🌐│pc_gear

[silver topaz]

If I like them I'll get the astrals.

Still need to order my GPU so can't be buying astrals rn lol

[round lagoon]

Any of the crin tuned iem around $50 (so the zero blue 2 and red 2 and salnote zero 2). Moondrop chu 2, tangzu waner 2. Avoid KZ.

Once you got the blue have a listen and try to find something that's lacking no matter how small. That usually help when trying to find favorite

[silver topaz]

Bet, thank you all

[round lagoon]

hmm, just realized most of the IEM I tried are single DD. I really want to switch it up after not liking the Supermix 4

So I might get multi driver IEM next instead of Kima 2. Like Dunu 242, Astral or Supermix 5

hmm, Divine has a really strong separation to the point it feels unnatural to me. Prop why it feels really off to me when listening to it by itself.

[wet coral]

astrals

https://tenor.com/view/cappys-nft-cappys-cappys-one-of-us-one-of-us-cappys-sei-gif-10943681618443699439

[abstract warren]

eerrermmm he doesnt like the tuning

[round lagoon]

I mean, astral tuning is fine~ Just that it's too similar to the Divine

So that makes it less of a choice for me. 242 and supermix 5 though are much more different.

[hoary kestrel]

Anyone here used the G502 X Plus? (wireless)

Wondering if it would be any decent for FPS games \

[waxen panther]

I only every has the old one but I think it’s fine

End of the day it’s personal preference

I do use the gpro superlight rn but I think it’s small

[hoary kestrel]

also real quick

im in between 2 things rn

[waxen panther]

I palm grip so the 903 was the best fit for me

[hoary kestrel]

should i be getting a new mouse or do you think a second monitor would be a better upgrade?

[waxen panther]

Depend on what you looking for

If your mouse is still functional I think a monitor would be nice

Plus if it’s within warranty Logitech can just replace it for you

[hoary kestrel]

i'd consider my current mouse semi-functional

the middle click button is cooked

[waxen panther]

They can send you one

[hoary kestrel]

unfortunately not

[waxen panther]

Or you can just get a second hand one

Off Facebook

Most likely much cheaper and works just as good

[remote raft]

Which mouse are you using right now

If it's something from Logitech they often have a separate daughter board in the mouse for all the main clicks

You can just buy a replacement board with the switches pre-soldered

[quasi field]

You shouldn't buy earbuds just because they use multiple drivers. It won't inherently sound different. All the soundwaves are mixed together anyway when going through your ear canal. It does not have any kind of separation or whatever. The potential benefit of multiple drivers is in tuning the earbuds. All you should buy earbuds based on is the frequency response (aside from comfort, price etc.)

Earbuds are 100% minimum phase and so there are no secondary characteristics detatched from the FR like decay. Don't fall into the trap of buying shitty thousand dollar earbuds thinking they are somehow good than this even though the FR is bad

[lunar niche]

Not that I buy into the 20 driver stuff, but to some extent having different drivers makes sense, right? Otherwise why would we have woofers and tweeters, drums of various sizes, etc.

[quasi field]

Woofers is because you simply need larger ones to produce low bass loudly without distortion

This is not a worry with earbuds

A speaker woofer cannot produce high frequencies and a tweeter cannot produce low frequencies but in earbuds or headphones a single driver can do 20 Hz to 20 kHz

[lunar niche]

Why is it any different in an IEM vs a speaker?

[obtuse dove]

you could replicate the same effect with a regular speaker, but the result will be nowhere near as good as with headphone dynamic drivers

[lunar niche]

Is it just due to the drastically reduced amount of air that needs to be moved? I genuinely don't know.

[obtuse dove]

its because how headphone dynamic drivers are driven, the high frequencies and low frequencies are superimposed into one really wacky waveform. then that signal drives the dynamic drivers and our brains interpret those pressure waves into distinct sounds

if you imagine it, its kind of like this.

[lunar niche]

I get that

My q is around separation of drivers vs mixing into one, and why it's more necessary in speakers vs say headphones/iems

[obtuse dove]

mainly the distance away from the drivers from your ears

especially since for humans we are much less sensitive to lower frequencies than higher frequencies

thats why subwoofers tend to be really big and tweeters are really small

[round lagoon]

Don't worry, I'm still looking at FR graph primarily when getting those kind of IEM, it's just that I want the characteristics of it being multi driver cause I don't want to rotate between 3 single driver IEM.

I already shed my interest on Supermix 5 and Dunu 242 FR graph. The former based on 1 measurements having the treble that I want and fixes everything I hate about Supermix 4. The latter having soo little bass and soo little treble that it interests me.

[vague burrow]

just got my WLmoouse miao and it slaps lol

quality is pretty good too, the mouse is super solid

[quasi field]

it's just that I want the characteristics of it being multi driver
Wdym?

[round lagoon]

I mean like, I don't want it to be just 1xDD/Planar etc, I want it to have 1dd+4ba+whatever as long as the graph interest me.

[hoary kestrel]

g502 hero

[paper storm]

Hey I got a question what would be the best gaming mouse?

[crude talon]

the one with the most buttons

[rapid bane]

personal preference

some people use fingertip grip so they use tiny low weight mice, others use claw grip or palm grip so they prefer larger mice

things like that

it’s all up to personal preference

[paper storm]

okay i see ty for the help

[rapid bane]

np

[glossy shale]

holy

[hazy fiber]

steal

[glossy shale]

no shit theyve got artisans discounted too

[mental spade]

The Bruce Lee 85th anniversary lineup has me

[glossy shale]

this is actually fire

[vital gorge]

120 for what exactly?

Is that a mousemat? 120????

[raven leaf]

Yeah, glass

[jolly pulsar]

I can get a better mousepad for 15$ at staples

If we're gonna slap a png on something it may as well be a moumou

[raven leaf]

Yeah but is it glass

[lunar niche]

https://tenor.com/view/take-my-money-heres-my-card-here’s-my-card-card-take-my-card-gif-5650338825958178904

[jolly pulsar]

I can send you a bag of authentic moumou hair that you can use as skates for your mouse

for maximum control and speed

[raven leaf]

That is a fine substitute

[silver topaz]

Debating between 2 different cards right now

[jolly pulsar]

Get a 5070ti

5080 is just not good enough price eise

Also is this canadian $

[silver topaz]

Usd

[jolly pulsar]

ok this is ridiculous

Even in canadian the price was ridiculous

[silver topaz]

I can't find anywhere cheaper haha

[jolly pulsar]

Also dont get a 5080

get a 5070 ti or buy a 5090

https://www.walmart.com/ip/PNY-GeForce-RTX-5080-16GB-Overclocked-Triple-Fan-GPU-DLSS4/15093668411

But if you're really set on a 5080

At least buy it at a normal price... @silver topaz

Paying 500-700usd more for a fucking cooler is cringe

[silver topaz]

But shiny🥺

No I see what your saying

[jolly pulsar]

https://www.newegg.com/msi-rtx-5070-ti-16g-ventus-3x-oc-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-16gb-graphics-card-triple-fans/p/N82E16814137993

[vital gorge]

Thats more money than sense talking

[jolly pulsar]

Also look at how much cheaper a 5070 ti is

And

The performance difference is like 15%...

It makes 0 sense to spend that much more for such little extra perf

And no extra veam

Vram

[silver topaz]

Yeahhhh

[merry raptor]

I concur with what Dashi suggested

[glossy shale]

rog astral is mad overpriced

tuf cards are acceptable

5080 fe is 999 what are those prices mate

[rain turret]

Neither tbh, price is just fcked.
Astral atleast has the per pin detection for the connector (iirc), but you are paying double for the same performance.

