🌐│pc_gear

[humble ridge]

Why air over liquid?

[frigid ivy]

really? OW usually runs very well, well over 500 fps easily

[winged pewter]

Yeah but ur brain doesnt have crack injection (the 9700x)

[patent patrol]

im still not at fixed 600fps so

[tepid burrow]

[humble ridge]

What does that mean 😭

[frigid ivy]

lol even all low 1080p?

[tepid burrow]

fuckin wild lmao

[winged pewter]

7800x3d faster cuz on crack, 9700x no crack slower

[tepid burrow]

the x3d is the crack injection thats missing

[patent patrol]

when stuff happens nah

[bitter sapphire]

Bc that 120mm AIO is not enough

[frigid ivy]

"X3D" means something

[patent patrol]

gotta calculate too much shit ig

[vague sparrow]

9800x3d + 5090 astral and I dont even have 1000 Hz in fortnite how can I play like that

[patent patrol]

and anticheat

[kindred shore]

120mm in 2026 yeah nah not gonna work out well 240mm is even a bit small for some cpus

[bitter sapphire]

It was his choice

[twilit flame]

Tiger engine momento

[tepid burrow]

i have 120mm with 7700x and things are good

until i get a diff cpu and get bigger case to facilitate bigger aio

[winged pewter]

P sure u can get 1k with that

[humble ridge]

Okay okay gimme 20 mins ima fix it according to what I’ve been told then I’ll be back for more info hahs

[kindred shore]

hmm 240mm was ok on the 3800x but on the 5900x i went with a 360mm

[quasi field]

Just bought a desk for the apartment I'm moving to. I bought the Ikea Utespelare. Any of you used it before? I have and I find it quite decent

[kindred shore]

i built my own desk with a adjustable base and bought a seperate wood top for it

[quasi field]

I am very budget limited. Utespelare is fairly cheap

It was essential that whatever I got was 80 cm deep as well

[patent patrol]

sell them speakers hehe

[quasi field]

Might have to if the new apartment has poor sound isolation

[vague sparrow]

I was joking

[quasi field]

Well not just poor. As long as it's not good then I'll have to

[winged pewter]

What wss the budget?

[humble ridge]

2500-3000

[winged pewter]

Not even close to minmaxed for budget but:

https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/list/hD727w

[humble ridge]

It won’t let me choose fans I have to choose liquid

[humble ridge]

And i couldn’t find this

[bitter sapphire]

That aio is good

Atleast its not a 120mm

[frigid ivy]

the ram is a lil sus, but could work with x3d

it's like bargain bin ram

[bitter sapphire]

Which AMD CPU’s you can pick

[quasi field]

@round lagoon these are probably what I'd buy if I needed «replacement» headphones. They are quite good and lightweight (235g!)

[humble ridge]

What is cpu?

[bitter sapphire]

Processor

[winged pewter]

What shitty site are u using btw

[bitter sapphire]

Go with the 9800x3d

[humble ridge]

Clx gaming pcs

[winged pewter]

9900x3d is the worst u can get

[bitter sapphire]

Or even with the 9850x3d

[winged pewter]

What country is this?

[humble ridge]

USA I think

[winged pewter]

Are you from the usa?

[humble ridge]

Yes

[winged pewter]

Why do you think its the usa then

Cant u get it built at microcenter or smth

[humble ridge]

Bruh idk

What is micro center?

[winged pewter]

Check for prebuilts in store there with 9800x3d and 5070ti/5080

Bruh

[frigid ivy]

also it says AI System builder at the top

[humble ridge]

I’m just now starting to get into pcs

[frigid ivy]

is this like a workstation builder website

[winged pewter]

Microcenter is like ikea for pcs

[vague sparrow]

On aliexpress the. 9800x3d was cheap month ago

[winged pewter]

In the usa

[vague sparrow]

In france we have the most awful pc component reseller

[frigid ivy]

microcenter also sells decent prebuilts

[vague sparrow]

There are several chains but they all belong to to the same group

[bitter sapphire]

I wish microcenter would open a store in the EU

[frigid ivy]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/698877/powerspec-g757-gaming-pc

[winged pewter]

Prices wouldnt be even close to usa

[frigid ivy]

this is already better than cheaper than the builds linked

[winged pewter]

Prices in the eu are quite good actually rn

[vague sparrow]

In germany and spain there are decent prices

[vague sparrow]

Not in france there is a monopoly

[winged pewter]

Spain has awful prices from what i saw

[winged pewter]

Just order from belgium

[vague sparrow]

Pcomponentes is good

In spain

[vague sparrow]

Alternate?

[winged pewter]

Whatever belgium has

[bitter sapphire]

Without taxes sure it looks good

[winged pewter]

Id love to have no taxes

[vague sparrow]

I heard if you have a company and buy stuff you pay no tax

Just make a fake company or something

[ivory tiger]

I would love to not pay any taxes

[vague sparrow]

The only tax I agree to pay is the one for healthcare

Because otherwise I would be either dead or homeless

[kindred shore]

its tough out here in germany rn

[dry summit]

it’s not that bad

[kindred shore]

maybe im just broke yeah that could be

[vague sparrow]

Honestly I think it is ok

I mean compared to other place

[kindred shore]

yeah i guess it could be worse the state of the industry is just cooked

[vague sparrow]

Some years ago in france people ordered from mindfactory

[kindred shore]

mindfactory is where i order begrudgingly because they have great prices but terrible service

[vague sparrow]

I think they have great price because they might dont have a lot of support?

[kindred shore]

i think so yes

[sharp fiber]

Bro, take a step back, do some research. Or is this ragebait?

This is like walking into a store for shoes and not knowing you have feet

[humble ridge]

No like meant like what the other term for it was like I kind a knew but didnt haha it’s not ragebait I’ve done a bit of research and came to the conclusion that j would rather pay someone to make a pc for me than do it myself so now I’m paying someone.

[humble ridge]

What are feet?
I have two foots but no feet?

[quasi field]

https://tenor.com/view/stress-cabbage-beaver-eating-cabbages-gif-19336743

[mint yoke]

whos buying https://x.com/LockOnGear/status/2049601925641810038?s=20

Lock-On (@LockOnGear)

Lock-On Odyssey: Pre-orders Open May 5th!🔮

For the first time, we’re opening pre-orders to better support our international vendors and plan ahead for our incoming shipment.

This also allows early reviews to go live so you can see exactly what Odyssey offers before it reaches

X · Apr 29, 2026, 9:29 PM

[quasi field]

bro

<@&1098943457654997093>

[golden hatch]

Looking into a OLED monitor. 1440p 240-360hz 100x100 vesa mount. I just care about making sure it's worth my money and isn't a money pit. I took good care of my tech so just something of good value

[obtuse dove]

Size?

Like diagonal dimension?

[quasi field]

Hello sir I did sir what now sir

[mystic rock]

im using my logitech mouse and my profile keeps switching basck as soon as i try to play a game

[golden hatch]

Oh I completely forgot. 27 inch

[obtuse dove]

Asus ROG Strix XG27AQWMG is very good

It's one of the newer OLEDs

[ivory tiger]

oh yea it is, I have to return mine tho, was unlucky with panel lottery

[obtuse dove]

Happens

Most experiences from what I've seen are excellent though

[ivory tiger]

part of the panel is "broken" and it's hella grey banding

[ivory tiger]

oh yea, the monitor is really great, I know that I just lost the panel lottery

[golden hatch]

isn't that model out of stock a lot?

