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[round lagoon]

it looks like it's made out of melted rubber

[quasi field]

It reminds me of those housefire setup posts

[rapid bane]

bro wtf happened to it

jesus

[obtuse dove]

see, all those benefits from the cable is immediately gone at the connection LMAO

if the cable even works in the first place

its just copper smh

[tidal otter]

Should i rather go for Lian Li vector v100 or be quiet 900dx?

[quasi field]

Fractal Define 7

[tidal otter]

[crude talon]

https://x.com/boardzyxd/status/2021583016716382496

boardzy (@boardzyxd)

Thank you all for the support on my superstrike review

X · Feb 11, 2026, 1:52 PM

[gaunt flax]

it's nice that discord kids are finding a new outlet in the wake of impending ID checks

[astral musk]

https://giphy.com/gifs/thats-enough-give-me-the-phone-jesus-kuAa8k87F378QBFMZn

[round lagoon]

Then they got beaten by a Russian kid using g502 given by their older brother.

[winged pewter]

Why even engage with someone who obviously didn’t pass any high school level of critical thinking

[mental spade]

Negativity gets more views

[silver topaz]

Not anymore, it's a foam/rubber blend that doesn't stick worth shit lol

[crude talon]

Since when

They still claim to be using urethane foam on their website, and I bought artisan pads just a couple months ago

[silver topaz]

Maybe it still is then, idk it doesn't stick at all for me lol

[crude talon]

well where did you get that info from?
like I said earlier mid pads stick worse than the softer options, and you could also try cleaning your desk a bit and putting down a drop of water, then it should stick better

[silver topaz]

Google ai giving me bs

[hazy fiber]

is that deskmat under the mousepad?

[silver topaz]

Secretlab, may totally be because of that as well

[hazy fiber]

It is because of that most likely

They never changed their bases

Mid sticks worse yea, but a drop of water fixes that like Mega said

[crude talon]

Yeah the bases is like one of the main selling points

[hazy fiber]

I always use some water when I'm going back to Raiden mid

[abstract warren]

Google AI: “micro dosing bleach can be a great skin care routine!”

[patent patrol]

Google smart

[woven cairn]

now i gotta wait for my Hyte Y70 and new 9800X3D

[white jackal]

[hazy fiber]

@plain schooner

didn't you buy v1 recently

[wet coral]

so why is the grip coating $50

[plain schooner]

Bro I fucking hate them

They always do this stupid fucking shit

[hazy fiber]

[plain schooner]

They did the same shit with the Pulse like 2 months later

[plain schooner]

Bro those cutouts look huge wtf

[silver topaz]

Oop, alr don't trust Google then lol

[abstract warren]

Chat do i buy a 30g CF DAV4

[tribal shadow]

dxracer

[wispy blaze]

Why?

[crude talon]

the poron bases stick really well if you add a bit of water first

[hazy fiber]

It doesn't stick well without water for me

[wispy blaze]

Might just be a mid thing because my raiden soft sticks likr a mf

Then theres my xsoft zero that basically needs a pry bar to get off

[hazy fiber]

Yeah, it's probably because of mid + my desk sucks

[silver topaz]

I think I may try glass next, only because it has a silicone base

[abstract warren]

make sure to get double the water for key83

[delicate raptor]

Just got my superstrike in and I gotta be honest this thing feels pretty nutty

[solid harness]

Hows the side buttons are they improved?

[delicate raptor]

nah, same gpx side buttons but I like the gpx side buttons so i dont mind

[woven cairn]

my spare chair

would you really think i'd be playing in that back killing mess?

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sms4yRDkiqs

I like the FR on the velour

rather than a peak at 6khz, it has a rise and a slow fall after that with a more controlled air

also the treble deviation after 3khz to 8khz is like +-3db, which is pretty nice for me.

I could genuinely get this headphone as a thing that I sweat on while playing rhythm game, considering how it might be built with that in mind.

the reviewer only tested it with the leather pads, aww.

[wispy blaze]

What

Are you okay? Do i need to call 911?

[delicate raptor]

yeah im fine

the side buttons dont bother me

idk what else to say lmao

[wispy blaze]

That is the first time ive ever heard someone say that

Ever

[delicate raptor]

dont get me wrong obviously I like the side buttons on my fk2 and x2h or really any other side buttons way more because yes objectively the pre travel on the gpx is ass

but it doesnt bother me nearly enough to detract from it

I dont mind em

[patent patrol]

real

[elfin kayak]

Wlmouse Ying in magnesium, 749 / 849 yuan

[quasi field]

[round lagoon]

Why

[delicate raptor]

you got your superstrike in right? how are you liking it?

[patent patrol]

liking it a lot

still room for "improvement" obviously

but will be my main

[cursive zephyr]

u got the superstrike from logi?

[patent patrol]

yup

[quasi field]

Good for gaming

[cursive zephyr]

how does it feel and how is the config setup? i have one otw i js wanna know more abt it from a second hand ykwim

[glossy shale]

that white with the ink looks amazing

i saw a review and the huan dongle has a microphone and doesnt show any useful information at all

[patent patrol]

feels a bit weird at first but i really like it

lots of stuff to adjust it your liking

[cursive zephyr]

what fps do u play

like cs val ow2

[viscid bison]

he dongle is mainly used to display waifu's or some obscure character. And if you don't speak mandarin, the voice feature is kinda bricked

[patent patrol]

ow2

[cursive zephyr]

oh hitscan is gonna feel great

[glossy shale]

waifus is a W but what a shit dongle

wouldve wanted to see battery percentage

[rain turret]

They still using old MCU, also 47g meh :/

[crude talon]

Mg 💀

[glossy shale]

its 50g on a scale

[fiery surge]

Hey everyone - what are some good high refresh rate IPS panel monitors at 1440p - maybe something thats like 300hz without any OC? or 320?

I currently have a 180hz alienware monitor (AW2725DM) but since I am working on upgrading my setup i am wanting to grab a second monitor so that I can convert my table into a work and gaming setup. I would go with OLED however, a lot of my work involves static images which have a white background so the burn ins would occur fairly quickly especially at 8 hours a day of usage minimum. I also dont want to consider something like 240hz as I don't think the jump from 180 to 240 would be noticeable? If I'm wrong here I am more than happy to expand my searches to 240hz.

I have been researching for a bit myself. However when I see something I am interested in, then check reviews for what I think is the same monitor - the reviewers show results for different hertz. Obviously I am looking at the wrong monitor. But I am struggling to see reviews of the particular monitors that I am after. I am mainly trying to look at the ghostings and the response times for these monitors.

An example of a monitor thats caught my interest at the moment: https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/monitors/27-33-inch/122298-xg27acms

My current list of games are things like Destiny, Fortnite, Valorant, Arc Raiders and CS. While for single player I am going to be starting on games like assasins creed shadow and cyberpunk. I am currently playing NFS Heat and Ghost Recon Breakpoint.

My current PC Setup: 7800x3D and 4070 Ti Super, 32gb RAM.

Budget is around $500 AUD. But I also want to say I am in no rush so if there is something above my budget I will bookmark them and keep an eye on them for the End of Financial Year sales where goods tend to go on sale with a nice discount.

[past dome]

Budget?

[fiery surge]

I could perhaps go around $500 AUD max?

Ill edit that in

[past dome]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/R2G2FT/gigabyte-m27q3-270-2560-x-1440-320-hz-monitor-m27q3

There are some mini led ips monitors but they go for a lot more than $500aud

[fiery surge]

This one does look pretty solid

What are some of the mini led ones?

[vague arch]

Is there a known date for when optimum keycaps for the 60 he v2 split are going to be available?

[astral musk]

There is not.

