iMac G5 came out,it was sold at RM5999.The iSight was'nt included though.A few months later Apple announced the iMac G5 with iSight.I bought the 17" model for RM5699.Boy was happy,an iMac G5 with iSight for RM300 less?I was then led to disbelief when i saw the better and faster 17" Core Duo model selling for RM5299.A Mac-indows which is almost 2 times faster than mine for RM400 less??I wished i waited 4 months more.More recently,Apple released the Core 2 Duo model.Almost 1.5x faster than the Core Duo model.Holy Mother of all peaches i almost died when i saw the price quoted at RM3999.I wished i waited a year now.

The next iMac is going to be priced at RM3699 for the 17" model believe it or not.Hmm...Everything is cheaper by the day.Now with the RM3k tax relief for computers announced at the Bajet 07.Life is so much easier for parents and working people.

SKYLINE R34GT-R Magenta Purplish

psp _BOY — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:13:54 +0800

Anyone got the pictures of the purplish magentaish coloured skyline which they did in sunway?God there must be tons of purple skylines but this particular one was once in NST's CB&T.

anyone?

Console Sales!

psp _BOY — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:05:46 +0800

What are your estimates of next gen consoles sales by the end of december 2007?

IGN being funny

psp _BOY — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:43:20 +0800

Check this out,

go all the way down in the link till Audi Quattro.

read the top speed

link

IGN being funny

psp _BOY — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:42:47 +0800

Check this out,

go all the way down in the link till Audi Quattro.

read the top speed

link