[wet coral]

my samsung g60sd is great if you can get it around under 600usd

samsung ususally has a ton of sales

the g61sd is 240hz
g60sd is 360
g60sf is 500

[terse ferry]

@golden hatch i use msi 273QP x24 it is quite good so far

[obtuse dove]

There is a chance you can find one but they are pretty popular yes

[wispy blaze]

i have g61sd i love it

[hallow heath]

Anyone got a dust cover for the hev2?

I need to order one lol

[glossy shale]

Optimum didnt glaze the super strike, based

got the viper v4 pro last monday its miles better than a beast x max

[round lagoon]

I checked it on their website and it seems to be on sale for $210

[sharp fiber]

Genuinely just by tech alone, if you dont like superstrike shape you should go op18k. V4 pro introduced nothing interesting and didnt innovate anything

[sharp fiber]

Ye acryllic

[past dome]

I don't need a new mouse any time soon, but if I were to upgrade to a HE one I'd wait for something with a similar shape to the maya x

[quasi field]

It's a good price

It cost twice as much when it came out in 2010

[round lagoon]

Old

But gold

[quasi field]

The $100-300 segment is where I'm most interested typically. Always happy to find good ones there

If I got to design a dream headphone I'd want it priced in that range

[still hatch]

hi can anyone recommend me a starter IEM with a mic that’s good quality and visually-appealing for gaming?

[round lagoon]

Why not separate mic and IEM?

[still hatch]

i don’t like having many things around my desk hehe

[quasi field]

I haven't seen in-ears with mics. Would the mic be attached to the cable then?

[round lagoon]

yeah, there's some iem that has cable + mic

[quasi field]

I relate

[round lagoon]

budget?

[still hatch]

yes i’ve seen some but i’m not sure if they’re good

[still hatch]

less than 500usd

[round lagoon]

dollar?

noice

[still hatch]

mics are like so bulky and they get in my way, i don’t go a day without bumping my mic/dropping it 😭

[quasi field]

Why not get an over-ear headset with a microphone?

[still hatch]

for some reason, headphones give me headaches

[round lagoon]

that gives you a lot of option. But for just trying out IEM you can try Truthear Blue 2, it has an option for a cable with mic. It's about ~$60.

[still hatch]

most likely due to the weight on my head, and i play for hourss

[quasi field]

Makes sense. There are comfortable light weight headphones though

[still hatch]

nicee i’ll add that to my cart

[still hatch]

also i heard IEMs give you better sound profiles

[round lagoon]

nozzle is quite thick, but if you can handle that, you can handle most other IEM if you decide to change (doesn't need to, just a light EQ and it'll be as good as the better one)

[quasi field]

In-ears have far better sound on average since they are so easy to tune

And unlike many headphones particularly open-back ones do not need to be EQed in the bass 90% of the time

[still hatch]

i see, thank u so much for the recommendation 🤩

[still hatch]

right, that’s awesome

[round lagoon]

@quasi field You know, since speaker are very common in my place. I wonder if I better off just spend $500 on a nice set of speaker rather than hd480 pro

[quasi field]

Makes sense since you already have headphones. I do also recommend you buy gear to calibrate your speakers however. It is very important otherwise you will probably find the bass low fidelity due to how uneven it is

Amir just measured the OAE1. Not that we don't already have many measurements to show that it's not a good set of headphones

I was so disappointed by this headphone. There are old messages of me on this server when I owned them

[round lagoon]

I see, guess that'll be like a while since calibration tool seems expensive

[dry summit]

what do people use for these graphs? im not much into audio

oh wait it says on the image...

[quasi field]

Typically what you see is from squig.link

[quasi field]

They can be had for reasonably cheap. Less than $100 afaik

[round lagoon]

I see

yeh, saw one for like $70 Dayton Audio EMM-6

[quasi field]

miniDSP UMIK-1 is good

Look up what it costs for you

And yes it is verifiably good

[round lagoon]

$70 ish from taobao

[quasi field]

$300 speakers with upwards of $200 towards calibration gear is better than uncalibrated $500 speakers every day of the week

[round lagoon]

I see, anything else I need for calibration?

[quasi field]

Should also buy speaker stands. Either floor ones or ones for the desk to make sure they are properly elevated and disconnected from the desk

[round lagoon]

So, other than the speaker. The calibration mic + stand? I have space (can also make space) behind my desk

[quasi field]

https://www.minidsp.com/applications/acoustic-measurements/umik-1-setup-with-rew

Also need a mic stand

I have never used this before so I'm reading through it first time now to see what you need

I needed loads of crap to calibrate mine but Neumann's process is so clunky and bad

You need a floor microphone stand since the microphone will be where your head ideally is. That decides the ideal place to have your head when listening. There is some room to move your head around, which depends a bit on the speaker. Coaxials have the most room for you to move around

Also buy a measuring tape as you'll want to measure the distance between the speakers themselves as well as the distance between both of them and you. You want the ideal reference position of the mic/head to be an equilateral triangle, meaning equal distance between the speakers and you

[round lagoon]

Those two can be get used and cheap around my place. Anything else?

[quasi field]

So if there is 100 cm between the speakers, you want the mic to be 100cm between it and the speakers

[round lagoon]

A question, since I might be buying the measurement tool first, can I try doing it on a cheap pair of speaker I have lying around?

[glossy shale]

night and day difference tbh

[quasi field]

Don't think you need anything else actually. Umik-1 is USB so no need for an interface etc.

[quasi field]

Of course. Can use it on any speakers since it's not proprietary

Though how well the measurement will work depends on how good the speakers are of course

[round lagoon]

it's alright. Seems like overall (minus the speaker stand and speaker), it'll be like $100.

At least that way I can experiment with what I have first

[quasi field]

Also make sure you eventually get a subwoofer or two

And that you calibrate those as well

[round lagoon]

maybe wayy after the speaker

The only problem I have with my room is that there's AC and fan, not sure how that's going to affect the overall setup

Other than that, I can turn off my pc and macbook is pretty quiet.

[quasi field]

Can they be turned off?

[round lagoon]

I can

It's just that it's hot here (except the night)

[quasi field]

Maybe a silent AC will be your next upgrade

[gray shuttle]

Speaking of mic stands

Do we happen to know about a budget one to set down next to my desk with an arm?

[round lagoon]

When I have a job, for now still jobless

[gray shuttle]

So I don't get reverb when recording keeb vids

[round lagoon]

Hmm, inverter AC in my place is like $300-400, maybe extra $100 for installation

(fuk that's still cheaper than my headphone) MAYBE I do AC first

That way I can actually listen to my open back without any other sound besides my neighbor (and my computer, but I can turn that off, can't off my neighbor though))

[quasi field]

Can also just lower fan speeds on your computer

[round lagoon]

my pc fan controller ass, it's always 100% with no way to change

I'll check again later, but it's just pain

[quasi field]

Definitely get a new fan controller

Open backs are always inferior to closed backs if your room isn't very quiet and the PC is or is close to inaudible

[round lagoon]

I see

Looks like I'll be doing room quieting first

with the major part being a new AC

[quasi field]

https://youtu.be/FXncFIHDjpU

New audiophile nonsense just dropped again

Thread about the video: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/scientific-reasons-why-cables-matter-for-audio.71090/

[obtuse dove]

scientific!? now they've breached my territory!!!!