[runic tiger]

any1 that had IEM's cuz i got new IEM's and my ears starrt hurting after like 30/50mins

[quasi field]

You are either wearing them incorrectly, wearing ill-fitting tips or they have a nozzle that is too big for you or the shape is overall not a good fit

[runic tiger]

How do i check which one it is

[round lagoon]

https://youtu.be/DOZgQlFCK0w

Not my sound

$329 is not it though

[quasi field]

Very meh

[round lagoon]

Fr. Even has a dip on 6khz which not a fan of

[quasi field]

I still don't like the «preference bounds»
I feel like they are misleading, but I suppose you could argue not having them could also be misleading to someone if you don't explain what they're looking at

[round lagoon]

I guess, you can manipulate the FR graph to make a spike looks like a dip lmao

[quasi field]

My problem with preference bounds is that it seems to imply that as long as it's inside that it's «fine». But the bound are quite large and you can have two very different sounding speakers inside them that would fare very differently in listening tests yet since they are both within the bounds they are suddenly «fine»
iirc the preference bounds here are just showing upper and lower limits that were chosen in listening tests, right? But some will be more popular than others

[white jackal]

wtf is that giant bass hump

[quasi field]

I find it better to just have a single line without preference curves

[white jackal]

i like a line so i can orient myself but i feel like it can be misleading for people that dont know what they are looking at

[quasi field]

I prefer how Oratory's look

[white jackal]

"it must be bad if it doesnt follow the line perfectly!"

[quasi field]

He has a line, though it's somewhat thick which is fine

[quasi field]

Yes that's the potentially misleading part about that too of course

[round lagoon]

Too large and too little on a lot of spot imo. I prefer if after 1khz it's just 5db bound and before bass has a mark that indicates what kind level of bass it is.

[white jackal]

tho another issue with those graphs is that fr will be different for everyone due to millions of factors like head shape, ear shape, whether user is wearing glasses etc

would be best if you could just go to the store and try stuff for yourself

but thats not so possible over the internet sadly

[quasi field]

Trying at the store is also potentially misleading for other reasons

[white jackal]

i feel like my headphones sound different every month cause i dont cut my hair for a while sometimes

[quasi field]

Wearing glasses and breaking seal generally results in a roll-off in bass and potentially a slight bump at higher bass frequencies

Solderdude takes measurements of headphones with broken seal

Less in open-back headphones. Here's the HD800S for example

It just ||has no bass regardless of perfect seal or not ||

@round lagoon your headphones if you were curious

HD490 Pro

[round lagoon]

I dont really care that must about bass below 40-60hz so it's fine.

[white jackal]

wtf are these dips

edition xs

[quasi field]

In the LTT video where DMS came to shill Abyss he says the AB1266 is «flat down to 7 Hz» but then the measurements (by Innerfidelity) look like this:

[round lagoon]

Lmao

[quasi field]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT3SInHr9ck

DMS says so much bullshit in this video

[white jackal]

:)

[quasi field]

I think part of why is because he claimed he wasn't even going to be there for the duration of it, but Linux told him to come over

So DMS wasn't prepared at all and so contradicts himself and says other nonsense

[quasi field]

Mobo more expensive than CPU
Sale

America only though

[vital gorge]

Mad. Where are the €80 mobo

[heady zenith]

ill need to figure out what mic to get for the new gaming setup

i calced 200-300eur for one atm but not even sure what to get

[proper vector]

With XLR or with USB?

[heady zenith]

xlr

i calced with the price of the nt1000 i got

(cant get it in black anymore sadge)

[proper vector]

Get Shure SM58, same capsule as 3x the price of SM7b
Should be ~120€ or thereabouts

[ivory tiger]

hmm I like the shure ones

[heady zenith]

then i can just get an xm8500

cant i

sounds apparently quite close to the sm57 and sm58

costs 20bucks

[proper vector]

[languid ridge]

loool dude i got one that cost 7

[gray shuttle]

I have a stupid trusty handmedown Yeti Blue

[languid ridge]

its a lapelier mic standing on my desk on a cardboard stand

[gray shuttle]

I want to be more informed on mics, I know nothing about 'em

[heady zenith]

also what i really struggle with with my nt1000 is that the cardioid is kinda shit to work with sometimes

idk how that would work out with a mic that (i think) has its main capture zone on the top

not the side

[heady zenith]

well gotta plan with a budget for stuff i know works. doesnt mean i wont buy cheaper if i cant

yeah its on the top

idk how to handle this with a mic arm tbh

(i guess thats why pod cast mics got popular)

[silver topaz]

I love my wave dx with the xlr dock addon

[languid ridge]

Think i lost like 3k today already on some shit anyway, mic's just not a priority

[proper vector]

Just point it towards you

[heady zenith]

hm maybe im just too scared because of how heavy the nt1000 is

it really bends the spider mount

[mental spade]

I just got the ol $20 mic arm

[crude talon]

I love the low profile arm I got, so nice compared to the cheap aah one I had before

[heady zenith]

i shock mount cause i dont want all my moving and such from the arm and banging on it on accident to be picked up so hard

[proper vector]

AYO I have the exact same one

[mental spade]

I just turn on noise suppression and none of those noises come through

[silver topaz]

My mic arm is more than my mic lol

[heady zenith]

but i think i got my setup then

psa1+, sm6 mount, triton fethead, some xlr cables (prob sssnake ones cause easy to disassemble), xm8500, scarlett solo 4th gen

[crude talon]

I think that's the case for me too

[heady zenith]

maybe ill chuck in another set of xlr to replace the 6m cable i got from idk where or why even

[crude talon]

brooo

I have a 6m cable too 💀

it was the cheapest one available when I was shopping or smth

shorter one was out of stock

[heady zenith]

i think the 6m i got might have been a bundle with the mic

[silver topaz]

I just have the elgato cable, it's surprising decent quality and seems to work just fine lol

[crude talon]

my mics like 40cm from my interface but I'm using 6m of cable

[heady zenith]

same but with routing my cable inside the arm and then under the table to the interface id prob just need like a 1m (maybe 1.5) for in the arm and then another 1m to connect to the interface. bridged by the fethead

[mental spade]

I "borrow" pretty much all my cables from work

[crude talon]

yeah

[proper vector]

I got some Behringer 1.5m xlr cable for 10€, is really nice quality

[silver topaz]

Mines uhh 10 feet long

So 3m I think?

[heady zenith]

all i care about in xlr cables is connectors for me

the cable itself is dead simple and idk how one would fudge it up

[crude talon]

be like finalmouse and u get the stiffest cable ever

but yeah most seem pretty fine

[silver topaz]

Totally different topic, but I kind of want to buy one of those ltt cables lmao

[gray shuttle]

I have the same one with a shock thingy for my yeti blue

[proper vector]

You can have a nice soft cable or shitty stiff one

Behringer GMC-150 - this one I have

[proper vector]

Droopy

[gray shuttle]

I don't think hanging upside down changes anything

As long as it is angled sideways for cardioid

[heady zenith]

youll talk upside down my guy

unless youre in australia

[gray shuttle]

Australian huh

[heady zenith]

then its mounted the right way

[gray shuttle]

haha

[crude talon]

ignore the wild ethernet cable it’s gonna get fixed

[heady zenith]

ofc its a miku arm

and mic

[crude talon]

👍

[proper vector]

coot sticker on PC

[gray shuttle]

Which mic is that

[silver topaz]

Yeah I have the same arm but without Miku lmao

[crude talon]

I bought 6 stickers from nukunukunigirimeshi but then I didn't know what to do with them so I ended up putting one on my pc

[crude talon]

elgato wave dx (miku edition)

[crude talon]

I wish they had done this colorway for the pro version of the arm instead of this regular one

but it's still a really nice arm

[gray shuttle]

Got this in tiday

Today

[silver topaz]

Oh wait is that the standard? I have the pro lol

[crude talon]

yeah

[silver topaz]

Really hard to tell a difference

Not going to lie after using the pro it's nothing special

[crude talon]

yeah but seems a little nicer with the gas springs instead of the usual knobs you gotta crank down

[proper vector]

It'd be so cool if it didn't need an app running at all times on PC

[silver topaz]

It's only a gas spring on that second portion of the arm so I mean it's nice but you don't really mess with it hun

A ton

[fiery surge]

Just a bump on this one :v I got a recommendation already but still just wanting to get some more options :v

[silver topaz]

Hmmm it's got tubesss

[crude talon]

🗿

the audiophile urge to pay more for worse tech

[blissful gust]

Weeb

[crude talon]

otaku

[silver topaz]

Literally

Wait I just learned I can use a student discount on linsoul audio...

