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		<title>Info Mendaftar Sekolah S2 ke Amerika Serikat (AS) &#8211; Part 2</title>
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Melanjuti blog post saya yang sebelumnya, di blog post kali ini saya akan menuliskan proses-proses selanjutnya yang akan anda perlu lakukan setelah selesai dengan test-test seperti TOEFL, GRE, atau GMAT.
Tenang saja, boleh dibilang anda sudah setengah jalan dari requirement-requirement yang diperlukan untuk mendaftar ke sekolah di AS. Tetapi jangan lupa, masih ada beberapa hal yang [...]]]></description>
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<p>Melanjuti blog post saya yang sebelumnya, di blog post kali ini saya akan menuliskan proses-proses selanjutnya yang akan anda perlu lakukan setelah selesai dengan test-test seperti TOEFL, GRE, atau GMAT.</p>
<p>Tenang saja, boleh dibilang anda sudah setengah jalan dari requirement-requirement yang diperlukan untuk mendaftar ke sekolah di AS. Tetapi jangan lupa, masih ada beberapa hal yang anda perlu lakukan.</p>
<h5>Mendaftar di Universitas-Universitas Yang Anda Tuju</h5>
<p>Adalah sangat lumrah untuk mendaftar di lebih dari satu sekolah, karena selalu ada kemungkinan untuk ditolak, dan saya yakin anda tidak ingin anda tidak jadi sekolah karena anda ditolak dari satu-satunya sekolah yang anda daftar.</p>
<p>Paling tidak pilihlah tiga (3) sekolah dari daftar ranking sekolah yang anda bisa lihat di US News (baca post sebelumnya).<span id="more-266"></span></p>
<h3>Cara milihnya gimana?</h3>
<p>Ok, ada rule of thumb untuk memilih sekolah. Pertama pilih sekolah terbaik yang anda inginkan (pilihan ambisius). Harvard misalnya.</p>
<p>Kemudian pilihlah sekolah yang anda punya chance masuk tapi tidak terlalu pasti (moderate).</p>
<p>Dan untuk yang terakhir, mungkin anda sudah menebaknya, yaitu pilihlah sekolah yang anda punya kesempatan hampir 100% untuk diterima (safe).</p>
<h3>Boleh lebih dari tiga?</h3>
<p>Silahkan, dan mungkin akan lebih baik untuk mempertinggi kemungkinan anda untuk segera bersekolah. Contohnya, saya kemarin mendaftar di lima (5) sekolah dan diterima di dua sekolah. Satu dari kategori moderate, dan satu dari kategori safe.</p>
<h3>Kalau begitu kenapa gak daftar ke sepuluh sekolah aja?</h3>
<p>Hahaha! Boleh-boleh saja, tidak ada yang melarang anda mendaftar ke sepuluh (10) sekolah. Teman saya dari India melakukannya, dia mendaftar ke sepuluh sekolah.</p>
<p>Hanya perlu diingat, untuk tiap sekolah anda harus mengirimkan syarat-syarat lainnya seperti:<br />
1. Nilai TOEFL<br />
2. Nilai GRE/GMAT<br />
3. Transkrip dan atau Diploma<br />
4. Rekomendasi (3)<br />
5. Statement of Purpose (Essay)</p>
<p>Nah, selain akan menguras waktu dan tenaga anda, tentu saja mengirimkan syarat-syarat ini memerlukan biaya yang tidak murah. Belum lagi biaya pendaftaran dari tiap-tiap sekolah yang normalnya sekitar $100 &#8211; 200.</p>
<p>Maka dari itu ada baiknya anda memilih sekitar 3 &#8211; 5 sekolah agar tidak mengeluarkan biaya yang terlalu mahal. Yang penting anda memiliki kepastian untuk bersekolah sesuai jadwal yang anda inginkan.</p>
<h3>Beres! Saya sudah memilih paling tidak 3 sekolah, lalu apa?</h3>
<p>Sekarang pergilah ke website dari sekolah-sekolah tersebut. Bila anda memilih sekolah-sekolah itu dari website US News, maka biasanya ada link yang diberikan untuk website dari sekolah tersebut, dan mungkin lebih spesifik lagi, departement dari jurusan yang anda inginkan.</p>
<p>Dari website-website ini anda akan menemukan requirement-requirement yang diperlukan dari sekolah tersebut, biasanya mereka akan meminta kelima hal yang saya sudah sebutkan di atas. Tetapi ada kemungkinan juga beberapa sekolah tertentu memiliki syarat yang lain yang anda perlu penuhi.</p>
<p>Baca baik-baik website sekolah-sekolah ini dan kontak mereka melalui email bila perlu bila ada hal-hal yang anda masih kurang mengerti.</p>
<p>Satu hal penting lainnya adalah catat tanggal deadline pendaftaran dari sekolah-sekolah ini. Bila sudah lewat maka anda tidak lagi bisa mendaftar di sekolah tersebut.</p>
<p>Sedikit catatan tentang semester sekolah di Amerika, ada dua semester dalam kalender sekolah, yaitu Fall dan Spring. Fall semester mulai akhir bulan Agustus atau awal September saat mulai musim gugur. Spring semester mulai pada bulan Februari. Pada umumnya banyak murid baru masuk pada Fall semester dibanding pada Spring semester.</p>
<p>Biasanya sekolah favorit akan memiliki tanggal deadline yang lebih cepat dibanding sekolah-sekolah lainnya.</p>
<p>Bila anda sudah mengirimkan semua syarat-syarat di atas tepat waktu, maka yang anda bisa lakukan berikutnya adalah menunggu jawaban dari sekolah-sekolah yang anda daftar.</p>
