audio-tech

[left cypress]

im looking more for sitting at a desk not so much on the go stuff

i got a apollo twin

[warm scarab]

iemagni?

[unique wind]

i wish iemagni was still sold

[warm scarab]

if that is still a thing you can buy it

[warm scarab]

just give it a try

if you hear hissing then you should seek out an alternative

[unique wind]

it has flagship low distortion in negative and neutral gain but sucked in high gain and i would guess thats why they discontinued it

[unique wind]

that's a pretty nice interface i would imagine it'll work well

[left cypress]

it only has the big jack on it

idk what its called sorry

but i would need an adapter

[unique wind]

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-6-35mm-Female-Stereo-Adapter/dp/B01D82XXGO/

i think you would be delighted with the $55 Truthear X Crinacle Zero (Red), you dont need to pay $450 for Moondrop Variations

it's a marginal improvement, mainly that you get more upper treble extension with variations, but youre paying 9x as much for that

[left cypress]

why the red ones spefificly?

[unique wind]

it's an updated model that's tuned a bit better and is able to play louder with lower distortion

not just a paint color

[left cypress]

they pretty ugly imo

[unique wind]

oh dang variations are at $520, $450 mustve been a sale price

[marsh siren]

@lean grove figured it out. its just a really small cap, not 47 micro farads, 0.47

[unique wind]

i mean i get they're good but that's insane

[left cypress]

are there any one ones you would recommend, im looking for something with high build quailty and some good sound

between the price of like $500 and $50

[lean grove]

rolling off above 10khz. that ones kinda hard to notice.

[left cypress]

and lets not forget i payed $500 for airpod maxes

[muted mural]

how do i test my headphones against the harman chart?

[lean grove]

id say get the reds. you seem like you got deep pockets so if the reds arent what youre lookin for you can look at something nicer

[muted mural]

i had some headphones come in a delivery as a gift from a company or a small mystery tech box

[lean grove]

on paper the truthear reds are pretty damn close to perfect.

[muted mural]

there are plasticy as hell

but sounds not awful

almost matches the xm3

[lean grove]

you'll need a $50,000 dummy head for measuring headphones

[unique wind]

check if AudioScienceReview, Crinacle, or Oratory1990 have measured your headphones

if they havent youre probably SOL

there are a handful of other reviewers that do measurements but those three are the most well known

[left cypress]

is there anything diffrent to the reds that look a bit nicer and sound just as good

[unique wind]

moondrop variations

youll be paying 10x as much for the prettier metal shell and slightly better treble

[left cypress]

are they really the only two good options?

[unique wind]

theyre the two best but there a couple more that are also good

theyre not exactly pretty either though

QKZ x HBB Khan and Tangzu Zetian Wu

Khan is harman tuned like Truthear Reds and the Zetian Wu has boosted bass and treble

[left cypress]

realisticly im not hearing a diffrence there am i

[unique wind]

if you have a trained ear you can notice it but youre paying 10x more for a minor improvement

[left cypress]

how about the MOONDROP KATO, or MOONDROP ARIA, or the MOONDROP CHU

[muted mural]

I don't even know the name of these

The box said M something

[lean grove]

https://crinacle.com/graphs/iems/graphtool/?share=Diffuse_Field_Target,ZeroRed_S5_10ohm,Variations&tool=4620

[unique wind]

all of these are worse than Red both in terms of tuning and driver quality

[left cypress]

wow wtf

[left cypress]

how about the MOONDROP BLESSING

[unique wind]

the new blessing 3 is one of my least favorite moondrop iems ever

[muted mural]

You know what's confusing me other than these headphones not having ny branding on them

There is a sd card reader on the headphones

[left cypress]

you can probably store music on them

[left cypress]

whys that

how about the MOONDROP x Crinacle Blessing2:Dusk 1DD+4BA In-ear Headphone

[unique wind]

it barely has a bass shelf and its treble is nothing special

even shill youtubers struggled to make positive reviews of it

[muted mural]

These headphones won't last long build quality is bad

[unique wind]

trying to portray that its boringness is good

[left cypress]

whys it so much lower

on the graph

[unique wind]

why is what lower

[left cypress]

nvm

how about these ones TANGZU WAN ER 10mm Dynamic Driver In-ear Headphone

[unique wind]

tangzu wan'er is probably the best $20 iem

[left cypress]

oh they are very cheap i didnt even notice

how about these DUNU Kima Classic Dynamic Driver In-ear Headphone

or the MOONDROP KXXS

[left cypress]

you recon i would be happy with them for a first pair?