Kiwi astrals here I come

[wet coral]

wait what

how much off

[silver topaz]

Idk I'm just now learning about it

I need a student id card, I don't own a official id card

[wet coral]

i got one but mina

[silver topaz]

Holy deal

[wet coral]

i got a carrying case in my deal and it was cheaper than buying iems alone

[quasi field]

It sucks

Or it's shiit I could say

Unsurprisingly

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-schiit-valhalla-2-headphone-amp.8357/

But funnily enough the distortion is still low enough to the point of inaudibility for me

(I owned the Valhalla 2)

[silver topaz]

Figured, tubes are just a funny gimmick

[quasi field]

Mostly pointless obsolete technology like R2R

[silver topaz]

If I ever wanted tube amp, I'd want one of those gremlin tube amps

I'm a sucker for clear

Is it worth 120 hell no, is it sick? Hell yeah

[crude talon]

id like to have something with nixie tubes cus those are pretty cool too

[silver topaz]

I bought a little nixie clock off Etsy, super neat and guy offers a lifetime warranty in case the tubes try to burn out

[silver topaz]

We're slowly just devolving back to the Samsung beans

[lunar holly]

Any small Micro ATX case recommendations?
I finally found out how to fully disassemble my stupid HP prebuilt. Plan to take this bih to college but hate how big it is

[rich condor]

I figured at some point, worse sounding audio gear is like getting different flavours of food. It's a subjective thing where people just like really like aiding shit like liquid pain to their foods.

Yes I hate chilli peppers

[viscid bison]

https://lian-li.com/product/a3-matx/ Lian Li x Dan. You can even have a wood facia if you like trees and shii

scrap that, probably overkill for your needs

[lunar holly]

Got anything else I can look at then?

[glossy shale]

asus prime ap201, fractal pop mini, jonsbo d31

lian li a3 mini

[glossy shale]

the wood panel is the worst interior design trend atm

[lunar holly]

Fire thanks

[viscid bison]

DeepCool CH160 PLUS. It even has a handle so you can lug it to the beach

once again, probably overkill

but cheapish enough

[lunar holly]

Oh shi that's sick

[viscid bison]

it's optional and probably appeals to someone with floor to ceiling Scandinavian wood, who's name is Sven

[glossy shale]

sven johansson

[viscid bison]

[gray shuttle]

I bought some Truthear x Crinnacle Zero Blue, thoughts on them ?

[proper vector]

Good IEMs
Too big nozzles for me though, I have Arias with smaller nozzles and they are like just at the limit

[bitter ore]

i got their v2s on rn

love it

[lunar holly]

Same here, i own the blue 2's as well
honestly like the tuning on them better than the zero blue

personally

[lunar holly]

do you have the normal aria's?

[proper vector]

Aria 2s

[lunar holly]

My friend has the aria 2 and i tried them out myself, pretty solid for what it is

[lunar holly]

naicee

any paint chip? or neh

[round lagoon]

Both is nice imo, but i prefer blue 2 more

[lunar holly]

can you put zero red on there as well

[lunar holly]

ye same here

[proper vector]

Nope
There's just some gunk accumulating on the side when they are in the case, but it rubs off with finger easily

[lunar holly]

o nice

normally i know that with the aria's they tend to chip overtime

[round lagoon]

Red much tamer overall

[lunar holly]

poor paint job quality by moondrop

[lunar holly]

zero red 2 when crin

[proper vector]

Thankfully no issues yet, and I have them almost a year now

[round lagoon]

Crinear daybreak is technically zero red 2

[lunar holly]

DAMN

good for you bravo

im actually surprised

my friend only had his for like 7 months

month 5 it had a small chip already

[lunar holly]

gotta get the real thing till i believe it

use to consider the daybreak before my kiwi astras

good timing for me, had enuf moni

and bought the last yellow on amazon

[gray shuttle]

I do mean the v1 of the blues

Got them new in box for 30 usd

[lunar holly]

well thats a steal

[gray shuttle]

Wewt

[lunar holly]

but yeah we were just giving our own opinions here

[gray shuttle]

I'm glad they seem to be liked!

[lunar holly]

mhm

[gray shuttle]

I appreciate all of your opinions

I don't know too much about IEMs, but I'm eager to learn

[lunar holly]

gotta buy more and keep trying trust

im at my endgame for my age

dont got a job so dont got any money to buy another expensive set to consider an upgrade which would be the mangrid top pros for me

[gray shuttle]

Ah

[proper vector]

Rule of thumb - more expensive is not more better
Chi-Fi is amazing at this point and you can get really good IEMs for like 20€

[lunar holly]

well guess i can put this in a pipe dream then

[round lagoon]

Dont believe cable changes sound

[gray shuttle]

I was looking for reds, but these blues were just such a deal

[round lagoon]

But you can use visual bias to trick your brain a little

[lunar holly]

gaslight yourself

[gray shuttle]

My current IEM is a Chu 2

[lunar holly]

oOoOo

o

so your blues on the way then

[gray shuttle]

So I think the blues will be slightly nicer for me

[gray shuttle]

Yuppers

I looked at reviews and they say the blues have a better bass than the chu 2

[proper vector]

Cable does not change sound
Amp "headroom" is baloney
4.4 doesn't sound better than 3.5

[round lagoon]

And dac chip doesn't change the sound

[lunar holly]

I just want a upgrade in the technical specs of similar tuning with what i currently have or just get another pair with a whole different tuning
though i shouldn't worry about that right now myself cus i'm looking to buy a desktop dac

[round lagoon]

JDS element IV time

[lunar holly]

I wanna buy Varedis's ifi Zen Dac v3

[round lagoon]

Ooo

[lunar holly]

[round lagoon]

Fiio qx 13 is all i need

I wanna buy a custom cable for it someday

[lunar holly]

living up to the debtson name if i buy JDS element IV

[round lagoon]

And one for my iem.

And headphone

... yeah I think that adds up to $300 lmao

[lunar holly]

lmao

[round lagoon]

I still wanna do 60hev2 build but money's tight

[lunar holly]

oh fuck i forgot what dac im using rn

brain fart

oh right dawn pro 2

its solid

[round lagoon]

Good enough for the rest of your life

[lunar holly]

yea

but now i just want a desktop dac for my setup

so i can use dawn pro 2 elsewhere

i use to have the FIIO K11

but sold it cus i was low on money and desperate for a thumb size dac

[round lagoon]

Why don't you buy another thumb sized dac?

[lunar holly]

hmmm

good question

LOL

was considering Protocol max as well

[round lagoon]

I'm looking forward to get another fiio qx13 for my pc and phone lmao

[lunar holly]

ooo

qx13

a second one doe?

[round lagoon]

Has all the features and amp power i need

[lunar holly]

so like one each?

[round lagoon]

Yep

[lunar holly]

LMAO

[lunar holly]

argh fine i might consider getting another thumbsize

ig it would save me money.

