🌐│pc_gear

[silver topaz]

I need a mouse that works😭

[lunar holly]

wha happan to yours

[silver topaz]

Nothing lmao, just like I don't really mind much about different styles and such

I play satisfactory man

[hazy fiber]

Make sure to use the latest beta firmware when it arrives, because they fixed some major sensor/DPI issues

[gaunt flax]

29g x2f please

Still waiting for it to launch after they announced it in the this year launches

[hazy fiber]

Oh oops, you're getting medium. I don't think the beta firmware is available for the medium and other mice except x2 crazylight mini, but they're working on it afaik and should be available soon

[round lagoon]

https://youtu.be/cTNkKeaaTvI

Tldr: FR graph and personal taste is the only thing that matters because everything else measured is already sufficient enough. (Unless you EQ)

[queen spindle]

is this actually ai or just really really shit bitrate

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison

[silver topaz]

Let's go, g skill lawsuit claim filed successfully

[viscid bison]

gross, doubling dipping is lame

[crude talon]

plenty of non LE pads have gotten a few batches though 💀

disgusting that they aren’t farming fomo as match by artificially limiting supply

[bitter rose]

Thank you will do

[glossy shale]

theres no way low bitrate would make it warp like that

[gray shuttle]

It almost feels like a pov issue

[glossy shale]

https://x.com/kapitankloze/status/2019323019223761383?s=46

𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓 (@KapitanKloze)

Sound Test of @GravaStar_ Mercury V60 with Gravastar UFO Magnetic switches. These switches are probably the most stable switches I've tried.

- Gasket Mount
- RT sensitivity 0.001
- 40 g/f start force, 50 g/f end force

▶ Play video

X · Feb 5, 2026, 8:11 AM

its happening here too

[gray shuttle]

I think it's the camera refocusing

Cuz it happens when his hand moves across

[patent patrol]

looks like some kind of correction

like deskview for iphone

having wide - ultrawide lens at weird angle

[queen spindle]

its the camera stabilization lol

[queen spindle]

its literally in like 144p

[glossy shale]

it doesnt look like this when I watch it

[queen spindle]

discord garbage then

oh well

[patent patrol]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MouseReview/s/jqdLpUXKDY

bro

[crude talon]

gigachad

[past dome]

Wrists are optional

[quasi field]

Always the pin avatars with the worst comments

[round lagoon]

mmm, seems like I can't find it

[quasi field]

Reply to the pinned comment

[round lagoon]

lmao

[white jackal]

I guess you could say that FR is not everything cause things like distortion on really shitty gear could be a thing but at the same time that would end up showing on the FR graph probably

Also i feel like as soon as you go above a certain price bracket the only thing you really need to worry about is FR

[quasi field]

The video talks about distortion as well

[white jackal]

I didnt watch the video, just responding to this comment that is like 20% right on a good day

[quasi field]

Distortion is very often not an audible issue however, so most of the times FR is the only sound metric that matters in the end

Distortion is especially not an issue in in-ears which is why many don't even bother measuring it

[white jackal]

Yeah true but i do remember old shitty headphones or speakers that started sounding weird on high or low volumes

But that was probably cause (especially) portable speakers would put way more power into the shitty drivers they had than was good

[quasi field]

Distortion is much more audible in loudspeakers. Though what was causing a weird sound on low volumes?

[white jackal]

No clue, was a long ass time ago xd

Some shitty speaker that someone had nothing worth noting really

[patent patrol]

whats yall favorite orange pad

[hazy fiber]

Raiden

but I have black version

[patent patrol]

[heady zenith]

oranges

my favs

[patent patrol]

imma reset yall servers

[queen spindle]

this is what distortion is

it usually happens past a comfortable listening level though

also probably a shitty preamp

which is still probably technically distortion

[woven cairn]

Casual 5090 takes 600W?
9070 XT: Hold my beer!

693 Watts peak!

[past dome]

5090 can take 1000w if you let it

[jolly pulsar]

I hope you're not using the nitro + with a 12vhpwr

https://tenor.com/view/pc-fire-gif-18709628

[woven cairn]

Do i look like some sick, twisted freak who likes to suffer?

[jolly pulsar]

I mean pain can be fun for some

[woven cairn]

well, i am some sick, twisted freak, but not the kind who likes to suffer

which is why i hate what Asus did in germany...

instead of paying Nokia 35 cents for every H.265 capable device, because H.265 is Nokias codec and they had an agreement, Asus went the greedy route, lost in court and now the end consumer has to suffer, because
A. Asus (including Acer) are not allowed to sell Laptops anymore
B. Asus went the stupid route of blocking website access for germans, including access to BIOS updates and more

so my X870E Glacial is technically now a 1k€ worth brick

[woven cairn]

So did Thermi

[lament siren]

glory to asus

i love asus

[woven cairn]

Well, their boards are better than Gigglebytes, but they ask for a premium that isn't even worth the money most of the time unless you have way too much money and wanna be on the safe side

mostly, ofc. Because it seems like Asus also fucked up something down the line and starts a killing spree of 9800X3D's

[obtuse dove]

Wow that's really inefficient

[raven leaf]

The more the better

[jolly pulsar]

Can send you the bios file if you need it

[plain schooner]

Where’s Dashi’s Mcon

[wet coral]

the higher the number the better the heater for winter

[woven cairn]

i'm not involved in mcons business anymore

[tacit linden]

Wake me up when world is back to normal. All my hobbies are ruined because of dogs wanting to build AI data centers everywhere...

[proper vector]

https://tenor.com/view/class-no-daikirai-na-joshi-to-kekkon-suru-koto-ni-natta-i'm-getting-married-to-a-girl-i-hate-in-my-class-saito-houjou-shisei-houjou-comfort-gif-12597114257282143241

[tacit linden]

Like, do I panic buy everything and eat porridge for the rest of the year or what? What if the HDDs I "need" goes from 8000 euro to 13000 euro in 6 months?

[proper vector]

Bro, like, you don't need HDDs, alright bro? Just buy a subscription and keep everything in a cloud bro, AI must train on something bro

[tacit linden]

I'd rather die than pay a subscription, ain't happening, paying a sub is just as bad as paying interest, just pissing your money away for nothing in return.

Need to finish the NAS so I can disconnect from the world and live in a bunker.

[proper vector]

Mate, that right here is not shareholder-friendly language, -500 to your cybersocial score

[tacit linden]

Just gonna change my IRL name to AI and have idiots invest in me, you're just as likely to make money from me than any AI service nobody is paying for.

Ok, you won't gain money from me but you'll lose less.

[woven cairn]

honestly, they try everything now to deflate the bubble without a sudden burst

and it's respresenting in prices too. GPU prices fell down a steep hill all of a sudden, drives will shortly follow and manufacturers like Micron will come back begging to be bought again

[tacit linden]

Problem with the Astral is that it's already 1400 euro over the Founders Edition, you're a lunatic if you buy one if the FE is available.

[proper vector]

Micron and SK Hynix has already reserved most of their wafer output for AI companies, in largest part OpenAI
Keep in mind - wafer output. Not prepared memory chips. And they don't have facilities nor technology to make those wafers into chips
They are not buying them tu use them, they are buying them so no one else can get any

[woven cairn]

it's representative for almost all 5090's rn in terms of prices. Except for the $5090 Lightning Z

[proper vector]

Scam Altman is burning investor money to corner the market, where there is no market
And when asked for comment why OpenAI is heavily in red he gets angry and just goes with "just trust me bro"
But he will get a bail from US government when, not if but when OpenAI will inevitably go bankrupt

[woven cairn]

well, they'll inevitably return to the consumer market and i'll laugh at them

because the big companies seem to have forgotten who made them big in the first place

[tacit linden]

OpenAI ruining the world economy 💩

My hobby is more important than the economy, could he just ruin clothing or something that I don't care about smh

[woven cairn]

besides, with MS jumping off the burning ship the days of OpenSlop are coming to an end

[tacit linden]

If this doesn't end soon I can see G.Skill going bankrupt, same with Corsair.