[jolly pulsar]

Nah they're overpriced too

Gobbling up the asus marketting be like

[silver topaz]

Yeah I might just go for the 5090 for the extra vram

Just have to find one at MSRP😭

[lunar niche]

Will you grab me one while you’re at it? I’m good for it

@jolly pulsar put in some time using the pro 2 controller on steam and yup, still an absolute joy.

[obtuse dove]

very hard

[obtuse dove]

also yeah the extra VRAM is very nice, also the main reason why I got my 5090

[silver topaz]

😈 (even I don't think I'm that stupid... Who knows the consumer in me hungers)

[obtuse dove]

the Astral is a nice card, but it is very big

[silver topaz]

Id probably vertical mount. This is the only picture I see it in my case, so who knows

[rain turret]

finally arrived

[full hazel]

my new headphones arrived today aswell

[crude talon]

I might have to get new pads for my headphones for christmas 👴

[hazy karma]

im looking at getting an astral 5080 as well but im gonna be switching over to full water loop system, 9800x3d + 5080 gonna be perfect

[jolly pulsar]

5080 is just such a badly priced product

[jolly pulsar]

Nice atk sponsored product placement

[hazy karma]

Agree, same with 5090 but I got a 3080 atm so I can sell that and fund 5080/5090

But once I water cool it, it’s gonna be worth it

[jolly pulsar]

Just get a 5070ti

You're like so close perf wise

https://youtu.be/w94bD3S8K0M?si=paogpi62mfObhF0d

[hazy karma]

It’s an option, but if the supers for 5080 are true might be worth it as extra vram

[jolly pulsar]

Have you seen what's going on with the market atm?

[hazy karma]

Yeah i have seen what’s going on

Main thing is actually find a suitable wb for the astral cards, 80/90 are available but 70ti I got no idea about as I haven’t researched enough

[glossy shale]

whys everyone yapping about vram

how do you even use up 16 gb?

[rain turret]

Some games with high res textures can get you near your capacity

[unkempt gust]

a high resolution plus high res textures can do that

[blissful gust]

I easily struggle with 10gb

[crude talon]

I think I could pushing it in vr but would be difficult on a 1440p monitor I think

[obtuse dove]

high res textures eat at your vram

also higher resolutions like 1440p or 4k require more vram

for 4k I would argue 24gb of vram is needed.

at least

[quasi field]

I can play games at 4k native ultra texture on my 12 gb card without issues. There are probably only a few games in existence that could cause issues with it

If I had a 16 gb one then I assume 0 games would

[obtuse dove]

at 4k I often have games eating upwards of 20gb of video memory with Ultra settings with DLAA enabled.

maybe the optimizations are slightly different with differing configurations

[quasi field]

Is that just not the game reserving vram?

[obtuse dove]

I doubt it, because usually the vram usage drops down in menus and whatnot.

usually back to like 10gb or so

if the game was really reserving vram it would be very consistent

[quasi field]

What games are these?

[obtuse dove]

BF6 and Arc Raiders surprisingly

although on Arc Raiders with Cinematic settings it uses even more vram

[jolly pulsar]

Indiana jones as well

[rain turret]

@blissful gust did you find a case for your server/NAS?

[gritty swift]

Which pads you guys using lately?

[rain turret]

Key 83 Soft

[bitter sapphire]

SP-004 Summer Miku

[gritty swift]

Curious about Skypad, I kinda prefer control, but I want try new ones with p1 v2

[rain turret]

CR-005 seems very interesting, might eventually try

[gritty swift]

Hard to get this at Europe( Portugal )

Which you recommend for a balance one? Speed/control

[blissful gust]

I did not,

I'm gonna dabble in 3d printing

Which I forgot about so Ty XD

[rain turret]

Do you happen to be in EU?

[vital gorge]

UK

[silver topaz]

Alr I'm on like 3 trackers so heres to hoping I get a 5090 lmaooo

[slender aspen]

Hey guys whats the best mouse out rn for valorant latency. I keep seeing maya x, viper v3 pro, deathadder v4 pro, and op 18k. what do you guys recommend whats better

[remote raft]

You won't notice a difference in latency between all the mice you just listed

Maybe op1 8k if you're really really sensitive to latency, but at that point most of it is placebo.

[slender aspen]

I have the gpro superlight v1 and I heard the viper v3 pro has 2 ms diff

[remote raft]

No

2ms diff in what

[slender aspen]

latency I think

[fleet parcel]

Find the best shape for your preference on https://www.eloshapes.com/

[remote raft]

What latency, because there's sensor and click

[slender aspen]

whats the difference between them

in your opinion whats better between maya x, viper v3 pro, deathadder v4 pro

not shape/size

[remote raft]

This site is sadly only useful for dimensions, wish someone else have the money to make a site with actual 3d scans with the latest mice

[fleet parcel]

The dimensions are all you need

[remote raft]

If we're talking about purely performance, deathadder v4, AFAIK it has the latest mcu

[remote raft]

That is not true unfortunately

[slender aspen]

are they releasing a viper v4 pro this spring?

[remote raft]

They might

[fleet parcel]

I mean you can find 3d printing profiles if you’re really that particular.

[slender aspen]

might wait on that

[fleet parcel]

You can either use them to get a 3d view or even print them out to get a feel for the shape in hand

[remote raft]

Personally I'd never buy a razer product unless they ditch synapse

It messes with your other peripherals sometimes too

Non razer peripherals

[slender aspen]

in what ways

[remote raft]

Making the rgb not work etc

[slender aspen]

I ordered the wooting 80he today. I heard its the best keyboard out rn

[remote raft]

👍

[slender aspen]

been on the royal kludge rk68 for 3 years and I didnt know how bad it is lmao until I saw the difference between this and wooting

[remote raft]

In terms of mouse tech, razer often gets the latest

[fleet parcel]

I love mine. Best is subjective for your needs but as far as all-arounders it’s top tier

[slender aspen]

just need it for valorant lmao

[remote raft]

Logitech develop their own

It'll be nice for razer to refresh the viper next year but it might take a while since they're still releasing new colors for the v3

[obtuse dove]

good luck, that is all I will say LMAO

[crude talon]

I think rtings has 3d scans of a lot of mice

[remote raft]

A lot, but missing the latest

It's too expensive to have 3d scans of most of the new releases

[surreal vigil]

latency wise. anything that can do 8khz would be the fastest. but id be more concerned about the shape/weight of your mouse than the tech inside it

[remote raft]

8khz does help but only by reducing position intervals in terms of tracking

[surreal vigil]

still a technical improvement

[remote raft]

I'd say 4k is plenty enough

8k is diminishing returns

Not saying you shouldn't use 8k tho use whatever you like

4k is .25ms interval and 8k is .125ms

That is assuming if you saturate the polling

[surreal vigil]

for the resource usage i just stay at 1k. plus theres no need to worry about compatibility with certain games

and i can not tell the difference in game

[remote raft]

Mouse companies should start focusing on other innovations now and not just latency numbers

It's getting stale

[surreal vigil]

its what the market currently wants. there is innovation just not with big manufacturers

[remote raft]

Clones are killing the innovation as well

Good for average consumers, bad for enthusiasts

[surreal vigil]

i thought the clones that exist offer the same shape as more expensive mice but with better specs. isnt that an improvement over waiting for the big brands to improve their own mice?