[mint yoke]

me using nightjar blue hour on yu9 que 👀

[quasi field]

Ridiculous

[mint yoke]

i got it for 1/4 of that used but yes its not a great value proposition in any case

[round lagoon]

😭

that's still $500

[obtuse dove]

there is just so, so much wrong here

ok so you know how they claim that at low audio frequencies, the impedance increases to 500 ohm

and their reasoning is the telegraphers version of the impedance equation

well they fail to realize that only hapens when your speaker cable is going to be multiple miles in length LMAO

[quasi field]

Think of the better things you could have bought for that
Or delicious food
Or a trip somewhere

[quasi field]

Every time someone tries to defend audiophile cables within the realm of objectivity it seems to be using metrics that while real are absolutely irrelevant for home audio

[obtuse dove]

so you can just treat it as a lump RLC circuit, the load of the speaker itself is way more significant than your freaking cable at these short lengths LMAO

[round lagoon]

hd490 pro, it's a good investment compared to cable

[quasi field]

I could travel to America and try KFC for the price of some cables

[round lagoon]

I can go to Kuala Lumpur and demo a bunch of headphone, even maybe some extra to try $100 food

[obtuse dove]

like, they take stuff that is often found in high frequency RF and antenna design and try to apply them to audio which will almost never work because there is a big difference between 20kHz and 100MHz

like most of these effects that they are talking about will almost never show up within the frequencies that most audio equipment works at

im not even an electrical engineer and I know this 😭

[quasi field]

Unless you're as golden eared as Robb Watts and claim that differences at -300 dB something are audible to you

[quasi field]

I want nice food rn

[round lagoon]

I want better setup

I mean, it's already nice, but it can always be nicer

[mint yoke]

sovereign symphony 8w is 11000 dollars

[quasi field]

Instead of buying that cable he could have donated some money to you so you can buy a silent AC

[glossy shale]

how do people have this much disposable income

[mint yoke]

[glossy shale]

or hell how do people convince themselves to pay that much for copper wires with plastic wrappings

[quasi field]

Depending on the country it can be as easy as just having a normal job

[obtuse dove]

thats a great question.

[round lagoon]

Aesthetic (at least one of the reason)

[quasi field]

https://tenor.com/view/kfc-chicken-sandwich-sandwich-kfc-sandwich-fast-food-gif-26943409

I want a KFC chicken burger so badly 🤤

[winged pewter]

then get one

[quasi field]

Worth travelling to Murica just for that

[quasi field]

I don't have KFC

[winged pewter]

You dont have kfc in your country?

do you live on an island 20000 km from civilization or smth

[patent patrol]

i want 🫵

[obtuse dove]

you know, if they are this picky about the fucking cable, why dont they worry about the stuff that can actually make a difference like amplifier design (which is pretty mature im ngl) or modeling the speaker impedance over a spectrum of frequencies and then have a smarter amplifier to compensate.

[round lagoon]

same, at least food here is cheap enough that similar enough burger cost just ~$8

[quasi field]

I was going to say that most countries don't but then I looked it up and it seems like most do in fact have KFC

I live in the black one middle top

https://tenor.com/view/hanekawa-tsubasa-hanekawa-bakemonogatari-monogatari-gif-20263337

[round lagoon]

lmao

[winged pewter]

finland?

[patent patrol]

this u?

[quasi field]

Finland is red

[winged pewter]

finland is so thin u can just cross the border into a country with a kfc

norway then

idk man

I know finland norway sweden are there but idk which one is which from a map like that

[mint yoke]

there isnt much fast food to choose from in norway

[round lagoon]

But have you consider that they already have that, but wanna just 1% more of the goodness?

[winged pewter]

or well sweden is the cock and balls right

[mint yoke]

and what exists cost almost as much as restaurant food anyway

[quasi field]

Also, room calibration
A bazillion times more important than gimmicks

[deep hawk]

KFC is under fire for not having actually left the Russian market

[quasi field]

Norway is the good one

I would happily trade McDonald's for KFC. I tried KFC once in Germany and it was really good

[obtuse dove]

thats fair, most half decent amps have negative feedback algos that constantly check their voltages against what they are supposed to output and compensate in real time as it pulses the voltages.

[obtuse dove]

trueeeeeeee

[heady zenith]

if we go by that id trade anything for a taco bell with baja blast

[obtuse dove]

the best part is that its completely passive, so no digital smarts needed.

because ideally the output impedance of an amp should be as close to 0 as possible

[quasi field]

This is only true 2% of the time. Most of the people that waste lots of money on cables etc. have shitty B&W speakers in bad rooms etc. so they're not actually fidelity maxing at all

[obtuse dove]

and if its close to zero then the impedance of the speaker itself (and the cable for that matter) will not be significant anymore.

well unless you have a really shit amplifier

[quasi field]

So there are still KFC restaurants there?

[deep hawk]

Operated by KFC but not branded as such

[heady zenith]

speaking of taco bell... id also go for a combination pizza hut and taco bell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry2yCriyT58

[quasi field]

I also want to try Taco Bell

[winged pewter]

Idk i think most fastfood is mid

Kfc is nice, but other fried chicken places are nicer (highly depends on which kfc u go to too though)

Mcdonalds is nice for the price and how filling it is, but cant really call them real burgers

I love shakeshack though which is from the US

but only in london and asia

[glossy shale]

its not very good

kfc is the worst big fast food chain ive eaten at

five guys in stockholm was nice

[crude talon]

I think I’ve seen kfc a couple times on vacation but I’ve never eaten there
they’re too far away

[winged pewter]

five guys is ok but so damn expensive

[quasi field]

@warm mantle

[crude stone]

for dac you really don't need anything special for iems

[quasi field]

Nor in general

[crude stone]

cheapest you could go is apple's dongle, and the higher end i'd consider is like dawn pro or something

[mint yoke]

new gaming chair is in

now i need a new desk too

[warm mantle]

Anyone have IEM recommendations for a newbie?

[crude stone]

budget?

[quasi field]

Truthear Blue 2 has a microphone option

[warm mantle]

Under $100, give or take.

[quasi field]

Truthear Zero:Blue 2 are under that

[round lagoon]

Zero blue 2, the first blue is less harman 2019 like

[crude stone]

https://hangout.audio/products/b2d-bundle?variant=41853017686064 if you want an easy bundle

[normal acorn]

dont know about the tech stats, just thought this looked nice

[dry summit]

woah a butterfly

[gray shuttle]

Did you buy it? How does it feel? :o

[normal acorn]

its not mine

[crude stone]

mouse with unique designs are nice

[normal acorn]

saw it on the webs

[gray shuttle]

I can only see the wing effect as pokémon foil

[dry summit]

wireless 8k 39g
it’s called black lotus by unius

[gray shuttle]

If you know, you know

[dry summit]

it’s carbon fiber apparently

[gray shuttle]

Oh nice

Here's the top side

[dry summit]

That’s really pretty

[normal acorn]

but is there a white or pink option

[crude stone]

considering it's carbon fiber probably not

[gray shuttle]

It's also out of stock everywhere

[dry summit]

I was gonna say that

[normal acorn]

[crude stone]

wlmouse has nice pink mouse

https://www.wlmouse.com/products/huan?variant=50783736398122 they have 3 pink variations on this model alone

[obtuse dove]

Thank god they toned down the cat dongle

[crude stone]

something wrong about having a cat on your desk?

