Fleet expansion

Sunday, December 20, 2009

As you all are aware of, i’m a self proclaimed plane enthusiast. And one of my hobbies, besides fishing, includes collecting plane models, be it military, civilian, vintage, model kits or even helicopters. However for now i’ve just started collecting modern airlines or civilian aircrafts.

For now my fleet consists of 4 aircraft, 2 from kl and 2 from dubai. Anyhow, my plan is to expand the fleet to at least 10 aircraft by February. So for now i have a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 737-800, a Virgin Atlantic 747-400, American airlines 777-200 and a Lufthansa a380-800.

The scale varies for all 4 models because i cant seem to get 2 planes of the same scale… Malaysians dont really seem to take interest in these kinda hobbies i suppose. Which makes me the odd one out…lol.

These planes are not only just scale models, but they are the exact replicas of the real thing. As usual, alot of attention is given to the details from the engine fans, flaps, spoilers to even the special livery for that particular plane.

Well nothing much here for me to blog about….so here are some pics as usual…

~Falcon~

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PC200117 As usual, detail is the key to making the plane look perfect
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PC200123 Lufthansa Airbus a380-800.
The biggest of its kind YET.

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The McDaddy of speakers

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Nothing satisfies me most than having a good sound system. Be it car, home theatre. computer etc. As long as i can hear good balance between bass and treble, i’m a happy man.

Even my my mom’s car speaker tore…i really couldnt stand it and i went and bought a new pair for rm 30 just after 3 days of driving. Music’s always my passion and i like it perfect =). My previous subwoofer which wasnt really a branded one, was giving me a satisfactory performance.

Old is gold i suppose..haha. My previous woofer had one spec that most modern day middle class woofers dont. The ability to manipulate the balance between bass and treble. For me this feature is ESSENTIAL. Anyway within the past 6 months my reliable woofer was showing its colors already. Cant blame it, its 7 years old ya.

The left speaker was the culprit actually.. real pms case la… sometimes will work, sometimes wont work. So damn annoying. Anyway..i was fed up and i couldn’t stand the sound. However my budget didnt allow me to purchase a new one right away at that time..was a bit in a financial crisis as i had newly bought my phone.

Initially my budget was around RM +/-120. And the only brand i wanted was edifier…nothing else. Wanted sonic gear but than the sound quality sucks for me (sorry yong seng :P). Creative was also another option but somehow its hard to find it here in ipoh. Initially my eyes were set on the edifier m1335. A simple mid range woofer for the moderate user.

There were really good comments about it and also it had a rating or 9.5/10 for its class. However the inability to control the mix of treble and bass would take its toll. Than while i was browsing around, i bumped into the edifier m1550 5.1 system. With 5 speakers, its sure to pack a punch i thought. But the reviews told me otherwise. The set was well known to give out too much bass and again, one could not control the mix of bass and treble.

Again i was forced to rethink my choices. Still aiming for edifier, I came across the edifier C2 in lowyat.net. I was impressed as not only did it look awesome, it also had treble and bass control =D. So i aimed for this one right away…the thing was…it was already an obsolete model and now the C series was fully monopolized by the edifier C3 which is around Rm400. However upon further research, I stumbled upon the improved version of the C2, it was the edifier HCS2330. This model was produced for 2 reasons, 1 was because the C3 was crazy expensive and 2nd was because edifier wanted to expand its C series. The price of the edifier HCS2330 was around RM 290.

So i started saving since september and finally managed to save enough to get me this set. Went to my regular shop in yik foong complex. Asked for the price and to my amazement, they dealer went “ its rm 275 friend”… ha… 15 bux cheaper…but it gets better…after a hot bargain, managed to grab it for rm 260 =D….now if that’s not a good deal than i dunno wat is.

And so i’m listening to some awesome quality music while writing this post. All thanks to a bit of hard work of saving some money…talk about saving for a rainy day eh?…lol…anyway here are some pics of my edifier =D…its getting late…time for the bed to take me in =D..night guys.


finally got it… was dying to open and test power…lol

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Edifier…might not have the looks of sonic gear…but certainly the best in sound quality…and a no.1 choice for me =D




The improved version of the C2…and way cheaper compared to the C3
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Speakers or satellites along with their wiring and a cute remote.




The big deal, the woofer and the amplifier sitting peacefully below…waiting =D
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The whole set =D



In comparison with my old woofer…the long bass throwing speaker of my edifier is bigger than the entire woofer of my old system.
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The edifier satellites with the surf sound ones..






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The remote control is not only cute, its an edifier trademark…only edifier woofers come with remote controls be it wired or wireless PC020100

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The most outstanding feature of the C series. Its external amplifier that allows one to control the mix between the treble and bass…a must have if u ask me =D