[mental spade]

Razer always gets the best Pixart sensor before everyone else so technically if you want the best specs it's not the clones

[remote raft]

They hardly offer "better" specs. For the shapes, if companies see clones are doing so well they'll just stop innovating with shapes since why open a new mold if you can just reuse the original one forever

[remote raft]

They are the first ones to use newer MCUs as well

[surreal vigil]

fair enough

[remote raft]

The reason clone companies can push the prices so low is because they don't spend money on r&d

There are off the shelf firmware and software solution ready for them as well

[shut pike]

ok so i have a wl mouse but i was wondering there is a better mouse

[surreal vigil]

better in what aspect?

[shut pike]

everything

in your opionan whats the best mouse

[surreal vigil]

i really like zaunkoenig mice but thats because i fingertip grip. if you like the shape of your mouse you should stick with it since thats the most important aspect of a mouse

[shut pike]

ok is there any other rec

[vague token]

anyone know anything about the attackshark r5?

I'm thinking of treating myself by getting it along with the wooting 80he for Christmas

It's supposedly pretty good weight wise along with the sensor

I'm upgrading from a Razer Huntsman v2 and a Razer Basilisk V3/Deathadder V2 Special Edition

[wet coral]

the only thing you can get "better" with other mouses are shape

it really depends

[surreal vigil]

lighter weight and better cables too

[wet coral]

what size mouse are you lookign for?

[surreal vigil]

im mainly interested in fingertip mice. i recently got a pen grip mouse to try though

[wet coral]

im interested in trying out the pulsar x2f

though thats a bit on the more extreme end

[surreal vigil]

those are pretty heavy for fingertip only mice

[wet coral]

yeah i mean pretty much if you wanna go any lighter youd have to get a custom shell

[surreal vigil]

for wireless gwolves is around the same price and lighter

[wet coral]

oh yeah i forgot about those

[remote raft]

That mouse doesn't make much sense in terms of practicality

It's a x2 cut in half and heavier than an x2

[wet coral]

interested in its shape

it’s similar width wise as my hitscan hyperlight

[remote raft]

The shape is the front half of the x2

[wet coral]

and i find that really comfortable

[remote raft]

Literally

[bitter sapphire]

EGG shape 4ever

Im the only one who hates the GPX shape but loves the OP1 shape

[remote raft]

The Gpx shape is good for fingertip if you have large hands

[wet coral]

x2 mini same shape as my hitscan but the front is a little lower

[remote raft]

Op1 is also ftip-able, but I think the GPX shape is better (for ftip)

[bitter sapphire]

gpx is just an overall shitty shape for me

[remote raft]

I haven't tried the 2c but maybe I should at some point

[bitter sapphire]

I hate logitech mouses so its a no for me xd

[remote raft]

The switch thingy Logitech's cooking up is interesting too

I just wish they'd use web drivers

[bitter sapphire]

If i want a mouse with web “driver” i would just get a WLmouse beast x

Or Lamzu

[wet coral]

i very much prefer the shape of the vv3p i got today over the gpx

[remote raft]

Basically all the other brands have web drivers now, at least the ones I'd buy

[bitter sapphire]

Yeah i would install razers app than use a logitech app all day

[remote raft]

I would never buy any razer product as long as they still use synapse

[surreal vigil]

all my homies hate drivers. driverless mice are the future

[vague token]

attackshark r5 🙂

[bitter sapphire]

Shrug

I dont consider attackshark a good brand soo i dont care LMAO

[plain schooner]

When was the last time you used synapse

[vague token]

do yk that mouse

[bitter sapphire]

I dont know a single attackshark product

[remote raft]

The time when I plug in my old viper mini wired and it auto downloaded for me like a malware

Mid game

[surreal vigil]

genuinely the worst part about razer products

i kinda miss the synapse 2.0 days

[remote raft]

I overall just dislike having a bunch of software on my pc, so web drivers are nice

[bitter sapphire]

Tbh for most “drivers” for mouse and keyboard are just configuration tools

[crude talon]

as long as I don’t need to run something in the background webdriver or not is kinda the same to me
I just install them through chromium so I can pin them to my taskbar either way

[glossy shale]

interesting and useless

buy scyrox v6 and live happily

[remote raft]

Not buying clones

Oh and the receiver on some of the units of that mouse somehow moves the cursor when physically moved

Don't know how that's possible even

[glossy shale]

lamzu proxy company btw

[glossy shale]

yeah its not

industry plants spreading lies

[remote raft]

I don't have a lamzu mouse

[glossy shale]

not sure how thats relevant

scyrox v6 is a good budget mouse

[remote raft]

Still a clone, so I'm not buying

Not saying you can't buy it tho

[glossy shale]

what are you talking about

clone of what?

[remote raft]

HTS+

[glossy shale]

oh yeah i forgot the shape is similar

buy your 5 trillion dollar razer mouse then

[remote raft]

Not buying razer either because of synapse

But I'd choose it over scyrox for sure

[glossy shale]

yeah razer never copied anyone

[limber oracle]

my current hyperxcloud ii headphones broke, any recommendations of what to get, iems/headphones, i saw lucid tekkusai iems a lot on twitter and idk if i should get them

[gaunt flax]

You probably want to give folks a price range, otherwise someone going to come in and tell you to buy a $1k iem lol

[limber oracle]

100-300€

[bitter sapphire]

https://kiwiears.com/products/kiwi-ears-astral maybe

[limber oracle]

hmm

a friend recommended me those as well

sold out atm

[bitter sapphire]

the blue ones not

[limber oracle]

oh yea

thank you <3

[glossy shale]

they are trash

[marsh whale]

is a wooting 60he v2 a big upgrade from the apex pro mini

[hazy fiber]

sound and feel will be significantly better

Also software

[round lagoon]

Soo much choice. Safest one would be kiwi ears astral. Something similar would be Ziigaat Horizon.

[dusky skiff]

Any idea if the ddr5 ram prices will go down?

[rain turret]

Not before summer

[surreal vigil]

when demand for chips goes down

[dusky skiff]

I bought a 32ram kit with 95£ and now is 250£

I wanna upgrade to 64 but it way to expensive rn

[round lagoon]

gotta wait some more, or hope AI bubble crash by next year

[dusky skiff]

at least i got the 32gb in time before the prices went up

[round lagoon]

yeah, that'll last until windows 12 at least

[proper vector]

You mean Windows Copilot?

[silver topaz]

Saw an article yesterday saying its tanked again. Saw another thing saying nvidia was going to have companies supply their own ram for gpu's haha

[bitter sapphire]

i love copilot

[silver topaz]

Did I pay an extra 100 for glow? Yes.

[bitter sapphire]

oof

enjoy your overpriced 5070 ti+

[silver topaz]

Eh, roughly 14% increase isnt terrible for the price difference

Better than a 1300 dollar increase for a 30% increase

[obtuse dove]

me who got their 5090 FE for 2200$ including tax :)

[silver topaz]

I tried for 3 different best buy restocks😭

[obtuse dove]

rip lol

I got mine from microcenter

[silver topaz]

Closest microcenter in 10 hours away😔

[wispy blaze]

its 24h drive for me

[round lagoon]

https://youtu.be/MGw4FTqwOb0?t=1016

[round lagoon]

I should try the Tang Sancai Noble, according to him it lifts the treble a little bit on some IEM and reduces imaging+technicalities. Could make 7hz Divine better for me.

[terse ferry]

No spin fits or dunu S&S?