[unique wind]

$20: Tangzu Wan'er
$55: Truthear X Crinacle Zero (Red)
$150: Tangzu Zetian Wu
$520: Moondrop Variations

those are my recommendations

[warm scarab]

im not sure about variations

[unique wind]

it's honestly not worth buying anymore

it has questionable build quality and inverted polarity

it was worth it before the truthear red came out when we didnt have good harman iems

[left cypress]

What are thoes Tangzu Zetian Wu's like

[warm scarab]

most certainly

normal sound

[unique wind]

boosted vocal warmth and treble sparkle

[warm scarab]

is the best i can describe 20$ nice tuned iems lol

[unique wind]

zetian wu's are probably the most tastefully v-shape tuned iems ever

[lean grove]

@left cypress nobody likes 20 questions. we have given you the best options and thats considering all the things you mentioned.

[left cypress]

sorry my bad hahaha

which is the like standard jack 3.5 or 4.4?

[unique wind]

most audio interfaces and headphone amplifiers are going to use 6.35mm

what youd find on a mp3 player, computer, phone, car, etc is 3.5mm

[muted mural]

ok i tested those headphones too my hyper cloud 2s for a quick test

[unique wind]

i can vouch that ive used these adapters for years and love them, theyre very satisfying to plug in and very durable: https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-6-35mm-Female-Stereo-Adapter/dp/B01D82XXGO/

[muted mural]

they sound similar but sound volume is lower to my hypers

they seem more flat than the hypers

[muted mural]

but the dull sort of flat

not bad for price but not great

[unique wind]

what headphones are they

[muted mural]

dunno there is no branding on them and i binned the box

but their chinese

that i know

[nocturne plaza]

any mic recommendations? plan to use it to vc online & record voice content for youtube, want a decent one got a decent price, budget around £100

any ideas massively appreciated

[left cypress]

with the Tangzu Wan'er's is there any diffrence between thr black and the white or are they exactly the same?

[unique wind]

with tangzu wan'er the black white and green are all the same tuning theyre just visually different

[left cypress]

ok sweet, with the TANGZU Wu Zetian's only the 4.4mm jack shipps to nz

the other one they dont ship here for some reason

https://www.amazon.com/KZ-AS06-Armatures-Earphones-Detachable/dp/B0BPT27VP3?th=1

are these the same as these https://www.amazon.com/KZ-AS06-Armatures-Earphones-Detachable/dp/B07L9N46XB?th=1

[unique wind]

the heyday is an updated model with a metal shell instead of plastic, and slightly less bass

[left cypress]

is one better than the other or is it personal prefrence

[unique wind]

i think the original purple plastic one is better aside from being plastic instead of metal if that matters to you

[left cypress]

and one last question is the cable interchangeable with other cables?

[unique wind]

all of the iems that we've been talking about have removable cables yes

[left cypress]

when looking for a new cable is there a spefic type of cable i should be looking for?

[nocturne plaza]

is this mic any good?https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-Profile-Microphone-Table-Stand/dp/B0BTPZF6P1?th=1

[unique wind]

yes

i got to go though take care

[left cypress]

ok sweet thank you very much for the help have a good one

[molten lotus]

Is it’s ok to put my DAC on top of my pc

[lean grove]

perfectly fine yeah

worst case scenario it falls down

[tepid torrent]

No, the components will vibrate the crystals inside the dac spontaneously combusting your entire house and you will die

[warm scarab]

do you have any idea how dangerous this is

[unique wind]

my tube amp fell off the back of my desk and the tubes shattered a while back

got replacement vintage tubes and it's lived on my tv setup instead ever since

[lean grove]

nail it to your desk

[unique wind]

reasonable solution

i was actually thinking about buying a duplicate if i wanted speakers on my desk and didnt go the monitor route

[lean grove]

get a bottlehead smex

try knocking that off your desk

[unique wind]

oh yes the bottlehead Single-Ended-eXperimenters kit

[lean grove]

the short name is a banned word

[unique wind]

this is a headphone amplifier Nillingston

oh it's also labeled as a high sensitivity speaker amp

[lean grove]

2 watts

[unique wind]

it's pretty but i was looking at a pair of NHT SuperOne which are both cheap and very inefficient

that may not even get them to 85db peak at listening position

[lean grove]

1 star on amazon

[unique wind]

i see that listing yeah lmao

[lean grove]

whats their deal

they dont look too special

[unique wind]

theyre not

theyre just a cheap sealed speaker that doesnt have annoying treble

[zealous viper]

Anyone know why my headphones are suddenly being staticky and weird, Ive got wired razer blackshark V2's and for the last 2-3 days whenever audio goes through them its also staticky, but only sometimes. Is the wire just cooked?