[obtuse dove]

Harman is good, maybe add a slight bit of additional treble and it's perfect

[crude stone]

i want an updated version of the beast miao

[obtuse dove]

Personal opinion

I like dongles that are simple and clean

I hate the pulsar dongle

Ts a fucking lighthouse on your desk

The Razer dome is the best

Has LEDs that actually tells you things that are useful and looks clean

[crude stone]

rate my dongle

[crude stone]

i assume you mean the one from the viper v4 but i thought it's kinda ugly tbh

[obtuse dove]

The dome!?

[crude stone]

yeah

this right

[wheat epoch]

razer dome is goated tbh

the zowie one is just too fucking big

[obtuse dove]

Yes it's so good!

[crude stone]

zowie ain't a dongle it's a whole router or something

[obtuse dove]

Oh yeah that thing is just huge

[crude stone]

i don't vibe with it

that being said if a mouse i want has a dongle like that i wouldn't care

[wheat epoch]

the vaxee one is also quite big and bulky but at least you get the 3 buttons on it so it has some functionality to it

[obtuse dove]

I'm ngl tho the best 8K dongle in terms of practicality is the GPX dongle

Because you can store it inside the mouse

[spark agate]

dongle

[obtuse dove]

Yesssssss

[wheat epoch]

yeah but the antenna on it is small as fuck so i really have to question the connection quality on it especially at 8k

[obtuse dove]

Connection quality is good

Can get close to 8K when you saturate the poling rate

[crude stone]

logitech wireless hasn't had issues as far as i know

first brand to have actually good wireless afterall

even if their products went down the gutter regardless

[wheat epoch]

except for that one small remote code execution issue they had on the unify and gen 1 lightspeed dongles lol

[spark agate]

superlight mouse wheel moment

i'm happy with x2 tho

[obtuse dove]

Middle click yeah

[obtuse dove]

It's like 7986Hz but it's close enough

[wheat epoch]

gpw (og), gpx1, gpx2, gpx x2ss middle click release issue

[crude stone]

i bought the am infinity .97 so my next dongle is gonna have battery 😎

[spark agate]

i didn't notice it yettt

tho my old superlight1 had the scroll wheel problem hard

also the mushy sidebuttons but that got fixed somehow on its own later

[wheat epoch]

it's mostly noticable if you do anyhting that requires you hold the button down and move at the same time

but also depending on your unit you might be more or less affected because it's just due to poor component quality in the scroll click switch

[spark agate]

ahh okay

i wonder if i resell my old superlight if someone is even gonna buy that with the faulty scroll wheel

[astral musk]

If you find someone silly enough, I have a Bridge two more to sell

[wheat epoch]

also knowing logitechs history i wouldn't be surprised if they're running the switch out of spec (too low voltage) and due to manufacturing tollerances some of the switches just run better on low voltage

but no way to confirm because idk who they have as their supplier and i don't intent to buy a new mouse just to measure the voltage on a switch to confirm my theory

[spark agate]

we'll see how long my side buttons last on it lol

bought it over amazon tho so return is pretty much guaranteed

[crude stone]

i'm suffering with gwolves mouse

hsk pro scroll wheel was dying so it's torn apart rn

waiting for new encoder to arrive

i'm tired of gwolves jank but their specs are too good

[spark agate]

i'm just happy for my glasswrks to arrive late may to compliment the x2 lol

my old pad i've been rocking is so scuffed

[sharp fiber]

i switched out my scroolwheel on gpx2 to ttc gold dustproof immediately

same for switches stock is just bad

[sharp fiber]

just replace

its a sub 2€ fix

then sell

[spark agate]

never did mouse fixing before tbh

only stuff like switch modding

[sharp fiber]

if you want the perfect mouse for you there really is no way around making it perfect

stock switches are dogshit on anything i tried and you can easily reduce weight 2, 2 of the biggest complaints

thats what i really like about op18k, offering a hotswap set is just good practice

if i wasnt in love with potato i would main it im sure

[spark agate]

i'm not that deep into the gaming mouse game tbh lmao

[crude stone]

so you're a reasonable human being

keep it that way

[obtuse dove]

They use custom switches now

The opto-mechanical ones

So can't really know their true specs

Side buttons are the same tho iirc

[crude stone]

actually if you're getting glass mousepads you're already past the average person blissfully ignorant

[obtuse dove]

So that you can probably look up

[wheat epoch]

This was about the scroll wheel switch

[obtuse dove]

Oh, smh I think that's due to a logic design flaw rather than electrical tbh

Like those intermittent presses could be mitigated by using better filtering

But they just didn't bother for some reason

[wispy blaze]

I love my glass pad

[crude stone]

i only tried a skypad from a while ago but i found i prefer having some cushion

[wispy blaze]

I tried skypad 3 and superglide pad, sold the skypad and kept superglide

Superglide is nice, not as fast as skypad but is very smooth

[crude stone]

i have absolutely no habit of tensing and pressing down on the mouse, so i don't feel like i get as much benefit from hardpad

so i just been content with artisan

[wispy blaze]

I have nerve issues so its likr a double edged sword for me

My tremors are more noticeable but I can push down into the pad for better stability

[gray shuttle]

I have a bit of a, uh, shiver/tremble in my hands

And the glasspad helps

[wispy blaze]

I will say I have been using a raiden for the last 5 months

But I love my glass pad

[gray shuttle]

Since I can push back against the pad

To stabilise

Bad for skates tho

[wispy blaze]

Mine started as a bit then turned into a lot

[gray shuttle]

Mine is entirely from anxiety, not nerve damage

[crude stone]

i prefer fingertip grip/mouse so it's kind of impossible to press down whithout clicking

[gray shuttle]

I'm like the weird dog they show in cartoons

[wispy blaze]

Its sort of stabilized now

Actually got a bit better over the last year

[rain turret]

What are you usually anxious about in your home at the PC?

[crude stone]

and i just disliked the feeling of resetting my mouse onto a hard surface

[gray shuttle]

LIFE

[wispy blaze]

Im gonna be making some ftip mice soon enough

[rain turret]

i feel like thats vague

[wispy blaze]

Once I learn 3d modeling at least...

[wispy blaze]

This shits hard 😭

[gray shuttle]

I genuinely don't know very well to be fair

[rain turret]

i see

[gray shuttle]

I'm like, hmm

[wispy blaze]

Weed helps my tremors a lot

[gray shuttle]

It's an anxiety disorder diagnosed, so dunno

[crude stone]

i'm considering taking my keychron m4 to make a custom shell

[wispy blaze]

Im gonna use my atlantis mini to learn on

[crude stone]

i already know cad so that helps

[wispy blaze]

Then once I can actually 3d model ill find a better mouse and make a schizo light ftip mousd

[rain turret]

some things make me anxious still aswell, but they are focused and specific today

[gray shuttle]

I don't like ftip mice, I tried

[wispy blaze]

I had the option to take a cad class in school but I didnt, regret it now

[gray shuttle]

Big hugs, you got this

[wispy blaze]

I dont like them because they are all too skinmy

[crude stone]

i learned cad by being in a robotics team mostly

[wispy blaze]

But now I can just make and print my own

So im making some extra wide ftip mice

[gray shuttle]

Yeah

This one works surprisingly well for me

[wispy blaze]

Any recommendations for a cad software to use (paid or free)

I was looking at solidworks

[crude stone]

i want to make my own rendetion of the kotinos by pseudoku3

[crude stone]

i use onshape most now

for hobbyist i think it's plenty

[wispy blaze]

Have any experience with solidworks to compare it to?

