A Little Boy's Blog

2 weeks ago, I bidded on ebay for a "15 Years old, PCDP with Heat resistant body". And I won! Woot! Anyway, it cost me 30 smackers. You might be thinking, "what's the use of such an old player?" Well, let me explain. When you buy a high-end portable cd player, it'll cost you at least $200-300 for one with a line-out. Moreover all of the new PCDPs are made in china, not Japan. Also for $200-300, you are actually paying for miniturization, not quality. Also this player in the past would cost around $400. Great deal! Trust me, after you hear this, you'll throw away your mp3 player! lol.

Some pics:

Not the best looking PCDP ever, but it serves its purpose and is doing a great job!

Well, I guess it's time for me to show you guys my hobby, which is being an audiophile/headphile. First off, I started this hobby late last year, in August. I started investing in headphones, High-end headphones. NOT BOSE! I know that is what you are thinking. I'll let you in on a little something. BOSE, in the audiophile community, is an the short form of "Buy Other Sound Equipment"!! They advertise with great speaker brands and built a fan base by creating speakers which just look good. Ok, enough with the bashing lets go to the pics!

Ok, This is my room's "Media Table" on it you can see my amps, speakers, TV, headphones and my laptop. [Note, boring stuff, reading this is optional] The setup you see before you is a NAD 3020i Integrated being used as a pre-amplifier which is used to amplify the volume of the source i.e. the player. The amp is then connected to a Denon PMA-880r power amplifier which powers the speakers, a pair of budget Tannoy Mercury M2's. The xbox makes a great CD player. lol.

Now, on to my "portable" Rigs. I have 3 mp3 players in rotation. A Ipod 5g 30gb, a Zen Vision: M 30gb and a Ipod suffle 1gb. For school use, I usually hook my Koss KSC75(Modded) to my Ipod shuffle. But if I'm carrying a bag while going out, I'll take my full rig out which include my Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro, a Cadas interconnect cable, a Go-vibe portable amplifier and any mp3 player. Phew, I know you guys will not be interested until I let you listen to it. lol. Just lookie at the pics.

The "transportable" home Rig.

My slightly cheaper audio collection, including the all mighty ibuds... >.<"Everything is in a mess...
The Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 pros.... Nice...

Alrighty, sorry if I bored you to death, but this is my hobby. "The audio bit, not the boring people to death bit"

Rant Over
Good Day, Eldrid