2020 Budget Portable Audiophile Recommendation

You might read my previous post about the same content like this here but that is the recommendation I made in 2017 is not for everyone. It is more intended for person like me who already had many CD collection and grew in 90's era which CD is a holy grail for good music. One simple reason for that recommendation is for people who more than happy to listen the music at home, at their lovely chairs, rather having on-the-go music experience. Of course it is also an earphones recommendation that more friendly as an entry point to audiophile world rather than the bulky speakers.

So, here is today, the year 2020 that pass slowly because of the covid-19 pandemic everywhere, I still make this budget audiophile recommendation, which actually I had prepared already since the beginning of this year. This recommendation is likely for everyone but more emphasis to youngster which attached with their smartphones and more mobility.

How To Setup Car Audio 7 Band EQ Using RTA

Some simple audio improvement are actually free. This applied to all audio system, not only at home, but also in the car. For instance, the car audio by nature has all audio feature on the head-unit itself to tuning the sound as we like to hear. The most cases, we are using it to improve the bass and treble based on what we think it is makes sound better. But mostly it turn out to become an awful sound quality. In this post, I will share some tips to make an adjustment on your car head unit EQ properly. It is more likely professional approach that you will find in audio workshop and it is not only makes the EQ setting close to match with the car environment, but it rewarded with better sound as well.

The Alpine 3506, A 35 Years Old Car Amplifier Today

While I am having a little break to work on the Bottlehead Crack headphone amplifier, I suddenly find this little gems.

This is an Alpine 3506 stereo car power amplifier that you only can find it brand new 35 years ago and fortunately I still can find it today with all the original accessories completed. So, it is a nostalgic moment, as I always said, opening the new old stock product is just like having a time machine.