I can still hear the original audio when it goes static, but the static is on top of it

[lean grove]

https://ascendacoustics.com/collections/b-stock/products/cbm-170se-b-stock-pair?variant=40086138978358

get these

[unique wind]

it has a butthole : (

[lean grove]

you have one too

[unique wind]

this is true

those CBMs with a topping pa7 plus would be a menacing combination for under $1k

itd get to genuinely painful volumes

[lean grove]

89db is pretty efficient too

93db in-room

[unique wind]

that + they have a power rating of 200 rms 400 peak

imagine actually putting 200 into them

noise complaint speedrun

[lean grove]

get them

[unique wind]

amir did a review on them im gonna read it

@lean grove

[lean grove]

Yeah that looks kinda goofy.

[unique wind]

old folk would probably love them

guess ill just get a pair of neumann monitors

with a pair of starke sw15

[edgy oxide]

Does anyone have any 7.1 surround sound headset picks?

[weak rapids]

None

Virtual surround sound is ass

[molten lotus]

which option to choose? :))
I'm noob..... IEM is kz zsn pro x

[nova wagon]

The one you had already chosen

[west crypt]

mv7 or rode podmic usb?

[unborn gale]

I might be outdated, but pretty sure the Antlion mics are pretty good

[glossy gorge]

Thoughts on the q2u?

and this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCGH2RL?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzcarter0b-20&creativeASIN=B08FCGH2RL&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3ESW0SNXHV0ZS&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_f_asin

[unborn gale]

is that a mic? Also pretty sure Skullcandy stuff are all trash

[glossy gorge]

headphones

[unreal compass]

I need a vinyl player for under $150 that looks and is good, any suggestions?

[glossy gorge]

what other hesdphones do u suggest around that price range

[unborn gale]

what is your budget?

[glossy gorge]

around same price range

as the one i sent

[unborn gale]

what do you want in a pair of headphones?

[glossy gorge]

max 200 dollars id say

wireless

Not shre what else

[unborn gale]

what are you using it for

[glossy gorge]

gaming

Well not gaming

sometimes gaming

mostly other stuff

Like music

And work

[unborn gale]

Honestly I'd just get something from Sony

[glossy gorge]

also thoughts on this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y1C6GDS?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzcarter0b-20&creativeASIN=B07Y1C6GDS&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.M2P8HT179R7Y&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_asin

[unborn gale]

I'm not sure what else would be better at that price point

[glossy gorge]

what would be best if i upped my price point

but not too high

Sony WHXB910N Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-The-Ear Headphones Black WHXB910N/B - Best Buy

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-whxb910n-wireless-noise-cancelling-over-the-ear-headphones-black/6479546.p?skuId=6479546
How are these?

@unborn gale

[unborn gale]

I'd personally go for their older flagships

like the XM4

you should probably wait for more responses

[harsh phoenix]

if ya can find xm4s or xm3s for cheap, they're really good; but if you're unable to find those, look for a pair of wh-xb900n since i dont think the 910's are a significant improvement sound wise tbh

if looking for feature standpoint alone then yeah the wh-xb910 is better; the best on the market for what it offers at its price range purely if looking at noise cancelling/bluetooth stability/app etc

[unreal compass]

Pls help

[glossy gorge]

what do you think about this as a mic setup @harsh phoenix

not trying to soend too much

[harsh phoenix]

i dunno much about mics tbh, but i will say that wired will always sound better so any wired mic like that one shouldn't be too bad

[steep sierra]

Anyone know a cheaper but good quality alternative to the KEF S2 Floorstands in Europe?

not really feeling like paying 220$ for shipping for a 80$ product. While I can buy the originals for 350 euros.

[slender shuttle]

I have 100 euros to spend on headphones and saw that the SHP9600 had good reviews. Should I get it?