<h3>Berapa lama hasilnya?</h3>
<p>Sekali lagi, tiap sekolah akan mengirimkan informasi kepada anda melalui email ataupun surat mengenai diterima atau tidaknya anda. Lama waktunya berbeda-beda untuk tiap sekolah, anda bisa baca kembali di website masing-masing sekolah.</p>
<p>Seperti biasa, silahkan berikan comment di bawah bila anda memiliki pertanyaan tentang proses pendaftaran sekolah-sekolah di US.</p>
<p>Selamat mendaftar ke sekolah yang anda inginkan dan sukses! <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Info Mendaftar Sekolah S2 ke Amerika Serikat (AS)</title>
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Jadi sekarang anda tertarik untuk melanjutkan studi anda ke luar negeri, lebih spesifiknya ke Amerika Serikat (AS atau US), dan anda sedang mencari-cari informasi bagaimana caranya. Saya harap tulisan saya ini bisa membantu anda untuk mendapatkan sekolah yang anda [...]]]></description>
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Jadi sekarang anda tertarik untuk melanjutkan studi anda ke luar negeri, lebih spesifiknya ke Amerika Serikat (AS atau US), dan anda sedang mencari-cari informasi bagaimana caranya. Saya harap tulisan saya ini bisa membantu anda untuk mendapatkan sekolah yang anda inginkan.</p>
<p>Bila anda mencari informasi tentang bagaimana caranya mencari beasiswa mungkin tulisan saya ini tidak bisa terlalu membantu karena saya tidak tahu caranya juga. Tapi bila anda mencari hal-hal apa saya yg secara general anda perlu ketahui sebagai syarat untuk diterima di universitas di US, anda sedang membaca tulisan yg sangat tepat. <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> <span id="more-261"></span></p>
<h5>Cukup Basa-Basinya, Gimana Caranya?</h5>
<p>Sip, anda tidak suka basa-basi, demikian juga dengan saya. Jadi saya langsung kasih tahu saja modal utama yang anda perlukan untuk sekolah di US:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Kemauan yang kuat!&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Untuk melanjutkan sekolah dimanapun sebetulnya diperlukan kemauan yang kuat, tapi akan lebih diperlukan lagi bila anda ingin sekolah di luar negeri, karena panjangnya proses-proses yg seseorang harus tempuh untuk sampai diterima di sebuah sekolah.</p>
<p>Sejujurnya sih, modal utama yg diperlukan adalah uang, tapi setelah saya pikir-pikir, dengan kemauan yang kuat seseorang bisa mendapatkan uang yg diperlukan. Sedangkan dengan uang yg banyak belum tentu orang itu bisa mendapatkan kemauan yang kuat.</p>
<h5>Saya sudah punya tekad kuat mau sekolah, terus mulai dari mana?</h5>
<p>Nah, berikutnya yang anda perlukan adalah informasi, bukan hanya sekedar informasi apa saja, tapi informasi yang tepat dan akurat. Udah kayak iklan surat kabar aja ya? Tapi begitulah, ini jaman informasi kawan! Dengan informasi yang tepat seseorang bisa lebih berhasil dari orang yang lain.</p>
<p>Dimana anda bisa cari informasi? Kalau anda sedang membaca tulisan saya ini di blog saya (www.djitz.com) berarti anda sudah berada di tempat yang tepat untuk mencari informasi, yaitu di internet.</p>
<h5>Terus apa lagi?</h5>
<p>Sekarang let&#8217;s get serious!</p>
<h3>1. Jurusan</h3>
<p>Apakah anda sudah putuskan anda akan mengambil jurusan apa? Pastikan anda sudah bulat dengan jurusan yang akan anda tempuh nantinya, jangan setengah-setengah. Sekolah yang bagus hanya akan menerima murid-murid yang sudah memiliki tujuan untuk mengambil jurusan apa dan mengapa.</p>
<p>Contohnya, saya mengambil jurusan Master of Computer Science. Saya dari dulu sangat tertarik dengan komputer dan menikmati membuat program-program di komputer. Saya telah bekerja sebagai programmer selama lebih dari dua tahun dan dengan mengambil studi S2 di bidang computer science maka saya akan semakin mendapatkan ilmu yang saya butuhkan dalam karir profesional saya.</p>
<h3>2. Sekolah</h3>
<p>Sekarang anda sudah tahu jurusan yang anda akan ambil dan sekarang anda belum tahu akan sekolah dimana. Tentu saja, ada ribuan sekolah di Amerika tapi yang terutama sekarang adalah yang manaaaa???</p>
<p>Untung saja kita berada di jaman informasi dan informasi tentang ranking sebuah sekolah di US mudah didapatkan secara online. Biasanya majalah-majalah akan membuat ranking tahunan, tetapi majalah yang paling terkenal adalah <a title="Link Website US News" href="http://www.usnews.com/rankings" target="_blank">US News</a>.</p>
<p>Silahkan klik link US News di atas dan pilih Best Colleges bila anda mencari sekolah S1, atau Graduate Schools bila anda mencari S2.</p>