[round lagoon]

no

[quasi field]

https://tenor.com/view/stupid-ben-fuckin-stupid-kenny-twd-telltale-kenny-telltale-twd-gif-25050941

[maiden arrow]

damn

[vital gorge]

Dashi would be disappointed

[heady maple]

Are these better than shure earbuds?

[round lagoon]

most likely, but it also depends on what shure earbuds you're talking about

[ancient mantle]

Good video if your ears are like his, small irregular ear canal openings, foam tips are my meta

[round lagoon]

Got the sancai noble. Just a pair to test.

I like the regular sancai so gonna see how this will fair

[plucky wigeon]

I paid the miku tax

[proper vector]

If only it wasn't ASUS + Nvidia

[crude talon]

if only it wasnt kinda ugly

[heady crystal]

Yeah…

A computer that only a mother could love

[crude talon]

talking about this collab in general, not trying to insult their build

[plucky wigeon]

No the full set is kindof ugly but I like how it looks in my build

[errant grove]

what mouse is everyone using for FPS games in 2025?

[bitter sapphire]

i use the Endgame Gear OP1w 4k v2

[obtuse dove]

Casual or Ultra Sweaty?

[wet coral]

hitscan hyperlight (recently got the vv3p so im still forming my thoughts on it)

[obtuse dove]

My condolences for having you deal with Razer Synapse

[wet coral]

set it up once and uninstall

[obtuse dove]

I do the same with my Logitech GPX 2 lol

Set it up, enable on board memory mode, uninstall

[wet coral]

could also just have it not start on startup

[obtuse dove]

Yeah, that's easy

I do like the pulsar web software

It's quite nice

[hazy fiber]

One of the worst web softwares I've tried

eternally loading up, I gave up and using their desktop app now

[obtuse dove]

For me it works just fine

I haven't had any issues with it

The instructions for updating the firmware though is really poorly worded though

That's like the one thing I complain about

[hazy fiber]

They really struggle with software and firmware, otherwise their mice are good

We need Wooting mouse for this reason

[obtuse dove]

This is on the latest chromium versions btw, specifically Google Chrome and Arc Browser

[hazy fiber]

I've tried many browsers, their web software is just bad

While we're typing, it's still loading

[obtuse dove]

Tried clearing cookies and whatnot

[hazy fiber]

Yes

[obtuse dove]

JavaScript allowed?

[hazy fiber]

Everything is enabled what's needed mate, and it's not just me https://youtu.be/hVGKkvy4NGw?si=lx2qBdPX2xJRmIc4&t=303

[obtuse dove]

Strange

[jagged dragon]

nice backplate 😮

[hollow tapir]

Thnx for the recommendation from long ago i finally bought the ATH-M50X and man does it sound amazing

can you now recommend me a good DAC to go off from here?

[vague arch]

should i go for an 80he or 60he v2?

[gaunt flax]

dam those some nice cyber monday deals on oled monitors

the 480hz asus from last year is pretty discounted

[astral musk]

The size you prefer.

[wet coral]

one from LG is also pretty good

1440p 480hz oled for 680

[vague arch]

is there any other differences apart from that?

[heady maple]

what pc specs do you think would be needed to utilize that monitor well

[heady maple]

Got a recommendations? I’m currently just using apple earbuds.

[round lagoon]

what are you going to do with the IEM?

also Budget

[heady maple]

I just game

Just sound quality overall I guess

[heady maple]

Not spending more than 400 i’d say

[round lagoon]

HMM, that should gives you a lot of option I say

[heady maple]

I was looking at shure, don’t really know other brands

that’s why

[round lagoon]

Kiwi Ears Astral should be a nice choice for ~$240, a more expensive (by $100) alternative would be Ziigaat Horizon.

[heady maple]

Ah okay

i just bought the shure mv7+ microphone as well

[round lagoon]

If you can just spend just $100 more, you can get Xenns Top Pro. Same tuning as the other 2 but better. Not sure by how much, gotta ask @abstract warren

[quasi field]

Keep in mind that higher price does not mean it's better

This means that the perfect earbuds for you might be $10

[heady maple]

I haven’t done too much research into them

i’d assume they’re much better than apple earbuds though

[quasi field]

Ideally you should just buy not expensive earbuds that are well-built and comfortable, then EQ to find your ideal sound from there. It's much better than buying lots of different ones

[quasi field]

Which ones?

The non-pros have no bass so I'd never consider them good

[heady maple]

Just basic wired apple earbuds

the ones you connect to your phone

Been using them for years

[round lagoon]

is it wireless?

[heady maple]

It’s connected to my microphone

[round lagoon]

hmm, the wired one I guess

[heady maple]

Yeah

[round lagoon]

Anything above $50 will do then

[quasi field]

He means one of these I suppose

The complete lack of bass makes them horrible imo

They don't have eartips so there's no seal resulting in bass mostly being gone

[round lagoon]

Lmao. It's alright. Oppurtinity to show em a new world.

[quasi field]

Why above $50 specifically? 🤔

[round lagoon]

I don't know, I just comes out with that number cause of think of Truthear Zero Red

[wet coral]

for esports titles 7800x3d probably and any mid range gpu can get you there

maybe a few other cpus

[quasi field]

For wired I'd prefer USB-C earbuds

[quasi field]

Don't need to get a separate dac/amp

Though are you talking about for PC or for phone use

[quasi field]

They suck sadly

Good for phonecalls I guess

[heady maple]

Yeah man been using them for years

[quasi field]

And making low budget ASMR videos

[round lagoon]

For $20, you can start with getting Salnote Zero 2, imo, it's a very balanced IEM that has no stand out. That way you can realize what you're missing and spend more based on that.

[quasi field]

Just EQ...

Technicalities are not real beyond what you see in the FR

We're talking about earbuds here

If the FR sucks, the technicalities suck too

So sound wise you just need to look at the FR

And so in the end it's all about what tonality is ideal to you (without resonances/peaks/dips)

[heady maple]

What about the Shure SE215 PRO Wired Earbuds

[heady maple]

what’s FR

[abstract warren]

Id put Kiwi Ears astral on the list, and get a few other IEMs in your price range and I would squig graph them to each other to see where the tuning differs and see what elements you think you'd like more than others (More vs less bass, higher/more spicy treble/more air etc)

[quasi field]

Frequency response. It's a representation of the sound

[heady maple]

Oh thanks

[abstract warren]

you probably wont get your preferred tuning right on the first go around, but I'd see what you think you'd like most and get something around there

[quasi field]

Buy something with a smooth FR that has been measured on squig, then EQ it using the squig tool for a visual representation to get a good idea of where you want to be sound wise

[round lagoon]

(can't find 215 pro so regular one would do)

Don't think the one listed here would be a good though.

So just go with either astral or zero 2

[heady maple]

do all “good” earbuds require ear tips?

[quasi field]

If they don't get a proper seal, there won't be deep range

They need it to be properly full-range (cover every frequency we can hear)

[heady maple]

m okay

[wet coral]

i started off with truthear zeros to get a baseline of how iems feel and if i liked them or not

theyre pretty budget friendly and got great tuning imo

[heady maple]

I just got the zero 2’s

[quasi field]

You'll probably like it quite a bit

I really do recommend trying to EQ it even if you think it sounds perfect

[heady maple]

What’s EQ

[quasi field]

Btw if it sounds weird and horrible you probably just don't have a proper seal. Happened with me many times

[heady maple]

I probably won’t realize to be honest

[quasi field]

Maybe not since you're used to ones without eartips

[quasi field]

Equalisation. It lets you change the sound freely. It's very good

[round lagoon]

imagine adjusting volume so that the song/game sounds loud enough while pleasant to you, now imagine a more fine grained control of such thing.