[round lagoon]

Im a pro gamer, so buying another of the same is the safest option

[lunar holly]

gotcha

[round lagoon]

Or i use the same money for apple airpods pro 3

Tuning wise, it fits me

[lunar holly]

oh right lunar new years coming up

sheeeee

[round lagoon]

I'm not chinese so no angpao for me

[lunar holly]

oof

i mean dont gotta be chinese no?

[round lagoon]

No chinese relatives

[lunar holly]

well

[round lagoon]

Or friend

[lunar holly]

mm

are you saying like to celebrate with?

[round lagoon]

Yes

[lunar holly]

i seee

makes sense haha

[round lagoon]

Dw, there's still hari raya, imagine CNY but for muslim. If you're muslim chinese it's legit min max money.

[lunar holly]

or any asian family that celebrate lunar new years really

I'm full viet and my family on both sides celebrate lunar new years
only got one chinese uncle

[round lagoon]

Nice

In any case. Next month should have funds again

But still wanna save up for my Singapore trip

[gray shuttle]

I got this btw @lunar holly

[silver topaz]

I have the original zero blues and holy are they uncomfortable

[quasi field]

I have this but my name isn't Sven because I'm not a Sweed

[viscid bison]

very cosy and there's even a forbidden fruit hanging from that tree 👀

[quasi field]

My new case doesn't have wood though

🐐

[plain schooner]

Buy this and put it in the center of your room

[mental spade]

Damn I wanted this mouse but $180 is a lot

[crude talon]

black friday is far away

[patent patrol]

interesting dongle

[hazy fiber]

[plain schooner]

I saw lol

was gonna ask if that mouse hopper posted was the same one

[hazy fiber]

https://youtu.be/lphgktw04Kw

oh no it won't make you 30ms faster

another logiflop

[patent patrol]

where tpu test

[mental spade]

Na this was the one I posted https://www.pulsar.gg/products/pulsar-es-fs-1

[plain schooner]

56g

[viscid bison]

the monotone voice and depressing choice of music, might have correlation to his dead ass reaction time smh

[plain schooner]

I need my mouse to be made out of hollowed out Styrofoam from now on

[mental spade]

Yeah it has a 400mAh battery and designed to be more premium

[patent patrol]

its their esport lineup yep

[viscid bison]

no, what you need is a mouse with scandinavian wood

[plain schooner]

I can already tell this weighs like 236g

[viscid bison]

[gray shuttle]

I think it's very funny if the superstrike bans are real

[patent patrol]

what is even ban worthy thoo

and how you detecting it

[gray shuttle]

Probably response time is lower

Than the usual response time

But that's conjecture on my part

[proper vector]

Let me guess - their shitty anticheat that doesn't stop cheaters got confused by new hardware, and EA suppot is EA support so it sucks?

[gray shuttle]

Sounds like it

[normal glacier]

can someone please help. Im trying to decide what IEM to get. I'm debating between kiwi astral or XENNS Mangird Top Pro. I mostly play FPS games and just listen to music. not a musician or anything like that. Enjoy gaming and just browsing.

[round lagoon]

Astral.

Both are tuned very similar so there shouldn't be that much of a difference

If the line match, they're basically 1:1 this one is almost

[normal glacier]

Thank you. I ended up completely breaking my moondrop blessing 3 haha, so I'll go ahead and order kiwi astral. I heard good things about them and the price isn't that high

[round lagoon]

You might find astral to be bassier and cleaner treble wise

[normal glacier]

Thanks!

[quasi field]

Basically the same. If there's a big price difference I'd go for the cheaper one unless there is a significant comfort difference etc. between them

[gray shuttle]

Hey @round lagoon can you do me a small favor and compare the Chu 2 and the Truthear x Crinacle Zero Blue (v1) for me?

[proper vector]

https://squig.link

[gray shuttle]

Aha! That I did not know

[proper vector]

There you go

[round lagoon]

Chu2 would be more relaxed and warmer sounding. Also has better sub bass extensions.

But yeah, look at the lines. It tells you everything other than comfort, design, and durability.

[solid harness]

@round lagoon what's the point of buying iem rather than headphones?

[gray shuttle]

I'll be honest, I have no idea what the lines mean

I think this means the bass is deeper and the treble a little higher?

[proper vector]

20~200Hz is bass, 200~2kHz is mids and 2kHz~20kHz is treble
squiggle tells you which frequency on a given headphone is louder

[quasi field]

Y axis is dB (amplitude, how loud that frequency is
X axis is frequency

[bitter ore]

[bitter ore]

left to right is pitch (bass, treble and all that)

higher is louder

they all sound the same to me

[round lagoon]

More comfy with glasses, better noise isolation (lit an earplug with wire), easy to bring around, usually plentiful/comes in larger variety in price and tuning

[proper vector]

Also member that hearing is logarithmic, so 10db change is twice as quiet or as loud

[round lagoon]

When looking at squig, add IEM that you usually listen. It can serve as a point of reference to see if another iem has more or less of something.

As long as the iem is popular enough. It'll have good chance of being in multiple squig. ex: Chu2, Daybreak, and Performer 7.

[proper vector]

Time to make a website where you put your headphones and then it automatically applies EQ so that it emulates how different headphones sound

[quasi field]

You can already do this on squig

[obtuse dove]

Isn't that already a squig feature?

[quasi field]

HD600 EQed to HD800S

[round lagoon]

You can already do that with squig. Go to eq tab, select your headphone pick another headphone and make it a straight line. Press auto eq and it'll give you a preset for eq software

[obtuse dove]

Just use a headphone squig as the target and the new your headphone to that target

[quasi field]

But it's not perfect. You would have to measure them on your head and use software with lots and lots of bands/filters

[obtuse dove]

Albeit it's not going to be perfect

[proper vector]

[obtuse dove]

Plus there are unit-unit variations

[proper vector]

I dunno, I don't use squig

[obtuse dove]

I mainly use peqdb studio now because of their better auto EQ algorithm

[round lagoon]

I just eq to preference... which is basically just matching the line to hd490 as best as I can with the least band.

[obtuse dove]

I wish more people would use it, it's objectively better than most auto EQ algorithms I've tried

The algorithm is open source

[quasi field]

Variations EQed to Astral

There's software that has like 200k bands that lets you perfectly emulate the sound of other headphones if you have the gear to do it. I don't remember what the software is called

[round lagoon]

Waow

[quasi field]

My case came with scratches on the front panel

[dusk shadow]

One of my monitors wont turn on all of the sudden at the start of my pc, can anyone help?

[vital gorge]

Replug, check settings if it's on.

[eternal gale]

Anyone else think the G-Pro superstrike is overpriced garbage that seems like it’s trying super hard to “revolutionize” mice

[winged pewter]

I think its nice they are trying something new and dont get the unwarranted hate

Company does nothing and plays it safe “same garbage every year”

Company does something new “trying to revolutionize garbage”

No winning

[deep hawk]

I support any company willing to take a risk on a new technology

There hasn't been any meaningful innovation in mice in twenty years... Anything is better than nothing

Disclaimer: I haven't used the mouse, don't know a thing about it. Just googled it and skimmed the intro paragraph to two reviews

[winged pewter]

It looks interesting to me, if its executed well i think its good

I like the macbook touchpads a lot too

[plain schooner]

Meta

[eternal gale]

I think it’s just overall pointless, barely any difference in overall performance, no physical buttons just a vibration, and it’s $180

[plain schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/facebook-meta-facebook-metaverse-metaverse-gif-24712842

[tepid burrow]

apparently its causing people to be banned in apex legends

[deep hawk]

Hmm fair point, I should amend the statement to say that I support risk taking by companies on new technology

[winged pewter]

You can have that opinion for sure, but why would you want physical clicks if haptic does the same thing but with longer lifespan and faster responses?

180$ is expensive but its a new tech and a new release from a big company which has people and r&d to pay for

Wooting is also really expensive no?