[steep sierra]

If you know someone with corporate benefits, you could get the HD 560s for a little over 100 euros

If you live in the Netherlands, I could get em for ya.

[slender shuttle]

I do live in The Netherlands

[steep sierra]

oh hmm

[molten lotus]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C46Q3DF9/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0C46Q3DF9&pd_rd_w=v49lo&content-id=amzn1.sym.84ea1bf1-65a8-4363-b8f5-f0df58cbb686&pf_rd_p=84ea1bf1-65a8-4363-b8f5-f0df58cbb686&pf_rd_r=QY5W3977XYD03XQA6F0H&pd_rd_wg=Vv0R2&pd_rd_r=b77cb6b6-8ca4-45a7-bc10-e5da5237c371&s=computers&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw should i get this?

[steel escarp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/998467300460073040/1137363546519392387/61aza8PGrL.png

I am buying these

[tepid torrent]

Why

[steel escarp]

because they are cheap

they fit under my monitors

I can accept them not being the best sounding for the price

and it'd be a waste to put anything more expensive in my room

[tepid torrent]

Ig

[fossil zinc]

Anything can fit under your monitor

[lean grove]

https://tenor.com/view/violet-water-spit-out-drink-disgust-gif-17557421

[fossil zinc]

I just pray that laptop table doesn’t give out
Cause I would seriously cry

[wicked sail]

do you have any good recommendations for wireless over ear headphones for pc my main focus is music and then gaming!?

[restive cipher]

Anybody here have experience with iem? I just received my 7hz zero but i feel like its flat sounding

[lean grove]

give it some time for your brain to adjust. most people feel that way going to a more neutral sound signature. so listen to your favorite music for a day or two and if you still dont like them you and EQ them or return them

[lean grove]

audeze maxwell

[restive cipher]

Will try😀

[wicked sail]

holy.... they are expensive XD but thanks now i know where my Money goes👍

[lean grove]

as of now they're the best wireless headset on the market regardless of money

[restive cipher]

Btw, is bass not sounding bassy normal for iem?

[lean grove]

lets see

so it looks like they've got a pretty gentle bass tilt

they arent gonna be the bassiest, but they're not flat bass.

are they sealed properly in your ear?

[restive cipher]

I think so, i used the red tip

[unique wind]

it is flat basically

i prefer iems with a 12db+ bass shelf

if you want more bass and youre on a windows PC you can download equalizerAPO

[leaden cloak]

Hey there. My speakers are making a bunch of electrical interference. I’ve narrowed it down to my DAC being plugged into my PC. When trying a laptop with the DAC, it goes away. I tried a differnent one but its still there. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to fix it or reduce it

[warm scarab]

power conditioner?

there are usb power cleaning adapters and such

I have never needed to purchase one before so I don't know of them, but I do know people who purchased some high end/scam ones like the ifi one which really did work

[lean grove]

https://shenzhenaudio.com/products/topping-hs01-usb-isolator-usb-2-0-high-speed-low-latency-eliminate-the-ground-loop-noise

[leaden cloak]

do those actually work? i thought they were snake oil?

[lean grove]

this is their numbers

so take it with a mild grain of salt

but its not entirely snake oil

these basically just isolate the power of your pc from your dac

galvanic isolation too.

https://archimago.blogspot.com/2022/03/measurements-topping-hs01-usb-20.html

third party measurements

[leaden cloak]

hmm

yeah i can look into that

know any cheaper or free solutions in the meantime?

[lean grove]

no

maybe you can find a cheap used schiit wyrd

but otherwise this is the cheapest one ive seen

[leaden cloak]

I guess I’ll save for one of those then. If you come up with anything else let me know. Thank you

That’s the only one of those on ebay and so uh yeah that ain’t happening

[lean grove]

They're kinda rare so I'm not surprised

You've also got the ifi defender

But those are not cheap

[lyric ice]

guys what sample rate should I use if i want to benifit from the new tidal FLAC quality and how many bits ?

it says on my control panel my amp is at 32 bit - 2 schannels and 96Khz

should I change a thing or leave it like this ?

