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SI: VAIO to Include Google Chrome as a Default Browser
Stuge replied to Christopher's question in Vaio
Well, currently like many ,I'm using Firefox ,though it tends to hang at startup with too many bookmarks .THats why I'm testing Chrome too . They didn't ship it with my CS series .Maybe because I bought it in June . -
SI: Sony Confirms S-Series Walkman Update With Built-In Speakers
Stuge replied to Christopher's question in Audio
As per Cnet ,Output of speaker is tinny and anemic ,but that should not prevent buyers from buying this one .Price looks awesome -
Stuge's MZ-DH10P-Black (Minidisc Walkman) review
Stuge replied to Stuge's topic in Product Reviews/Pictorials
lol and thanks -
Stuge's MZ-DH10P-Black (Minidisc Walkman) review
Stuge replied to Stuge's topic in Product Reviews/Pictorials
Cradle User Friendly: I have to agree that it is little heavy,but ones forgets that as soon he starts using it .Manual provided isn’t really required to start of with and buttons given on the walkman are clearly marked(tactical buttons ) and if you are used to using any other Sony walkman, then you know what button will do what .All the buttons are placed well, so it makes it really easy to use it . Moving onto headphone jack -> The headphone jack is placed on the left hand side ,which sometimes makes it difficult to use the walkman due to interference with the wire ,specially if one is using a remote with it ,but once you get use to it ,its not a big deal .This is the only flaw ,I see ,but not a very difficult to overcome . Jog dial provided in the middle of walkman is used to switch between different albums or songs. Photography at ease :In photo mode walkman is extremely easy to use .One just needs to slide of the lens cover and use the buttons provided on the top to click pictures .Jog dial can be used to select nigh shot ,Marco etc .I will discuss this in detail later in the review . Screen/TFT screen and Menu Screen/TFT screen and Menu It has a 1.5 inch TFT full colour LCD screen , and It is the only Mini-disc player or MD player with a colored screen ,One can use it to see whether the picture has-been taken correctly or not .Even slide show can be seen, while playing a song,but remember it will drain battery like anything . Album art can also be seen with it .It is because of this TFT screen, its battery life is a bit short of what it is for other walkmans .As, we know Sony is known for its battery life in walkman Arena . Well, cover art makes it easier to search files across the disc. Transfer Rate: Sony manual says it’s a HI-Speed USB (USB 2 Complaint). Transfer rate of transferring songs via sonic stage is Just Ok; it is neither too fast nor too slow. Sometimes Sonic Stage hangs a bit, if you by mistake move your curser over it , while transferring of song is taking place . Media Files Supported. ATRAC3, ATRAC, MP3 and Linear PCM are supported .Unfortunately, it doesn’t support manyother formats available in the market like WMA,.FLAC etc . Well, If you are using Hi-Md disc ,then Atrac3 plus 64kbps will allow 503 songs approx and with Atrac3 Plus 256kpbs will allow about 118songs. It is same with Mp3’s with same bit rate. To understand in layman language Atrac is a format just like MP3 ,as per few it is better than Mp3 ,but now days it is dropped by Sony .These days Atrac is only supported in Japanese walkmans only .. Above taken from Sony.net Recording Sadly MZ-DH10P doesn’t have any line in or microphone in to record like other MD players have. . Sound Quality is Excellent or awesome as with all Sony products .It has 6 band Equalizer and with High Definition Digital Amp It has a build in EQ PopJazz,Unique andtwo custom .Jog dial makes it easy to select equalizer and save it as per the SQ liked by the user .I have used this walkman with MDR-E931 . Listened to Various Genres Pop, Rock, House/Trance, Western Classical and many others. After doing critical listening, I can say that Bass and treble produced by it is excellent, songs have clear voice with very less distortion and sound quality is very balanced If you listen Mozart Symphony E Flat ,K16 then one can clearly make out ..No static noise at all what so ever.,But remember that too depends upon the headphones /earphones you are using ,they do require good quality headphones to do any kind of justice to this master piece. Moving on : My favorite of all is the Unique Equalizer, which gives the right bass and treble .Though ,I do sometimes use Custom Equalizer too . FM tuners: No FM tuner has been provided with it .So ,for this price it’s a disadvantage. Accessories Supplied Sonic Stage 3.0 cd | I have tested player with the Sonic Stage 4.3 only.Stereo Headphones | I have used is MDR-E931Remote Control without backlight |though I have remote with backlit also and it works like a charm.USB cradle | It is also known as recharging cradle .Charging the walkman while keeping it on the pc table can a be a nice show piece.Dedicated USB cord | Well, Normal usb doesn’t fit it in .It comes with a dedicated USB cord .AC adaptor | Comes with a 6V adaptor.Carrying pouch | Grey colored carrying pouch is being given though, I use Case logic black colored pouch with it.1GB Hi md blank Disc | 1GB Accesories Battery Life: Well ,this is only thing where this Camera walkman fails quite miserably and that’s why it remains a collector model only, Since ,battery life is about 10- 13 hours only, Depending upon the bit rate of the files you