[wet coral]

i dont like that it has haptics

[winged pewter]

Great news, you can turn haptics off haha

So you feel 0 feedback

[tepid burrow]

i seen some peoples were being unboxed and were already broke too

[dusk shadow]

alrdy did

[winged pewter]

Thats unfortunate but im guessing they got it replaced without issue?

And broken in what way?

[wet coral]

that wasnt what i meant, i dont like that it has 0 travel

[eternal gale]

Yeah but wooting reputable, honest, high quality, and actually DID revolutionize the industry. Logitech is just the safest option for people who don’t know any better. Not that what they make is bad there’s just other companies that do it better for an arguably better price

[winged pewter]

If its done well u wont notice it though

[winged pewter]

So what other company is doing haptic competitive mice now?

[eternal gale]

That is not what I meant, just generalization of peripherals

[winged pewter]

But then u can generalize everything

And make every new thing irrelevant

Wooting is just a keyboard with keys and switches

And a board

U asked about the new mouse tech, not the company no?

[eternal gale]

I already explained why I disliked the mouse?

[winged pewter]

U asked this, arent we talking about that?

[eternal gale]

Yeah but then you brought up wooting so I made the argument.

If we were to take your logic and what you just said

Then why bring up wooting?

[tepid burrow]

the left and right clicks were snapped out of place or something

[eternal gale]

If we were talking about mice

You literally make no sense in your philosophy and is trying to turn this around on me?

[winged pewter]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[eternal gale]

I’m done with debate 😭

[winged pewter]

Sounds like a freak accident ngl

[tepid burrow]

im guessing its just a bad batch of qc so

[winged pewter]

Cant find anything on that

[tepid burrow]

uhh lemme try find the post, i could be misremembering

[winged pewter]

Apparently it is still physical clicks unlike the apple trackpad, you just dont feel them without haptics cuz its magnetic

[delicate raptor]

Uh no, I dont think so honestly. I've been using it for a couple days now and I think it's actually really good.

The mouse community is funny though

they scream for months that theres no innovation in the hobby

and then logi drops this shit and all of a sudden theyre paying everyone to say its good and its just placebo

[wispy blaze]

Because the superstrike isnt really anything crazy

[delicate raptor]

Its not gonna make you a top tier player just like a wooting isnt going to make you a top tier player, but it is inherently an advantage if you can take advantage of it

[wispy blaze]

I dont see how it offers a single advantage over my opticals

Also it weighs like 24g more than my mouse does :p

[delicate raptor]

I'm not weight pilled so I dont really care about that, I used the pulsar crazy light, I use the zowie fk2, doesnt matter to me. If you cant notice the reduction in physical click latency I find that odd

[wispy blaze]

My opticals already have 0 pre travel and extremely light clicks

[delicate raptor]

youre allowed to not like it but its incredibly strange to me all the hate this mouse is getting

[wispy blaze]

There isnt really any physical latency to notice a difference with

[delicate raptor]

Its always interesting to me when people start a conversation with the intention to be willfully ignorant

your mind is made up

so why'd you ask lol

[wispy blaze]

You seem to forget who you were initially talking to

I didnt ask shit

[delicate raptor]

youre right, thats my fault

i cant wait for the chinese market to pick up this tech and everyone to start raving about it

[wispy blaze]

Im all for new tech to push limits

But the hype people are giving this isnt warranted

If your on a mouse with shitty mech switch implementation sure

But good mechs/good opticals no

[wispy blaze]

Also this

The main problem is, we hate logislop

Still has the same shitty side buttons, skates, shape, mid qc, and its expensive asf

And to top it all of its almost 70g💀

[delicate raptor]

Lmaoooooo so like I said there's no changing your mind because you hate logislop so it could literally be the next coming of jesus but logi made it so it doesnt matter.

Also my fk2 is closer to 70g than this mouse is

[wispy blaze]

I can put aside my hate for logi to respect the tech

The tech just isnt that exciting

🤷

I dont care about it on a logi mouse, I wont care about it on other mice either

[eternal gale]

I am not part of that majority lmao

like what is there to add to mice?

like I understand the technology in the superstrike and the "benefits" I just don't think it's all that crazy to justify the price lol

only thing I see is mouse button longevity increased

[wet coral]

^
was logi pilled till i tried other mice outside logitech, and wont be going back to a superlight of any version

[eternal gale]

didn't see this but exactly this guy gets it lmaoo

I got my lamzu atlantis mini 4k for $100, had it for 3 years and I love it still

pairs well with my xxl xsoft hayate otsu v2!

[wet coral]

the weight isnt even the main issue
i still use the g502 when i want more buttons thats thats all its used for
the 3 superlights i have all have issues, 2 from warranty replacements and just gave up after receiving the last one
rear hump sticks out like a sore thumb, much prefer the hump placement on the vv3p

[eternal gale]

I just said that!

[wet coral]

had some hope of the superstrike at least changing the god awful side buttons but heard they kept it the same

[eternal gale]

whats so bad about the side buttons? been a while since I let go of my superlight

all I know is I can't go back

[wet coral]

its just mushy and unsatisfying to use

[tepid burrow]

LogiSlop

[eternal gale]

I do respect their lower end stuff but the "high end" stuff is genuinely not worth it

mostly in terms of mice

their keyboards will always be bad

[wet coral]

i mean like surely you dont send warranty replacements and both break/develop issues in 30 days

[dusk shadow]

One of my monitors just randomly stopped working, if anyone could help me please dm me or reach out to me.

[eternal gale]

dude my little brother bought a g305 from a local store and that shit just stopped working after a week

[tepid burrow]

ill take them off your hands and blow them up in a burning bin with batteries

[eternal gale]

he ended up buying anothe one that actually worked because he got too lazy to refund it and spent like a couple of months w/o a mouse

[eternal gale]

only issues I have with my mouse is a little rattle due to the pcb getting a bit loose which i can just tighten up again I'm just deadass too lazy and a bit of creaking from the plastic if I squeeze it which isnt noticable at all cause of headphones

My phone is picking it up more than it actually sounds irl so it is very much exaggerated

[wet coral]

think your mouse needs to get on life support (charge it)

[eternal gale]

Yeah I knew someone was gonna say that

love how wireless mice don't take long at all to charge

[tepid burrow]

oh hell no, ts would annoy me like crazy 😭

[wet coral]

man the m1 and m2 on the hitscan is so crisp

and arent loud asf like the viper but it feels ok

[eternal gale]

I literally don't hear it at all unless I try to 😭

I love the side buttons on my mouse

they sound and feel very nice

only thing dated about my mouse is the sensor but 4k polling is good enough lol

and the scroll wheel too

it's so quiet

[jolly pulsar]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/s/qgez09lVry

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-huh-m4rtin-huh-huh-meme-what-cat-gif-5834484041415217257

[glossy shale]

no lol cs pros use logitech. Would they use it if it wasnt the best lol

(bait btw)

[tepid burrow]

logi isnt the best

[glossy shale]

but the cs pros lol

[tepid burrow]

You are so right!

[raven leaf]

Yeah if the pros get paid to use certain hardware that makes that hardware the best

[abstract warren]

You had the right amount of lols, I almost took the bait

[languid ridge]

Sooo, whats the take on Logitech Pro x2 Superstrike??

Is it Wooting mouse?

[silver topaz]

But like the student diecount

[wispy blaze]

Their high end stuff is just the low end stuff with different internals 😭

[wispy blaze]

No

Depending how on shit your current mouse is, could be nice

If you already have a mouse with good optical implementation/mech switches like how op18k does it, its nothing to even care about

Still has all the logi issues, while being even heavier🤷

[mental spade]

Also front heavy with those haptic motors in the front

[languid ridge]

how so?

