Bowers & Wilkins 685 , QED reference 40

 I sold previous B&W 602 s3 after I had to repair them and bought 685's to replace them. 

 Sound is similar as before, more details in mid range and a top, however , bottom is not as deep as before. I expected this due to reduced cabinet and meantime I ordered MS Alumni 9 subwoofer.

These speakers are slightly less sensitive at 88dB and have power handling at 100wRMS. They sound excellent with both rotel and CA amp, but as usual for this brand - more power you feed them  is better.

It took them about two weeks to burn in because previous owner used them as surround only. I had to be more careful with positioning to get best results.

For now I'm pleased with the sound, looking forward to add on sub.

685 s1

Testing different amps. I also upgraded to new interconnect RCA - QED reference 40.

Room acoustic treatment

Notice the acoustics treatment panels behind speakers and the bass trap in the corner. 

After  installation that was quite simple , room acoustic is improved and the music sounds better. 

I have two additional panels and one more bass trap that I keep in another room. 

Iphone 6 , Ipad 3

 Forgot to update this two gadgets. I've been using iphone for quite some time already.
I bought new one , 64GB version silver grey and using privacy glass filter on it. Really excellent phone, made me move away from Samsung, but I still keep the S4 as a spare phone.

Recently I bought used ipad3 (cellular ,16 GB retina display). I use it for Spotify and music apps control, but it's also an excellent device for surfing web. For what I need this older ipad is great.

        

Replacing the rubber surrounds on B&W 602 S3 speakers

 My cat revenged on one of the speakers and left a hole in the rubber surrounding the cone.
 I've ordered the replaceable rubber surrounds and glue from online shop in Europe and shipped it back to Singapore. Good friend suggested to leave this work to experts because it's not easy to do the cone centering. After researching ,I found the old repair shop servicing speakers in Burlington square (Martin electronics) who did good job repairing.
After repair was done in 2-3 days , I've mounted back the mid-bass units and the music is back! :)  

Cambridge audio new setup

I'm very pleased with the sound upgrade. Still keeping the B&W 602 s3 as I can't find better speaker under 1k. 

Sony Playstation 4

After a long period of thinking and deciding if I should buy a gaming desktop PC or playstation4 decision has been made. Well experienced staff in shop explained to me that I's better to buy bundle including the game because I will get additional one year free membership and extra warranty.
Graphics look really amazing on playstation 4, especially when I hook it up to big HD TV. Controller is wi-fi and it has many functions. Really impressive device.Now enjoying the GTA 5.:)

ASUS Fonepad 7

I bought ASUS Fonepad 7 tablet maybe half year ago. It serves it's purpose mostly for streaming music via soundcloud and for surfing & playing games. Performance wise it can't compare to Samsung S4, but it's still a useful device with it's 3G feature and it's dual SIM card support is very useful when traveling overseas.