[woven cairn]

nah, Corsair will simply mark up their cases and everything else they have

[tacit linden]

But who will buy cases if there is no SSDs or DDR5 to buy for consumers?

Motherboards, coolers, fans, everything is down the toilet atm.

At least if you make server stuff you'll survive but the consumer market is fucked.

[woven cairn]

https://youtube.com/shorts/EJQDOsUqY8Y

[proper vector]

Companies are following market, market is controlled by shareholders and shareholders nowadays are chimps on cocaine with machine guns
They want profit and they want it now, they don't care about toppling several market segments and/or destroying economy in the process
So they will only come back to consumer market when corporate wells of endless money will dry out...

[tacit linden]

Shareholder profits over everything else, doesn't matter if the company goes down we'll just move the money to the next company and repeat.

[proper vector]

3 things - allowing to use shares as collateral for loans, CEOs getting multi-million golden parachutes even if company goes under, and when the company goes under it will get a bail from government
It's not free market, it's capitalism on cheats

[tacit linden]

Socialism for the wealthy

[tacit linden]

They keep the profits and make you pay the losses with your taxes, very fair trade.

[woven cairn]

btw, i didn't even know the Netherlands has F-35 Raptors

Netherlands: "We don't give a fuck. We'll jailbreak our Raptors!"
USA:

[vital gorge]

and thats a very unrealistic thing to rely on

because its so much more complicated than just the software on the plane itself.

[frosty night]

i don't think most of what they are doing for AI can just easily be turned into consumer products afterwards

[proper vector]

HBMs? Nope
But you can stick them on GPUs if you really want to

[tacit linden]

I'd love to know what the end goal of all this "AI" spending is

If they want to make a real AI then wasting all their money on LLMs is pointless

Best case is it becomes good enough to remove all jobs that can be automated using an LLM or script made by an LLM and like half the worlds population just dies from starvation because they are jobless with no money?

[proper vector]

Total control
AI can be used in surveillance and to go through massive amounts of data
Lack of consumer hardware and making people rely on subscription to cloud is a nice bonus

I mean, China can do an funny now

[tacit linden]

Next step is to make it so people are not allowed to grow their own food.

[proper vector]

FUNNY YOU SAY THAT
Monsanto already sues farmers for years for using seeds from the crops they collected if they are one of the patented variety developed by Monsanto

[tacit linden]

Yeah, I've watched some video on that.

[proper vector]

You wanna eat some nice food in restaurant maybe then?
HAH!
Sysco has basically cornered the whole market in US for restaurants logistics

I am so happy that I don't live in US

[tribal shadow]

Monsanto cannot do that anymore btw

[tacit linden]

But the politicians in your country looks at US and thinks "I want me some of that stupid shit" and tries to push it in your country as well.

Happens here in Sweden

[proper vector]

Yeah, they've bought by Bayer in famously one of the worst corporate mergers in history

[tribal shadow]

Since they got bought by bayer they have swapped glyphosate back to 2,4 formaldehyde

[tacit linden]

Today in US is prime time for corrupt mergers

Who is going to stop it?

[tribal shadow]

Bayer is german

And they don't stand much to gain from the merger

It was one of tge worst mergers because monsanto was about to be sued by just about every farmer in the us

[proper vector]

You can't say "corrupt" or "bribery"
You say lobbying
I swear, Reagan and Thatcher are laughing from hell looking at how they destroyed the whole world's economy
The only thing that trickles down is corporate shit

[winged pewter]

Isnt the main issue with the f35s the threat acquisition updates being managed by the US

[tribal shadow]

Also monsanto could not have legally expanded into the EU with glyphosate and their resistant seeds

[tacit linden]

I'm a bit of a german hater myself atm, fucks over my country so hard by shutting down their own nuclear production...

[tribal shadow]

we have very large renewables

[proper vector]

Yeah, everything that you buy from US comes with DRMs on top of DRMs
And in most cases remote locks

[tribal shadow]

Shutting down nuclear ain't the issue

[tacit linden]

You're like 50% coal atm? Clean coal.

[proper vector]

Coal is not a renewable

[tribal shadow]

While the F35 is 2 gens old tech it is still leagues ahead of whatever russia has

[tribal shadow]

No, we are over 50% renewables

Mainly wind

[proper vector]

Comparing anything to Russia's tech nowadays is just straight bullying

[tribal shadow]

It probably also is ahead of whatever china has tbh

In that specific department

[tacit linden]

Not enough, you're fucking over everyone else in the EU 😄

[winged pewter]

China is ahead of eu right now if u looked at the rafale vs chinese fighters

[tribal shadow]

More than anyone else

Nuclear is not sustainable for the foreseeable future

[tribal shadow]

Of european fighters, sure

[winged pewter]

Yeah i dont think anything can match the us stuff right now

[tribal shadow]

Like I said the F35 is assumed to be 2 gen old tech

[winged pewter]

In air at least

[proper vector]

Hah! You wish
POLAND CAMPEÃO DO MUNDO 🥇🏆☝️☝️☝️

[tribal shadow]

[tacit linden]

Go back like 3 years and my electricity bill in January was 120 euro, this year it was 660 💀

Can't wait for a future where electricity is for rich people and poors are back to using candles.

[heady crystal]

We have a lot of wind farms in the UK

It’s one of the things we do quite well.

[tribal shadow]

Electricity for me is cheaper than it was for theast few years

21 cents per kwh rn

[tacit linden]

Friend had to sell his house a few years ago, he had electricity heating and December alone was 3400 euro in heating.

Peaked at like 1 euro/kwh

Before taxes and stuff

[tribal shadow]

what

[deep hawk]

Do you think people will be able to afford candles? In this economy?

[tribal shadow]

Highest i had heard of was a guy paying 95 cents because he didn't have an active tariff

Also electric heating outside very limited IR heating and AC heating just sucks

[proper vector]

Before distribution fees - 0,12€/kwh
After distribution fees - 0,34€/kwh
I love my country

[tacit linden]

I used to have my electricity locked at 0.02 euro per/kwh -.-

[tribal shadow]

Highest i have seen with a tariff in germany was 36 cents

[tacit linden]

For us the electricity itself is the cheap part, 65% or so of the total cost is tax and fees.

[tribal shadow]

That is with taxes

Only exception is a flat monthly fee that you also pay

[tacit linden]

Yeah

[vital gorge]

freind did not have heatpump or aircon then i assume?

[proper vector]

We have big distributions fees, because electricity grid is old and it needs to be upgraded, but for some reason it's not being upgraded for years now

[tacit linden]

This year they lowered the tax on electricity but increased the fees just as much so it's the same anyway lol

[deep hawk]

"for some reason"

[vital gorge]

where is this?

[tacit linden]

I dunno, we call it "elpatron" which translates to immersion heater on google dunno if that is correct.

[vital gorge]

those prices are very high

[tribal shadow]

Resistive heating

[proper vector]

Oh yeah, and you can't get solar in most places, because grid is being overloaded, because it's old

[tacit linden]

I have similar prices today.

[vital gorge]

ah, so scop of 1

[tribal shadow]

Resistive heating sucks ass

Heatpump is legit several times more efficient

[vital gorge]

aircons/heatpumps can easily deliver 4 times the heat of the actual power going in

[deep hawk]

That sounds like it breaks the law

(of thermaldynamics)

[tribal shadow]

Yes, it steals heat from outside

[vital gorge]

its not creating heat, its moving heat

[tacit linden]

Ofc but it also costs money to install, he didn't plan on price of electricity going up like 10x

[vital gorge]

latent heat.

<insert technology connections>

[proper vector]

Ah, no wonder then

[tribal shadow]

Yea my parents are in the process of replacing their old oil heater, with current government programs they pay like 10-15k presumably

[woven cairn]

ah yes, so if i give you 300k for a 20 minute speech at my company and another 1.5 mio. so you are against the law that's about to pass and harm me it's lobbyism?