[crude stone]

yeah i used solidworks back when i did robotics

[gray shuttle]

I just use Blender tbh

Make sure my model is sealed and bam

3d print

[wispy blaze]

I was told its kinda mid for doing stuff like mice

[crude stone]

blender is a different kind of 3d tool that has its own separate benefits

which i do want to learn too

[wispy blaze]

And that blender was better for sculptures and stuff

[gray shuttle]

That's fair, but I am a professional modeler, so yeah

The ease of use wins for me as I already use it daily

[crude stone]

with cad making organic shapes is very hard

[wispy blaze]

You think itd be easier to learn on and use solidworks or should I go with onshape

[crude stone]

with blender making functional mechanical parts is hard

[crude stone]

going straight to onshape is fine

[gray shuttle]

For sure

[wispy blaze]

Ill check it out

[crude stone]

ideal is using blender for the external shape of the mouse

and using cad for the internal

idk blender enough to know how to do that workflow though

[wispy blaze]

Well itll be those schizo ftip skeleton style shells

So idk if blender would work as good (I have 0 clue the capabilities blender has)

[crude stone]

also working with STL files on CAD is a nightmare

[gray shuttle]

Probably just smoothing

[crude stone]

in that case cad will be fine

blender can technically anything if you install enough plugins

including actual parametric cad

[obtuse dove]

I love robotics!!!!

SW is so nice!

[crude stone]

it'll surely be more jank than purpose made cad software though

[wispy blaze]

Blender seemed confusing as hell when I tried to use it once

[obtuse dove]

Autodesk inventor lowk buns tho

[crude stone]

same i only know how to make shapes from dimensions and constraints

so blender, and even stuff like vector image software like illustrator is like

[obtuse dove]

Also same

[crude stone]

a whole new thing

[obtuse dove]

But I've done surfacing in Creo

And SW

It's not that bad

Bust still very different from blender

[crude stone]

i've used inventor, 360, sw, and onshape

[obtuse dove]

Onshape is nice for small stuff

Onshape has been getting better and better

[crude stone]

yeah the biggest drawback is large assemblies and complex parametric stuff can take a while to load

it's not that different on sw depending on the device though so

[obtuse dove]

Not sure how hard they throttle server speed on free accounts but on enterprise they load relatively quick on fast internet

[gray shuttle]

Some of my blender stuff within reach

[crude stone]

would love to have an enterprise account

[obtuse dove]

Also just curious what kind of robotics stuff did ya do?

[ivory tiger]

I wonder how unlucky I would have to be, to lose the OLED panel lottery twice, I hope I won't tho

[wispy blaze]

Only a few grand a year surely its worth it

[gray shuttle]

Stay positive soldier

[obtuse dove]

That would be very low but nonzero

[gray shuttle]

Don't give in to the bad thoughts

[crude stone]

FRC

[obtuse dove]

Omg sameeeee

[frigid ivy]

lol been 10 years since I've done FRC

[crude stone]

[ivory tiger]

It's never 0, it just kinda took away my motivation

[sharp fiber]

I love coming home to this

[crude stone]

it's been like 5 or 6 depending on if you count the year where we basically did nothing because covid

[frigid ivy]

I wish I could use solidworks again, stuck in Catia hell

[obtuse dove]

🥀

[obtuse dove]

Jeez

2016 must have been fun though

It looked like an interesting game

I've heard horror stories about recycle rush tho

[crude stone]

my life was robotics until covid fucked everything

then i became depressed

[gray shuttle]

You and me

Covid fucked a lot of things

[obtuse dove]

Rip

[crude stone]

i think my grade had it worst on covid timing

was junior when it hit

so future still undetermined, shit gets fucked for next 2 years

if you were a senior at least you already had some plans made

[gray shuttle]

Same here, I was studying game dev and we lost all our possibilities to have seminars and stuff

It became very secular

2/3rds of my school is supposed to be networking

We couldn't network at all anymore

So everything sucked

[crude stone]

i was mentally coping til like second half of senior year

[obtuse dove]

College yeah

[gray shuttle]

Damn that's rough

[obtuse dove]

It cooked basically everyone

[crude stone]

and then i just snapped and couldn't join a zoom meeting without getting anxiety and crying

[gray shuttle]

:(

[crude stone]

so i ditched all my classes for the first time in my life last half year of high school lol

almost didn't graduate because of it

[gray shuttle]

Oh, high school!

Yeah, that's even worse than my uni

[crude stone]

yeah i didn't go to college/uni because i was too depressed to

[gray shuttle]

That's when you need people

[obtuse dove]

Like when I tutored at kumon in high school I kid you not there are 8th graders that can't fucking read properly.

[crude stone]

i got a job after that just to not waste my life

was a cnc operator for 3 years after graduating high school

[obtuse dove]

Oh that's cool!

[crude stone]

thankfully became a lot better mentally now though

even if stuff can still be objectively bad i learned how to maintain my mental health

[obtuse dove]

You think you will get into college or nah?

[gray shuttle]

It's important, yeah, mental health is increasingly important these days

[crude stone]

i don't really feel the need to currently

[obtuse dove]

Nice nice

[crude stone]

but if i find something specific i want to learn that benefits from it, it'll be a consideration

[obtuse dove]

I'm currently wasting away at engineering school 😭

[gray shuttle]

I went back to college/uni when I was 30, it's never too late etc

[crude stone]

trying to find a new job rn

[deep hawk]

Not everyone can or should go to university

[gray shuttle]

True

[obtuse dove]

True!!!!

[crude stone]

i know an apple employee so i got referred

[gray shuttle]

See, good headstart

Especially in the current job market

[deep hawk]

My generation was sold a lie that in order to be successful, you must go to college, and that was bullshit

[gray shuttle]

Yup, that's true

[crude stone]

might take a while so might try to find a job in the meantime, but if i can get into apple they have good benefits so i could go to school during and stuff too

[gray shuttle]

I'm your generation

[terse ferry]

Laying cables is better

And technicly always needed profession

[obtuse dove]

At an Apple Store or at an Apple R&D campus?

[crude stone]

probably apple store to start

[obtuse dove]

True! Electricians are always needed!

