Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Grado Prestige Series Model SR60i

Bought a pair Grado Lab Prestige Series Model SR60i headphones for those times when I cannot blast my speakers. These are retro looking headphones but are often rated highly by various sources - just do a Google on Grado SR60i. Made in Brooklyn, New York.

They cost S$120 (excluding GST) in Singapore. I bought them from Jaben Network, Adelphi. The shop is run by a bunch of friendly folks who allow you to sample various headphones and headphone amps. After trying out both the SR80 and the SR60i, I found the SR80 sounded pretty powerful and has a wider feeling but not much different from the SR60i. I decided to get the SR60i as I found the sound to be "good enough" for my ears and save a few dollars - $50 to be exact.

Now, I am at home playing my collection of music and the clarity is amazing! The bass is punchy without sounding muddled. They fit well on my head and I found the full sponge to be comfortable. I can listen to this all day! I'm loving these headphones and would highly recommend them.

My wife loves them too. I wonder if I need to get another just so we won't fight for em.


The box is rather big but flat.


The box is sealed and opens like a flat cake box. You find the headphone with its thick soft cable, 3.5mm gold plated jack-plug and 6.3mm gold plated adaptor, foam padding and warranty sheet.


The retro looking can.


How it looks like out of the box. Looks old school but sounds amazing!

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Canon EOS 7D officially announced!

Its announced! Here's dpreview's hands on of the Canon EOS 7D.

DP review hands on of the Canon EOS 7D

I'll have to read this in detail. It sounds really promising!

Added a few more links:

Image Resource

Canon Special Site

It really looks promising. Some of the features that are great are:
1) New macro compensation of accidental movement toward / away from focused subject - i.e. 3 plane IS - up, down; sideways; in, out.
2) New 19 point cross sensor AF
3) New pentaprism viewfinder that is 100%
4) Wireless flash
5) Dedicated RAW / JPG button
6) Great HD video options - 1080p24 included as well as 720p60
7) 18 megapixels with no apparant increase in noise - which gives you more option of reducing apparent noise by reducing it to a lower resolution if you choose to
8) Cheaper than the EOS 5D Mk2