To put things somewhat in perspective (cause I exclude shipping)... How much is $30 SGD in the whole scheme of things?
That's about $25 AUD...
Not enough for a tank of fuel, lunch, parking, or anything really. Perth is a expensive place to live in really. $25 is higher than the hourly minimum wage in Oz, but really can't buy you much.. But it can buy this..
Personally I don't have the kind of ears you guys have... All the AR does is makes me feel better to listen to music more, it's just a better connection to the music.. In audiophile terms I would say it makes the music sound less digital. That's about it. it's just a feeling, call it placebo, call it audiopool, call it crappy system.. Call it whatever you want, but only after you have tried it...
People can disagree, but disagreement on speculation is a bit too SNA for me.
Tuyen seems more adamant and supportive on this product than me though (that makes me feel bad :p). But then he always has better ears than me..
I can only hear clarity and imaging (sound staging).. In those terms, I find products like cables and even isolation feets yield more positive benefits.. I am still on the fence whether the AR77 really works TBH.. But when I loaned it to Tuyen for a while, and I got it back, while waiting for the system to warm up, at his suggestion we turned this thingy on. Hell, this is weird.
Does it really work? The hell do I know, I got it for free any way... And for $25, the alternative is cheap enough to punt.. The AR models OTOH I would say no (the same money can be used for multiple other tweaks).
Anyway, I have never invited any guys over to have a listen, mainly because my system is not a great system and my place is tiny. But if you guys are interested to try the AR77 in situ (for whatever motives), shoot me a PM.. You make up your own mind.