[tribal shadow]

That is like a million% worth it even at 30cents/kwh

[vital gorge]

i assume the bulk of the costs are in the removal of the oil heater?

[tribal shadow]

Don't think so actually

[proper vector]

But don't you know that heatpumps are bad, because a coworker told me about his friend who had a heatpump but it doesn't work?!?! And you have to burn coal to heat up your house, dad did it, grandpa did it, it's the best
(actual quote from my dad)

[tacit linden]

Dad used to have a big oil tank and didn't want to pay to have it hauled off so he dug a big hole and put it in the hole.

[proper vector]

me is confusion

[tribal shadow]

They don't work at a certain point, but you can heat up the outside condenser to get it back to life

[tacit linden]

I have geothermal heating atm, works great but cost to drill etc is quite high compared to alternatives.

[tribal shadow]

Here you call the rotational europeans and they come pick it up as long as it is metal

[woven cairn]

let's just grab the bull by the horns and stop disguising lobbyism. It's plain simple corruption

[tribal shadow]

Yes, but the people deciding on that have been invited to nice events

[tacit linden]

When we getting "AI" mice with aim correction?

[woven cairn]

idfc, our government in germany i.e. swore an oath that every decision they make is for the best of the citizens. Instead it's going the exact opposite way and it's not just Germany

[proper vector]

Bombing World Economic Forum convention would bring a net positive to society

[tribal shadow]

Not, because mice are really stupid

[tacit linden]

https://giphy.com/gifs/yosub-money-donald-duck-cash-xTiTnqUxyWbsAXq7Ju

[tribal shadow]

Well i didn't vote CDU

But i could have told you that before their term

[woven cairn]

neither did i, but the other parties aren't exactly better

[tribal shadow]

[proper vector]

Merz is deep in BlackRock's pocket, so...

[tribal shadow]

Not as deep as spahn if you get what i mean

[tacit linden]

It could come with a camera that scans the screen and corrects your mouse movements for headshots and stuff.

[tribal shadow]

They come with a camera that scans your mousepad

[woven cairn]

anyway, let's just come to the agreement that lobbyism has to stop and be punished, because it's just corruption in a different package

[tacit linden]

https://giphy.com/gifs/achievementhunter-rooster-teeth-achievement-hunter-off-topic-ah-4JVTF9zR9BicshFAb7

[tribal shadow]

nah just vote fdp and get fucked

[woven cairn]

[tribal shadow]

(That is how mouse sensors work)

[tacit linden]

That requires manual input

It has to have AI to sell

[tribal shadow]

They take like 5000-20000 20-30 square images and compare how it has moved

[tribal shadow]

Yea too bad, mouse sensors are essentially a monopoly and pixart takes years to release a new product

[woven cairn]

it is actually AI. It detects when you move it, compares thousands of pictures every second and moves your cursor accordingly, sometimes with smoothing and correction

[tribal shadow]

And usually said new product is a rehash or worse than the one before

[tacit linden]

Ok, but listen.

It has to look at the screen, see I messed up my flick and move the crosshair back before I click head.

[proper vector]

Everything needs "AI" nowadays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HOrMmWoMA

[tacit linden]

Paid cheats but it's all good because Razer made it.

[woven cairn]

looks at 3350 and 3395... Yep, checks out

[woven cairn]

Nah, let's just RAM Sticks in slots they don't belong. Surely that helps AI becoming better /s

[tacit linden]

I love dankpods

[tacit linden]

I'm just gonna buy all hardware for a data center that isn't finished and even if it was I couldn't plug it into the grid anyway all in the name of AI, amen.

[woven cairn]

you don't get the joke here

https://youtube.com/shorts/EJQDOsUqY8Y

[tacit linden]

I WATCHED THE RAAAAAAAM STICK VIDEO

GET IT RAAAAAAAAAM

[woven cairn]

[tribal shadow]

3395 reuses the 3335 motion engine

[tacit linden]

Tbf, I'm fine with pixart having monopoly, their shit is cheap as fuck and good anyway.

[tribal shadow]

Still sucks

[proper vector]

Once it's monopoly it's no longer cheap and no longer good

[tribal shadow]

Also it ain't cheap

Large part of mouse BOM is sensor

[tacit linden]

I mean most modern pixart sensors has been practically flawless for years

[tribal shadow]

PTE had basically one downside they could have fixed

And otherwise it would have outperformed a modern pixart in a lot of aspects

Maybe not powerdraw but that wasn't a concern back then

[tacit linden]

I'm going back to ball mice

[tacit linden]

Competition is also good ofc, if there were good alternatives I wouldn't mind but you can get a mouse with a 3395 sensor for like 30 euro.

If it was Nvidia they would charge 150 euro for the sensor.

[austere peak]

lol facts, nvidia tax is crazy, just stick to those cheaper 3395 mice

[tribal shadow]

Ai af answer

[austere peak]

bruh i wish

[tacit linden]

I have a Pulsar Xlite v4 eS atm, it has a sensor for sure.

[tribal shadow]

You're right!
You wish🌟

[shrewd palm]

Hello all, does someone know if the Logitech X2 Superstrike is good for playing R6 or preferably another mouse? Thank you!

[bitter sapphire]

Any mouse is great for that game

[rain turret]

@gray shuttle z3 in 7 days

[gray shuttle]

I am eager!

[rain turret]

Too bad salary is on 27th, dont think i can pre-order in time...

[quasi field]

Fans installed

[austere peak]

nicee looks sick

[quasi field]

Ty

[normal acorn]

I just upgraded to a new 4070 card and Im so happy for it

[heady crystal]

OnlyFans joke in 3…

[heady crystal]

[gray shuttle]

@quasi field just here to tell you, look at my bkue yeti positioning now :p

[austere peak]

nicee thats awesome, the 4070 is a beast

[rain turret]

Pog Tea

Also cats arrived, nice

[sudden knoll]

You can hit champ with any mouse on a laptop with 60 fps

[winged pewter]

Arctic p14s?

[winged pewter]

Now go fidget with it

Overclocking and undervolting

[sudden knoll]

Looks like black A12x25 to me

[quasi field]

A12x25 yes

[winged pewter]

Didn’t know they had a black version for that, nice

Maybe I’ll get some in the future

[quasi field]

I bought a NF-A14x25 G2 for exhaust but it's not here yet. It was 500 kr (around $50). So damn much for a single fan

[quasi field]

Cluttered but otherwise nice

[winged pewter]

For what though, just visuals?

[quasi field]

Yes that plays a big part. I like how they look

[mental spade]

They do be the best

[heady crystal]

Did anyone here get a XG27AQWMG?

[proper vector]

Gesundheit

Hol up, the price is not that bad

But for new device to not come with DP 2.0 is a bit... meh move

[heady crystal]

DP1.4 is enough for 1440p 280Hz without DSC, right?

[proper vector]

I mean, yeah, but they boast about HDMI 2.1...

[heady crystal]

I’d be using it with a 4090 anyway.

So it’s either HDMI 2.1 or DisplayPort 1.4

[tulip citrus]

Rats nest of wires ngl

[heady crystal]

Manage your cables

[quasi field]

Soundhood

[tepid burrow]

Zipties.

[tulip citrus]

cant

i unplug and replug too often

[vital gorge]

Why

Is.. That how you game? That must be uncomfortable. So super close to the screen

[heady zenith]

holy eye strain

[vital gorge]

And poor arm

I don't know how you'd do that for more than 20 minutes

Maybe you only need 3

[plain schooner]

I feel you bro, I had limited space in my room as well

[tulip citrus]

i dont have limited space in my room i just have a smallish desk

[mental spade]

Need some monitor arms to free up more space

Underated upgrade

[lament siren]

do you get flashed banged by the second monitor at night ?

[tulip citrus]

no because the brightness isnt high

its just the image

its mostly grey

[jolly pulsar]

Sometimes your monitor is dumb and forces dsc even if its not needed

My samsung is like that

[bitter rose]

I got the mouse today, its really nice! as you said the beta firmware was just for the mini so far, but maybe it will come for the medium soon too 🙂
been playing whole night and i gotta say i rly like how light this mouse is, feels good in the hand!

