Treat to myself

Its been a while since I treated myself to some goody.

I have been deliberating on this one, knowing that the hefty price I pay sometimes may not get me what I wanted.

I am talking about getting me a new set of earphones to replace the battered, sad looking standard ipod earphones of mine.

See what I mean?? Ganas sungguhlah saya :P


Anyway, so I have been looking around online, reading reviews here and there to find me one.

But buying earphones are like buying food. One person's honey can be another person's poison. I cant 100% rely on the reviews I read. We all have different taste in music and we all have different preferences in sound.

What made it hard is that most places I went to wont allow me to listen to the earphones unless I paid for it already. I am sure most of you experimented the same. But fret not - luckily I stumbled upon this forum - headjam.org which is a forum site initiated by Jaben Audio.

Jaben Audio started by selling their goods through online forums and websites, and now they actually have a store (shop) set up in SS15 Subang. The full addy is 65A Jalan SS15/8a, SS15 Subang Jaya. Its just right opposite Asia Cafe, same row as Stackbucks.

For those who are thinking about getting yourselves new sets of phones, I highly recommend you hop in there for a visit. They carry a good range/variety and allow you to try them out. Their service is really friendly and superb, and pricewise is also competitive. Cant find a fault here.

I was there and have tested a few .. Sennheiser CX300-II.. Denon 560..Shure... Hippo and few others. In the end the Klipsch S4 won me over, hands down. I actually quite like the way sennheiser fits into my ears, but their mid too much for my liking. I tested with a few range of songs and Klipsch has the best balance.

Of course it can be a pain to insert in and out - especially with my scarf on but what the heck, I think I prefer good sound more than anything.

Btw I also learnt that they have these headphone amplifiers, which is a great thing to have when you are in noisy area. It surely bumped up the sound a notch or two making you loose all those noisy backgound without having to turn up your vol to the max. Ken gave me one as complimentary since he cant knock down few more $$ of the Klipsch for me.

Its a FiiO, of course it kinda reduces the fine sound you are getting if you were connecting direct with your earphones but its expected, given that its a cheapo amp. We'll see .. if I like it enuff maybe I'll splurge for a good one.

All in good time. :)

That thing that puts a smile on me face.... ahaks.


The box. The package comes with 3 sets of buds, the ephones of course, and a hard case


The amp

(excuse the terrible quality of photos malas nak bertukar2 lens)