[crude stone]

but moving within the company should be much easier when you're already in it too

[gray shuttle]

Many of my peers studied at uni to now have degrees they can't do anything with

[obtuse dove]

Fair fair

[gray shuttle]

And they're forced to work jobs they don't like but that require "any" degree

Works for some

But not for most

[obtuse dove]

For me after uni I will probably go to grad school

[gray shuttle]

Find your niche, I say

[crude stone]

i just need income again so i can do more stuff lol

[gray shuttle]

No matter what that niche is

[crude stone]

hard to even commit to personal projects without feeling stable

[obtuse dove]

Research is something I've been doing for a bit at my school and I like it a lot, so I think grad school would be nice for me

[gray shuttle]

Be it laying cables or whatever really

The world needs so many different people to function

Might as well enjoy what you do, if you can help it

[deep hawk]

Only about 25% of people with a university degree work in the field of their degree 10 years after graduation

[obtuse dove]

Yeah interests change, people change

[gray shuttle]

It's why a lot of younger generations do less uni

[crude stone]

i've been designing a pc case but i need money to get it made

and need money to buy more ssds because it's not gonna fit my current 2.5in

[deep hawk]

In my case, I realized that the field I got my degree in was filled with shitty companies who treated their employees like cattle

[gray shuttle]

Yeah, I bet

[obtuse dove]

Stem degree of sorts?

[gray shuttle]

But, now you have a hopefully challenging yet fullfilling job

With Dali

[deep hawk]

Which has nothing to do with my degree 😛

[gray shuttle]

No, but

You never know the path life takes :3

[deep hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/dark-souls-praise-gif-25000256

[gray shuttle]

Aaaa

[crude stone]

6.5L or something with fullsize gpu

[obtuse dove]

Ooh! Looks very similar to that one case I saw from fractal

But this one is sheet metal

5052 alu?

[ivory tiger]

Praise the sun

[crude stone]

significantly smaller than the fractal ones

[crude stone]

yeah alu

[obtuse dove]

Yeah but the form factor is resembling of one of their cases

[obtuse dove]

Nice nice

[crude stone]

whatever alu the sheet metal bending service i use will have

[gray shuttle]

That's impressive already

[obtuse dove]

5052 is probs the alloy I'd go with for something like this

H32 temper will probs suffice

[crude stone]

it's heavily inspired by the sfftime u-itx case

because i wanted to get that case but US bs made it unreasonable to

[obtuse dove]

The ridge right

[crude stone]

yeah

also node 202 exists

my current case is the dr zaber sentry

which is 7L so I wanted something smaller, and less restricting in airflow

[obtuse dove]

Tbh SCS has decent bending services

Not sure how complicated you're allowed to make the parts tho

[crude stone]

yeah they're one of my consideration

[obtuse dove]

Fabworks to a degree as well

[crude stone]

yeah those are the 2 i'm looking at mainly

[obtuse dove]

I will say fabworks treats FRC teams well

they sponsor a few FRC teams

[crude stone]

i'll have to do more digging to see which will work better for me

it's been a bit since i was researching it but i think i was gonna go with fabworks because they seemed more lenient with going out of spec on components

[obtuse dove]

Oh deffo

They are more lenient with going out of spec. But they do give you disclaimers if you do go out of spec

[crude stone]

i'm trying to use pemnuts everywhere i can to avoid using loose nuts

but there is no way to be within pemnut specs on the gpu bracket lol

[obtuse dove]

Yeah lmaooooo

[crude stone]

i originally designed it while looking at scs specs so I have to check everything to be in fabworks specs

[quasi field]

Headphone budget: 99%
Speaker budget: 1%

[crude stone]

and i was gonna add more variables so that's easier to change later, but then got lazy and that's where i stopped lol

should get back on it

[crude stone]

almost same except i don't even have speakers

[quasi field]

It's the opposite for me. I have fancy speakers but not headphones. Though my headphones are still good

[crude stone]

i do want to get speakers eventually

not sure how much i want to spend on it though

might start with like an adam d3v

[obtuse dove]

Yeah that is lowkey annoying

Can't just upload some GD&T stuff and all is good

[quasi field]

Make sure you buy calibration equipment. It's almost as important as the speakers themselves

[obtuse dove]

Have to do it through their like portal

[crude stone]

i'll keep this in mind

[obtuse dove]

Very unlike smth like Xometry

[quasi field]

MiniDSP UMIK-1 is a great and affordable option
(Don't buy UMIK-2. Not worth it)

[obtuse dove]

Yeah umik 1 is good enough for most people

[quasi field]

UMIK-2 can even be considered worse depending on use

[obtuse dove]

Oh I see

[round lagoon]

yess, it's speaker year

[obtuse dove]

Also I've been meaning to get an IEC coupler or similar to calibrate my IEMs

[crude stone]

going from no speaker to a speaker is gonna be big enough already

so i'm gonna try to not go too deep yet i think

[obtuse dove]

Mainly for channel matching the left and right earbuds

Apparently it can help a lot

[quasi field]

2 has lower noise floor and supports higher sampling rates.

«Umik 2 is a larger capsule and will become a bit directional at higher frequencies. In this respect it is inferior to the Umik 1. I go with the Umik 1, the fact it is cheaper is a cherry on top.»

2 is better if you for example also want to use it as a microphone to talk into. But for just calibrating speakers go with 1

[obtuse dove]

I see

[round lagoon]

this could actually be useful as a way to get iem that I want without having to spend more

[obtuse dove]

Yeah

Could get away with a clone one too

[round lagoon]

as long as it's accurate, IDM what it is

[obtuse dove]

B&K HATS

/j

[crude stone]

i'm tempted on the crinear reference

[obtuse dove]

Those have their own set of issues

[obtuse dove]

From what I've heard, reference is good, but not all likes JM1

[round lagoon]

If I have money for it, I rather just buy 40 set of speaker/headphone

[obtuse dove]

I would only get the reference if you like the JM1 sound profile

[crude stone]

i've heard of JM1 based iems and have enjoyed it

[round lagoon]

what iem?

[crude stone]

dusk

[obtuse dove]

I don't remember if the dusk had the tilted version or the non tilted version of JM1

Because reference has like a 8db tilt

Roughly

I think

[obtuse dove]

Oh wow dusk is more tilted than reference

Whooops

The reference does have a slight boost in the sub bass tho

Compared to JM1

And more mids

[crude stone]

dusk is basically a more v shaped reference(if you use the dsp cable)

[round lagoon]

Doesn't look vshaped, just bass boosted Reference

[crude stone]

i enjoy the sound but i'm not as satisfied with other things about the iem

like no filter on the nozzle, needing an eq to hit the intended target, and i've also experienced long wearing sessions can make the sound muffled

i think it's moisture build up causing it

[obtuse dove]

Rip

[crude stone]

the daybreak seems nice but i couldn't justify getting another iem for such a similar tuning

if the dusk dies i'd get a daybreak

[round lagoon]

Maybe it could be worth it if it means a more comfy iem

[crude stone]

not sure about their comfort

but i know the blessing series shells are kinda infamous for massive nozzles

so wouldn't be surprised if it's better

[round lagoon]

testing out meze alba with harman + hrtf EQ. It sounds better, especially after reducing the 200hz

[obtuse dove]

Nice nice

[round lagoon]

Like, more controlled and feels less bloated on the bass. Treble I leave it default because Alba's treble already perfect other than personal peak.

[obtuse dove]

For me I like Harman with extra air treble. (Very close to PEQdB diamond beta)

[round lagoon]

PEQdB looks too much for me on both side.

But harman is good enough. The treble kinda loosely follow harman MoA 2025, which is nice.

[obtuse dove]

Tried in a blind test yet?