[heady maple]

i’ve used them for my airpods but they seem to fall off and stuff

[glossy shale]

lets keep the pandoras box closed on this one

[stiff swift]

does anyone have a recommendation for a white coiled cable

[astral musk]

Ours

[round lagoon]

For what? If for wooting can just go with wooting's cause then you don't have to worry about if 8khz stable or not

[wet coral]

https://www.amazon.com/Linsoul-Recording-Earphone-PELLEPOD-Waterproof/dp/B0FXL14S16/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_image

@urban granite

btw this case is NOT pocketable lmao

[stiff swift]

yeah thats what it was for
thank you

[urban granite]

did mod ban you off generals

[wet coral]

no lmao

[urban granite]

what’s ur opinion on b3/dusk you gonna make or break my decision rn, tho leaning towards gores rec.

[wet coral]

my recommendation are varedis recommendation

[urban granite]

shh i want his opinion still 😔

https://tenor.com/view/zatfall-gif-15783593408329133280

[abstract warren]

I’d have to Squig it personally to see the differences, never used either

[urban granite]

squig?

[abstract warren]

I got into the game via fresh reviews who reviews a lot of IEMs and other peripherals for FPS

[abstract warren]

Yeah let’s you see the IEM tuning

You can chart multiple IEMs to see where they differ

[urban granite]

dawg that can’t be a word 😭😭

[abstract warren]

https://squig.link

[urban granite]

https://squig.link/?share=Harman_Adjusted_Target,Super_22_Target,IEF_Comp_Target,Kiwi_Ears_Astral,Moondrop_Blessing_2_Dusk,Moondrop_Blessing_3

man what am i doing 😭

the dusk tracks that line slightly better?

[abstract warren]

It’ll take some time to get used to it, IEMs and audio in general you gotta shift thru a lot of BS to find the good shit

The biggest variation is with the B3 vs Kiwi ears (B3 has a big drop in sub bass and upper mid range/treble) vs Dusk tracks a lot closer to Astrals

The best way to learn is to watch a fair amount of reviews on each to see how they describe the IEM and if it matches with what you want for your tuning (won’t get perfect on the first try).

A good disclaimer as well to heed

I’d also look at Xenns Tea Pro if you like more bass and are looking for a good $350 set too

Typically you can find a lot of videos comparing Tea Pro to Astrals

[round lagoon]

My experience with iem with similar tuning as Blessing 2 Dusk is that it'll sound very balanced but not having anything significant about it. Blessing 3 is going to be slightly less easy going cause it has more treble which can get spicy without any bass to balance it. Astral will sound more musical while remaining balance, which makes it a nice default choice if you fear Crin's tune is going to bore you.

Which it did bore me at volume I usually listen to, so I need to like 4-9 volume higher on windows.

[vague arch]

Should I buy 60he v2 or 80he

?

[lunar niche]

Definitely!

[silver topaz]

No. Buy the 100%

[abstract warren]

both have the same hardware/capability, just depends on if you want 60% vs smol TKL and if you want split space bar or not

[urban granite]

@abstract warren @round lagoon i did previously see on fresh reviews and he said the audio or something (the bass?) would get muddy when an enemy is over your head and something about like audio overlapping and not picking up

for the dusk

just want something for gaming and casual use if

if

i’d

hi

IG

[round lagoon]

Don't over complicated it

Just get astral and if you don't like it, return.

[urban granite]

nah u right

[true idol]

it probably matters LOL

[abstract warren]

Yeah, I’d say go astrals. For FPS they’re really good, casual gaming they’re great, for music overall it might be lacking in some genres and better in others

You won’t get your taste perfectly the first time, but I’d try them out and see what you like/dislike and then try to find your endgame along the way since it’s highly subjective

[round lagoon]

anything can be an end game if you like it enough

I really love hd490 pro, and the only thing that can possibly beat is is Empyrian 2... which is 6x the price.

[abstract warren]

Yeah astrals could very easily be end game for folks, not incredibly pricey for the hobby, but gives really great value that you honestly don’t need to upgrade past if you love them

Only issue with IEMs is that ALOT are musically focused, so if you want good gaming/fps with some music added, it requires surgical precision to find a really nice set that doesn’t get muddied along the way

[round lagoon]

7hz Divine got a really nice separation if that's what you mean, it separates everything soo well that I feel like it's doing it unnaturally.

[abstract warren]

What I mean is that there’s a lot of bullshit IEMs you have to separate through, if you play a lot of FPS and single player titles, you have to know specifically what to look for. For one to do all 3 well in the same package without sounding muddied

[quasi field]

You should just make a gaming EQ preset

[round lagoon]

Oh yeah EQ, or get 3 IEM that you rotate based on task.

[abstract warren]

I hate how close I am to this

🤣😭

[round lagoon]

I have 2 IEM and 1 headphone that I rotate around. General PC and inside music listen I do HD490, outside I do Meze Alba, Rhythm game I do 7hz Divine.

[abstract warren]

For instance a lot of the moon drop/ MD variations and other IEMs I was looking at before, were all just music IEMs that wouldn’t do well for gaming and vice versa

[quasi field]

Being «good» at gaming essentially just means having a tuning that accentuates footsteps and not other frequencies afaik. And so it can be done just using EQ

[quasi field]

I don't see why they wouldn't do well for gaming tbh

[round lagoon]

as long as something stage and separate well, you can always tune it to make it good for gaming.

[quasi field]

Both of those things are just part of the FR

You can EQ it to «separate well»

[round lagoon]

I guess, but it's always nice to have something to your preference for the task without EQ

[quasi field]

I had the Moondrop Variations and they «separated» really well (because of the FR). Unlike many earbuds they have less of a boost around 200 Hz which makes it sound more like the bass is separate from the other frequencies

I EQed that frequency up a bit to make it like your typical 1DD tuned headphone but liked the sound less

[abstract warren]

That’s why I’m excited to try and cop the JDS bc the EQ element for them seemed pretty easy and straight forward without having to tweak the world and more in the equalizer apo

[quasi field]

The best thing about earbuds imo is how incredibly smooth the FR often is

So they take EQ very well

Many of them do not have any sharper peaks or dips that are hard or impossible to fix

Unless you buy that horrendous low-fidelity pair of $3000 earbuds that one guy did

[round lagoon]

I feel bad

[quasi field]

It's so fucking horrendous jfc

That insane bass bloat + super wonky mids/treble

[round lagoon]

mmm, soon supermix 5 is going to be released

[silver topaz]

5090 founders is in stock on infinia's website move move move move

Stupid speech to text as I'm driving lol

[quasi field]

But it has poor thermals, noise and coil whine

The coil whine on my GPU is driving my crazy. Hearing it make noise whenever I scroll on desktop is frustrating

[hoary kestrel]

😭

[pure matrix]

Any monitor recommendations? Ig I can spend around 200usd on it

[hoary kestrel]

depends where u live but have u heard abt that new budget OLED?

its 220 usd where i live

260 hz or smth

[vital gorge]

Dude wtf, get of your phone and drive safely. Pay attention to the road instead of fucking discord.

[silver topaz]

I was at the stoplight lol

[pure matrix]

Name?

[quasi field]

But 5090s are back in stock!!

