Thursday, March 10, 2011

Sennheiser HD 212 Pro

Yeah, finally a pair of 'cans' I'm waiting for. My first big budget headphone to cause me deaf. I read lots of good reviews on tis headphone about it being beastly in bass. It better be because it's a  Sennheiser DJ headphone.



The packaging looks kinda cheap though but don't let that fool you! This headphone comes with serious stuffs! Upon wearing it, it snugs perfectly to my ears but my friend complained that it's slightly small for him. I guess his head was too big. Design wise was averagely great, nothing glamor to the likes of Beats.



Performance was awesome, but I think it is a little too bassy for me. If it was slightly less bassy, probably it would be ok but some people like it that way. Makes you feel like an 'ah beng' when listen to techno. Sound details was crisp and clear but if your song has too much digital bass in it, it will probably cause less details.


The thing I like is the removal cords from the headphone, since sometimes you want to put it around your neck without wires dangling around, this feature really helps.


Last but not least is the swivel part of the headphone. Sort of nice and helps with comfortability. A simple idea turned great. Then again, if you feel your head is too big, avoid this headphone. Get a sub-woofer instead and stick it to your ears.

Here's my personal rating on it. You can get other reviews by just asking Mr. Google
Sound Quality: 4/5
Design: 3/5
Comfortability: 3/5
Product Quality: 3.5/5
Price: 4/5

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Coca-Cola Without The 'Coke' : Recipe Reveiled

So at long last, the famous Coca-cola recipe is revealed after so much hype was given on it which sort of turn into a marketing stint.  It was uncovered from a book dated back at Feb. 18, 1979.


So the recipe goes like this


The recipe:
Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP
Citric acid: 3 oz
Caffeine: 1 oz
Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity)
Water: 2.5 gal
Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart
Vanilla: 1 oz
Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color
The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup):
Alcohol: 8 oz
Orange oil: 20 drops
Lemon oil: 30 drops
Nutmeg oil: 10 drops
Coriander: 5 drops
Neroli: 10 drops
Cinnamon: 10 drops

For the sugar part, I'm guessing it's 30 loads of trucks poured into it. And alcohol? We're gonna see havoc, rampage, people exploding and boycott soon.

Anyways, you won't be able to make it because the cocoa extract, only 1 factory, yes, ONE in the US is able to do it. As in to extract the fluid without the cocaine aka Coke. So, I'm just wondering if the rest of the world is having the same 7X flavour recipe.

Sauce

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Malaysia Motoring Industry

Like always, Malaysia's motoring is industry is plagued by AP and high import taxes of foreign cars. However with the recent great news of tax exemption of hybrid cars with an engine of 2.0 or lower, Malaysians are seeing a light of hope at the end of the tunnel.

Sadly, that's far from the case

Recent launch of the Toyota Prius, one of the most lovable car to hate by car enthusiast is finally on our shores. Price? In US, it's $22,800. Here? RM175,000. In the Free World currency, that's $54,000. Ok fine. Considering the fact that it takes money to ship it over pirate infested waters, let's just assume it's $10,000. So $44,000? Feels like highway robbery to me.

Most recent Lexus CT200h. $29,120 vs RM 168,000. I'm not going to do the bashing, let your mind do it.

UMW is the real axis-of-evil. So what I suggest is buy their stocks, cause they are going to profit like crazy. This is to compensate your lost if you bought a car from them.


One thing I notice apart from hybrids is

Inspira vs Lancer, the real thing.
Inspira is made in a country where it's GDP is less than that of where Liberty stands. Some more its presumably Buatan Malaysia. Comparing both models prices, RM78,999 vs $14,790, one would think why Proton is charging the rakyat extra after all they are the main culprits on imported cars being expensive in the first place. Is it because it 'Engineered by Lotus' badge with a tuned handling cost $10,000?  So far this is not an issue to Malaysians at all though.

Malaysians being Malaysians just naively accepts everything without thinking. Not implying you of course, I'm implying on the ones who watch RTM TV1 & TV2 everyday and thinks parliamentary members aka wakil rakyat must be escorted by dozens of police traffic and cause massive traffic jam.


Thankfully though, the there seems to be a little light of hope after all. From Honda. At least they are not massively blood sucking Malaysians.

Starting at the price of RM98,000 is slightly acceptable compared to $19,800. Minus this and that and that into pockets, Honda seems to be the light among the darkness, hopefully. Just wait till they bring in the CR-Z hybrid and then we can justify their direction in Malaysia.


This kind of price trend will be ongoing even if AP is abolished in the future. This is just the start.

Dear Tun Mahathir, this is one of your failures, don't forget. Thanks to you car prices are skyrocketed in line with the trend that harga minyak naik, semua naik. Harga minyak turun, takda turun , even if AP is remove in the future. Vroom Vroom