Last week (last Saturday, 26 May 2007), Indonesian audio DIY community held a blind test session. The blind test was held at Rich Audio, ITC Permata Hijau. This time, the subject was Single Ended Amplifier. All were DIY products (except...

As I’ve mentioned on my previous thread here, I plan to modify the components on the Onkyo SE-90PCI. So, some of the parts have arrived. Some are still on the way. I think I will use the Elna Cerafine as...

It’s no surprise to see a motherboard, vga, notebook, or even a barebone PC from ASUS. But, wait a second, a sound card? Yes, a sound card. ASUS introduced Xonar D2 (PCI) and D2K (PCI-E) sound card on CeBIT 2007,...

Artist: Teresa Teng Album: Volume I Publisher: Universal (works together with Hugo Productions) Recording Technology: LPCD45 About this album: This is my first LPCD45 album. I bought it around S$ 39 (forget the exact price) at Singapore. Currently, there are...

Around last year or two, I heard about LPCD. Term “LP” itself is commonly used for Vinyl (or turntable, got the point?). So LPCD means a CD with “vinyl” taste or quality. Most people consider CD to be a digital...

I decide to mod my “3-weeks” old Onkyo SE-90PCI. The basic sound is good actually, but I think I can add more taste for it. I have checked my parts bin and see that I have enough parts to upgrade...

I’ve finished my Luxeon III project. It contains two Luxeon III Star (Lambertian). I design a simple voltage and current regulator based on two National Semiconductor LM317. You can adjust the current and the voltage by using few resistor or...

I just returned from Makassar, South Sulawesi, yesterday (after delayed around 3 hours). I arrived around 01.00 in the morning. I got a small shoot at the Losari Beach, Makassar, South Sulawesi. Taken with EOS 10D, Tamron Lens, F/2.8, 4...

I’ve just downloaded Creative ALchemy from here. I install the Windows Vista with X-Fi Elite Pro and F.E.A.R. Screenshot above shows the F.E.A.R on Vista. Hey? All the HW acceleration and EAX function are not available!...

See the picture below. This page will be shown when you are accessing “considered forbidden” website from Google’s search result. I don’t know the criteria of a website that will be considered “harmful”, better ask Google for it 😉 But...