Posted in Audiophile on Jun 20th, 2011
As I need to have a longer RCA interconnect cable for my HiFi. I had DIYed one using the Belden 1505F cable. This cable is suppose to be used for video signal. But, some of the audiophile has use it on audio. It is a highly flexible cable and it very suitable for my application. [...]
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Posted in Audiophile on Jun 3rd, 2011
While listening to some of my favourite vinyl with my Thorens Turntable. I had noticed some distortion especially when playing the inner tracks. After some research from the web, happen to come across this Cartridge Alignment Protractors as shown below. It was used for alignment of the cartridge to the turntable tonearm. This protractor could [...]
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Posted in Audiophile on May 20th, 2011
The next item which I need to purchase is the cartridge for my newly bought Thorens Turntable. After some research, decided to give Audio Technica AT95E cartridge a try. It came in about a week time. This is my first time of setting up a cartridge on the turntable. The AT95E came with 2 sets [...]
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Posted in Audiophile on May 11th, 2011
After the purchased of the Thorens TD-160 turntable. It is time to get a phono preamp. Happen to come across one of it kind in eBay. I was delightful to find this special TCC TC-754 which came with 4-way input extender and a build in phono preamp. Since I have CD player, FM radio and [...]
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Posted in Audiophile on May 4th, 2011
After the success of the DIY HiFi rack. I started to look for more audio equipment to fill up the rack. The only item which I always wanted to try was the turntable. The music from the vinyl really brings back good moments and memories. Thus, without much delay, I started hunting for a decent [...]
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Posted in Audiophile on Apr 27th, 2011
As I am getting more HiFi equipment. My current 2 tiers rack are unable to fit them. Thus, I decided that it is time to hunt for a new HiFi rack. After a few week of casual searching; those rack which suit for my use are really expensive. As usual, I am not ready to [...]
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