achieving the perfection in case materials....

what is the ultimate in case material for you??

i am sure you demand beauty, durability, finish, practicality, cost and so on for your dream watch and in what ways have the manufactures responded...???

all these years we have seen use of materials and treatments such as

platinum (always expensive)
gold (yellow/white/red/rose)
stainless steel (the usual stuff watch cases are made of)
titanium (very light)
alusic (must be hideously expensive)
ceramic (always dark and black)
bronze (not common)
aluminium (light)
PVD / DLC etc.... (surface treatments)
carbon (expensive)

since the enemy of most watch lovers are scratches, i sincerely hope the industry can innovate seriously and give us a super durable finish that can withstand daily wear and tear....... at the moment, the in-favour high-tech material ceramic is still pretty expensive but it can get only more affordable in time to come......

my choice? i dun expect much so give me a super DLC finish in choices of clear coat or black...... just like the transparent / translucent films and skins we all use for mobile phones and laptops......

the oyaide finishing touch....

after using these for a few days, i gotta let u know that these are not magical buttons or carbon tablets..... they cannot and are not going to make your system sound like a million dollars......

what they do is to lay the finishing touches for an already competent audio system ....... helping it sound more open, dynamic and life-like...... and giving it some finesse at the frequency extremes to let you to hear a little more details .....

depending on your needs, one could tune the end results by choosing either the carbon side or the metallic-carbon end..... feel free to experiment as there no one right way .... remember, dun expect them be perform magic and you will be pleasantly surprised....... hope too much and only disappointment will greet you after trying it.....

i think x audio is offering this at S$110 right now and it may be a good time to reward yourself and components with these goodie tablets.....