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[WTS] iPhone 11 Pro 64GB Midnight Green

xenohawk — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:00:31 +0800

Item(s): iPhone 11 Pro 64GB Midnight Green

Package includes: iPhone + Original Box + Apple Earphone + Charger & Original Cable (Excellent condition) + Original Apple Midnight Green Leather case + (NEW) SPIGEN Premium Tempered Glass (bought as spare)

Price: SOLD

Warranty: N/A (Check on spot, excellent condition. Day 1 screen protector & in case)

Dealing method: COD or Self-collect @ Seasons Garden Wangsa Maju

Location: KL (Wangsa Maju / Setapak area)

Contact method/details: PM
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Item(s) conditions: Used but in Good Condition. 92% Battery Health

Picture: See below...

Reason for sale: Upgraded ^__^

Tips: If storage is a concern consider using iCloud

Headhunter that is specialized in web design

xenohawk — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 09:03:43 +0800

Hi all,

Is there any headhunter out there that are specialized in finding good web designer / frontend developer (HTML5/CSS3/JS)?

[WTS] USED Oneplus One 64GB Black (SOLD)

xenohawk — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:38:35 +0800

Item(s): Oneplus One 64GB Black

Package includes: Full box set + preinstalled tempered glass from day one + cases + updated to CM12.1 (5.1.1)

Price: === SOLD, TQ ===

Warranty: None (just over one year)

Dealing method: COD / Postage

Location of seller: KL / Wangsa Maju / Setapak

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 1 year+

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Item(s) conditions: Very good, no drop, in case and tempered glass from day one (9/10), the usb cable fray a bit but still useable

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Reason for sale: Not used anymore

[WTS] Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 [Black] -Canceled-

xenohawk — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:13:22 +0800

Item(s): Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 32GB Black [4G LTE]

Package includes: All in the box & Tempered Glass Screen Protector [RM95] (already installed in shop)

Price: === Pulling out the sale, found out that reading comic on these 4:3 is very good ===

Warranty: 1 Year by SME Samsung

Dealing method: COD Only

Location of seller: KL

Contact method/details: PM me, I will check regularly

Age of item: 1 day old

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Item(s) conditions: 100% new, open box. Only install apps then repackaged back.

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Reason for sale: Decided to pull the sale and use it first, just got a nice official case for it and its great for reading / comic.

[WTS] ASUS DSL-AC68U Wireless AC Modem Router

xenohawk — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:55:58 +0800

Item(s):
ASUS DSL-AC68U Dual-band Wireless-AC1900 ADSL/VDSL Modem Router (see website)
• FREE ASUS WebStorage 100GB worth US$22.99
• 1-Port ADSL/VDSL, 4-Port 1.0Gbps LAN/WAN, 1-Port USB3.0
• CPU: MediaTek + Broadcom 800MHz Dual-Core, RAM: 256MB, Flash: 128MB
• Support: TM UniFi VDSL2 & VPN

Package includes: everything (DSL-AC68U Dual-band Wireless-AC1900 ADSL/VDSL Modem Router, RJ45 cabel / RJ11 cabel, Power adapter, Support CD, Warranty card, Splitter and manuals)

Price: SOLD

Age of item: few days (bought on 24 Jan 2015)

Item(s) conditions: Perfect, like new.

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Reason for sale: Couldn't get it to play nice with ASTRO IPTV, but the broadband itself is working nicely. I guess ASTRO hardwire something in their 'free' router for their IPTV.

REVIEW: PcWork's Symphonica Cable

xenohawk — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:20:07 +0800

PcWork’s Symphonica
Sennheiser Headphone Replacement Cable Review

HEADPHONE & CABLE: Sennheiser HD650 with new “silver driver” (~600hrs burn-in) and PcWork’s Symphonica cable (~200hrs burn-in)

ADAPTERS: Due to my DAC/Amp I needed the 3.5mm - 6.5mm adapter. The best I have now is the one that came with YUIN Pk1 earphone.

SOURCE & AMPLIFIER: Since I only have my Macbook and Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 DAC/AMP, I will have to do with that... and a stock 1st gen iPod Nano.

PICTURES: (note: the final cable might look nicer then early bird ones..)

CANARE F-12

That is Cardas Audio Rhodium plug baby..

No kidding.. it works.. actually I need to lower the volume down to -12dB ~ -5dB

This cable has been under development for more then a year by PcWork and I’m certainly glad to be one of the few early bird to snag this cable. The cable demonstrate itself to be what I call “fast & effortless transparency” without sacrificing anything from the music dynamic. Even to the extend of nearing the AKG K1000 “king of dynamic headphones” in terms of transparency without sacrificing the music body and bass.

With the cable “effortless” feature, I can now use direct from 1st gen iPod Nano without the need for amp and still sound great (how’s that for portable). No way you can do this with stock cable.