[silver topaz]

I get the text notifications for it

[pure matrix]

Cuz sounds like "overpriced as fuck in your country"

[hoary kestrel]

aoc g27g4zd

[hoary kestrel]

im in dubai

[abstract warren]

I’d probably stick to IPS, and get something 144 hz with whatever res you game with

[pure matrix]

Yep as I said $300 for out of stock screen without sells/reviews

[pure matrix]

Indeed, ofc it would be nice if it has more than 144Hz but i don’t think there’s that much stuff in in stock rn

[abstract warren]

It’ll just cost more than $200

$200 is like the 60hz monitors from when I was building my first rig 5 years ago

[pure matrix]

Ma man I’m crying rn because I'm building new PC with those RAM prices

[abstract warren]

Tough days

[quasi field]

Buy used ram?

Though I imagine that is still expensive

[pure matrix]

those mofo already raiced the prices, or someone managed to buy all the truly good stuff before I got to It :(

[proper vector]

Why does my RAM alone costs now almost the same as I paid for the ENTIRE FUNKIN PC LAST YEAR

[silver topaz]

Facebook marketplace ram😎

[proper vector]

It's almost twice the price of my 7900XTX

[round lagoon]

AI

[pure matrix]

Anyways, back to my question. Any monitor brands which I especially should check?

[round lagoon]

Ram is really nice for AI as of late thanks to the new CPU and the software being better

[proper vector]

I mean
I kno
But I didn't expect for it to go up that much

[pure matrix]

Yeah, Imagine getting 32GB RAM of ddr5 for the price of the cheapest RTX 5050 series card(or even 5060)

[silver topaz]

[plain schooner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmqJoAFmetI

@hazy fiber @abstract warren

[crude talon]

shocking

boardzy cosplay

[crude talon]

#sponsored

[plain schooner]

I like the color 😮

[rain turret]

same

i have a very different one thats also orange, didn't think it would pop

[viscid bison]

I don’t think I could buy a mouse that isn’t fully assembled 🫣

[abstract warren]

clears

[rain turret]

hehe, me neither

As much as people say it's easy to solder in new components

[twilit flame]

Ai maxing

[jolly pulsar]

@rain turret cringe

Mr influencer

shill

go promote your crap elsewhere

Thanks

[blissful gust]

it dont look great

[remote raft]

One of the most questionable shape designs I've seen for a fingertip mouse

[plain schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/nalog-gif-25906765

[radiant moss]

Viper mini se good?

[wet coral]

why the se version?

if you want the mouse to be metal, get the wlmouse beastx mini

[plain schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/fnf-friday-night-funkin-idle-pose-blue-emoji-laughing-gif-647376955821095210

[wet coral]

your $400 vv3p isnt any better

https://tenor.com/view/judgement-cat-cat-angry-cat-cat-face-cat-forehead-gif-4731341898773190051

[plain schooner]

Dude that’s how much the mini is with the internals

[wet coral]

LMAO 💀

[quasi field]

Lol

[dusk hinge]

Hello😼

[astral musk]

If only there was a way to see such information - Such as the very product page where you place the order.

[urban granite]

why the bundle one takes one whole day than buying it without the bundle 💔💔 this the one u got?

[wet coral]

what

also yes it arrived the next day lol

[urban granite]

the link you sent is the one u got right? the one with ziigaat case?

it’s a whole whopping 3 days 💔✌🏻

with prime

[wet coral]

yeah

[wet coral]

1 day without prime

[urban granite]

yo what

[urban granite]

ion remember asking but do u find the buds too intense? during games

[abstract warren]

The one thing I did enjoy about astrals/Xenns top pro tuning is that most normal audio experiences sound as they should (YouTube videos for example) and then for gaming they add a fair bit of punchiness/intensity to the sound which makes it more engaging

@lunar holly Alr bud let’s hear your experience

[wet coral]

not personally but maybe overwhelmed when in calls but thats probably just a me issue lmao

[round lagoon]

I can agree, alba got somewhat similar tuning and I find the bass and midrange to be very neutral too.

Just that I want less bass

[urban granite]

dw i get overstimulated when a bunch of people are yapping at once too

[abstract warren]

I could probably use more (not a huge bass head, but don’t want too much either)

I do enjoy more dynamic bass than just an outright bass assault

On the top pro for like cinematics and stuff the sound and visceralness of it is next level

[urban granite]

in the off chance, if the astrals aren’t for me what others would u recommend?

[abstract warren]

I’d have to know more about what you like/don’t like

[urban granite]

true

[abstract warren]

What I like about astrals is that they’re cheap and can sound like a $400 set

I just happened to really enjoy their tuning

Original Top was my OG all timer pick

Tea Pro is the bass head IEM choice

You’d have to go deep into the IEM rabbit hole and start finding sets that match your musical preference for subbass, mids, treble etc

I mostly just take a look at what fresh has rated highly and go from there as a good grounding for FPS/ST experiences

I have some disagreements with him but he led me to the Xenns top originally

[quasi field]

A $400 set does not have a specific sound

[urban granite]

yeah ion think i’m a bass heavy type of person

[round lagoon]

there's these 3. TLDR if you want more relaxed go for Odysssey, if you want more treble and less bass go for blessings. Around $50 difference.

ngl, seeing that blessing 3 bass makes me wanna cop it

[abstract warren]

Look at some videos comparing tea pro and astrals, I can find some for you later

I’d choose between those 2

[urban granite]

where does the waner 2 lays here? i didn’t mind the musicial aspect of it but during games i hated the sounds

[urban granite]

blessing 3 for gaming over dusk?

[quasi field]

EQ and find out!

[round lagoon]

prop because it peaks at 2k ish. Waner 2 is okay, it might sounds bad to you cause it brings forward the vocal too much.

yesh, just tune the bass and see if you like it lower or higher, that's what I do with mine

[urban granite]

maybe i should pick up a blessing 3 too over dusk, heard audio separation on blessing 3 are better

true or false? 😭💔

[round lagoon]

i don't know, demo it yourself

[urban granite]

i hate how the plating is so scratchable other wise it looks lovely

anyways glasspad came today

[wet coral]

opened it yet?

[quasi field]

Keep in mind that separation is just a subjective description of FR and is not some inherent quality to it. You can make the separation better or worse with EQ

[urban granite]

So in your opinion, what IEM do you recommend?

[quasi field]

I just think that whatever you end up choosing (so many earbuds are very similar sounding anyway), that you should also try EQ to find your ideal sound

Much wiser than buying several different pairs to try to find out

[urban granite]

is eq ing hard?

[quasi field]

No

[urban granite]

so if i end up getting the dusk moondrop would you kindly help me 💔😔✌🏻

[quasi field]

If you do try it I recommend finding measurements of whatever earbuds you have and playing around with the EQ visualiser that squig.link has to help you understand what frequencies change and how they change

[quasi field]

Sure

[urban granite]

What are you using right now?

[quasi field]

It's a pretty solid pair so there probably won't be a ton of room for improvement with EQ

[quasi field]

I don't use any earbuds. I have sold all of mine

Oh wait the Dusk has EQ presets already. That's cool. I didn't realise it's a pair of DSP earbuds

You should definitely try all the EQ presets

[candid thunder]

Who here owns any lamzu mouses

[fleet parcel]

You should try some custom 64 or FiR Audio IEMs. You won’t wanna go back.

[quasi field]

No I would. I just don't get a good seal with any earbuds or eartips. And I hate having to clean them all the time

[bitter sapphire]

I look at this and ah yes lines

[fleet parcel]

Custom IEMs are perfect fit

Universal fit can have issues depending on ear dimensions.