<p>Contoh lagi, saya sudah tahu saya akan mengambil Master of Computer Science tapi saya belum tahu akan mengambilnya di sekolah yang mana. Maka saya membuka US News, lalu Graduate Schools, lalu Science, dan akhirnya <a title="US News Ranking Computer Science" href="http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-computer-science-schools/rankings" target="_blank">Computer Science</a>.</p>
<p>Nah, maka akan ada list sekolah-sekolah terbaik di US berdasarkan peringkat yang dilakukan oleh US News. Anda akan melihat sekolah-sekolah seperti Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley dan seterusnya.</p>
<p>Masih bingung juga? Pasti..! Karena bagaimana kita tahu kita bisa diterima di sekolah yang mana? Sejujurnya kita tidak akan pernah pasti tahu sampai kita menerima surat diterima atau ditolak.. tapi untuk sementara kita lanjut dulu ke hal berikutnya.</p>
<h3>3. TOEFL</h3>
<p>Nah ini dia.. test yang sangat terkenal dari jaman dahulu kala. TOEFL adalah test bahasa Inggris (ya iya laaah…) yang pasti anda perlukan bila anda akan bersekolah di Amerika.</p>
<p>Seperti apa testnya? Tolong diingat saya sering mendengar orang-orang bertanya kepada saya apakah nilai TOEFL saya di atas 500 atau 600. Lalu saya jawab hmm.. maaf ya tapi nilai TOEFL saya cuma 111. Maka saya akan melihat wajah bingung mereka.</p>
<p>TOEFL itu memang dulu highest scorenya 677. Itu dulu waktu masih pakai kertas. Sekarang TOEFL itu sudah berubah dua kali wujudnya. Yang pertama menjadi CBT (Computer Based Test) dan semenjak tahun 2005 menjadi iBT (Internet Based Test).</p>
<p>Jadi ada empat jenis TOEFL:<br />
1. TOEFL PBT (Paper Based Test)<br />
2. TOEFL CBT (Computer Based Test)<br />
3. TOEFL iBT (Internet Based Test)<br />
4. TOEFL Institutional</p>
<p>Ok, TOEFL CBT sudah punah, jadi tidak ada lagi. Sekarang yang tersisa tinggal tiga jenis TOEFL. TOEFL yang diakui international sekarang adalah PBT dan iBT. TOEFL Institutional adalah TOEFL yang dilaksanakan oleh institusi lain, bukan ETS (pembuat test TOEFL).</p>
<p>TOEFL PBT masih ada tapi sudah jarang sekali, dan tidak akan dilaksanakan bila tidak ada keperluan khusus, misalnya di daerah tersebut tidak ada internet.</p>
<p>Range nilai TOEFL PBT adalah 310 &#8211; 677, sedangkan range nilai TOEFL iBT adalah 0 &#8211; 120. Kebanyakan universitas akan meminta nilai iBT anda paling tidak di atas 90.</p>
<h5>Ok, saya akan belajar TOEFL nanti saja, apa lagi?</h5>
<h3>4. GRE dan GMAT</h3>
<p>Selamat, anda tidak merasa kesulitan menghadapi test TOEFL. Selamat datang di tantangan berikutnya!</p>
<p>Bila anda akan mengambil jurusan MBA, maka anda akan diminta untuk mengambil test GMAT terlebih dahulu. Sedangkan untuk jurusan S2 lainnya, biasanya anda akan diminta untuk mengambil test GRE.</p>
<p>Jadi apa maksudnya dengan dua test ini? Sebetulnya kedua test ini sangat mirip satu dengan yang lain. Saya tahu karena saya sudah mengambil kedua test ini. Pada intinya, GRE dan GMAT akan lebih lanjut mengetest kemampuan berpikir anda.</p>
<p>Ada tiga bagian utama dari GMAT dan GRE:<br />
1. Matematika<br />
2. Bahasa Inggris<br />
3. Essay</p>
<p>Highest score:<br />
GMAT &#8211; 800<br />
GRE &#8211; Quantitative (Math) &#8211; 800<br />
Verbal (Bhs Inggris) &#8211; 800<br />
Total &#8211; 1600</p>
<p>Saya tidak akan membahas panjang lebar tentang kedua test ini disini karena akan panjang dan lebar sekali. Tapi ingat, kedua test ini bisa menjadi salah satu faktor utama dalam menentukan sekolah nanti. Mengapa? Karena ini satu-satunya cara objective anda mengetahuin anda memiliki kemungkinan untuk diterima di sekolah apa.</p>
<p>Banyak sekolah tidak menuliskan berapa minimum nilai GMAT dan GRE yang diperlukan, tapi bukan berarti mereka tidak melihat nilai-nilai ini.</p>
<p>Contohnya, University of Texas at Dallas menyebutkan bahwa untuk program Master of Computer Science, <a title="Requirement UT Dallas" href="http://www.utdallas.edu/student/catalog/gradcurrent/ECS/2.CS_010808.htm" target="_blank">minimum nilai GRE adalah 500 utk verbal, 700 utk Quantitative, dan 4 untuk essay</a>.</p>
<p>Sedangkan Harvard <a title="Harvard GRE Requirement" href="http://www.seas.harvard.edu/audiences/prospective-graduates/faqs" target="_blank">tidak mencantumkannya</a>.</p>
<p>Sekian informasi tentang GRE dan GMAT, sekarang ke faktor berikutnya.</p>
<h3>5. UANG</h3>
<p>Jujur aja, ini bisa jadi faktor penentu juga, karena semakin bagus sebuah sekolah maka akan semakin mahal uang sekolahnya. Agak berbeda dengan di Indonesia, sekolah-sekolah di Amerika tidak meminta uang pembangunan yang mahal, tapi memang uang sekolahnya sendiri sudah mahal.</p>
<p>Sedikit informasi, negara bagian tempat sekolah juga akan menentukan biaya hidup yang anda perlukan nantinya. Beberapa negara bagian seperti Texas biaya hidupnya tidak terlalu mahal karena harga-harga makanan disana lebih murah di negara bagian lain seperti Massachusetts.</p>