Using iPod Nano, I ran through Unification ~Melody from Minori Chihara~. The piano, bass, cymbals and violin played effortlessly without blurring each other out. Each of the instrument felt like they have their own layer and you can distinctly pick them out. I’m really loving the violin on this one especially when they layer on top of each other. It’s so involving that I can’t sleep now..

Using the Maverick, the Antonio Forcione Quartet which is recorded live and known for its full acoustic sense and dynamic really shines on this cable. Guitar string were particularly sweet and smooth with harmonics of a real guitar on “Heart Beat”. The bass were both detailed and impactful without muddy sound in “Attempo” and towards the middle where the drums, guitar, violin and percussion play together you can clearly distinguish each of it.

The mids were warm and foward as if there were singing right in front of you. Although this sometimes might be a bit too involving on certain song, especially some female japanese vocals. I don’t get that with direct iPod though.. so it might be the Maverick that is causing it.

Watching movie with it was awesome too, especially those with a lot of action like Transformer. Talking about that the initial impression the starting of Transformer is forever burn into my memory.... I can't explain... you need to just listen . Go to Jaben and have a go. Seriously.

SUMMARY: This is a BIG upgrade for your 650, it completely changes the 650 to something that you will reach to everytime. If you haven't got a amp, I rather get this awesome cable first since you can drive 650 easily now with it. Then when the time comes to get a amp, go for neutral sounding amp like Hippo Amp / Govibe PPK / Larvy DA-11.

REVIEWS QUICKJUMP:
by duh2k "It sounded more open and forward, gone is the 'famed' sennheiser veil..."
by DaEMoNteNTAcLe "Without amping.. it is above my w10vtg by far..."
by Akabane@DrJackel "This is cable is worth in every cents for me..."
by []tr|al[] "Smooth-mid, accurate bass and excellent sound stage compare to stock cable..."

Evolution of PC Audio

xenohawk — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:15:34 +0800

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Wow.. I never knew PC Audio went back that far, the very first sound card that I had was the SB16 Waveblaster / AWE32 back in the days.

What was yours?

Toslink Female to Toslink Mini 3.5mm Male Adapter

xenohawk — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:55:42 +0800

Anyone know where to find the Toslink Female to Toslink Mini 3.5mm Male Adapter like this:

I know you can get it from online shops like futureshop.co.uk and monoprice.com but this only cost like < $1 but the shipping fee is $30+
Is there any shop here that sell this locally? If not I might just grab the whole cable like the ones on bluetin. I need this to get optical out from my macbook pro.

Thanks for the help.

Compact DAC-only options

xenohawk — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:03:25 +0800

I'm looking for DAC only options to compliment my portable amps, without any of those bulky casing or vol control just direct DAC to another external portable amp.

I've found one which is exactly what I am looking for at Headphonia but I'm open to other options if there is before buying it. Anyone got that USB DAC Cable before? How is it?

GoVibe Sharps HeadPhone Amp Impression

xenohawk — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:15:45 +0800

I only got secret amp to compare so here is my take;

Right off the bat, GoVibe Sharps has this amazing 3D soundstage (horizontal and vertical depth). It sounded transparent and a bit of sparkly treble with not so much prominent bass (it has tight bass). Haven't had the chance to listen to SR-71A/LISA III yet so I am not sure if the sound signature is similar which is claimed to be. It is definitely more powerful then secret amp with its dual 9V powering it, size wise it still quite portable.

Built quality is ok, but the power and gain switch is a bit hard to flip (probably will loosen after a while) and there is this coating (paint coat?) that is sticky, kind off like a freshly dry shellac finishing on wood. The volume knob is smooth and precise

With Energizer 9V Alkaline it lasted roughly about 30-40 hours before the sound started to distort. Now trying it out with a rechargeable 9V (max out nominal voltage around 9.3V) 200mAh and see how long it will last.

Comparison view

Other reviews:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/blogs/sasaki...impression.html
http://www.headfonia.com/?p=981

EDIT:
10 Apr 2010 - Added comparison view.

Macbook Pro Optical to analog 7.1 decoder?

xenohawk — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:34:38 +0800

Hi,

Is there anything in the market here that can convert Macbook Pro optical out to analog output specifically to Gigaworks S750 speaker system. Currently I am only using normal analog to the S750 line in and of course that only output 2 channel.

I know there is a dedicated decoder a while back by creative, the DDTS-100 but it has been discontinued. If can find that decoder that would be the best but I'm guessing it is now more rarer then diamond.

So macbook pro (optical out) -> decoder(e.g DDTS-100) -> Gigaworks S750 (at least to 5.1). Got any similar decoder that can do this?

Thanks in advance for the advise.