[woven cairn]

i hate it when i see desks not being well lit... It's not that expensive these days to get a useful screen bar

[woven cairn]

same with screen bars. People prefer to spend 300€ on a trash chair, but 100€ to keep healthy eyes? Nah

[woven cairn]

https://tenor.com/view/productivity-thomas-frank-computer-work-stress-gif-14974569

[gray shuttle]

Wdym. There's lights right above my desk lol

[woven cairn]

that's what i mean. Get a freaking light bar for your monitor. Doesn't even have to be an expensive one, just get one to give it a try

[crude talon]

damn that mousepad crusty

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison https://fxtwitter.com/aimadapt/status/2024312317203153056

AimAdapt (@AimAdapt)

Don’t grip your SuperStrike too tight.

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FxTwitter · Feb 19, 2026, 2:37 AM

Bro the Viper V3 Pro Eva 02

[viscid bison]

not bad but I raise you the MMO7+, it's halfway to being a bio-mech and not just some shiny decals

[plain schooner]

Reminds me of the Rat 7

https://www.cnet.com/reviews/cyborg-r-a-t-7-review/

[viscid bison]

that's the older sibling I think

[plain schooner]

I should still have one back home

[tribal shadow]

not bad but I raise you absolute garbage

they only went bankrupt like 4 times

[hazy fiber]

https://fxtwitter.com/mel0nfps/status/2024301787235197159?s=46

look at this innovation

mel0n_ (@mel0nFPS)

GAME CHANGING LOGITECH SUPERSTRIKE FEATURE DISCOVERED⁉️‼️😱😱

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FxTwitter · Feb 19, 2026, 1:55 AM

definitely worth the price I think

[patent patrol]

hero 2 moment

lowkey why he doing that tho

[plain schooner]

what makes this mouse so "cool" too people?

[hazy fiber]

why is the mouse still doing that

it's 2026

[viscid bison]

i'm just thinking that an evangelion collab would be better suited, to a mouse that actually looks robotic; and not just stickers slapped on. I don't care for its history or quality

[hazy fiber]

it makes you 5ms faster

trust

[tribal shadow]

I mean make it a good mouse at least

the madcatz mice are all pretty shit as an actual product, which is how they failed so often

[patent patrol]

is the "putting finger on sensor" a common usecase

[tribal shadow]

not really but it does kinda show how jank the sensor can be

the hero isn't exactly great if you actually go into detail about it

[hazy fiber]

the mouse literally has spin outs on glass pads and some cloth pads

[patent patrol]

but it got big numbers

[viscid bison]

I just said I didn't care for its quality smh

[tribal shadow]

why not just buy a poster or a figurine or something then

[patent patrol]

they should make their gaming surface mode smarter maybe

[hazy fiber]

[viscid bison]

wtf are you even talking about lmao

[hazy fiber]

maybe in 2030 when they release another 60g mouse

[tribal shadow]

if you want merch, just buy merch

instead of them slapping their logo onto a shitty product

[patent patrol]

i wonder when we getting a redesigned superlight

[tribal shadow]

nice joke

[patent patrol]

surely they can make new internal skeleton and stuff

[tribal shadow]

it's been essentially the same mouse with minor revisions for over half a decade already

[tribal shadow]

or yaknow, delete the internal skeleton

seems to work fine for everyone else

[patent patrol]

but 2 pcbs cooler then 1

[tribal shadow]

3 pcbs

[patent patrol]

oh side

[tribal shadow]

they use a flexpcb to connect them

sides are on the flexpcb still I think?

[patent patrol]

i havent opened one in a while

and give up powerplay pls

no way people buy it

[viscid bison]

yeah, no, that has nothing to do with the comparison I'm making, on a theme that would suit the Madcatz better imo

[tribal shadow]

they almost did man

the new g502 lineup originally did not have it

then it got delayrd for ~6 months and it released with powerplay

[patent patrol]

lol

[tribal shadow]

yea but then it would be a shit product, at which point you can just buy actual merch

[patent patrol]

i mean for the superstrike it makes sense to be somewhat similar internally for now

[tribal shadow]

no

[patent patrol]

gotta need a big ass battery in the back to balance it

[tribal shadow]

just make an actually new mouse

I mean if you get overtaken by zowie with new shape releases you know you ain't doin well

[patent patrol]

one a year

[viscid bison]

who care's if it's shit or not; the comparison is just for shits and giggles. But thanks for the history lesson lol

[woven cairn]

[tribal shadow]

yea but if it is shit, just buy merch

[patent patrol]

but not sure what they would change now shapewise

got small and ergo

[tribal shadow]

I don't get why you would buy a shit mouse knowingly

[viscid bison]

ok, boomer smh

[tribal shadow]

idk, maybe make the shape not suck ass

[gray shuttle]

MAn I miss MAdCatz

[tribal shadow]

dunno about the small, the "ergo" also does not seem good to me, haven't tried it but I touched enough mice to know I would not like it

[patent patrol]

superlight shape is my favorite so

[tribal shadow]

I tried too many mice to like absolute blandness

[patent patrol]

i tried a lot too

and always go back

[tribal shadow]

I still remember when people caleld it the logitech fk, and damn if it had been an fk it would've been nice

[woven cairn]

forgot that Pronin is an Apple magic mouse fan

[tribal shadow]

bruh

[woven cairn]

[patent patrol]

i gotta try a magic lowkey

[tribal shadow]

💀

[patent patrol]

i heard good things from some people

[winged pewter]

Its a good mouse, the only drawback is the charging

[woven cairn]

not worth it

[patent patrol]

i dont own a mac so

[tribal shadow]

nah you need the kojima mouse

[patent patrol]

😭

[woven cairn]

SHUT UP! Ordered 3 glasses of his collection, i searched far and wide for an Optician who'd put me the right lenses in

[tribal shadow]

[woven cairn]

12 refused to do anything, because "not our glasses"

[tulip citrus]

what are peoples thoughts

[round lagoon]

IMO, too bright

[white jackal]

Its an egg shaped hifiman, will always be bright

If you like the sound of those its probably good for you

[tulip citrus]

yea i think they actually designed it like that

its tuned for video game clarity

also the mic sucks

competing with the lightspeed logitech mic

[white jackal]

I mean

[tulip citrus]

lmao

[white jackal]

Its a headset

If you want good mic quality get a mic

[tulip citrus]

have u heard the pc38x?

that mic is fantastic for being a headset

[white jackal]

Ok but my point still stands

[tulip citrus]

nah nah

[white jackal]

Headset copers are all the same

[tulip citrus]

theres no excuse

pc38x is like 120-150

[round lagoon]

clarity to me means everything is even. Can't really accept that when there's a massive 5khz dip.

[tulip citrus]

i cant really have input since my ears are messed up

i cant hear differences like that

[white jackal]

That‘s just a thing of practice tbh

[round lagoon]

which means a $200 fiio ft1 pro would do just as nice for you

[tulip citrus]

im using pc38x and kiwiears septet

i sadly bought them not realising my ears are not made for iems

[quasi field]

I agree. I don't find treble bumps to increase clarity. They just make everything worse

Real clarity is a balanced response without resonances/peaks/dips

[gray shuttle]

Thanks for all the help btw, my apple dongle + truthear blues arrived and they're perfect for me together

[plain schooner]

https://fxtwitter.com/Razer/status/2024295570312220888?s=20

R Λ Z Ξ R (@Razer)

don't tap 🐐🖱️

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FxTwitter · Feb 19, 2026, 1:30 AM

So tough

[abstract warren]

Alr bud

[viscid bison]

no funding left for the graphics department, despite making millions from the Boomslang 40th

[tribal shadow]

https://klipy.com/gifs/tyler-the-creator-stop-playing-with-me-1

[plain schooner]

You gotta look at it on the website

It’s like a dark picture and when you hover over it

Wait I’ll jus take a video

[plain schooner]

https://i.gyazo.com/2f29084b3d9610251bba6d3ec68470a3.gif

tuff

[winged pewter]

Idk which one is worse

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison

[quasi field]

Looks nice actually. Just needs numpad

[mental spade]

Only €499

[winged pewter]

Looks clean though

Hmm yes upscale my gif nvidia

[lament siren]

Customer: How many knobs will you give us?