[leaden cloak]

192k seems to be the max you can do before other applications dont like your dac anymore (ex. Spotify) so thats what i would do

tidal i think can go higher then that so it can handle it but the rest of your PC's apps may not

[lyric ice]

yeah some apps used to crash before when going higher

is the update only for the app and mobile app. some songs on the web player are shown as high while max on the app

[lean grove]

44.1 16bit or 96 24bit.

but if you really wanna get the most, try and find the setting that lets tidal use your dac in exclusive mode

that way it will always be exactly what tidal needs

[unique wind]

if youre listening to 16bit 44.1 music i would just leave your output device on 16bit 48khz for the best compatibility with apps and games

almost everything in the computer world is 16 48 and you wont lose any quality when your music is upsampled from 44.1

[lyric ice]

there is an option called " passthrough MQA " should I disable this or enable ?

[candid cosmos]

Any quick ideas for something more "bang for the buck" solution for home theatre?

I have an amp, a for now sufficient one - older higher end onkyo, but basically nothing more than a good subwoofer (jamo sub 12" 600W or smth closed - forgot the model lol)

The front speakers are a heck less than great, but acceptable for now - though i want to change them (basically unlimited space there btw)

For center - about the same, though i dont have one at all rn

For backs the only idea i have currently would be the svs prime sattelites - they would as far as specs go basically be ideally what id like to have - but maybe also other ideas there?

As far as budget goes - i dont really have one, it would more be like "i dont want to spend 700Euro per speaker", so id just want something - thats like reasonable - like my mackie cr5-x setup on my pc

Hope you get what i mean xd

[lean grove]

so you currently have an onkyo 5.1 reciever and a sub and you want speaker options

[candid cosmos]

basically

i do curretly have fronts, no center, no surround

fronts being - basic.

[lean grove]

okay so g ood news is the most expensive parts of the system are out of the way

[candid cosmos]

ye

but also no - cause big front speakers are friggn expensive... surround is alright so ye...

Im just kinda annoyed cause for iems and active speakers its easy - get music production stuff xd

but also great - i know which surrounds i dont want.. canton plus mx.3, my dad let me test them - they are horrible.

onkyo audessy tries its best - but ye xd

[lean grove]

if i were starting from scratch on a budget, first thing i'd look for is something used online and see whats in my area.

facebook marketplace, craigslist,

you can find some really good deals

[candid cosmos]

ye i did -

most interesting thing klipsch r28f for like 480

for centers and surrounds - couldnt really find anything interesting

[lean grove]

thats not much better than MSRP

[candid cosmos]

it is a lot

its a pair -

[lean grove]

sorry not msrp, but just what im seeing on ebay

[candid cosmos]

maybe should mention that xd

[lean grove]

yeah i got that

but im finding singles for $240 and pairs for about 480

and old klipsch consumer isnt really all that great

they've done a good job with the heritage stuff and the new mk2 of their rp600 and rp500

so if i were starting from scratch, i would get one of those

[candid cosmos]

nice - back to nothing lmao - but i wasnt really far anyways so ye

[lean grove]

rp600m II or rp500m II

[candid cosmos]

bookshelf - bit too much for surround and hefty smol for front xd

id be looking at standing ones - cause i dont really have anything - to put bookshelfs on ^^"

[lean grove]

stands are like, $50

[candid cosmos]

that yes - but ye...

Id like bigger ones - i do have a sub - but i prefer a very low crossover - currently 30hz cause 8" vintage speakers

Luckily they dont sound that crap after the audyssey... - but you cannot really get basic speakers that far so ye.

i could also get some Klipsch R-620F for 250 per speaker - and the atmos things for a little more - but im not into reflected highs so thats a no

[lean grove]

oh i completely forgot

about the jbl 570

thats the best bang for buck floorstanding out there to my knowledge

and yes they're expensive, but they frequently go on sale for like, less than half their price

[unique wind]

your fronts don’t need to be that big

6” bookshelves can fill a room

having a large center speaker is more important than having large L/R for movies

[lean grove]

or jbl 530 go on sale more often and are even cheaper

yeah depending how you set it up

if you're doing a standard 5.1 then like 80% of the sound is coming out of the center

[candid cosmos]

The best thing is - googling them reveals basically only the headphones xd

[lean grove]

https://www.jbl.com/loudspeakers/STUDIO+570.html?dwvar_STUDIO 570_color=Black-GLOBAL-Refurbished&cgid=outlet

[candid cosmos]

But the speakers look interesting lol

ye found them xd

still funny - getting greeted with basic headphones lol

[candid cosmos]

tried it - if i can go bigger i want it xd

The way you feel basically everything - not the way a subwoofer does - its a big thing for me.