[wispy blaze]

Because any of the latency savings they talked about mean absolutely nothing

As there is already extremely low if any at all pre travel

And also very light clicks

[languid ridge]

why do you think they dont mean anything?

[hazy fiber]

https://youtu.be/lphgktw04Kw

watch this

[heady zenith]

so

to some degree this confirms what i thought of HE in mice

it doesnt help

maybe if you really need to spam left btn but i feel like dragging is so much better in that

[quasi field]

https://x.com/BlurBusters/status/2022384030503543098

Blur Busters (@BlurBusters)

Retina refresh rate is extremely high! 5-digit Hz.
Kudos to techless for fantastic video (39,620 Hz, though estimated ~20,000 Hz a few years ago).

There are 4 main visibility thresholds. Expand this tweet/post to dive into rabbit hole for a moment 🕳️🐇ִֶָ

Approximate orders of

X · Feb 13, 2026, 6:55 PM

[eternal gale]

Makes me want a high end oled even more

[languid ridge]

so uh, how much faster it was? he says slightly faster but I cant see what he got with the other mouse

[wispy blaze]

Because all it really does is get rid of any latency from pre/post travel

a lot of good mice have next to none of anyway

[quasi field]

Time to get one

[silver topaz]

I physically don't have space for one on my desk or else I'd want to get a tandom oled

[mental spade]

new desk time

[eternal gale]

The 7 cents in my bank account in question:

[hazy fiber]

also it's a brick

https://tenor.com/view/minecraft-block-minecraft-brick-minecraft-bricks-if-minecraft-was-real-life-minecraft-in-real-life-gif-23624931

[wispy blaze]

All the negatives of a gpx and even heavier

id imagine its quite front heavy now

[crude talon]

I thought it was the same weight as the gpx2

How much heavier is it

[wispy blaze]

68g

I think

[crude talon]

it’s 1g heavier 😂

oh the horror

[mental spade]

It's 61g from spec sheet so basically the same as the gpx

Problem is the weight is all in the front

[crude talon]

yeah I did see that in a review

[wispy blaze]

I heard it was 68g

[crude talon]

from AI?

[wispy blaze]

From people talking about it

[crude talon]

logi website says 61g

[crude talon]

and they’re usually quite accurate or like 1g heavier than it is in reality

[wispy blaze]

Still 17g heavier than mine

Therefore brick

[crude talon]

still 32g heavier than mine

ur mouse is so brick

[wispy blaze]

Just wait till I get 3d printer 😔

Schizo light incoming

[golden abyss]

This group is shit

[wispy blaze]

Thank you ethan

[golden abyss]

Your welcome

[languid ridge]

doubt that

@wispy blaze most mice have like 1mm

Nobody is giving me any numbers. Just saying it wont affect anything or that most other mice dont have any pre/post travel. Which is just wrong. Every mouse has some travel

[mental spade]

from what I hear if you're a casual gamer who doesn't have their mouse click primed already you will see more benefit - the reason this guy and others won't see benefit is because they do eliminate most of that pre-travel already
Would also depend on what mouse you have because some mice are already super minimal pre-travel

[languid ridge]

Nobody can eliminate pre-travel in ALL of the scenarios, everywhere, every day, in every situation imaginable. It's not possible to always pre-tense your fingers.

This might not help minimum latency that much, but certainly the median latency or reduce the standard deviation?

[mental spade]

well if I'm honest most pro players don't care about click latency at all. Zowie doesn't care about click latency at all notoriously having 10ms+ worse than others for a long time and still used by many pros even now

[languid ridge]

They care, or would if they knew. And sponsor money > latency anyway, when its your job

[wispy blaze]

thats why i specified good mice

my beastx has next to none

[mental spade]

aint no mouse having 1mm of pre-travel

even my shitty free office HP mouse has maybe 0.3

And that's being generous

[languid ridge]

Measure it with a ruler

[mental spade]

hard to measure that small

[wispy blaze]

comparing the distance pressed on my keycap in wootilty to my mouse, it has about .1-.2mm

[languid ridge]

lul lets go

159€

[quiet olive]

has anyone here tried the ninjutso ten air white version? does it still have that soft spot in the middle of the hump?

[marble veldt]

no not yet

[zenith heron]

I NEED HELP

[glossy shale]

zogslop

phones have had oled displays for like a decade. See much burn in?

[kindred shore]

i litteraly have burn in on my phone so yes

[glossy shale]

how is that possible

[kindred shore]

uhh just using the browser often lead to the adress bar burning in

[glossy shale]

never seen burn in on my phones so far

maybe im just unaware, better that way tbh

[crude talon]

I know some of my friends had the tiktok menu burned in

[glossy shale]

deserved

zogtok

[plain schooner]

Is that a spell name?

[wispy blaze]

My pixel 6 and old lg phone both have burn in

The lg's is really bad too

[glossy shale]

wtf

[obtuse dove]

Those are like 1st gen/2nd gen amoled displays

The newer ones are much better

[tepid burrow]

i tested if pouring water on your mobo cleans the pc

it infact does

[rain turret]

real and true

pour iso tho, bettah

[tepid burrow]

was tempted to light it on fire just to see if it would give pretty coloured flames

[dusk shadow]

If anyone can help me in vc with why my second monitor will not turn on please lmk

[ivory tiger]

so whats the issue with the monitor? and keep in mind no one is being paid to help you here

[dusk shadow]

One day it just stopped turning on idrk how to explain it

Like I’ll plug it in and it will only turn on

But then when I take it out the other one stays on

[ivory tiger]

tried different ports? different cables?

[dusk shadow]

Yes

My main monitor is in HDMI

and my side I tried plugging into the other HDMI but didn’t work

[ivory tiger]

you plugged it into your gpu tho? right?

[dusk shadow]

Yes

[ivory tiger]

so if I understand it correctly, your both monitors are plugged in, turned on, but only one of them is working?

and switching the cables and ports doesnt help to get the "faulty" working

[silver topaz]

What's the gpu and monitor specs, and have you got both of them to work in conjunction with each other before?

[dusk shadow]

i unplugged one right now because when i plug them both in, only one turns on

[dusk shadow]

5070, 2 msi 300hz monitors

[silver topaz]

Have you got them both to work before?

[dusk shadow]

yes

[balmy crypt]

Maybe this is dumb, but this happens to me sometimes and I have to put the correct input in the monitor so it reads the correct port input. Also. If this doesn't work maybe try the d port on the 2nd monitor, HDMI ports can fail easily in my experience.

[glossy shale]

you should pay me

[ivory tiger]

nuh uh

[glossy shale]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-cry-crying-crying-girl-marin-kitagawa-my-dress-up-darling-gif-1018184038746649636

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison holy glaze

https://fxtwitter.com/wtfslump/status/2022753828576088489

slump (@wtfslump)

Pro X2 Superstrike is actually insane.
︀︀
︀︀I ran 3 games trying it and its insane how in tune you feel within the game. its like you are actively playing on 0 ping in like every situation.
︀︀
︀︀this mouse is truly impressive

**💬 15 🔁 14 ❤️ 1.3K 👁️ 110.2K **

FxTwitter · Feb 14, 2026, 7:24 PM

[obtuse dove]

The glaze is justified ngl

It does feel pretty insane

My friend got one

It feels really good

[plain schooner]

Maybe I should buy it

[hazy fiber]

look at the weight

[plain schooner]

wtf 61g

A fucking brick

[plain schooner]

Maybe PMM does a shell

[hazy fiber]

it's also not balanced

front heavy

[plain schooner]

For 180$ that’s crazy

I’m just gonna get the Razer boomslang

I’ll get two 1 for gaming and 1 for internet browsing

[obtuse dove]

Ngl I didn't notice that too much

But I use ftip soooo

[hazy fiber]

smh you don't want to be 5ms faster?