[round lagoon]

not yet

[obtuse dove]

Should try it in a blind test, you might surprise yourself

Certainly surprised myself for sure

[round lagoon]

very noice

[sharp fiber]

I dont use them, i might as well toss them i think they are like 14 years old at this point

[quasi field]

Even though JM-1 feels questionable that set has quite good treble performance so it's good as an EQ platform

[quasi field]

Seeing how it compares to the Variations tells me that I wouldn't like the JM-1 tuning

Too little energy below 100 Hz, too much from 100 to 800 Hz

[round lagoon]

I might like the reference at a higher volume, but hard to know without trying it myself

But Alba to me is nice at low to med volume, which is where I listen it at (same as hd490)

[quasi field]

The Variations basically predicated the Harman 2025 MoA Average treble before it happened

Tracks it so well

[round lagoon]

hmm, mids too low for me though for this iem

but once it's at 60db level in that graph, it's close to what I want

[quasi field]

Damn. Sharur can't stop winning

[round lagoon]

condition is a bit unideal, I'm not familiar with the song list at all

[quasi field]

You can upload your own

Btw this is how the targets compare (I normalised at 800 Hz)

[round lagoon]

I see

[round lagoon]

Now to hope he fixes his attitude

Also, I think my ideal IEM would be harman 2019 with a relaxed treble.

[quasi field]

So the Variations?

Well depends on the exact treble region you're referring to

[round lagoon]

basically, take whatever treble alba has and make it harman

I might like the variation

but not at $500

prayer answered ahh (about $200 my currency)

[quasi field]

When I had the Variations I EQed in this part of the treble to be more like the default Harman curve

But I couldn't tell if I preferred it or not so I just disabled it

It sounded different of course but I wasn't actually sure if it were better or not

I was using the Variations with that Moondrop USB-C DSP cable for the EQ

[round lagoon]

I see

I might actually buy Variation as my mixing/music writing IEM, if the listing still up in like 3 weeks

[quasi field]

I genuinely cannot remember being in this server in 2024. When I see these messages I feel like I'm using a stolen account and looking at someone else's messages

[round lagoon]

lmao

enticed by 80he, stays for audio

[quasi field]

Actually I stay because ||I'm a translator for Wootility||

[round lagoon]

doing God's work

Hmm, alba's default tuning + hrtf makes it a nice jazz IEM though. Prop why I find it a really relaxing IEM to listen to

with a cut on 200hz to make it more harman, it's more serious/focused listen.

[vital gorge]

I'm looking for an new Amp for my speakers. I want to connect my laptop and desktop.

I came across this, seems decent,

https://www.amazon.nl/S-M-S-L-A100-Bluetooth-Versterker-Luidsprekers/dp/B09K3G1S37

Is there an obvious alternative I'm missing?

[round lagoon]

is your speaker active or passive?

[vital gorge]

Passive 8ohm

(I'm a noob at this)

Currently powered by a pioneer a-333. Not using anywhere near its full power

[round lagoon]

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/smsl-a100-review-stereo-amplifier.33727/

[quasi field]

What speakers?

[vital gorge]

But that thing is starting to buzzzzz

[round lagoon]

Conclusions
The message here is a sum of good and not so good. I really like the frequency response for a class D amplifier and inclusion of AC power supply. Distortion on the other hand rises with frequency. I like to see perfection but we don't have such an example below $350 currently. Overall I would say not a bad attempt. Strange that despite having become available late last year, it is discontinued already. Maybe there are part shortages.

I am going to recommend the SMSL A100 as a budget amplifier.

[vital gorge]

A kit built by my dad long ago, wharf Dale or something. I. Don't have the specs

[quasi field]

Wharfedale has great speakers

Though personally I would say active speakers are almost always better. But that's too late here

[vital gorge]

I had Mackie CR3, but they decided to not survive a moving of houses

[frigid ivy]

more portable dac/amp should have this feature

[vague sparrow]

Can you keep the thermal paste after opening it for several month?

[obtuse dove]

Yeah

[obtuse dove]

Yeah it's impressive

[obtuse dove]

Tbh, he's the average Stanford grad student

They're all like him in some way

[quasi field]

I'm imagining his professors looking him up online and just finding all the nonsense he has said lmao

[obtuse dove]

Lmao they probably don't give a shit

Most profs just use their grad students to do their research

Or if the student wants to do their own research it has to be incorporated with the professor's research in some way.

Also yeah they are right in that most masters research is not peer reviewed

That's normal

Although he did probably co-authored some research under other professors

[round lagoon]

@quasi field I give the hd490 a listen at a quiet place. It feels like I got the last 5% im missing

Seems like when writing music, I need to do it between 9pm to 4am

[quasi field]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuDZg82TUCg

[round lagoon]

also, 5128!!

[quasi field]

Not very good performance

bro

[patent patrol]

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/discover/designed-with-pros

might have interesting insights

[quasi field]

@obtuse dove @round lagoon

Look at this reply I got...

Some recordings sound much better than others because... they have audiophile cables

[white jackal]

I love adding mixing and mastering as like a side note at the very end

Also, very rude to not include the recording engineer and producer

[little crane]

After a lifetime of “name brand” I’ve swapped over to an op1 I don’t think I’ll ever get another mouse shape again

[quasi field]

Well to be fair you have to be an EXTREMELY talented audio engineer to contribute more to the quality of a record than an Audioquest Dragon BiWire

[bitter sapphire]

its a great mouseo for sure tho i wish it was lighter

[little crane]

My two mice before this were pmm’s both around like 32g I switched to this and I honestly don’t mind it being a little heavier. I only play CS so I don’t notice it as much vs maybe a game like apex

I have some glass skates on order they should be coming in soon

[obtuse dove]

-_-

Sure studios don't use shit cables, but that's for reasons other than sound quality

Usually it's because of durability and customer support.

[round lagoon]

I dont know, hd490 cable feels the same as any other cable. And it's from senny pro division that deals with music studio.

[tribal shadow]

Technically egg is also name brand

[little crane]

I mean compared to like logi, razor etc

most people dont usually go to enthusiast stuff

[tribal shadow]

They are casekings brand

[heady zenith]

id say EGG is also quite popular maybe not as mainstream as logi,razer and co but popular

[quasi field]

https://youtu.be/DCXHVlcFe58

[quasi field]

https://www.soundguys.com/grell-oae2-review-155530/

[glossy shale]

PMM mods is working on a superstrike mod kit and viper v4 pro

[round lagoon]

ayy, actually good?

[patent patrol]

ew

[round lagoon]

lit look like they just snip in a part of hd490 with hd560s

But it's more expensive than either though, and I prefer the other pads of hd490, so this is not for me.

[patent patrol]

https://fixupx.com/jakeufps/status/2050154226471326070?s=46

jakeu+ (@jakeufps)

The G305 X Superlight has been leaked.
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︀︀I thought we wouldn't live long enough to see this...

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FixupX · May 1, 2026, 10:03 AM

[hazy fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[sharp fiber]

modkit for what?

[sharp fiber]

i personally really enjoyed them, had them for a month

but neither worth 500 nor very comfortable

[glossy shale]

for super strike and viper v4 pro

[patent patrol]

for what

[vague sparrow]

Yeah for what?

[tribal shadow]

"leaked"

[vague sparrow]

I think he is talking about that https://pmm.gg/products/zen-8k-mini-mk?variant=55707179417865

[quasi field]

The 2 or 1?