[unique wind]

aren’t the L/R mostly used for the music

all the vocals and gunshots and sound effects are often center

[lean grove]

depends on the mastering i guess

the moveis ive done 5.1 the lr do a litte more than jack shit

[candid cosmos]

like going from my 5" pc setup including a sub - which sounds friggn great - is still nothing compared to the dual 8" basic things i got in the living room - the sound itself is worse - but it just feels better - hard to explain.

[unique wind]

that’s been my experience too

95% of shit comes out of the center

[candid cosmos]

ye i know that - part of the reason i currently dont have a center at all - and if i get one - it will be a bigger one.

[unique wind]

klipsch sells the older models of their centers for cheap on newegg often

in america anyway i’m not sure where you’re from

[candid cosmos]

im in germany so no option sadly

teufel would be a local thing - the price is great - but the performance matches the price so yea...

and i dont exactly like the optics xd

and the fact that id be one of the teufel dudes - which is like owning an apple device...

[unique wind]

can’t lie most of my stuff is apple

phone, laptop, and tv streamer

my gaming pc and server aren’t

[candid cosmos]

im sayin its like - you either love or hate it

well - im the middle ground - but thats not the point xcd

hard to explain...

Like when people that know see it - they are like ugh

"they got in the electronics store and got the first best cheap thing"

Which i just hate to be xd

[unborn gale]

I mean

why waste your money on something expensive

[candid cosmos]

and the stuff is not outstanding anyways.

[unborn gale]

unless you can afford it of course

[candid cosmos]

i could afford to go like full svs - but i dont want to spend that much xd

i couldnt effort to go with the speakers whose highs look like trumpets though.

Neither want to...

but to be hornest - for my surrounds the option of svs prime sattelites is pretty stuck rn...

For fronts im still unsure - center comes later lol - but might also get svs prime - the fronts are too expensive for me to be justifyable

[steel escarp]

I wonder if the creative pebbles are gonna sound better than the jbl go 3

For its size its quite impressive

[carmine cargo]

how are steel series headsets? ive had hit and miss in the past where they broke in a year (happened twice) and i had to buy a new one, and then i got astro a50s and they have been good for almsot 3 years now

i was thinking the arctis nova pro (the best one they have right now, i assume?) because of the battery changing system which is really convenient. how is the sound and quality of them compared to the a50s?

[warm scarab]

just get audeze maxwell

none of the options you mentioned are good at all

[carmine cargo]

the astros are very good

[carmine cargo]

which ones because i see they're 4,500$

[warm scarab]

what

you are looking at like audeze lcd-x

[warm scarab]

to you maybe

[carmine cargo]

cheapest ones i see are 400$

[warm scarab]

it should be around 300$

there has been a big demand for them and a small supply so the prices may be hiked up for where you live

[carmine cargo]

maybe

[tepid torrent]

A40’s are eh

And thats the most tolerable one

[haughty girder]

I actually think

a40 are like the gamer creative aurvana live

very bassy, but tuned well enough that it's not painful to use

[haughty girder]

they also are tight enough that I dare say it's similar enough

[candid cosmos]

A40 isnt total garbage, still crap for the price imo. A50 is total garbage...

[carmine cargo]

The sound is better on the 40?

[candid cosmos]

A heck lot.

[carmine cargo]

Because wired?

[candid cosmos]

The a50 suffer from horrible bandwidth over the wireless link.

Sound is god awful there. The latency is very usable though - will be the linkage of the Problem there...

[carmine cargo]

So how are the arctis nova pro wireless?

[candid cosmos]

I already hate Bluetooth aac and sbc because of a simelar thing, but thats there where i could still use it - besides the Bad latency, apt x HD and ll is pretty usable though.

The a50 2.4g link is extremely Bad though, so Bad that i took it off 10mins in game, where i tried to find the Problem i have with them cause the Sound was just awful, tested in astroneer cause it was the game i played.

Tested music and proven. You loose basically 100% of mid-midrange up when theres any sort of Bass, a behaviour you know from Bad amps with low Bitrate and samplerate to like most wireless Devices. But i have never seen it that extreme.

[candid cosmos]

Didnt test them, gave up on wireless, cause the a50 where tossed around as being the best, and were the Single worst wireless Sound i ever heared, so i just gave up on it entirely.

