Converting Kimber KCAG from RCA to XLR

spending mood huh. That was 2 hours ago... Now the mood swings back to the Levinson already loh. Ayo, dilemma lah. If i spend and then Levinson finally appears for sale and I got no more money Kantoi lah. Unker Wong got do soft loan or not? Soft as in you buy the Levinson and enjoy it until I have money to pay you back?

I call this manuver (how to spell?) the reverse poisoning. Haha!

bimmerman wrote:

Ya loh Mr. Caroscope. One pair for CD and one pair for TT loh. Why? you want to buy my KCAG izzit? Sorry loh, if I sell oso will sell to Mr. Mufoo first because he already "chup" and I already promise him mah. But if Mufoo dunch want then I sell to you lah.

Hahahaha.. Bimmer, you think too much lar...
Nope.. I am not aiming at the KCAG.
Beyond my budget..

i want i want !

Hey Moogen, doncha think the Kimber Select series would be better? Worth saving up for no?

select apa ?

Kalau you nak warm, Select 1011 dah cukup bro. Select 1016 tu ade 6 strands of kuprum kompared to 1011 yang ade 2 strands je. Dua-dua kabel ni pun warm sound tapi Select 1016 menampil prestasi bass yang lagi hebat dan mendalam.

Yang Select 1021 tu, I punye favourite kerana dia tu ade silver for signal dan kuprum for negative. dah cukup detail dan bass pun dah boleh walap KCAG bro. 1021 tu dah cukup hebat dah brader.

Tapi kalau duit tak de problem, 1026 ade 3 strand silver for signal dan 3 strand hyper pure kuprum for negative. Tapi mahal beb! kalau untuk I pilih, 1021 pun dah kenyang bro.

Cam tu lah beb!

oi english oi

Beemie, stop wasting time with pussy ass cables and go get some REAL EQUIPMENT (ie Mark Levinson... hint hint!).

Bimmer. Yeah I fully concur. I.e. with mugenfoo.

STOP WASTING TIME WITH ALL THOSE HALF PAST SIX THINGS LIKE CABLES, ETC.

JUST GET THAT DAMN ML lar. DEW !!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH....

Sorry for the language yah. Gotta be colourful a bit or else you probably won't get the right motivation to stop talking and just do it. We are all friends here and we all want to help you spend your money !

WongKN wrote:
STOP WASTING TIME WITH ALL THOSE HALF PAST SIX THINGS LIKE CABLES, ETC.

JUST GET THAT DAMN ML lar. DEW !!!

WongKN probably meant: MORNING DEW !

We all here give Bimmerman the moral support to buy the ML.

Later, might go shopping for CNY drinks..
Last time, there is a brand called Mountain Dew.. now still have ar?

Ahhhhh yes, a little bit of dew is always good to start the day. Pity we urbanites don't get enough dew these days. Can't remember when I had me some good dew.

But no lah, KCAG is plenty enough for me. I was just answering Mugen's question on which Kimber select to select.

Levinson for me? Of course lah! That's a done deal if one shows up now. Hell yeah, I'll get it, Hell yeah now!!! But where got any for sale??? I have to go to Singapore lah but that will be at least 2 weeks away woh. If it's still there waiting for me that is.

Come on come on guys! With all your Hi-fi connections and years of mingling with audiophiles and their gear i'm sure someone can point me to a 390s. You point me there, if the price is reasonable, Mark my Levinson words, I'll DO IT NOW!!!!!

Hell yeah!!!

BTW, I researched the Meridian 508, 588 and theese are ok too. BUT NO!!! I'm hellbent on No.390s because apart from sounding good, they have the visual appeal i'm looking for.

Come on guys, get a move on, point me to a 390s!!!

Whoa! Look what just arrived via poslaju. Why, it's a Mark Levinson No.390s



Yeah, not really. But oh how I wish... So come on guys, point me there will ya! I'm psyched up and ready!!

I will talk to my friend, who is a dealer for Mark Levinson to see if he has any used ones for sale.

I think Beemie must have collected his 2009 bonus .. thats why ... as they say in cantonese: the cash is biting his body! or " 钱咬生 " !!!

back to topic pls

Yeah that bonus sure did finally arrive but it came so paltry it barely covered the credit card debts. Nope, it's not the bonus. And I have not inherited no fortune. It's some other simple twist of fate which changed my numbers from 39 to 390s. Once I part with the cash for the 來榮唇, i'll be broke again.

Mr. Wong, I look forward to your good news and no, the 來榮唇 No.512 won't do. It's not pretty as a 390s. Can't afford the 512 anyway.

say, Mr.Wong, weren't you at Amcorp Mall just now?

wahhh ... beemie, u are resorting to stalking uncle wong just to get the ML already?

So scary!!

?? No lah, I was not. Been meaning to drop by Amcorp mall again but it will be a saturday, not sunday.