<p>Tapi lebih nanti saja pikirkan soal uang ini. Seperti kata pepatah, bila ada kemauan, maka ada jalan! Setuju? <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h5>Binguung.. Terus mesti mulai dari mana nih sekarang?</h5>
<p>Masih bingung juga? Ikuti saja dulu hal-hal yang sudah saya sebutkan di atas. Saya akan ulangi sekali lagi:</p>
<p>1. Ketahui jurusan yang anda inginkan<br />
2. Cari sekolah-sekolah yg anda inginkan (minimal 3)<br />
3. Siap-siap ambil test TOEFL dan GRE atau GMAT</p>
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Two years ago, when I was still working in Bali Camp, I bought a cotton mask from a mountaineering store in Denpasar. It looks like the mask that the terrorists in Counter Strike game wear.
So the evening after I bought the mask, I tried to wear it and took several pictures using my laptop cam. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Two years ago, when I was still working in Bali Camp, I bought a cotton mask from a mountaineering store in Denpasar. It looks like the mask that the terrorists in Counter Strike game wear.</p>
<p>So the evening after I bought the mask, I tried to wear it and took several pictures using my laptop cam. Then I noticed this would be more cool if I have a hostage too. So I called Ardie, my friend, to be so kind to be the hostage.<span id="more-250"></span></p>
<p>Then another friend of mine, Ardi (don’t confused it with the previous Ardie <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> ), saw it and we thought it would be a lot more cool to make a video with the terrorists behind the hostages asking for the ransom.</p>
<p>It didn’t take long before we start recording the videos with yet another friend of mine, Hazel, as the hostage.</p>
<p>Not satisfied with just a hostage video, we then proceed to make a bit longer movie that involved some more of our friends in the office.</p>
<p>So this is the short movie that we made. For this public viewing I censored some of the scenes. For uncensored version, you can request me the youtube link. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Bali Camp Bloody Pool Ritual</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djitz</dc:creator>
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When you live secluded from the city, your wild animal instincts appear. The people in Bali Camp Pacung, living far from Denpasar, in a midst of wild green lushes of Bali, up in the mountains, have developed a very merciless form of entertainment.
It is a ritual where very few people can escape and the number [...]]]></description>
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<p>When you live secluded from the city, your wild animal instincts appear. The people in Bali Camp Pacung, living far from Denpasar, in a midst of wild green lushes of Bali, up in the mountains, have developed a very merciless form of entertainment.</p>
<p>It is a ritual where very few people can escape and the number of victim keeps rising.</p>
<p>Whenever the ritual is initiated, the harmless people you see in Bali Camp will turn to possessed-blood-thirsty executors who will not stop running and chasing until they catch their prey and execute them.</p>
<p>No one can stop them, so it is safe to keep distance when the ritual is happening. Some courageous (or naive) people managed to take shots of the ritual, but who knows what happened to them when the executors saw them.</p>
<p>Dedicated to the victims and photographers-turned-victims, I present to you the collection of Bali Camp Pool Execution Ritual.</p>
<p><strong><em>*Some of the<em> </em> content contain violent graphics and are unsuitable for children. </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">
<p>Hahaha! Just kidding fellas, hope you enjoy this post.</p>
<p>Thank you for <a href="http://ochamind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Adik Iig</a> for the great photos on memorable September 11th, 2008 (The Massacre Night) and other photographers who risk their lives to take these memorable moments. <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Koss PortaPro Headphone Review</title>
		<link>http://djitz.com/reviews/koss-portapro-headphone-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djitz</dc:creator>
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Finally, I can try this legendary headphone from Koss. Why legendary? From a quick google you can find that this headphone series has been manufactured by Koss since 80s (that explains the retro look).