Razer: Yes

[mental spade]

Can't wait for full knob Wooting

[lament siren]

https://tenor.com/view/knob-dial-temp-temperature-thermostat-gif-5445371

[plain schooner]

Imagine getting the wallhack Eva glass pad and the Razer Eva 2 mouse

Unstoppable

[lament siren]

https://tenor.com/view/evangelion-228-gif-25434547

[plain schooner]

[tulip citrus]

Looks too bulky

[winged pewter]

How can u figure that out from a 1D photo

[tulip citrus]

Depth of keys and thickness of edge

Its also razer

So I automatically assume bulky

[winged pewter]

🤡

[tulip citrus]

?

[winged pewter]

so ur basing it on nothing

[tulip citrus]

Do you not think razer keyboard are generally bulkier than most?

Cause ive had razer keyboard my whole life and they kinda chonky

[winged pewter]

am I looking at generally razer keyboards or at this one

[tulip citrus]

Looks like a chunky 80he ngl

Idk what % it actually is

[bitter sapphire]

Tbh that keyboard looks fine

[wispy blaze]

Thinks it's just a regular tkl?

Idk

[mental spade]

Do be a TKL

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison you getting the Eva glass pad?

It’s still in stock

[viscid bison]

Razer is leaning a bit too much on the 1,337 but at least isn't priced matching those digits. Unlike the Boomslang 😭
The keyboard looks ok, I've no strong feelings over knobs either way
Nah, I prefer WH collabs with artists who deserve a little bit of exposure. Are you buying the Eva?

[plain schooner]

I was debating it

But I don’t even use glass pads

[patent patrol]

https://x.com/modsmouse/status/2024629470275993950?s=46

PMM (@ModsMouse)

Alright.

You can stop asking.

How light should we make this?

X · Feb 19, 2026, 11:37 PM

this one gonna be expensive

[unkempt gust]

30 grams

no

26.5

also holy fuckballs I may have to get the superstrike just to throw it into a PMM kit

the zerømouse v34 kinda sold me on intense fingertip grip only and I can't go back

I mean, current main is a PMM Aim 8k because some stupid bitch knocked her delicate v34 off of her desk and it went poof

[patent patrol]

id expect this one to take a bit longer tho

[unkempt gust]

mhm
it is a bit more complicated

still waiting on my Blade as well hehe

[unkempt gust]

wonder if they'll keep the haptics
it's a must for feel

but adds significant weight

would be really hard, possibly impossible to go sub 30g with the haptics and the trigger sensors weighing more than just standard or optical switches

[patent patrol]

i think you could use much weaker haptics

[unkempt gust]

the kit would then cost a ton more ig

[patent patrol]

i find the level 1 enough for feel

[unkempt gust]

fair

[patent patrol]

maybe they could integrate adjustable springs somehow

that would be cool

[silver topaz]

Normal super strike is like 60 right?

[patent patrol]

yup

[glossy shale]

yeah you have to get it

[crude talon]

$400 mouse

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison https://wallhack.com/products/sp-005-evangelion?

I’m surprised it hasn’t sold out?

[glossy shale]

bro you need the gear that doesnt make you better bro

[glossy shale]

its not numbered so people arent rushing to buy it

[plain schooner]

Ohhhhhh

[bitter sapphire]

It sold out

They made another batch

[gray shuttle]

Hey what's the difference between a 2-pin A and B cable for IEMs?

I can't seem to tell them apart

[proper vector]

In A pins are sticking out more, in B they are with the housing, in C they are recessed in the housing

[gray shuttle]

Sorry Cals, are these A or B?

[proper vector]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/782642757566595082/1444450632131153990/pct036k5djxf1.gif

I have no idea

Did cable came with some IEMs?

[gray shuttle]

Yes

[proper vector]

Which ones?

[gray shuttle]

Truthear x Crinocle Zero Blue

Cranicle?

Bionicle.

[round lagoon]

Crinacle

[proper vector]

Type A then, the square thingies on cable are to go in the recess in IEMs

[gray shuttle]

Also wtf is Type S haha

These cables have type s now

[proper vector]

Type B will work in a pinch I guess, recess is quite shallow

[gray shuttle]

So these should work me thinks

[round lagoon]

yesh

[gray shuttle]

I just need a longer cable

So I'm getting this kbear cable

Unless y'all suddenly explode with a DONT

[round lagoon]

I don't hear anything bad about them

[proper vector]

Isn't 2PIN-S just another name for Type A?

[round lagoon]

seens to be just a sub brand of KZ looking at their style of IEM

[proper vector]

They can't even agree on 2-pin connection

[gray shuttle]

I have just discovered the magic of EQ

I know, I know, noobie behaviour

[round lagoon]

Nice nice

Should make your next buying decision easier

[gray shuttle]

I'm using ApoEQ is that okay?

Seems pretty straight forward

Together with the squig site

[round lagoon]

Yeah, any is fine as long as it's not a virus

[gray shuttle]

It's a safe one :p

[round lagoon]

I just use power amp music player as my EQ

[glossy shale]

everything else to minimum bass to max

proper way to eq

[quasi field]

EQ is amazing

[proper vector]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous-substances-headphones

[quasi field]

and the feminisation of males
Loudspeaker chads win again

[proper vector]

[obtuse dove]

What does that even entail!? That's so vague lmao

[white jackal]

What headphones are these

So i can buy avoid them

[proper vector]

BPA and BPS have similar effects to derivatives of estrogen, especially in early stages of puberty

Will it cause feminization? No, BPA absorption through skin is less than 10%, and it has magnitude weaker effects than immediate estrogen derivatives

[quasi field]

Anything Sennheiser
Anything Moondrop
Anything Abyss

[white jackal]

Are you meaning to tell me that sissy hypno actually works if you listen on hd600s

[bitter ore]

https://lethal.gg/pages/weekly-deals

a lot of cheap open box mouses

50% off pulsar's fingertip

[gray shuttle]

Lmao

The headphones turned the boys fem again

@proper vector this is your doing!

[ivory tiger]

Did you say something like "femboys"?

[gray shuttle]

It's the headphones

They fem up the boys!!!

Next thing you know they'll be eating estrogen burgers

[ivory tiger]

This a buy point for me

[round lagoon]

Fem up the Boys while listening to the manliest song ever

[gray shuttle]

I'm not feeling too great about my stuck plasticie eartips

Any recommendations

I need big eartips for big earholes

[ivory tiger]

Real

[round lagoon]

is the L/XL tips included not big enough?

[gray shuttle]

I don't think they're very comfy

I have smaller ones that are a bit stixky

I like those

But too small

[round lagoon]

so medium

[round lagoon]

tried the inbetween big and small tips (meidum)?

[rain turret]

https://klipy.com/gifs/cummins-1

[gray shuttle]

ye

Ok, so, I accidentally ripped my large ones

They were perfect

[ivory tiger]

[round lagoon]

time to buy new tips

I recommend Tangzu Sancai tips

[rain turret]

just Tips

[round lagoon]

They're the most comfy to me cause they give some breathability

[gray shuttle]

Tips for Trips

[rain turret]

indeed

[round lagoon]

also do note tips can change sound a little bit, but just get em for comfort.

[proper vector]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-hilarious-laughing-hard-funny-gif-3362753541952556662

[quasi field]

https://tenor.com/view/merushal-meru-ernesta-woah-huh-gif-26593965

[gray shuttle]

I bought a balance set of these

[lunar holly]

any webcam recommendation for $50 to a liil bit over $100?

