Creative Zen Review

I got myself Creative Zen media player. I need my music everywhere and was experiencing withdrawal symptoms after my Sony Ericsson walkman phone Earphone died.

I love my Zen and has become extension of my body. Its has 4GB capacity with expandable memory option. Apart from that it has nice but not much used features like Microphone for recording, Video and FM radio. Radio receiver is kinda bad and picks up bit noise and distortion but I don’t worry about that much because there isn’t much to listen to on Radio around here in New Delhi. Sound quality is very good and has custom EQ as well, but I don’t use that much, Presets are good enough.

It has shiny front panel which attracts lots of smudges and scratches. Keys are bit tacky and location of headphone jack annoys me sometimes.

Software interface and navigation is real easy. The screen is crisp and bright an important feature when using outdoor. Its very slim and looks cool and doesn’t weigh much either.

It uses Microsoft’s MTP protocol for data transfer. I like it better than I-Pod because it does not need proprietary software for data transfer and plays unprotected content too. I use GNU/Linux exclusively and use Amarok to transfer music.

For additional info you can check the official webpage.

Here is the little Pic:

At INR 5500 its best you could get.

Philips SHP1900

I was planning to buy a headphone for quite a while. I listen to music for hours at stretch and that too at high volume which had left many people running for cover. Danger of going deaf notwithstanding, i like my music loud. So the other Day I went to Nehru place and decided to find one. I wanted comfortable cans with decent quality of sound. The budget was not huge so my choices were limited.

Philips SHP1900 looked comfortable and at INR 550 It fit my bill and specification. So I bought one.

Test:

Album: Tempo of the Damned
Artist: Exodus

I cranked up the stereo and Intro of “Scar Spangled Banner” pierced into my right ear. After few seconds I Played “Blacklist” and BOY! I was blown away. This piece of equipment sounds awesome. The sound is bit muffled,(I liked it) mid-range is sweet and bass and highs are quite good. Much better than I had expected. The overall build quality is good. Doesn’t weigh much. The plastic band does not does not feel like its gonna crush your skull even after hours of use. Overall I like these very much and I would suggest it to anyone who wants good sound quality at cheap price.

Tech-spec:

• Manufacturer – Philips
• Model – SHP1900
• Speaker Driver Diameter – 40mm
• Speaker Frequency Response – 20Hz – 22kHz
• Speaker Magnet Type – Neodymium
• Speaker Impedance – 32ohms
• In The Box – Philips SH1900 Headphones, integrated cable – 2 m
• Form Factor – Headphones
• Case Colour – Black
• Connector Type – 3.5mm Stereo Mini-jack

Here I am again.

Whao! It’s been nearly two years, I haven’t updated my blog. Lots of things happened during this period. Biggest being my Job, I am no more mooching off my Dad. I was such a spoilt brat, earning my own living never occurred to me before. Starting to work was big deal for me. I mean getting up early in the morning and doing things others tell you to do haven’t been my way of life. But, things have been better lately. I changed Job, moved in to better & bigger house. I feel more independent and responsible. which is good, right?

Latest news: Last month I went to Ladakh with few other friends. It was an incredible experience. I would write about it in detail very soon; with pictures.

Other than that… I have lots of things to say about lots of issues going around. what all stuff? you will come to know in my subsequent posts.

Last but not the least I would like to Thank my friends who kept me on their blog roll despite my long hiatus from blog sphere. I will try to update this place regularly and won’t give you chance to complain.

Thanks all for you valuable time.

-Sohail

Saturday evening with super cars!!!

After a long gap i am updating my blog..I’d better because i have already got threats from few people :p Today i was feeling very wobbly in the morning. its saturday and i am not feeling well. i had an extra class too; wtf! i was feeling green; but later in the afternoon Rohit came over and we left for auto expo. its Automobile exhibition at pragati maidan in new delhi. Organized every two year and this is 8^th  expo going on. We reached there at around 3 PM and Christ! it was jam packed. Thank God they have entry fee of 100 bucks or else it would look like sabzi mandi (vegetable market). Those who are planning should hurry up coz its gonna end on 17

Well we finally made into some hall and to our disappointment it turned out to be spare part stall…Jeezus! Where are the cars?? dude! Oh there are so many halls…Well…Yea this is biggest auto expo of Asia. it was going to be long show so we had already bought some snacks.

Finally we made it to some hall and Yes!! Cars!! Cars of every kind and some heavy duty trucks and busses too. Companies from around the Globe have their products on display. we were excited and pepped up. We headed to Ford stall and man there was this muscular Mustang GT. Which we had seen only in NFS. Not to mention there were female models too but hey! Who has time for them. Just look at these mean machines. Just next to that was Honda stall and they have this Jaw dropping F1 car on the showcase. Jeezus it looked so cool. Engineering Master piece. It looks like jet fighter from the rear. Rohit being a F1 fanatic was all over it explaining me every detail of it. We decided to move on with but only after i assured Rohit that we will come back to see this car again. Then we moved to bike section; Suzuki has impressive range on display with best of ‘em all Hayabusa. This is badass bike with attitude. Yea i know John Abraham had one. Lucky bastard!

We stepped out of this hall and what we saw was unbelievable man! This is Lamborghini gallardo ! This car which we had seen only as desktop wallpapers was in-front of us.. small with magnificent design, flawless finish and 500bhp v10 engine under its hood. This car is must have!*sigh* well whats bad about dreaming. But there were few cars which were cool and yea very much affordable. Like lancer Evo and Skoda. there were many other cars too but after seeing these mean machines you feel like puking on them. Then we headed to yamaha stall which has all its international range on display and coolest of em’ all was Yamaha M1 which has won last 2 MotoGP by Valentino Rossi. This mean machine costs around Rs. 4 crore (no typo there!!) and 7 crore just in case you wanted to import it to india. We saw some great car audio systems and cool Modded cars by autopsyche and DC; God! It took us half an hour to find DC stall though we had been 10 times to its adjacent hall. There were few dance and fashion shows too, many hot chics shaking their bootys! But who had time for them..we couldn’t get enough of cars and bikes. I mean just look at them! They look better than any female model; and You don’t get to see F1 and lambo everyday here in india. But everyone was not like us..very impressive crowd was gathered to watch those not so hot (in-front of these cars) chics. Over all it was great experience and worth spending money and time. By the end of the day our feet were numb. (Make it sure you wear comfortable footwear if you plan to visit)..we headed straight home with a dream…! Well enuff said now go Drool.!

Bollywood unleashed

I was watching TV last night and I stumbled upon this movie on HBO…Out of time; My first reaction was, have I seen this movie before? And to my amazement this was Original English version of zeher. I don’t understand what’s problem with these Bhatt guys…every movie they make has to be rip off of Hollywood and then they take every credit of coming up with fresh and bold storyline…not just story line.. They copy dialogues, cinematography and names of characters too.

Here is the list of movies from Bhatt clan where only language and actors are different that from their original Hollywood movies Murder – Unfaithful, Paap – The witness, Awara Pagal Dewana – The whole Nine Yards, Saaya – Dragonfly, Zeher – Out of Time. (Good for those people who don’t understand English but wannna see Hollywood movies)

I get astonished when confronted they simply wave it off by saying; “it’s a remake�. but not giving credit to original story writer in the first place. Bah! I hate current bollywood trend; I feel green with all those cheap sex movies with mindless skin show and those shoddy item numbers (somebody shoot those girls!!!). I would rather watch Hollywood x rated movies in front of my parents. At least they make some sense.

Sohail