My old marantz cd6000 OSE LE broke down recently and I can't fix it no matter how hard I tried. Having listened to a decent CD player like it, sadly I can't go back to the play-everything cheap LG DVD player. There is simply no comparison. Listening cd with the LG DVD player, the sound is harsh and blur, and has some annoying sharp digital tone. You tend to switch it off after 5 minutes.
This Opera consonance cd120 linear cd player is from Beijing, China. Unlike other cd players, it has no oversampling and no digital filter. After run-in for a few days, it started to sound very musical. The timing is very precise, unlike my old Marantz which sometimes lags a bit on some notes. The sound? Very musical, clean and natural and involving. I need to listen to all my cds again :)
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August 06, 2007
June 22, 2007
Burson Audio
Burson audio was established in Melbourne by a group of audio enthusiasts which do lots of audio DIY and tweaking. Now, after more than 10 years of work, they have come out with their own solid state integrated amplifier and pre-amplifier.
The integrated amplifier which they claimed to have power, speed, transparency, neutrality and most importantly, that natural intonation that is lacking in most solid state power amps, namely; continuousness, body and dimensionality in mid and high, has received good reviews. I can't wait to try it. And the Burson audio buffer too.
I like the sound of valve amplifier but the cost of replacing valves means on-going maintenance cost which is not cheap at all. So I might get the Burson integrated amplifier.
June 08, 2007
Screenshot of New Ubuntu 7.04 - The Feisty Fawn
I've just upgraded to the new Ubuntu 7.04 - The Feisty Fawn. I've been using Linux for almost 2 years now and haven't looked back to Windows since.
No crash, no virus, no spam, no some mysterious errors. The best thing is that it's FREE and STABLE. Guess what, you can even run windows software on Linux with the help of WINE (I have run some windows software on my Linux box with success, even though not all).
Many people aren't aware of Linux or simply think that it's just for the geeks. But with something like Ubuntu, it's not at all hard to use and get everything running. Yes, the learning curve can be quite steep for beginners but it has been a very good learning experience for me.
And the new release just keeps getting better. More hardware compatibility and it looks good too.
June 06, 2007
April 22, 2007
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Xavier Cugat: South America, Take It Away: 24 Latin Hits (****)
Joe Henderson: Our Thing (***)
Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (****)
John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette: Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (***)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Andrew Lloyd Webber - Requiem / Domingo, Brightman, ECO, Maazel (***)
John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (***)
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Recently Read, reading:
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)
(****)Jeremy Leggett: Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis
May be the most important book you will read in the next few decades. We human should live responsibly on this planet before it is too late. (****)Robert Ludlum: The Tristan Betrayal
Fast paced thriller, good old world war two spy novel spanning the whole europe from Paris to Russia. (****)Michael Sanders: From Here, You Can't See Paris
Honest and interesting first-hand experience of French rural life, its culture, people and food. (*****)Susan McCartney: Mastering Flash Photography: A Course in Basic to Advanced Lighting Techniques
(***)Gao Xingjian: Soul Mountain
(****)Jeffrey Alford: Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia
(***)Tim Harford: The Undercover Economist
Exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car! The plain-english economics book that is fun to read. (****)Fuchsia Dunlop: Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking
(****)Simone Ortega: 1080 Recipes
Good spanish cookbook (****)