[mental spade]

a7V

[lunar holly]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-star-notes-noted-gif-26232003

[plain schooner]

Yeah the Razer one

[wet coral]

i think linus just did a video on this

or well he tested a range of webcams

[gaunt flax]

If you can stretch budget a little, the upcoming fx3 ii and a nice 24mm f1.4 lens for $5k would make a nice webcam

[round lagoon]

Any good used option?

[patent patrol]

alexa35 with a lil anamorphic prime should be good

dont forget to hire a focus puller tho

[gaunt flax]

Good point. For used you can find a good fx3 used with lens for maybe $4k @lunar holly

[gray shuttle]

Stretch the budget a little

Sno

How much can you stretch haha

[round lagoon]

I found fx3 used frame only for sale in my place at $3k. So maybe I can get a new lens lmao.

[lunar holly]

@hazy fiber whats the web for pulsar software

[hazy fiber]

pulsar bibimbap

https://tenor.com/view/식품가공-gif-23516087

[tribal shadow]

Obsbot meet 2

If it is on sale at least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Lsrv8oOOk

Best test i had found when i bought mine

[bitter ore]

i did a double take if i read it correctly lol

[astral musk]

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

[round lagoon]

GASOLINE

WHY

To the VA jail

[crude talon]

got a jerry can next to me on my desk

[gray shuttle]

I huff it `too

[white jackal]

Hotboxing gasoline fumes

[astral musk]

https://giphy.com/gifs/justin-stop-it-michael-jordon-get-some-help-l4Ki2obCyAQS5WhFe

[obtuse dove]

Person finds out that gasoline is also a strong solvent.

[thin zodiac]

I just ordered a new PC.

[gray shuttle]

Free game!

[thin zodiac]

And I got lucky with the price. They're currently running a promotion.

[gray shuttle]

Very nice, gz!

[thin zodiac]

thx

[winged pewter]

i think you couldve gone for a cheaper ssd and get a xt gpu but it will still be a beast pc

[thin zodiac]

I deliberately chose the 9070. I currently have a 6600, so I'm probably in for a shock with the new PC.

[blissful gust]

I'll take the free game as your fee for being in this server

Xo

[thin zodiac]

LOL XD

[shut notch]

hey, any recommendations from where to get keycaps?

[wispy blaze]

Bro what 😭 😭

[wispy blaze]

Still 370 euro for ram💀

[thin zodiac]

And that's only because it was a special offer. Without this promotion from Alternate, I would have had to pay more than €500 more for the computer.

[rain turret]

@gray shuttle

[gray shuttle]

Sheeesh

I do not have the money in the bank for that rn haha

[rain turret]

I'm gonna have to skip this one myself

I have more important "toys" and things to worry about, and it's also before paycheck

[gray shuttle]

Same, it's atleast a week too early for me

[rain turret]

I was just gonna try it out and fiddle with it for a while anyways

[silver topaz]

LMAOO I SAW THIS YESTERDAY

[shadow plume]

what’s a good mousepad that is thick (my desk has bumps) good for speed and stopping power

control

[rain turret]

Any SOFT Artisan tbh, 4mm

[shadow plume]

I have the g240 and it’s so thin I can feel every bump

is there any cheaper alternatives

[rain turret]

I mean i don't really know thicknesses from the top of my head

but you have alot of cheap generic pads

L-XL-XXL, go with any you like i guess

[winged pewter]

Qck heavy xxl

[shadow plume]

qck xl balance should be good

[proven remnant]

gigantus v2 should be good

really comes down to preference

[surreal vigil]

have you ever thought about getting like a sheet of plastic or glass and putting it benath your current pad?

[blissful gust]

Is this the original analog mouse

[blissful gust]

Are they still using Kickstarter?

[rain turret]

I'm not sure

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDiXf-HaroI

yeah nah

[quasi field]

Hifiman always so wobbly

[quasi field]

What's the big problem? Can't watch right now. Is the easy to damage driver design the problem or the treble?

[round lagoon]

Everything else is good (the FR response), but there's 1 part on the treble that is really peaky iirc.

for his HRTF, it's around ~8khz

[white jackal]

big peak that makes it hard to recommend cause it seems not super consistent between units so its difficult to EQ out

[quasi field]

Hifiman still releasing headphones that are almost identical to eachother but at massive price differences despite all having shoddy constructions and accessories

[crude talon]

shocking

some1 will still pay for it

[white jackal]

i think i'll be happy with my edition xs for a while

maybe get that capra strap and some pads once these wear out but other than that, everything seems fine

[quasi field]

Had treble issues with every Hifiman I owned. Will never buy a Hifiman again unless they change that

[rain turret]

@blissful gust

[white jackal]

tbh, i did have treble issues with this one early on but now i dont feel any fatigue tbh

maybe i just got used to it or something

[crude talon]

lost the high frequency hearing unc

[white jackal]

i just forgot to bring earplugs to every concert ive ever been to

[crude talon]

wild if true

[gray shuttle]

Oh nice

Just bought the Røde psa1+ arm for 50 bucks perfect condition

Good deal

[hot ginkgo]

any mouse pad suggetions???

also what is better cloth or glass

[rain turret]

Artisan

[hot ginkgo]

yeh was thinking to get one of them ngl they look well good

[rain turret]

They perform good aswell

[crude talon]

wait lifehack I can use my openbacks with earplugs if I just raise the volume, a bit better isolation 💀

new schizo technique discovered

[round lagoon]

I think some esport player does that, iem inside headphone they're sponsored to wear (not sure if that's true, but it could be possible)

[rain turret]

https://x.com/ModsMouse/status/2025644985148641280

PMM (@ModsMouse)

QUANTUM EDITION. The Reveal.

4 surfaces.

Glide like glass. Stop like cloth.

Available soon at PMM and selected resellers.

▶ Play video

X · Feb 22, 2026, 6:52 PM

[wispy blaze]

Its true

However iirc I think its so they cant hear the crowd?

• mics

[round lagoon]

double duty essentially, closed back + iem can block out a lot noise

[wispy blaze]

Yeah idk if all esports scenes do it

But ive seen it in apex, val, and csgo

Id imagine its likely done at any lan event

[round lagoon]

ooo yeah, transported my music file to mac

all on SD card (including foobar). So if I wanna listen, I just plug the sdcard in and listen in. Might replace youtube with apple one for apple music.

[round lagoon]

aww, I think I managed to placebo myself to think the 3.5 jack on the macbook makes the treble shouty no matter the volume. Or it is the case.

[quasi field]

Placebo. It's probably a transparent and low output impedance amplifier assuming it's a modern MacBook

https://www.0db.co.kr/REVIEW_0DB/2170990

This is the M1 Pro

Transparent and 0,1 ohm output impedance

[round lagoon]

Okay, good to know

It's a macbook pro m5, should be similar ish to that

[shadow plume]

yes it slips off since the wood desk is like smooth

[shadow plume]

I’ll be better off with stacking 2 mousepads

[gaunt flax]

lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGCzo6s768o

ddr5 pricing so absurd that apple now is the best priced option

[astral musk]

I have to wonder how long that remains true. Cause it's not like their production lines are immune to the AI plague.

[plain schooner]

https://fxtwitter.com/razer/status/2025661954686091647

R Λ Z Ξ R (@Razer)

Make every moment rosy with the Razer Kraken Kitty V2 – @hellokitty Edition. From its rose gold finish to its signature Hello Kitty ears, it’s a sweet addition to any setup, whether you’re gaming, streaming, or winding down.
︀︀
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FxTwitter · Feb 22, 2026, 8:00 PM

[heady zenith]

ah a new ripoff

[vital gorge]

ah ffs..

https://arnika.org/en/publications/download/2128_f40ae4eb2e63e4dc3205035fb376d8e3

loads of headset/headphones with hormone altering chemicals..