[crisp nimbus]

how are the skates on the x2 crazylight for anyone who has it

[quasi field]

How are custom ones made? Do you scan your ear hole?

And yeah mine are not very even so fit issues is usually in one, not the other

[fleet parcel]

You go to an audiologist and they scan your ear or take molds of it. Then you send it in to the company and they make them. They cost quite a bit more, but you also get much better support from the company as a token of appreciation in sorts.

[crude talon]

I wonder if anyone would make customs from a scan at home, I have a custom face cushion for vr that only took a scan of my face with an iphone

[quasi field]

An audiologist? Would they let me do that when I don't have any hearing issues

I'll just stick to over-ears and loudspeakers

[fleet parcel]

Do you have something to take a 3d scan of your inner ear?

[crude talon]

inner ear seems quite deep
isn’t even the ear canal still considered outer ear, and how deep into the ear canal do your tips usually go

[fleet parcel]

Yup. Just reach out to them and be like “hey I’m trying to get some custom fit in ear monitors and need to either get molds done or scans done.” Most are more than capable of performing it for pretty cheap.

[wet coral]

@hazy fiber idk if he used stock skates or not

[fleet parcel]

Yes technically it’s outer ear, but people not familiar with medical knowledge, it’s much easier to say inner ear as you can’t just take a photo of your ear or simple scanner. The scanner has to be inserted in your ear a little over halfway to your eardrum.

[crude talon]

if scanning that deep is necessary then it would be a bit more difficult
The deepest fit I’ve used is etymotic standard size and I don’t find those very comfortable at all for longer wearing, going deeper than regular iem tips didn’t feel very nice

[past dome]

I do

[hazy fiber]

Nah, I swapped them

[obtuse dove]

they're fine, they're regular ol virgin PTFE skates

[crisp nimbus]

ty

[wispy blaze]

ive owned 3

[urban granite]

any wya to make them better for gaming?

or EQ it to make it better

or someshit

the dusk ^

[quasi field]

Yes

[candid thunder]

Maya x?

[wispy blaze]

i havent used one, but my brother has one and really likes it

[quasi field]

It depends a bit on what people mean. To some it just means making the footsteps pronounced which means you want to boost the the region footsteps are heard in. Or you just lower every other range. Some mean «imaging» which requires a good balanced frequency response to achieve. It already does this

«Fucking up» the FR to make footsteps extra audible will technically make the imaging worse

[candid thunder]

U plan on getting the new wooting?

[wispy blaze]

eventually ill replace my og 60he module with one

[candid thunder]

Just pre ordered it for it to arrive on 17th dec

Anyone a fan of open back headphones?

Like the drop pc38x

[wispy blaze]

iems >>>

[candid thunder]

Nah, we ain’t TenZ bruh

[lunar holly]

berry berry goodo

[wet coral]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunch-cranch-meow-cute-gif-17368992236901678436

[candid thunder]

U like zowie mousepads?

I swear if u say glass mousepad……

[wispy blaze]

never used one

i have artisans and glasspad

[candid thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-try-not-to-laugh-gif-7682731162751353849

[wispy blaze]

glasspad clears

[candid thunder]

Zowie gsr se grey > any other TikTok glass mousepad

[wispy blaze]

i dont use tiktok

i bought my glasspad like 2 years ago

[candid thunder]

I got a grasp what this community is about now….

[wispy blaze]

also gsr mud pad 😔

[candid thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/boykisser-gif-5163203352201378626

I mean it depends tho

Most importantly

[past dome]

Very good

[candid thunder]

What GAME do u play

[wispy blaze]

i used glass pad on everything

tac fps, brs, arena fps, etc

glass pad is fine on val/cs if you have the mouse control for it

actually feels insanely good on it

[lunar holly]

I liked my Zowie GSR SE Grey

was pretty good

[candid thunder]

Control is everything

My sens is fk low

[lunar holly]

I'm on glasspad now tho haha

[wispy blaze]

cope low sens 🔥

[lunar holly]

[candid thunder]

0.23 800dpi window sens 6

[wispy blaze]

wtf 😭

[lunar holly]

weh

[wispy blaze]

0.15 on 1600 is like

getting slow for me

[lunar holly]

what game

[wispy blaze]

val

[lunar holly]

ah

im on 1600 0.1 on val

[candid thunder]

My old sens used to be 0.5 800dpi 8 window sens

[wispy blaze]

anything lower than .15 for me feels like shit

[lunar holly]

indeed

my mouse control is pretty good lowk

[wispy blaze]

mine was good before my injury/tremor

[candid thunder]

Now what rank ru?

[lunar holly]

My Wallhack Summer Miku sp004 my main now

dunno what im gonna do with my white tho

[wispy blaze]

i havent really used my glasspad much lately

[lunar holly]

prob gonna be in the closet collecting dust

[lunar holly]

ic

[candid thunder]

Rank in val?

[wispy blaze]

i barely play im like g3 lol

[lunar holly]

i lowk want to get a cloth as well

[wispy blaze]

dont enjoy val much

[lunar holly]

Val d1 rage baiting game

[wet coral]

real

[lunar holly]

I'm currently d2

[candid thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

It’s okay

[wispy blaze]

im a swiftplay warrior

i dont touch ranked

[lunar holly]

hell yea 🔥

[candid thunder]

And I’m immo 2

[wet coral]

i also touched d2 last time i played ranked seriously in val and then just quit

[candid thunder]

Hopefully I get radiant once I get this new keyboard

[wispy blaze]

played val for 2 years and only have 130h 🔥

[wet coral]

idk whos worse
val ranked or cs faceit

[wispy blaze]

bf6 clears

[candid thunder]

Wtv suits ur preferences…boy

[wispy blaze]

yeah tac fps just boring to me now

[candid thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-ai-130-backpack-supreme-backpack-baby-tuff-baby-meme-gif-2218754133828871165

[wispy blaze]

brainrot gifs 🔥

[candid thunder]

Ty

The more brainrot, the more expressive

[candid thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/shaq-sad-shaq-dismissed-shaq-shaquille-o'neal-gif-17893105500149090374

[urban granite]

ts just came in for me today

bout to go crazy on fortnite 😭

[lunar holly]

dude ive been going crazy on it

another thing is

idk why but the texture on the summer miku is like so much smoother than my white sp004

[urban granite]

peaked unreal on fortnite 💔💔

[lunar holly]

it feels like a coating

but at the same time not

[urban granite]

idk i heard wallhack QC kinda yikes

i heard from this other dude that all his LE glass pads from them feel different

😭

[lunar holly]

well i got a good qc batch on my sp004 white

speed and consistency is good

but like the speed and control on both of my pads feels the same

but the texture is just slightly diff

[urban granite]

that’s interesting

[lunar holly]

rip

[urban granite]

imma use it after i shower but ye

[lunar holly]

yeeee

[wet coral]

astrals update

[urban granite]

yo

[lunar holly]

shiiiiiiii

[urban granite]

mines or urs?