🤯

[tepid grove]

Wooting mouse when

[viscid bison]

i'm sure it's decent enough but give me some unknown brand with an oversized dongle, that cost much less and comes with countless accessories that'll probably never see the light of day

[round lagoon]

mmm, prop gonna get a headphone stand soon, unlike before my table space is much more free

the 3.5mm on macbook is soo nice, I can forgo my dac since it drives hd490 pro very well.

so having a quick access would be nice

[plain schooner]

https://www.crdrako.com/products/ko-one

[wet coral]

852?? surely not usd

right

[viscid bison]

surely it's no coincidence that it rhymes with OP1

[zenith heron]

nvm, already finished building my pc

[wispy blaze]

110 usd basically

[wet coral]

on my phone and couldnt see that

[wispy blaze]

i managed to brick my discord mobile trying to upload clips

reinstalling it to see if that fixes it

[wet coral]

look at some of mine in #🎮│game or in the other server in clips

[zenith heron]

@viscid bison wanna see it?

[viscid bison]

sure

[zenith heron]

[viscid bison]

looks pretty neat! no waste of space or junk laying around like some dirty old garage sale

[zenith heron]

thats right

[glossy shale]

good tech shit mouse

[velvet locust]

been rocking g502 mouse for 5 years, looking to get something lighter. whats a good option?

[winged pewter]

I went from g502 to superlight 2 and i am quite happy with it

But i think this server is quite split on 50/50 loving hating logi mice

[velvet locust]

mm yh Ive seen superlight 2, an option for sure. I really just hate g hub, sometimes it doesnt detect the application thats running and doesnt adjust the profile

[hazy fiber]

pulsar crazylight series

[bitter ore]

its just the shape isnt for most

but if it fits, it fits

[bitter ore]

beast x is what i use, really nice if u wanna fork the money

[rain turret]

many here will qualify, take a peek

[winged pewter]

I mean if you just scroll up you’ll see hate for logitech without any basis xD

[bitter ore]

nah i hate on logi too lol

superlight 2 is what i used prev

fked my entire hand grip up

sometimes i still catch myself resting my pinky on the mousepad lol

[patent patrol]

🤔

[glossy shale]

the basis is complacency

[blissful gust]

Ignore, I love my super light 2 Dex

But I should probably disclose I got it because of a price error

Logitech does have way too many QC issues though....

I've had to rma two mice and 3d print repairs, however..... It took years before the latter.

[winged pewter]

Even if they have QC errors which is a valid drawback for logitech, ive always felt like they make up for it in customer support

[winged pewter]

How much did you pay for it? 😮

[plain schooner]

Was Logitech the company who wanted to do the forever mouse?

[blissful gust]

46 euro

[round lagoon]

Hmm, I wonder what happen if I give the hd490 more air

fr already pretty close to hd800s, so a light change is all that I need

also just realized, keeping the 3-5khz low gives the feeling of soundstage

[round lagoon]

also gives explanation as to why EQing Moondrop Old Fashioned to have its 2-4khz to match hd490 gives it feeling of depth.

[round lagoon]

First impression. it's too shouty lmao

Hmm, reducing it by 1db tames it down enough. I like it. (Testing with the mixer pad, which is like refined hd560s in terms of sound signature/tuning).

[round lagoon]

what I settle on. Between 5 and 7, 6 is the best imo. Makes the headphone sounds more natural (to me). I didn't expect for the difference to be massive though between the 3. 5 feels like almost no EQ at all, 6 is just right, and 7 feels like there's too much.

The 1db lsq for 1000hz is there to add body to the note, adding the air kinda removes the body of an instrument a little

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison https://fxtwitter.com/modsmouse/status/2023109123739390194

PMM (@ModsMouse)

Specs
︀︀// Estimated 20g
︀︀// EndgameGear OP1 8K v2 internals
︀︀// Reinforced with carbon fiber rods
︀︀// Smart tension system
︀︀// Available as Mod-Kit and Pre-Built
︀︀// Optional UltraGrip 3.0 coating
︀︀// Optional OP1 FlexCord
︀︀
︀︀A lot has happened from the first version in 2021 until today.
︀︀
︀︀We can't wait to get this latest version in your hands.

**❤️ 3 👁️ 181 **

FxTwitter · Feb 15, 2026, 6:56 PM

[viscid bison]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ok7zHbTjdw skip that mousey and focus on the most important component: zee gaming chair

[round lagoon]

Hmm, still prefer the default tuning. Although the extra air gives nice extra details it makes the vocal sounds too much like it's on a stage.

[viscid bison]

this gent is way ahead of the curb, fk is this thing on the left? - oh my

[crude talon]

ahead of the curve

[gray shuttle]

They all look burnt

[crude talon]

your speech input ai messed up

[viscid bison]

i'm well aware of ever idiom that's ever existed, but thanks anyways

[gray shuttle]

But you said it wrong though

[viscid bison]

i say a lot of things wrong, it ain't that deep smh

[obtuse dove]

I love my herman miller chair

[winged pewter]

same

[viscid bison]

it's pretty good but my arm rest pads are starting to look like an old sandal, that's trekked through the sahara desert 😭

[obtuse dove]

thats why I clean my chair every month or so

[wispy blaze]

I know this thing

Its the new version of the titan 1

Also giga low production and 3d printed titanium

This one doesnt have a scroll wheel tho

[viscid bison]

the cable placement looks awkward and would be nested under your thumb, being dragged around. Kinda hard to visualize how that might impact movement

[wispy blaze]

From what my buddy said with how you hold it your thumb kinda floats over it

[viscid bison]

ah makes sense

[wispy blaze]

Could also probably put it over your thumb?

But that migjt feel weird

[silver topaz]

That's lighter than a fucking neurolink chip lmao

[wispy blaze]

😭

[silver topaz]

In what world do I need my mouse to be 13 grams

And made of damn titanium

[wispy blaze]

Idk, but I want it

[silver topaz]

Next thing is gonna be like "8 grams made from aerogel"

[wispy blaze]

However theres only like 20-30 in the world 😭

[silver topaz]

Holy it's tiny

[wispy blaze]

Yeah

Its the most ftip ftip mouse

[silver topaz]

And 330 us smackaroonies too

[wispy blaze]

Iirc they are all made by a single Danish dude

[surreal vigil]

its the most claw ftp mouse tbh

[wispy blaze]

claw involves some amount of support from the back of your hand though

this aint even possible to grip like that

[surreal vigil]

i mean it requires you to arch your fingers in order to hold it properly

especially if you use the short LMB

[silver topaz]

What's stopping me from buying some aero gel and carving it into a mouse

The fact a block big enough is over 650 is...

[surreal vigil]

can aerogel mold?

[silver topaz]

I think? I know the only reason it's so expensive is because it's a pain in the ass to make

[quasi field]

Why do people say this nonsensium

[languid ridge]

Oh the skates on Pro x2 superstrike is UHMWPE

Not ptfe

great

Don't have to switch umhwpe dots myself

[proper vector]

Gesundheit!

[silver topaz]

I'm really debating on one of those glass mousepads...

[patent patrol]

dont think the stock ones will hold up as well as dots

[delicate raptor]

Got one for christmas and I cant ever really see myself going back to cloth

[languid ridge]

wat

[patent patrol]

its like a weirdly fast uhmwpe

[languid ridge]

if u dont see any wear its umhwpe

[misty pond]

What one?

[patent patrol]

https://x.com/mel0nfps/status/2023108057912480136?s=46

mel0n_ (@mel0nFPS)

This is the Superstrike's "UHMWPE" skates after 3 days of use on the Polarity. Very odd wear given the Polarity is a very skate friendly pad, and traditionally this material type wears at a much slower rate than what we see here.