[gray shuttle]

@proper vector time to stock up on hormone headsets

[vital gorge]

Research: Harmful substances in headsets

Analysis based on flame retardants, bisphenols and chemicals

Category 1

Highest risk: fails in all areas tested.
HyperX Cloud III Gaming Headset
Razer Kraken V3

Category 2
Risk with skin contact: harmful substances in ear cushions/ear tips.
Action / OTL Technologies Super Mario (In-ear)
Bose QuietComfort Headphones (Over-ear)
Logitech G733 LIGHTSPEED (Gaming)
Oceania Trading Paw Patrol
Qilive (Auchan) 600181408 (Gaming)
Sennheiser Momentum Wireless 4 (Over-ear)
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5

Category 3

Contains harmful substances in housing/internal components (safe on skin).
Beats Solo 4
Beats Solo Buds
Enjoy Music M6pop Cat Ear
Fresh ‘n Rebel Clam Junior
GoGen MAXISLECHY
Guess Wireless Headphones
Haylou S35 ANC
HEMA Nijntje / Miffy Noise Cancelling
Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2
JBL Tour Pro 3
JBL Wave Beam
JBL JR310BT (Children)
JLab JBuds Lux ANC
JLab JBuds Mini
Marshall Motif II ANC
My First Care Care Buds Blue
Nextly Wireless Cat Ears
Niceboy Hive Prodigy 4
Panasonic RB-HX220BDEK
Philips SHD8850
Qilive (Auchan) 136030
Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro
Sennheiser Accentum True Wireless (Earbuds)
Sennheiser Accentum Wireless (Headphones)
Silvercrest (Lidl) True Wireless
Skullcandy Grom Kids
Sony WF-1000XM5 (Note: In-ear earbuds)
Xiaomi Redmi Buds 5 Pro

Category 4

Moderate: exceeds recommended standards, but often within legal limits.
Buddyphones Connect Foldbar
Hama Teens Guard
JVC HA-KD7
Kodak Wireless Max 400+
LifeBee Digital Pro 40
Lisciani Barbie Fashion
Maxell HP-BT350
Onikuma X26
Qilive (Auchan) Kids 600168061
Shenzhen Weiqi Cool Black
Sony Ult Wear
Sony LinkBuds Fit
Sony WF-C510
Stealth C6 100 Light Up
Tigermedia Tigerbuddies
Tonies Lauscher 2nd Gen

Category 5

Safe: no or very low concentrations of harmful substances.
Action / OTL Pokémon
Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen, USB-C)
Apple AirPods Max (2024)
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds
Claire’s Earbuds & Winder Caticorn
Corsair HS80 RGB
DONG QUAN SHUNXIN (Unicorn)
Dongguan Yuanze KZ EDX Pro
Gjby Forever Wireless
Hama Freedom Lit
Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 / 4
ISY (MediaMarkt) IHP-1001-BL
JBL Tune 720BT
JLab JBuddies Studio
JMMO Wireless
Kekz Blue Headphones
Lexibook Squads 200
Lexibook Foldable Harry Potter
Marshall Major V
Onikuma B90 Cat Ears
Pepco Dasounds Kids
Philips TAK4206
Picun B8 Wireless
Smyths Toys / eKids Disney Frozen
Smyths Toys Marvel Spider-Man
Sony WH-1000XM5 (Note: Over-ear headphones)
Xinxu Wireless Stereo

Comment: 1:1 copied from steviewonder23 on Tweakers.net

thats a long list... ah well should have put it on a pastebin or something

[gray shuttle]

I have a razer kraken

Must be why

[proper vector]

But Razer

[heady zenith]

idk what to do with this info so ill just ignore it and not care

[vital gorge]

enjoy being a gay frog!

[gray shuttle]

Gay fem frog

[tribal shadow]

that is kinda bs btw

main "concern" they had is BPAs

[round lagoon]

prop explained the declined birthrate

[tribal shadow]

you are gonna get more BPAs from taking the thermal paper receipt in the super market once a week than your headset could give you

especially since you typically are not in direct skin contact with the plastics that contain the BPAs in headsets

very much a californian "may cause cancer" thing

[gray shuttle]

Sounds a lot like a certain groups rhetoric haha

[tribal shadow]

wdym

[gray shuttle]

Did you know the headsets give you bad hormones

That's what I mean

I wasn't referring to you :p

[past dome]

Nobody has actually proved these chemicals are actively causing harm. They contain chemicals that have the potential to be an issue, but come back to me once there's proof of people being harmed by wearing these headphones

[tribal shadow]

BPAs are prooven to cause harm afaik

theoretically you can get them from headsets, but you can also get them from tupperware through your food

[gray shuttle]

Don't lick your headset

[tribal shadow]

a LOT of plastic food containers are not BPA free

[past dome]

Eating plastic is bad for you

[tribal shadow]

you can absorb them on skin contact already, thermal paper contains BPAs and you can absorb trace amounts just by holding them

if BPAs are such a big concern that you would not use a headset you prob could not find the safe interface device

[round lagoon]

mmm. I wonder what they say about metal earphone

[gray shuttle]

I agree but I somehow don't think this is worse than the microplastics in my food

[tribal shadow]

part of the issue imo

BPAs can cause hormone disorders and you can absorb them from microplastics

[gray shuttle]

I am a walking hormone disorder heh

[tribal shadow]

then again I would be surprised if there is a mouse or keyboard out there that is entirely BPA free

[tribal shadow]

well no matter what they are not really helping

[gray shuttle]

In no way, yeah

[tribal shadow]

iirc it primarily affected testosterone

[gray shuttle]

Hehe

[rain turret]

well shit

[gray shuttle]

Duck testosterone

[rain turret]

i knew something is fishy about buying 12 mice last year

[gray shuttle]

Trans women rushing to buy razer headsets

[tribal shadow]

it is gonna be every headset with plastic on them

[gray shuttle]

Even BETTER

[mental spade]

wait till you find out how good for you the plastics they use as an alternative to BPA are

[patent patrol]

I like plastics in my blood :)

they my little friends

[deep hawk]

Why stick to micropastics when you can have macroplastics?

[patent patrol]

i prefer this

strawberry flavor

[gray shuttle]

I hate this

[white jackal]

Expedite the process, i like it

[gray shuttle]

Just eat your chewing gum

Swallow it

[patent patrol]

https://x.com/messioso/status/2025878215458165160?s=46

Graham Pitt (@messioso)

I wish I was in the meeting where Porto Airport security justified the 400hz zowie monitors. I bet the xray machines get monster fps

X · Feb 23, 2026, 10:19 AM

important

[round lagoon]

I mean, it's better than paying $10k for a 2015 machine in 2025

[heady crystal]

Ordered myself the ASUS ROG XG27AQWMG

[white jackal]

i love random letter salad monitor naming scheme

[heady crystal]

27" 1440p 280Hz Tandem OLED

Glossy

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJvhMpKUb-8

[blissful gust]

Hmm plastic+ 2 rolls in my kitchen and 4 rolls on their way + a 3kg roll

I don't even have a working printer ATM

[blissful gust]

Have you ever viewed x-ray scan files?

Using special software? When I got a copy of all mine they gave me raw files and it ironically makes a difference when inspecting them, these x-rays don't just take one photo and at 60hz they become a bit jarring when viewing.

They also need to be post processed quickly which means brightness etc is important, that being said they are still overkill lol

And they also need higher Res monitors which most come with high refresh rate these days.

I also had my MRI files which was cool AF, again it was a bit weird on 60hz

[rain turret]

@gray shuttle they upped the sensor to PAW3950, but only 1000Hz polling and no clue what MCU they use.
Now i really don't feel bad about skipping.

[kindred shore]

Me neither rn i cant get it to print nicely since we done the direct drive conversion

[blissful gust]

Nonono, I literally do not have a working printer

It's busted

[kindred shore]

ah i see what broke?