[wet coral]

[wet coral]

yours

[urban granite]

friday 💔💔💔💔

[lunar holly]

lovee mineee

OH

GORE

[wet coral]

sup

[lunar holly]

im ordering the Dawn Pro 2

DAC

:D

should arrive on my bday

[urban granite]

he a bad influence 😭😭

[lunar holly]

val's been fucking with my fiio k11

for some reason

[wet coral]

he was already looking for a dac/amp

[lunar holly]

pmo

[urban granite]

guy should be getting sponsors if he convincing other people buying the products 😂😂

[lunar holly]

Varedis and Phish should be the ones getting sponsors LMAO

[wet coral]

real

[urban granite]

[wet coral]

i blame arc for showing me the soju keycaps

[lunar holly]

varedis was the one influenced me on getting the astrals

w influencer

w marketing

LMAO

W arc

[wet coral]

same lmao

[lunar holly]

lowk worth it

Im super happy with my astrals

[wet coral]

punches when listening to music in a pleasant way

[lunar holly]

the sub bass do be hitting

[urban granite]

yes keep feeding me positive reviews so i won’t have buyers remorse

[lunar holly]

LMAO

then we buy top pros next

[wet coral]

idea: rewatching kpop demon hunters on my oled and using astrals

[lunar holly]

need oled monitor :<

i lowk dunno if my dad ordered for me yet

was suppose to order on sat

[wet coral]

https://tenor.com/view/ratz-tamameme-tamadotmeme-tama-meme-tama-mart-gif-13423756404054395343

[urban granite]

whixh ones u have? give me brand name and model not some “Ay8374wu”

[lunar holly]

but i think he forgor

[wet coral]

samsung g6 oled (27in 360hz 1440p)

[wet coral]

which one?

https://tenor.com/view/monka-cat-scared-scared-cat-wide-eyes-gif-5319946494583553667

[lunar holly]

Acer Predator X27U A1

1440p 280hz

[wet coral]

[wet coral]

it doesnt come up when i search it lol

i think its cause 280 is such a weird number lol

@urban granite holy shit batman

theres also a 500hz version thats $100 more

[lunar holly]

fr?

maybe just search up X27u without the "A1"

[wet coral]

all thats coming up are assu rog or acer nitros lol

[lunar holly]

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/acer-predator-x27u-27-wqhd-qd-oled-280hz-0-03ms-freesync-premium-pro-gaming-monitor-with-hdr400-displayport-hdmi-black/JJ8V8H89X8

[wet coral]

not bad for $500

OH THIS REMINDS ME

hella people were walking out with LG monitors when i went on black friday

daymn okay i see why now

[lunar holly]

it was on sale for $380

during black friday

and cyber

[wet coral]

dies*

[lunar holly]

but still dunno if my dad ordered or not

soooo

rip

[wet coral]

no wonder why i saw people walking out with big ass LG monitors

their other oleds are also on a pretty good discount

[lunar holly]

really?

which ones

[urban granite]

heard they get cycled out pretty fast tho

cause they break easily or something

[wet coral]

well... "good" as in 450 off their original price but still end up costing 1k

[wet coral]

well how much you wanna spend

[lunar holly]

$400 and under

im broke asl

im still in debt

LMAO

[wet coral]

ill reduce your debt by giving you $100 for your astrals

https://tenor.com/view/muhehe-cat-muhehe-muhehehe-cat-muhehehe-smirk-cat-muhehe-gif-17142133339517585968

[lunar holly]

LMAO

[wet coral]

msi mag 271qp is $440

[lunar holly]

👀

[wet coral]

280hz 1440p

[wet coral]

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/msi-mag-271qp-qd-oled-x28-27-quantum-dot-oled-qhd-280hz-0-03ms-freesync-gaming-monitor-displayport-hdmi-usb-black/J3P7TXR7Z9

[mental spade]

Need my regional shops to get those tandem OLEDs in

Oh wait we have 1 but it's 1k USD

[obtuse dove]

noice

[wet coral]

pov: the switchup

not even 3 weeks later:

[mental spade]

[obtuse dove]

if you want to experience a real tandem OLED display, go to an apple store and pick up the iPad Pro M5

and just, play an HDR video on it

[mental spade]

I seen em they look real nice

[wet coral]

make sure to take it outside (for the true peak brightness)

[obtuse dove]

when it detects HDR content it actually doesnt care about ambient lighting

LMAO

[mental spade]

But I can't use one of those on for my desktop unfortunately, although I do want to pick one up for on the go photo editing

But it'll probably end up being a device I just use to play RuneScape on

[obtuse dove]

iPad Pro with the reference display mode enabled is very very very good

[silver topaz]

I caved and bought ram because I literally watched it jump by 50 dollars in 2 days😔 worst case if price goes down I have until Jan 31st to return it

[wet coral]

why didnt you just download ram from the internet /s

https://tenor.com/view/drake-gif-25177956

[obtuse dove]

what is nice about reference mode is that it can reach 1200 candela with 100% white pixels regardless of ambient lighting

[mental spade]

Yeah if they want to make another studio display with a panel of that quality

Then I probably won't pick it up because it would cost too much but that would be nice

[obtuse dove]

issue: big AMOLEDs (esp tandem ones) are VERY EXPENSIVE

[urban granite]

just dropped my whole focusrite onto my glass pad 😭

[lunar holly]

wha

is the galsspad ok?

[urban granite]

its still intact its fine

fuck this focusrite its getting returned

i already got a motu m2 to replace it

[wet coral]

howd you drop it

[slow breach]

Do you also have static hiss on ur focusrite?

[urban granite]

i went to grab the unit to replug cause it keeps DCing on me and it slipped 😭

[slow breach]

I also wish I went with motu ngl but I already threw away the focusrite box

[urban granite]

ah

ill let u know how it gfowes for me

do we know how easy it is for the glasspad to break?

can someone test it LOL

[wet coral]

i will NOT test that

[silver topaz]

Try and break your car window, they're right about the same

[urban granite]

ye i got the motu a week ago when my focusrite was acting up, but it stopped acting up after i got the motu so i was just waiting for my focusrite to slip up so i had an excuse to return it

[wet coral]

you can
keep dropping your focus on it

[abstract warren]

glass is glass type shiii

make sure to get a magnesium mouse and really slap it

[urban granite]

iykykkkk

[urban granite]

ill do it for the fun of it

its still in the retunr window afterall

[wet coral]

sir thats not how returns work

[abstract warren]

make sure its the WLMouse Miao for maximum impact

[urban granite]

fuck

[silver topaz]

Just buy a second mousepad and return the first one on the second ones box

Say it came broken with a mouse sized impact in the middle

[wet coral]

average amazon return scammers:

[silver topaz]

Hey... Amazon has a damn good return policy and probably do not care

[urban granite]

honestly too true 😭

[silver topaz]

I've been watching this guy buy and return a anvil to Amazon every single day and cutting off a chunk of each one to weld his own anvil

[wet coral]

best not to talk about amazon return scams or else you get sent into the shadow realm

like a certain someone did before here

[urban granite]

😭

[wet coral]

https://tenor.com/view/jinx-the-cat-jinx-jinx-cat-cat-computer-gif-25786466

[silver topaz]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UxTWjf/

[urban granite]

can we start pointing fingers im quite curious

[silver topaz]

Hey I haven't abused the return policy of Amazon at all, just genuine normal returns

[wet coral]

ahem @plain schooner

[urban granite]

brode really done got exposed LMAO

giving my old mouse pad and gpx to my cousin

bro been using my old razer pad and razer naga for years

[plain schooner]

People love dick riding millionaires on here, careful.

[plain schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/montgomery-swizzenbocher-montgomery-swizzenbocher-the-3rd-montgomery-swizzenbocher-iii-montgomery-swizzenbocher-mario-judah-mario-judah-gif-8660918683027233518

[urban granite]

LMFAOO

nah facts what they using all that money for

[wet coral]

billionaires*

[quasi field]

I also have the M2