The headphone has always been compared with Sennheiser PX100 because they both portable and roughly tagged at the same price. As a [...]]]></description>
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<p>Finally, I can try this legendary headphone from Koss. Why legendary? From a quick google you can find that this headphone series has been manufactured by Koss since 80s (that explains the retro look).</p>
<p>The headphone has always been compared with Sennheiser PX100 because they both portable and roughly tagged at the same price. As a proud PX100 owner I was curious of how Koss PortaPro sounds, and I&#8217;m really fortunate to have the chance to try one that my work colleague just bought.</p>
<p>Does it really beat the Sennheiser PX100? Let&#8217;s find it out!<span id="more-203"></span></p>
<h5>Physical Form</h5>
<p>The PortaPro size is very similar to PX100. The driver size is also about the same size. PortaPro is foldable and (supposedly) portable. It folds quite weirdly, but compared than nothing I guess it serves its function to be portable well enough. With a retro look, it surely catch attention easily. Not for everyone maybe, but I love it.</p>
<p>It also close the ear perfectly and comfortably, and that means good sound isolation.</p>
<h5>Sound</h5>
<p>From one forum thread dedicated to discuss the comparison of PortaPro and PX100 I already read that the PortaPro sound bright, while PX100 sound dark.</p>
<p>I agree with that. The sound that PortaPro produce is simply brighter and richer than that of PX100. PX100 tends to cover certain detail sounds while PortaPro tends to expose them.</p>
<p>Listening to Jazz and Acoustic songs using PortaPro is really a treat.</p>
<p>Unfortunately when it comes to low sounds, PX100 excel significantly. Not to say that the PortaPro produce bad bass sound, it&#8217;s great indeed, but not as impressive as PX100.</p>
<h5>Price</h5>
<p>Unfortunately in Indonesia, the PortaPro price is tagged at $70.</p>
<h5>Conclusion</h5>
<p>In general, I&#8217;ve got to admit that Koss PortaPro beat Sennheiser PX100 because of the brighter sound reproduction. Acoustic and Instrument songs lover will surely love the PortaPro because of the crystal clear sound. Although if you are a bass head, you would prefer Sennheiser PX100 for more punch pumping bass.</p>
<p>So should you buy Koss PortaPro or Sennheiser PX100? If money is no problem then go buy both of them. <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Samsung Yepp M1 Music Player 8GB Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djitz</dc:creator>
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It seems that more and more of my work colleagues are getting &#8220;intoxicated&#8221; for a search of good sound quality, either through better headphones and headphones, or music player.
The new gadgets I get my hands to is Samsung M1 Music Player. It looks like a competitor of Apple&#8217;s iPod Touch, because it is a full [...]]]></description>
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<p>It seems that more and more of my work colleagues are getting &#8220;intoxicated&#8221; for a search of good sound quality, either through better headphones and headphones, or music player.</p>
<p>The new gadgets I get my hands to is Samsung M1 Music Player. It looks like a competitor of Apple&#8217;s iPod Touch, because it is a full multimedia gadgets that not only capable of playing music files, but also playing videos, games, and other applications.</p>
<p>Look sleek, and I&#8217;m more than ready to review this cool gadget.<span id="more-194"></span></p>
<h5>Physical Form and User Interface</h5>
<p>It really looks like an iPod Touch with just a bit smaller screen size (3.3&#8243; vs 3.5&#8243;) and smaller overall size too, but it&#8217;s a bit thicker (99mm vs 85 mm).</p>
<p>In terms of user interface, I think it copied much of iPod Touch feel, so I don&#8217;t have much trouble figuring out how to go around the applications. It lack a single cancel button like iPod Touch has though.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s touch sensor is also a bit unresponsive compared to iPod Touch.</p>
<h5>Sound</h5>
<p>I&#8217;ve heard that Samsung phone sound quality is one of the best out there, and I hope it&#8217;s true for their music player too. After copying a lots of standard songs I always use to review cans and music player, I immediately put it to the test.</p>
<p>It has myDNSe settings (don&#8217;t ask me what is the DNS stands for..) and you can set the equalizer, 3D effect, Bass, Concert Hall settings (Echo), and sound clarity effect.</p>
<p>Cool!</p>
<p>All the settings are true to their name. Bass settings improve bass very well, and the sound clarity effect really increase detail sounds.</p>
<p>In short, I like it sound quality, and it certainly beat my iPod Touch and I believe even the other iPods as well.</p>
<h5>Video</h5>
<p>I&#8217;ve got to say that M1 handles video wonderfully. With a 3.2&#8243; screen it surely got something to give. The resolution is also great enough to give pleasure to the watchers&#8217; eyes. Nice and vibrant colors. This probably is due to its nVidia graphic chip it uses.</p>
<h5>etc</h5>
<p>I&#8217;m telling you this little gadget has a lot to offer. It has bluetooth, FM radio, and out of the box it&#8217;s loaded with a lot of applications too. It also has Text reader and several cool pre-installed games.</p>
