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After the initial inspection of the Philips SHP895 ( details can be viewed here ) and verified the driver is out of luck with repairing it, I decided to revive it with a different approach. From the Philips official site  we can easily get the specs for the headphones driver. Then I went on a hunt for a 50mm with a similar 32ohm rated headphones driver and decided to go with one that the seller claims it's Graphene coated. After a few weeks later, the driver arrived. The driver membrane is grey in color and it does feels thicker and much more solid compared to other lower end headphones drivers that I had worked on previously. With some tests using a multi meter, although the PVC coating for the cabling inside the headphones are falling off, the connections is still very solid. So no internal recabling is required. However the contact of the 3.5mm female connector soldering lead are heavily covered with oxidation and dirt. I will need to remove all existing bad solderi...

It is been months since the last review of the Dell Vostro 5471. Recently we found out that the Vostro LCD is showing some issue with the LED back light. Below images may be slightly blurry due to captured with an iPhone with low light condition. From the images we can easily see the issue is showing on the bottom of the screen. This issue usually caused by sub par LCD panel used by manufacturer and/or due to bad design of the LCD bezels. For our case, we had contacted Dell to address the issue but even with several panel and a bezel change, the issue persists. This issue only obvious when a black screen is displaying, it could be a bit distracting while watching a movie as usually there will be black space on the top and bottom of the display.

When it comes to budget audio equipment, the audio community should be quite familiar with Fiio brand. Fiio products often packs great specs with affordable pricing. The Fiio uBTR or μBTR or micro BTR is currently the most affordable Fiio Bluetooth audio receiver. But why Bluetooth audio receiver? There are multiple reasons to have a Bluetooth receiver and reasons to not have a Bluetooth receiver. But with the current trend of not having a 3.5mm headphones jack on the flagship phones, getting a Bluetooth receiver might be a great alternative from using a USB-C/Apple Lightning jack to 3.5mm headphones jack. The largest benefit of having a Bluetooth receiver instead of an adapter is you do not need to add extra wear to your phone's USB-C/Lightning port and it is easily replaceable or upgrade. Specifications Bluetooth Chip: CSR8645 Bluetooth Version: 4.1 Bluetooth Codec: SBC, aptX, AAC Amplifier Chip: TPA6132A2 Mic: Yes Charging: USB Type C NFC: Yes Headphones Out: 3....

This is a rather old headphones, it have more than 10 years of history and today, it came into my mailbox requesting to be refurbished. It's a open semi opened back headphones, the back gill is made from metal, some rust can be seen on it, I guess this is more of a budget headphones. The band made from plastic and there are some hairline cracks on it. This headphones sure does been through quite alot of stuffs. The owner claims that the drivers are not producing any more sounds and have been left aside for quite sometime. A simple continuity with a multi meter shows that the 3.5mm-2.5mm detachable cable still is good shape. There are some jiggling sounds when I am moving around with the headphones, which means there are something is not in the right place. This can be really bad. Time to open up the driver to get a quick look inside: Looks like a total disaster inside, the neodymium magnet fell off the driver unit and stick itself to the headphones back grill....

Even though Dell is a widely well known PC manufacturer brand, the Vostro series is often being left out from the main spot light. For the past releases Dell laptop designs are mostly outdated and unappealing especially when it comes to the Vostro series. Tech specifications: Processor: Intel 8th Generation i5 8250U Memory: 4GB DDR4 2444Mhz Graphics: Intel UHD 620 + AMD Radeon 530 2GB GDDR5 1TB HDD 14" 1080p Anti Glare IPS Matte Display Year passes and here comes the Dell Vostro 5471. It seems that Dell product design team did put some effort to make this series looks better, at least from the outside. This time around, they are introducing 2 colors, the silver and rose gold. For this review we will be focusing on the Silver version. Out from the box it feels really luxurious-ish, for the outer display and bottom Silver enclosure is made from aluminium.  On the inside, the keyboard frame and palm rest is made from aluminium and it is anodized with mid n...

Specification: Driver: Dynamic 16mm Sensitivity: 112±3db Impedance: 32Ω Frequency Response: 18Hz~22KHz Connector: 3.5mm, 3 gold plated contact Distortion Rate: ≤1% at 1KHz Color Available: Black, White, Red and Red unit on gold cable Price: CNY59 (Approx MYR38) Package includes: Yincrow X6 earbuds 2 pairs black standard foam 2 pairs red+blue donut foam Cable shirt clip Carry pouch Review Equipments: iPad mini 2, iPhone 6S, MacBook 5,1, Matrix Mini-i DAC, Gotham 85225 Power Cable, Furutech GT2 USB A-B, Harmonix Big Band, Audio Technica AT501CS Build and Feel The body of the earbuds is made from solid matte plastic with some vents behind for air ventilation, the earbuds comes with a rather cheap feel of cable, it felt somewhat flimsy and easily snapped. The cable Y splitter on the other hand have a metal like feel that gives a slightly premium looks to it. The cable is terminated to a rather unique 45 degree angled connector, idea behind the 45 ...

Furutech GT2 For some of you who had been into the world of HiFi may come across Furutech, it is quite a well known Japanese brand that makes connectors, cables and many other accessories for HiFi. Furutech is being established since year 1988 and had been greatly contributed it's technologies to the audiophile community. Here we will be looking in their USB cable, the Fututech GT2 USB A to mini B cable. The setup used for this review is as listed below: Source: MacBook 13inch Late 2008 model with Amarra Symphony linked to iTunes DAC/AMP: GoVibe VestAmp+ Output: Sennheiser HD650 with PcWork Symphonica cable Note: The pictures below had been equipped with Harmonix Big-Band tuning tapes, for the first half review, sound description does not includes the Harmonix Big-Band tuning effects. The Furutech GT2 available in USB A to B and USB A to mini B, other connectors could be requested by contacting them, additional cost may apply. Despite the simple looks from th...