have transferred. Like if you have taken about 20-30 pictures walkman battery indictors starts to flash low battery .So, this can give you an idea! No serious photography ,if somebody is thinking on that lines .Though ,one can take about 100 pictures if flash is turned off. Battery life as per Sony JEITA testing Software: Unfortunately, no drag and drop is possible and it uses old Sonic Stage to transfer songs to it .Currently, I'm using Sonic Stage 4.3, which is most stable version and the last version of Sonic Stage released. Sonic Stage is dropped from today’s Sony player and it has not been updated, but for such a nice player I can live with it . At last !! the main attraction of this walkman is Still Camera: Well, it has a decent 1.3 Mega pixel auto focus camera having macro, flash and self timer capabilities .Camera is really nice if you compare it with mobile cameras (specially low end ones ) even 1.3 MP beats many of the mobile cameras in the market. Shutter button is present at the top and by pressing it half way one can auto focus first, and then shoot the picture as he desires. Macro mode given with the walkman helps to take close-up pictures and Night shot allows one to take pictures in dark by switching on Flash . One can assign taken photos as album art, and I feel it is a very nice feature. I have posted few pictures taken with the camera too. . Well, Below you can see the Pictures taken with MZ-DH10P,SE-K550i and Canon IXUS 950IS . MZ-DH10P SE-K550i Canon IXUS 950IS Well, If you see the pictures above, the you can clearly make out that camera provided with DH10P isn’t that bad at all ,though it could have been better ,but yes we are expecting too much from a dedicated audio player .Colours are little unnatural in my opinion faded too and many other faults . Conclusion: Well, I’m very happy with MZ-DH10P . I hope Sony could have worked on a battery a little bit more .Mp3 playback is ok ,but real feature IMO is camera that’s the reason I purchased it . Note: Sony has dropped Sonic Stage now. Disclaimer Banner Idea taken from Ishiyoshi's Review I take no responsibility whatsoever if you have burned all your months mb(for limited plan owners ) in watching my pictorial +review -
They have a impedance of 300 ohm .They will certainly require headphones amp to work low powered md walkmans .
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Introduction and Glimpse to what you are after ! Well, I got this MD camera Walkman (Sony’s MD player walkman with camera feature )quite a while back ,but I haven't posted any pictorial or review of it ,but now I’m doing it .. Interesting ! As, far as I know (from reliable source ) Sony originally planned a 5MP camera, but that would have driven up cost, especially at the time when it was launched in 2005 . Illuminated Mini Disc (Due to Luminescence) So, I will first of all like to start of with its pros and cons(little detail ) . Pros : 1. Durable: Soild, Sturdy. 2. Very Good Screen 3.1.3 MP camera but image quality and chromatic aberrations are not very good. 4.1 GB Hi md discs and MD disc. 5. Last is its a collectors model. 6. Rechargeable battery. 7. Sony only Walkman with Camera feature . 8. G protection prevents skipping etc Con's 1. very few now . 2. Battery life is terrible (one needs to keep extra battery that’s comes with it ) 3. Writing time on the disc is little slow after taking a picture. 4. Only downloader, no recording possible like with other MD models. 5. Pricey. Technical Details: • Integrated 1.3 Mega pixels CMOS digital still camera. • Still camera functions: auto focus, self timer, macro, flash • 1.5 inch TFT full color LCD screen • Simultaneous music and slide show playback • Jpeg image viewer (Displays DCF standard compliant images stored from PCs) • Can record music and still pictures together on the same 1GB Hi-MD disc • Direct playback: ATRAC / MP3 • Linear PCM high sound quality recording & playback • Long battery life of up to 14 hours (approximately) • Unique charging and recording (USB) cradle. Packing: Box is of normal recycled cardboard (Sony is quite concerned about environment .Good to see that.) and the picture of the box gives you an idea ,what’s really there in the box. There is a inner box and an outer box (already explained).Inner box has two compartments one holding accessories and one holding walkman + Manual . Box (Covers) Body/Construction: When you first hold it for the first time it feels tad heavy. Its construction is really good and body looks rock solid to last for a long time or one can say its build quality is exceptional. The player is made of Metal (Aluminum) except for the screen, four buttons in the front and Battery lid, which is made of plastic .Screen looks tough ,but I’m using screen protector to protect it from scratches . Width wise speaking , it is quite thick in comparison to other Mini disc players due to in built camera, but it still looks Stylish, Solid and Sturdy. Now days most of the players in the market are made of plastic, this is where it scores. Ergonomically speaking unit fits nicely in hand and Paint fishing is Amazing ,specially the way walkman name is placed, it looks really sexy . MZDH10P with cradle MMZ-Dh10p without cradle Closeups Battery Camera : NOTE:other half posted (
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For recording purpose no ,even though I don't have ,but for music purpose somewhat yes lol :lol: well,for the same reason I will trust forum members than ebay sellers.