<p>The built-in memory is 8GB but it has a micro-SD slot so it is extensible. Sweet! It means more music and movies. <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h5>Price</h5>
<p>My friend bought it for $130 here in Indonesia.</p>
<h5>vs Meizu M3</h5>
<p>It&#8217;s normal if I immediately compare it with Meizu M3 because they both sounds better than average music player.</p>
<p>However cool is the SQ of Samsung M1, unfortunately it still fall short to Meizu M3. The M3 definitely touch down on this criteria. Though if you need a more versatile entertainment gadget, Samsung M1 is definitely a winner here.</p>
<h5>vs iPod Touch</h5>
<p>Allright, it is really a tough decision here. iPod Touch certainly won the coolness look and applications (by hundreds of thousands of them), but I prefer the M1 for its sound and video quality.</p>
<p>But if I got to decide, I will still choose my iPod Touch over M1.</p>
<p>Why? Because I like to read ebooks and play endless possibilities of games whenever I want to.</p>
<h5>Conclusion</h5>
<p>Samsung Yepp M1 is truly an entertainment gadget, you just can&#8217;t get bored with this cool toy. In terms of sound quality, it definitely beat iPods family, I love it!</p>
<p>Videos are also played flawlessly, I watched the whole episode of &#8216;The Big Bang Theory&#8217; on it and I still feel want to watch some more movies if I was not reminded that it&#8217;s not mine. :p</p>
<p>In conclusion, if your ear can only be satisfied with more than average sound quality it is really a cool gadget that can accompany you around and make you happy.. really happy!</p>
<h5>*Test environment</h5>
<p>Earphone &#8211; Sennheiser PX 100<br />
Music files<br />
- The Very Best of MTV Unplugged &#8211; MP3 320kbps<br />
- Dave Matthews Band &#8211; Big Whiskey &amp; The Groo Grux King &#8211; Flac<br />
- OST City of Angels &#8211; MP3 192kbps<br />
- Jason Mraz &#8211; We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things &#8211; Flac</p>
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		<title>Westone 1 Earphone Review</title>
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Allright, I guess this is one of the milestone of earphone review I made so far. Because this is the first earphone that cost more than $100 I reviewed so far.
My friend just bought the earphone last week after several weeks of reading reviews from various headphone and audiophiles sources in the internet.
So let&#8217;s see [...]]]></description>
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Allright, I guess this is one of the milestone of earphone review I made so far. Because this is the first earphone that cost more than $100 I reviewed so far.</p>
<p>My friend just bought the earphone last week after several weeks of reading reviews from various headphone and audiophiles sources in the internet.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s see what a $100 plus earphone sounds like&#8230;<span id="more-187"></span></p>
<h5>Physical Form</h5>
<p>What are truly unique to this earphone are probably the foam tips and the earphone shape that pretty much dictates how you should wear the earphone.</p>
<p>Unlike other IEM I tested before, Westone 1 tips are different. dbE and MylarOne tips are interchangable, but not this one.</p>
<p>From a quick google, the tips are made by <a href="http://www.complyfoam.com" target="_blank">Comply</a>.</p>
<h5>Sound</h5>
<p>As in all other IEM, the bud is the key factor to the sound quality we hear. I&#8217;m not saying that the bud is the one that  makes the sound good. But however great is the sound produced by the driver, it is useless if you don&#8217;t get the proper seal.</p>
<p>My friend said that what makes the Westone 1 sound great is the foam bud. The foam bud is really a foam (spongy rubber) that I never saw before.</p>
<p>However during the test I still prefer the medium rubber tips. The sound quality did not significantly change anyway.</p>
<p>Sound is astounding with clear staging. I don&#8217;t need to say much, it&#8217;s just perfect, better than all IEM I tested.</p>
<h5>Price</h5>
<p>In Indonesia, its price is $139.</p>
<h5>Conclusion</h5>
<p>The brand and the price says it all, there is no sound compromise whatsoever.</p>
<p>But the final question really is does it worth the price? <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Honestly, it&#8217;s a bit complicated than just saying yes or no. I think if you already have a great sounding DAP, then go  ahead buy this earphone.</p>
<p>However for most other DAP, I don&#8217;t think this earphone can help much. Great sound? Of course! But only as far as your DAP supports.</p>
<p>So probably the appropriate bottom line is, unless you already have a great DAP such as iPod (classic or nano) and<br />
Meizu M3 (even better), I don&#8217;t really think that the extra $100 can pay you back.</p>
<p>Allright, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got to say about this Westone 1, and excuse me, I have some more songs to enjoy with this  wonderful IEM. <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>What Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My friend once asked me,
&#8216;you saved so much, what are you gonna do with all the money you save anyway?&#8217;
i should have answered her,
&#8216;it&#8217;s not what i&#8217;m gonna do with my money that matters, rather it&#8217;s what my money gonna do for me&#8230;&#8217;&#8221;
-djitz!