[blissful gust]

No idea, I've replaced the hotend, main board and hotend PCB to no avail

I suspect it's the ribbon cable at this point

[kindred shore]

hmm yeah that is possible i had a anet a 8 that just died randomly could never find out why

[eternal gale]

My eq for my SS arctis nova 7 wireless, used the rtings page as kinda like a guideline. I dont really know much about eq's but I am liking how it currently sounds. I am aware these are far from good headphones I'm just working with what I got w/o spending money lol.
would love to hear everyone's thoughts and what I can possibly improve!
(first image is my eq second is the rtings page)

[round lagoon]

imo seems pretty chill

but do look at rting and apply your EQ there and see how it goes on other graph

[eternal gale]

oh I didn't know that was possible thank you very much on informing me

[round lagoon]

for EQ, just tuning it to your liking is more than enough. No need to sweat too much about it.

[eternal gale]

ok haha, I just overthink things sometimes

[quasi field]

Try the PEQdB Diamond target

[eternal gale]

whats that

[round lagoon]

this thing

[round lagoon]

supposed to be very preferable in a blind test

[eternal gale]

I kinda understand but I dont lol

[quasi field]

Is it Nova 7 Gen 2 he has?

[quasi field]

A tuning target you can EQ to to see if you like it

[round lagoon]

I'm not sure

[obtuse dove]

I like it,

[rigid dagger]

what mouse?

[eternal gale]

Gen 1

[tepid burrow]

this is cute asf

[lament siren]

:3

[tribal shadow]

can't you just autoeq it with peace

(but also why would you buy that over the cloud 3 s wireless)

[eternal gale]

Not what I would’ve wanted at all actually, it was a surprise gift from my father. I don’t wanna be an asshole and get a new pair

[eternal gale]

It feels more personalized when I do it myself……

[tribal shadow]

parametric EQs are just better tho

but setting them up manually is not exactly easy

[tribal shadow]

fair

[quasi field]

The ideal is picking a reputable target and personalising from it

[obtuse dove]

or pay a bunch of money to get an HRTF measurement of your head and then using that combined with the frequency response of your headphones to EQ it as flat as possible using in-ear mics

[winged pewter]

Not wanting bisphenols i guess? 😄

[tribal shadow]

[gray shuttle]

Can someone explain to me what this is specifically

[proper vector]

Looks like basic audio interface

[gray shuttle]

Yeah but I don't seem to understand what it's meant for?

[proper vector]

Plug in XLR mic and 6.3 outputs and you can use them via USB, that's basically all there's to it

[gray shuttle]

Can you explain like I'm 5

So it's to use a special microphone huh

What microphone would you recommend that's XLR

[proper vector]

XLR mics, yeah
This audio interface can drive both dynamic and condenser mics, because it also has 48V phantom

[proper vector]

I have Shure SM58, that's basically SM7b, but like 3x cheaper

[gray shuttle]

Hmmm

I might just stick with my blue yeti for now kek

[proper vector]

AT2020 is also good on the cheaper side

[gray shuttle]

Hmm

Interesting

[bitter sapphire]

any fifine mic as well

[gray shuttle]

I just want better mic quality

And I feel like yeti kinda tops out the usb mics for budget options

[proper vector]

Um...
Fifine kinda leaves Yeti far behind

[gray shuttle]

But, is it usb too?

If so maybe I should look for a fifine then

Aaaa, so complicated

[heady crystal]

Elgato Wave 3 is cool

[proper vector]

USB mics you plug in straight to PC
XLR mics you plug via the interface
Both types can sound good or bad

[heady crystal]

Wave Link software is pretty cool as well

VSTs applied in real-time

[bitter sapphire]

Both usb and xlr

[heady crystal]

[bitter sapphire]

and it was cheaper with a mic arm than the Blue Yeti

i tried using elgato's software i just don't understand shit xD

[proper vector]

Elgato is quite overpriced for what it is
I mean, they can be, they target streamers

[heady crystal]

I got mine on sale

Wave 3, low profile mic arm, shock mount, and pop filter

[proper vector]

On sale is worth
But I wouldn't pay full price

[heady crystal]

I wish they'd make a USB mic with an on-board DSP.

Other companies are doing that in the same price point which avoids software running 24/7 on my PC.

[gray shuttle]

Which one is this?

[heady crystal]

Wave Link is cool, but I'm doing some basic noise removal and a small amount of EQ.

EQ on device and then Krisp noise removal in Discord would suffice just fine

[gray shuttle]

Thankies

[bitter sapphire]

i bought it for 117 euro with shipping

[gray shuttle]

Doesn't seem bad second hand

[gray shuttle]

What do we think about the HyperX red microphone?

It looks cool but I imagine that's where the pluspoints end?

[proper vector]

Ever since HP bought HyperX their products are quite shit

[gray shuttle]

Okay, thankies

[patent patrol]

we all using

[gray shuttle]

This is what my Yeti sounds like atm

But I want to get rid of that noise a fair bit

@proper vector voice reveal

[white jackal]

Sounds fine from my phone speakers

[gray shuttle]

There's a bit of static that I hate

when I say ummm

[bitter sapphire]

its pretty alright tho

[white jackal]

The static can probably be filtered out

[gray shuttle]

I have no idea how to do that

I am a noob with sound

[white jackal]

Erm so first you do a fourier transform

[gray shuttle]

what the fudge

[white jackal]

Nah most editing software and stuff has noise removal that should take care of background hum or stuff like that

[gray shuttle]

I'll still look for a k688 I think

For when I do want to swap to XLR

[white jackal]

As long as you arent looking to do recorded media i wouldnt worry about it too much tbh

This is more than enough for discord calls or voice comms in a game

[gray shuttle]

I plan to stream again

So Im trynna get it right ish

Coding streams, so a lot of talking and yapping

[white jackal]

Even that i feel like twitch compression might just do stuff to it anyway

I guess if people do complain about it, it may be an issue but otherwise i wouldnt hurry up too much

Maybe you can try sniping some pro gear on the used market from all the podcasts people start and end randomly

[gray shuttle]

Looking at reviews a K688 seems fine for now

I can get a brand new one for 45 eur which is an okay investment for a startup situation

Thanks everyone!

[winged pewter]

Mic sounds fine but i do hear the static you’re talking about

[gray shuttle]

Yeah

It gets worse in the pauses

Though I believe this recording is without any filtering

So no noise suppression

Ordered a fifine K688 it'll arrive tomorrow

Time'll tell

[tacit linden]

My monitor got a new update and ABL is crazy now, opening a website that is in light mode dims the whole screen -.-

[opal agate]

and you turn this off or it's again a stupid EU regulation ?

[tacit linden]

Can't turn it off but I could use True Black 400 and it wasn't an issue, it was only aggressive if you used HDR1000

Now it dims just as much in True Black 400

[heady crystal]

Which monitor?

[tacit linden]

Samsung G8 32" OLED, firmware update 1340

G80SD

[opal agate]

ah, it's proabably for oled longevity

I just hope it's not like they went over the limit during the time they sell the product to make color look better, and then reduce light to prevent to many warranty returns

typical move from big companies

[tacit linden]

I've already had 2 OLED monitors replaced on warranty the last 3 years.

From burn in

[white jackal]

what do you do where it burns in so quickly

god damn

[heady crystal]

I've been raw dogging an LG C2 42" as a montor with most OLED care functions disabled

Light mode, taskbar visible etc in Windows

Pixel shift disabled means some elements truly static

No sign of burn in

[tacit linden]

Nothing, I barely even use my PC and I run brightness at 5/50 which is sub 100 nits.

I play 2 games only.

[white jackal]

ok and do you turn the monitor off when you walk away

[tacit linden]

I have monitor to turn off after 1 minute

[bitter sapphire]

samsung quality

[tacit linden]

Well

First one was Alienware

AW3423DW

2nd one was Samsung G8 34" ultrawide OLED

Now I have the G8 32" 4K 240Hz one

Current one has no burn in but only had it for like 6 months

[bitter sapphire]

yeah that alienware uses samsung's panels

[heady crystal]

Dell really dropped the ball with firmware updates for the Alienware QD-OLEDs

[tribal shadow]

In what way?

[tacit linden]

All QD-OLED models do but not same firmware etc

[tacit linden]

The AW3423DW famously had dogshit firmware on launch that couldn't easily be updated

[tribal shadow]

Ig so yea