I finally gotten my portable amp and a new set of earphones...
but looking back i maybe an audiophile since i was in secondary school... [ skip the photos if u dun want to read my lousy writings ]
Back in 03-04 [Sec 1] i started making my own mix tapes of songs with my old Mini-disk player... [refer to the dry cabi post]. i was using some crappy old SONY earphones that i found at home... which i suspect was older than me * as usual*
After that player, was my Sony Ericsson W550i followed by W800 [lost] then W850. Due to the fact that i had to use the SE earphones i did not get any headphones till my Japan trip... when i brought a SONY MDR-EX 70SL in-ear phones and a Sony MDR-D333LW Headphones which was only found in Japan.... The D333LW was quite cool as the wire is retractable... it spoilt after 2 years thanks to the cable gotten disconnected.
I started gaming in 06-07 thus i gotten the Creative Fatal1ty Headset. Good bass but very heavy and my ears can't take the heat when i am not using it in an aircon room. in between 07-08 i was using a SE bluetooth earphones. they were not that bad... but the cable died in 09...
Gotten a Cheap Audio Technica at the IT show in early 09. Can't remember what model and then my SQ5 at the end of 09.
Been using my SQ5 since then plus the ipod earphones that i got with my ipod touch 32GB 3rd gen in Sep 2010. Not long after that Chris brought me to Jaben to get poisoned by a $400 amp and $200++ earphones...
and finally after 4 months and 6 trips to Jaben to test amps and earphones...
i have settled with the Ordnance .25 amp and Jays A-JAYs TWO earphones... Not a bad set up as the Ordnance .25 is also a DAC and the A-Jays Two is quite bassy... would had gone with Jays Three if it was not too clear and crispy that i can hear all the lousy encoding... ya i can heard the different between a 320kbps track and a 192kbps track with the amp and the jays 3....
oh wells i will say if you need to get any headphones or earphones, go to Jaben at The Adelphi. just expect it to be crowded on fridays and weekend.