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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;My friend once asked me,</p>
<p>&#8216;you saved so much, what are you gonna do with all the money you save anyway?&#8217;<span id="more-180"></span></p>
<p>i should have answered her,</p>
<p>&#8216;it&#8217;s not what i&#8217;m gonna do with my money that matters, rather it&#8217;s what my money gonna do for me&#8230;&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>-djitz!</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Lagu Sion for Guitar Players</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a few years ago when I started playing guitar. I did what most new guitar learner do, I bought the popular Pop songs chord book and tried to play some of the songs. It was good, it taught me to practice guitar chords in fun way.
Then, I thought, why there is no chord [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember a few years ago when I started playing guitar. I did what most new guitar learner do, I bought the popular Pop songs chord book and tried to play some of the songs. It was good, it taught me to practice guitar chords in fun way.</p>
<p>Then, I thought, why there is no chord book for the songs that we Seventh-Day Adventist always sing every Sabbath?<span id="more-174"></span></p>
<p>So I decided to write down all chords for the whole Lagu Sion (SDA Hymnal in Bahasa Indonesia).  I didn&#8217;t able to find the chords for all the song because there are few songs that I really don&#8217;t know how they sound.</p>
<p>One time, there was a young boy in my church who saw my Lagu Sion that was full of chord scratches and he said he wanted to borrow it. He photocopied the whole Lagu Sion and enlarge it. I then encouraged him to play guitar with the pianist in the church every Sabbath. At first, he was hesitant because he was shy. But I kept pushing him, telling him that he just need to play the chords from the Lagu Sion anyway, most of the songs are already covered. He agreed and now I think he is a better guitar player than I am.</p>
<p>This experience inspired me to publish the chords here in my blog, hoping that there are many guitarist, new and experienced, old and young, who will be benefited from it. If you find that the chords are inaccurate, you can tell me and probably give me the correct chords as well, and I will fix it immediately.</p>
<p>*if a song is not clickable, it means I haven&#8217;t have the chords yet</p>
<h5>Lagu Sion</h5>
<p>1. <a href="http://djitz.com/wp-content/uploads/lstxt/001_DI_HADAPAN_HADIRAT_HU.txt" target="_blank">DI HADAPAN HADIRAT HU</a><br />
2. <a href="http://djitz.com/wp-content/uploads/lstxt/002_KEPADA_ALLAH_BRI_PUJI.txt" target="_blank">KEPADA ALLAH BRI PUJI</a><br />
3. TUHAN ADA DALAM KAABAH<br />
4. SEMBAHLAH ALLAH YANG MAHA MULIA<br />
5. SEMBAHLAH ALLAH</p>
<p>6. PIMPIN AKU YA GEMBALA<br />
7. <a href="http://djitz.com/wp-content/uploads/lstxt/007_PERHUBUNGAN_KITA.txt" target="_blank">PERHUBUNGAN KITA</a><br />
8. YA YESUS, YANG AKU KASIH<br />
9. MARI MAHARAJA<br />
10. <a href="http://djitz.com/wp-content/uploads/lstxt/010_KAMI_DATANG_PADAMU.txt" target="_blank">KAMI DATANG PADAMU</a></p>
<p>11. <a href="http://djitz.com/wp-content/uploads/lstxt/011_ANGKAT_DIA_HINGGA_NYATA.txt" target="_blank">ANGKAT DIA HINGGA NYATA</a><br />
12. KAMI SEMBAH SUJUD ALLAH<br />
13. TEGUHLAH ALASAN<br />
14. JIKA KIRANYA LIDAHKU<br />
15. YA ALLAH KOTA YANG TEGUH</p>
<p>16. SUKALAH KITA CRITAKAN<br />
17. <a href="http://djitz.com/wp-content/uploads/lstxt/017_TUHAN_SLALU_PIMPIN_AKU.txt" target="_blank">TUHAN SLALU PIMPIN AKU</a><br />
18. TEGUHLAH ALASAN<br />
19. JIKA KIRANYA LIDAHKU<br />
20. YA ALLAH KOTA YANG TEGUH</p>
<p>21. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/021_SUCI_SUCI_SUCI.txt" target="_blank">SUCI, SUCI, SUCI</a><br />
22. BANGUN, JIWAKU DAN SEDIA<br />
23. BETAPA INDAH RUMAH-MU<br />
24. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/024_IMAN_ORANG_SALEH_KEKAL.txt" target="_blank">IMAN ORANG SALEH KEKAL</a><br />
25. JIKA KU KENANGKAN TUHAN</p>
<p>26. KAMI MAU LIHAT YESUS JURUSELAMAT<br />
27. SEMBAH SUJUDLAH UMAT-NYA<br />
28. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/028_HATI_YESUS_PENUH.txt" target="_blank">HATI YESUS PENUH</a><br />
29. BRIKANLAH, YA TUHAN<br />
30. RAJA KEKAL, PIMPINLAH</p>
<p>31. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/031_KASIH_SURGA_YANG_TERINDAH.txt" target="_blank">KASIH SURGA YANG TERINDAH</a><br />
32. SEPERTI BAPA KASIH ANAK-NYA<br />
33. HAI PUJILAH NAMA YESUS<br />
34. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/034_KU_PUJI_TUHAN_YANG_JADIKAN.txt" target="_blank">KU PUJI TUHAN YANG JADIKAN</a><br />
35. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/035_ADA_TEMPAT_DIAM_TEDUH.txt" target="_blank">ADA TEMPAT DIAM TEDUH</a></p>
<p>36. TUNTUN AKU AGAR KAKIKU, TUHAN<br />
37. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/037_APABILA_DAMAI_PERJALANANKU.txt" target="_blank">APABILA DAMAI PERJALANANKU</a><br />
38. TUHAN, PIMPINLAH AKU<br />
39. LEBIH BESAR DARI KASIH IBU<br />
40. <a href="../wp-content/uploads/lstxt/040_TIADA_LAIN_PELINDUNG_SPERTI_YESUS.txt" target="_blank">TIADA LAIN PELINDUNG SPERTI YESUS</a></p>
<p><em>&#8230;. (to be updated)</em></p>
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		<title>Koss Ear Clip KSC75 Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djitz</dc:creator>
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My friend told me that Koss KSC75 is the best ear-clip earphone in class. Well, I&#8217;m not sure where he got the grading, but I&#8217;m just the person who cannot be convinced easily unless I heard the sound myself.
Koss, I suppose is quite a known name in the world of earphone lovers, though I myself [...]]]></description>
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<p>My friend told me that Koss KSC75 is the best ear-clip earphone in class. Well, I&#8217;m not sure where he got the grading, but I&#8217;m just the person who cannot be convinced easily unless I heard the sound myself.</p>
<p>Koss, I suppose is quite a known name in the world of earphone lovers, though I myself haven&#8217;t heard much about it. Koss KSC75 is the second ear-clip earphone I reviewed, after the Sennheiser OMX 52 I tried several months ago.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s bring this ear-clip to test, shall we?<span id="more-169"></span></p>
<h5>Sound</h5>
<p>First, I tested the KSC75 using my laptop, my standard DAP to review earphones.</p>
<p>However, I might as well tried using Meizu M3 of my friend to give the KSC75 help a bit.</p>
<p>I thought of using Meizu M3 because it has a great bass boost sound effect that can force the bass sound of KSC75 to its maximum ability. So does it help?</p>
<p>Honestly, I think it&#8217;s a bit lacking capability to produce deep bass sound. Forcing it with the bass boost doesn&#8217;t help either, it even sounds worse. Well, maybe this ear-clip is good at producing crystal clear treble. So let&#8217;s try playing some acoustic songs from Dave Matthews Band.</p>
<p>Treble is too prominent in some cases. When the Meizu M3&#8217;s treble boost was set to level 3, playing the DMB&#8217;s Gravedigger hurted my ear (the same setting sounds perfectly fine with my Sennheiser PX100). After I set the treble boost to zero then I can continue listening to the song.</p>
<p>Staging is ok, nothing impressive though, probably because of its ear-clip design.</p>
<h5>Physical Form</h5>
<p>I never been a fan of ear-clip form earphone, and that&#8217;s because of a good reason, it lack of isolation.</p>
<p>But I should say that ear-clip probably is the best form when it comes to portability, because it has a headphone size driver with the portability of earphone, and without the uncomfortability of IEM in long duration listening.</p>
<h5>Price</h5>
<p>In Indonesia, Koss Ear Clip KSC75 is priced at $28. Interestingly quite a lot of price difference from what I found from Koss website, which is $19.99</p>
<h5>The Verdict</h5>
<p>At the price level I think I should say that Koss KSC75 is one of the good option. However, when we talk about sound quality, I cannot recommend it because it simply lacking.</p>
<p>Even when I already used one of the best MP3 player in the world, the Meizu M3 that is, I still cannot say that I like the sound produced by this ear-clip.</p>
<p>Having said that, I would probably still buy Koss KSC75 if I&#8217;m looking for an affordable portable headphone to accompany me in a travel (as long as the MP3 player is Meizu M3). <img src='http://djitz.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h5>*Review Notes</h5>
<p>DAP: Meizu M3<br />
Songs:<br />
Dave Matthews Band &#8211; Gravedigger [Acoustic] &#8211; Flac<br />
Jason Mraz &#8211; We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things &#8211; Flac<br />
Ecoutez &#8211; Tunjuk 1 Bintang &#8211; MP3 128 kbps<br />
Jazzyfatnastees &#8211; Let It Go &#8211; MP3 128 kbps<br />
Linkin Park &#8211; Meteora &#8211; Flac</p>
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