Maybe the skates are a blend of PTFE & UHMWPE?

X · Feb 15, 2026, 6:52 PM

[languid ridge]

ah prob blend then

[patent patrol]

yep pure would be pretty bad for cloth

[ivory tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/fun-pet-pet-fun-cat-sneeze-sneeze-sneezing-gif-24511976

[delicate raptor]

I have the superglide 2 so not nearly as much glide as some of the wallhack stuff

[patent patrol]

maybe this one is more for having a cloth option with higher longevity or sum

[delicate raptor]

little bit more control which I prefer

[languid ridge]

i use umhpwe dots on my cloth

[patent patrol]

[tribal shadow]

Yea but apparently badly rounded

[round lagoon]

Gotta emphasised for effects

[rapid bane]

im going back to cloth

[plain schooner]

[plain schooner]

This one?

https://fxtwitter.com/ModsMouse/status/2020574624019619941

PMM (@ModsMouse)

After three mousepad editions and a lot of development time, we’re ready to share our latest mousepad project.
︀︀
︀︀The goal was simple: stop forcing people to choose between cloth or glass.
︀︀Glass pads offer a firm surface and a consistent, low-friction glide.
︀︀Cloth pads offer control, friction tuning, comfort, and slower skate wear.
︀︀
︀︀Our solution: a cloth surface paired with a very firm elastomeric high-density polymer base that we call the Quantum Base.
︀︀
︀︀The result is a mousepad with a stable, glass-like foundation and the controlled, nuanced glide of cloth.
︀︀
︀︀No compromises. More soon.

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FxTwitter · Feb 8, 2026, 7:05 PM

[tulip tide]

Quantum Base

[past dome]

Yes its made of atoms who would've thought

[tribal shadow]

again

[tribal shadow]

Unlike wootings tachyon mode that does not detect tachyons

[patent patrol]

tak

[past dome]

yon

[proper vector]

yoooooooon

Jugemu Jugemu
Gokouno Surikire
Kaijarisuigyono
Suigyoumatsu
Unraimatsu
Fuuraimatsu
Kuunerutokoroni Sumutokoro
Yaburakoujino Burakouji
Paipopaipo Paipono Shuuringan
Shuuringanno Guurindai
Guurindaino
Ponpokopiino Ponpokonano
Choukyuumeino
Cho-ousuke

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

[rapid bane]

🗣️

[plain schooner]

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator

[raven leaf]

Audiophiles in a nutshell

[proper vector]

Yeah, I betcha they used noise-screened oxygen-free copper Ethernet cables in the background

[quasi field]

The test gear just wasn't resolving enough

[quasi field]

Is that a sweat stain?

[glossy shale]

that chair loois very uncomfortable

[proper vector]

Most gaming chairs are

[alpine blade]

im interested in getting a new mousepad and so far i heard artisan mousepads are better but also heard glass is better for longevity like wallhack and i cant choose since im used to cloth

[plain schooner]

Do you play competitively or just for fun?

[alpine blade]

mainly for fun

i need my mousepad replaced anyways

[abstract warren]

I would start using artisan raiden first if you’re interesting in using glass.

If you’re coming from a generic mouse pad, then glass is going to be a BIG jump

[rapid bane]

i feel like this is an overexaggeration

coming from someone who went from a qck heavy to a wallhack sp 004

[abstract warren]

It’s not, qck heavy and my random hyperx mud pad isn’t a 1:1 comparison

[languid ridge]

using glass pad is shooting urself to foot

[rapid bane]

it’s still kinda a generic mousepad

[rapid bane]

?

[hazy fiber]

what games do you play

[rapid bane]

rn i started castle crashers with friends, but i usually play overwatch and kovaaks

my artisan pads are out for delivery rn

[hazy fiber]

I don't think it's overexaggeration, if they play tac fps games

glass pad from a mudpad is a little crazy

[rapid bane]

idk what a mudpad is if im being honest but ill take your word for it

[abstract warren]

https://tenor.com/view/running-run-away-fall-slip-gif-24136540

[glossy shale]

my glass feels like mud

all mousepads kinda just feel the same lowkey

[patent patrol]

is there mud on it 😅

[glossy shale]

no

[patent patrol]

hmmm

[glossy shale]

i think its because dry air so theres a a shit ton of static electricity

other than that it just doesnt make sense

it only feels normal when its slightly moist after cleaning

[patent patrol]

damn they are speedhole maxxing now

but the black skates leave no glue residue anymore :o

[glossy shale]

https://x.com/stevenp015/status/2023138306503094346?s=46

SPEC (@StevenP015)

This is honestly sad

X · Feb 15, 2026, 8:52 PM

are we seriously making fake gear reviews with ai?

https://x.com/kapitankloze/status/2022981120548352418?s=46

𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓 (@KapitanKloze)

Mode68HE by @AkkoMK Sound Test.
These switches are not new to me, and they are probably my favourite in the budget category - light, responsive, well-lubed. There's some wobble, but nothing of concern.

▶ Play video

X · Feb 15, 2026, 10:27 AM

what the hell is this guy doing

why is the keyboard warping when hes typing

[bitter ore]

[heady zenith]

new waterbed keyboard

[glossy shale]

anything to get free products i guess

[heady zenith]

its crazy that they cant even take a few pictures

like

man

[wispy blaze]

They had to run that through a site to check if it was ai?

Its obvious just looking at it

[glossy shale]

you need proof to fuel a proper hate mob

the site probably uses ai to look for ai too

[blissful gust]

Tbh these sites are not perfect

But based on the video it's obvious lol

[quasi field]

God what are these worm avatars

[bitter sapphire]

Welcome to the Tak zone

[bitter rose]

Anyone tried the "Pulsar
X2 CRAZYLIGHT" good bad? I like a wireless mouse, around 38-45g that can do 1-2k polling rate (im sure they can all do 8k too but thats doesnt matter to much for me) also price doesnt matter. Any tips?

[mental spade]

Crazylight is solid, but ultimately shape is very subjective and that's still the most important factor

[bitter rose]

Ive been using the wlmouse beast x magnesium one for a year now and like it pretty ok. But the battery is giving up. Tought i check if there is something els out there to try

I saw that new logitech mouse all over, but 61g heavy is not for me 🙂

[lunar holly]

i saw the HITS superstrike myself and some of us are waiting for brands like pulsar to make their own soooo

hopefully later in the future they will make a mouse like logitech but with their shapes and lightweight designs

i have the x2 CL myself, i love it, but not too fond with the battery drain with 8k but 2k and 4k works just fine for me

shape wise like hopper said, its very subjective
i went from claw grip on a atlantis og v2 pro to an aggressive claw grip on this mouse since its sort of small but now i use full on fingertip grip on this thing and its doing me wonders personally

[silver topaz]

Thockson define aggressive claw grip vs normal claw grip😭

Like is this some sort of status effect

[bitter rose]

@lunar holly thank you for the good answer. I till ill order my self the x2 crazylight and check it out. It does seem pretty sweet. They had some "bruce lee" team in stock of it. Looked alright

[silver topaz]

thockson snorts smelling salts before a game to increase claw grippage

[bitter rose]

https://www.maxgaming.se/sv/tradlosa-moss/pulsar-x2-crazylight-medium-tradlos-gamermus-bruce-lee-85th-ed

Apperently that was the mini, id go for the medium 🙂

[lunar holly]

lmao

[lunar holly]

I mean normal or relaxed claw grip is just where the palm relaxes on the hump of the mouse with the fingers having a low arch whereas aggressive requires more of an higher arch with less palm contact.
Correct me if im wrong

iirc there's even finger layouts for this shi as well

[silver topaz]

Uhh I bought a mouse cause it looked cool😭

[lunar holly]

i need a full on ftip mouse like the zero blade or some claw grip that i can relax on