[sharp fiber]

2 of course

[sharp fiber]

yeah but what does it mod?

[terse ferry]

Everything but not fix g502 shape

[elfin kayak]

vgn got their hands on the 3955

[glossy shale]

3d printed shell

[sharp fiber]

Anyone can do that themselves lol

And original shell is nice, i hate even high quality printed shells they just feel bad

You would need to make custom shells with injection molding, but the molds cost a lot

[wheat epoch]

is that an actual new sensor or is it just a 3950 rebrand

[glossy shale]

pmm shells are really good

the ultragrip coating makes it feel like an injection molded shell

https://youtu.be/gblRLl33qpc?is=yJyLXM87-X6elnxx

the shells are made with multi jet fusion printers

[rustic mesa]

I too inject myself with mold

[obtuse dove]

MJF is nice

[obtuse dove]

Same sensor used in Razer VV4 Pro and Gwolves HTS Plus Pro 8K

[wheat epoch]

god i hate that pixart doesn't have proper publicly available documentation

but i'm fairly certain the vv4 pro sensor is different

at least with features that are blocked off on the publicly available version of the sensor

[obtuse dove]

To my knowledge the Razer version of the 3955 sensor is a custom Razer implementation.

So the specs are slightly different

[glossy shale]

i thought razer has a 3970 with exclusivity deal

or some unreleased model

[obtuse dove]

3955 and 3970 are the same sensor

[wheat epoch]

looking at this i highly doubt they are

[obtuse dove]

One just has minor changes made to it to fit razers implementation

[obtuse dove]

They have similar model numbers etched on them and the exact same pinout

[wheat epoch]

maybe they have similar packaging but i don't think they're the same

[wheat epoch]

ok yeah but literally every pixart sensor from 3360 to 3950 had the same pinout

[obtuse dove]

Again to my knowledge it's the same sensor, the lower tier one is just binned

[wheat epoch]

they just switched packaging and pinout with the newer gen

[wheat epoch]

the budget sensors had different pinouts and thay was just because they didn't include an intergrated led

anyway i can ask thefiend i guess

to confirm

[obtuse dove]

Thefiend?

[wheat epoch]

yeah like the guy in charge of rnd at razer

[obtuse dove]

Ah

[patent patrol]

everyone be using slightly different versions and firmware

[elfin kayak]

upcoming ipi with 3955, nordic 54, wireless charging and rapid trigger

[quasi field]

https://youtu.be/eA5n8VHfdk0

There's nothing to a combo beyond making sure the amplifier can power it enough, which that one is very very equipped to do. I recommend using the EQ feature of the Element to EQ the 800 S as I don't find it good sounding

[round lagoon]

tldr?

[quasi field]

He met Sean Olive at that presentation about distortion audibility research that I posted about some days ago and claims he showed his LCD-5 to Sean and had him listen to the PEQdB Diamond Target that he apparently liked (assuming this happened), and that Sean said the Harman targets are dull in the highs. Then I don't remember the rest of the video since it just kind of went into irrelevant territory afterwards

[round lagoon]

I see

[quasi field]

I don't find the upper treble dull at all over the many headphones I have EQed to Harman, but on the other hand that doesn't really matter as the research was clear in pointing out that you should just EQ that area to taste anyway

[round lagoon]

What about the (assuming this happened)? Does it actually happen with proof or he just takes Sean's words and twist it?

[quasi field]

There's no proof (in the video) of course. But it doesn't sound impossible

Personally the only thing that sounds weird to me is that Sharur brought his LCD-5?

[round lagoon]

Ehh, I wait until Sean response himself

[quasi field]

Also, make sure you use the loudness compensation it has. Essential for the best experience

[round lagoon]

It's hard to believe Sharur with how much people dislike him (and how many places he got banned)

[quasi field]

He probably doesn't even know who Sharur is

[round lagoon]

lmao

[quasi field]

He is a troll but not a full time troll. He does serious things as well

I remember he joined a server I was in years ago before I even knew who he was and he called the owner fat and was banned

[round lagoon]

lmao

[quasi field]

He is also tsundere for Crinacle

[round lagoon]

In any case, it's still hard to take him seriously

[quasi field]

He is why I bought the Variations

[round lagoon]

In any case, it'll be a while before I do my next audio upgrade (closed back headphone or silent AC)

[quasi field]

Why do you want a new headphone?

[heady crystal]

Not sure a suicide joke due to bad headphones is particularly funny

[round lagoon]

on the go closed back! I dunno.

[heady crystal]

If I'm being entirely honest

[quasi field]

Your current headphones are good. I'd upgrade the AC since that will matter for any headphone/speaker upgrade in the future

[round lagoon]

okay

it'll be like 10 week at least

assuming I don't go to the arcade

[quasi field]

And a new fan controller or whatever to adjust PC fans

[round lagoon]

I don't need my PC to be on when working/listening to music

but it's cheap enough to get I guess

[quasi field]

I find it funny because I'm an Arya survivor too

[quasi field]

Do you play games?

[round lagoon]

Mostly rhythm game (like only needing my pc to be on 2 hours at a time)

[obtuse dove]

yeah treble frequencies are the most influenced by ear geometry

[obtuse dove]

and also eargain in a way

eargain is another big thing

[loud stag]

my application doesn't see the keyboard help. nothing helps

[wheat epoch]

what browser are you on

has to be chromium so if you're on firefox it won't work

[ivory tiger]

If they say application, I assume they mean the application

Like the downloadable version of wootility

[patent patrol]

yo i wanted to check the bio

wth

it gets worse 😭

[crude talon]

gigachad

[gray shuttle]

It looks like a ghost mouse

[glossy shale]

is this real

the skate placement is killing me more

the top ones are like 1-2 millimeters lower and the middle skate if stock is upe

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison I’ll send screenshot instead cause of translation

[hazy fiber]

"superlight"

[plain schooner]

I know 59g is stupid

[ivory tiger]

Well it is "superlight" if comparing it to the brick of a logislop mouse

[quasi field]

Not a big thing for some Audeze headphones

Btw the first «high-end» headphone I wanted when I was very new to audio was the LCD-4. Glad I never had a chance to waste money on it because I obviously wouldn't have liked it. I was just clueless back then

[hazy fiber]

Yeah, I don't think anyone will have access to viper v4 sensor for another 2 years

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qM4TGxcLk8

fiio KA11

Alternative would be Jcally Jm20 max

[quasi field]

dB(A) again

[vague sparrow]

I just would like the razer viper with 3 buttons on the side instead of 2

[round lagoon]

what's the problem with it?

[undone marten]

Just copped these bad boys

[quasi field]

I just don't understand why it's the default for audio

[vague sparrow]

viper v4 😍

[sharp fiber]

This makes me very sad

[undone marten]

v4 feel so nice but the click is too loud holy

[vague sparrow]

yeah it is what I have read

[sharp fiber]

Change it

[undone marten]

same with da v4

[vague sparrow]

I am still on the v3

[sharp fiber]

Personally besides hall effect the switches i liked the most were huano brown shell white/yellow dot

Very similiar to X2 haptics

[vague sparrow]

I want a viper with the superstrike switch and 3 side button

[sharp fiber]

All stock switches are dogshit imo