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thanks bobt for the wishes and no shopping this time
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hmm So where are your's ?
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Opps !I forgot , Happy Birthday Nismo
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SennheiserHD650 I present you all my Sennheiser HD650 ,These are the top of the line headphones from Sennheiser .:8:guitar:. Enjoy!!! Drivers or Brain,Nervous system of HD650 Well,Sennheiser HD650 comes with a beautiful looking carton which makes it a really precious collection ,but Sound quality is what really matters when it comes to headphones like these . Sennheiser HD650 is sold as audiophile headphones .They have an open dynamic headphone design.That means they will leak sound ,so not good for a noisy environment and keep in mind that others will be disturbed if volume is too high . Specifications of these are : Technical DataNominal impedance 300 OhmContact pressure ca. 2,5 NWeight w/o cable ca. 260gJack plug 6,3/3,5 mm stereoTransducer principle (Headphones) open, dynamicEar coupling circumauralCable length 3 mFrequency response (headphones) 10-39500 HzSound pressure level (SPL) 103 dB (1 Vrms)THD, total harmonic distortion 0,05 %What’s in the box: Headphones Detachable cable, Adapter An instructions manual Construction: Construction seems good, but it’s not made of metal only .half of it is made of Carbon fiber .According to Sennheiser that helps in lessening the vibrations and makes listening more pleasurable. Who knows? ..hhee Sound quality I have used them for around 400 hrs and just after 100 hr bass which was little muffled, got deep and articulate. Well, These have laid back character with rolled off high, which makes them very pleasurable to listen music with them, as highs are not very harsh on ears. Bass.I know many people are only concerned about bass and all and I must say they are not very bassy like my DT770 pro 80ohm ,but IMO HD650 are way ahead of DT770 pro 80ohm .Its mid bass is very deep and very well defined ,whereas bass of DT770 Pro 80ohm is very boomy and not defined at all . Treble: Its treble is really good ,but its highs are little rolled of ,thats the reason they are very smooth sounding headphones and sometime people refer that these have laid back character . Headphones tried with different Genre's like Classical (western eg Schubert ,Beethoven ) ,Indian Classical (eg Ravi shankar ),Rock linken Park ,Led zeppelin etc,POP,Trance (Ministry of Sounds ,Tiesto etc),Instrumental etc Burn in :120hrs Headphones used with ESI-juli@->MHC-V515 as amp or D NE900 (line out )->MHC-V515 right now I'm looking for an amp and I might go for an tube amp . Price (MSRP)$599 Price paid $450 I will add more when I'm not sleepy ..right now I ' feeling sleepy lol
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@sharpsony:Your kenwood seems very boxy
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thanks Gutiarfxr. I have seen that tutorial .After reading it .I felt that I need a lot of time to make that thing since, I have not made anything like that before .Though it can be really interesting .
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Got Esi-Juli@ soundcard + Sennheisers HD650.Now I want Amplifier to power my new headphones . HD650: Juli@ I'm eyeing this amp --. http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?...SE+amplifier,as it is really hard to find headphone amps here .
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Went to see the premier of "Kismat Konnection" yesterday . Rating :2/5 IMO movie should be named Kismat Disconnection lol Sahid Kapoor was looking nice when he came to the stage ,but vidya balan looked like aunty lol
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Beyerdynamics DT770 pro 80ohm
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My beyer's Initial Impressions : So At last ,I picked up DT770 pro 80ohm version .Headphones looks smaller than my expectations . Packing :Well,packing is just ok not very impressive and but packing is not really important for me as long as it sounds good to the ears .Secondly no case is provided with it . Built quality :Looks good ,I'm not modding it anything like like that .I will prefer to keep it in the original form . Fit :Well,they are very comfortable ,I was thinking they won't be after using DT 660 ,but they are really nice and provides good isolation to outside noise as well . Sound Quality :My initial impression is that they are very very bassy and mids are ok .A feature not to be loved by everyone .I have heard few Tiestos songs with it and I was quite impressed ( totally blown away :q ) ,even with onboard sound card lol.Right now ,I have only used them with my pc. I still have to use them with my mini hi fi . Now ,I have a query to ask how much time should I give for burn in ? secondly which sound card to go for ?
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hehe ,I didn't took my DH10P with me .well its dangerous to carry it as I have lost it once .So ,no chance .
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hmm why are you making so many threads ?
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Bought Canon IXUS 950 IS 10 days back .
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Magik 5 -DJ Tiesto
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Magik 2 -DJ Tiesto
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DJ.Tiesto : Parade of Athletes
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thanks for the compliment