Captains log:

Monday, February 1, 2010

It's been 10 months, 2 weeks and 3 days since I conquered the Krell. Illusive as the Krell appeared to be in the planet Boleh, they were abundant in planet Singapore and I now hold specimen KAV300i in the lab. To date, much has been discovered from the Krell. A large bounty of sonic goodness has been extracted and a final link to unraveling the mysteries of the sonic nexus exists only with the capture of the Levinson Specimen No.390s.

The beckon call of the Levinsons are driving me insane. It has been 1 month 1 week and 47 hours since setting course to find the illusive Levinson No.390s and the journey is beginning to take it's toll on my sanity. Moral is at a all time low and resources are running out. Does it even exist the No.390s? Can my lowly blue collar existance even gaze upon the No.390s without being struct down by it's awesome power? Afterall, the No.390s was created by higher beings to entertain the gods that rule over us blue collars.

No time for self doubt... I must press on and explore uncharted terriroty... I have made an alliance with the all seeing oracle WONGKN of the forum gods and he has expressed his willingness to hold council with the purveyors of Levinson of the planet Boleh.

With the oracle lies the answer...

Bimmer,
Your ML fever is very very high... boiling temperature.

Hmmm... Looks like i might have to go find it in Singapore then. Really really do hate the crazy strong Singapore dollar this time of year.

Unfortunately the Oracle has to report that Starfleet HQ failed to locate the target. So looks like you really have to make a spacejump to Singapore to find that elusive ML.

Well, here I am folks, in Singapore and I've just visited Adelphi. The shop with the Mark Levinson No.390s was not open so I gave the chap a call. After his phone rang for like almost forever he answered with a voice of zero enthusiasm with a hello minus the H.

shopguy: allo, allo, allo!
me: Hi, will you be opening shop today?
shopguy: allo!!! what? allo, allo!!!
me: your shop at adelphi, today open or not???
shopguy: pauses...no!
me: erm, ok. But could you tell me if you still have that Levinson No.390s then?
shopguy: huh? long time oredi sell loh!!!
me: ok loh, sollee to bother you loh!!! click!

So with that ends my quest for a Mark Levinson No.390s for now and forever. I wish it didn't have to end this way but... well, that's it folks. No No.390s for me.

I don't think these mythical things exist anyway.

what a lousy businessman.. so typical

I think as long as you have not get the ML, you will not sleep well.
Me thinks deep down inside yourself, you have no given up totally yet.

Forget the ML ....
a Behringer SRC2496 could possibly be much better sounding than a ML and at a Fraction of the cost as well.

Thanks to Moore's Law.

BTW, a 80486 CPU was sold by Intel in bulk (yes, you got to buy it in the tens/hundred thousands to get this price) to PC manufacturers back in the late 80s for a unit price of USD1000.

Today's RM 800 Intel Core-whatever-something is like a billion times more powerful and faster than the 80486 of year-1989.

Bro, is this the Behringer thingy?



Surely won't look out of place as a StarTrek prop this.

Yes, I was also considering Moore's law and how it would affect audio equiptment. But do note that back then, the ML No.39 was already 24bit 384Khz compared to the mainstream 24bit 96Khz of today. Circuit design and such would also play a big part in sound quality. Would be interesting if someone could come out with a comparison between modern day and vintage CD players.

encik bimmer, meridian 506.24 tak syiok ke?

The Meridian 506.24, 508.24, these are all good stuff but for me it's like buying a dream car. The Meridian is a beautiful top of the range Peugeot. Say, Peugeot 607. Fast, quiet, refined, comfortable etc. You could drive the 607 for many years to come and never want to buy another car.

Then the Mark Levinson. That is a Ferrari! Would you buy a Ferrari? Most regular folks would not because the mantenance will kill you. But the Mark Levinson? You pay a hefty amount only once to own it and then it's yours. It's a Ferrari of CD players and you don't need to pay maintenance.

hope you get one soon

Hope to find one soon.

bimmerman wrote:Bro, is this the Behringer thingy?



Surely won't look out of place as a StarTrek prop this.

Yes, I was also considering Moore's law and how it would affect audio equiptment. But do note that back then, the ML No.39 was already 24bit 384Khz compared to the mainstream 24bit 96Khz of today. Circuit design and such would also play a big part in sound quality. Would be interesting if someone could come out with a comparison between modern day and vintage CD players.

Yup ... my "toy" that i use to digitise vinyls. Also to smoothen out the MP3s with its "dither" functions and slight upsample to 48KHz coz my old DAC can't handle the new fancy 96KHz rates.

But truth be told, I don't use it as a D/A but only as an A/D (for bootlegging Vinyls) and as a SRC (Sample rate converter) to remove as much nasties from playing MP3s. Oh yes, they really do improve MP3s alot and making them much closer to the original 16/44.1KHz quality (but still not quite there).