[carmine cargo]

It’s not wireless there are still wires inside

[candid cosmos]

Its just not for me.

[candid cosmos]

?

[carmine cargo]

I need to find that stupid meme

“Look inside wireless device, see wires”

[candid cosmos]

Very funny, barely as good/Bad as my jokes

[carmine cargo]

It’s so dumb

[candid cosmos]

Yea could literally be mine

But its on the edge of being so dump everyone knows you are just meme'n and people may actually think that way.

[carmine cargo]

Yeah

Well, thanks for the help

[candid cosmos]

Either way, for wireless i wont reccomend anything, i will be like - use wires or buy every Headset you find interesting, test them, and use what you urself like.

And then dont be like - this is the best for everyone - cause its simply not that way sadly...

Allthough i do the same...

KZ zs10 pro x best iems unter many hundert Euro i ever had lol

With changed eartips though... 5 Euro mod.

[carmine cargo]

I’ll look into those

[candid cosmos]

What i can say about the a50, the dock is cool, build quality is great etc, but the thing i wanted it to do - simply didnt work properly... I was extremely furios when i got them and basically directly tossed them.

[candid cosmos]

Wired in ear Monitors though

[carmine cargo]

Thing is I don’t have an amp

[candid cosmos]

In ear, you dont need tbh

[carmine cargo]

Ah alright

[candid cosmos]

But you have to like in ear lol

Also, cause in ear the Soundstage is more like headphones than speakers.

[carmine cargo]

I mean

My ears are sensitive

I like over ears more

[candid cosmos]

Compared to my dt990 where you do need an amp, where the Sound can be like its comein from speakers

But the Sound Signature itself isnt perfekt that what id like, where i prefer my mackie speaker setup on my PC as well as my iems a lot more

Lack of Sub Bass, General Bass rolloff, highs can be too much etc - in general very great though.

Still, you need an amp, and i only tested expensive ones cause i want loud so yea... Cannot give reccomendations xd

[carmine cargo]

Ill try to keep that in mind

I just need something good and convenient for gaming

I’m not doing any studio stuff for music or media creation where all of that needs to be perfect

[candid cosmos]

Btw i slipped and ordered a relatively cheap pair of Fronts for my home Theatere...

Teufel Theater 500 - i just hope they are fine to me, cause i just dont want to spend a lot more xD

[candid cosmos]

And good news, it would be good enough to do that still.

[carmine cargo]

I don’t even listen to music on my pc often, I do it on my phone when I’m out of the house

[candid cosmos]

Though not for actual detailed stuff, thats where youd use something like my mackie cr5-x speakers plus cr8s-x Sub setup.

[candid cosmos]

Point for iems xd

Only thing is, kz is best bought directly from kz in China - or over Aliexpress on their store. Cause prices.

Bad thing - if you cannot use them really - you are basically screwd.

And btw, if you do decide to go that Route - get eartips, tested kbear 07 and the basiser equivalent which i didnt like 05 or something... Get the 07.

[carmine cargo]

Alright, thanks for the help

When the a50s break I’ll keep this in mind

[candid cosmos]

Lmao

Ye do that

Also, if you like the a50, keep using them, as far as comfort goes and stuff, i was pretty happy, very great there... But ye like said.

[unreal compass]

I need a vinyl player for under $150 that looks and is good, any suggestions?

[warm scarab]

your only option is probably audio technica

unless you go 2nd hand

[glad creek]

Best headset for gaming : audeze Maxwell

[unreal compass]

Bet thanks

[foggy scarab]

Are the Sony WF-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds or AirPods Pro gen 2 better?

[warm scarab]

id take latter

[foggy scarab]

If I could get the Sony ones for cheaper than msrp?

Based on quality, which is better? @warm scarab

[teal talon]

hey do u know any good voip sms services for pc for calling and recieving calls and sms
i lost my phone and it will be 2-3 weeks before it arrives in the mail

for canada

[warm scarab]

pros 2

for anc xm4 might be better though

still

[foggy scarab]

Alright, thanks. Probably just for music and general listening, sometimes in loud areas, and sometimes while on a run

[supple knoll]

hey, curious what you guys would recommend as an uprdate to replace my DT990 pro's

[craggy nymph]

Hey, i need an audio interface for the shure sm7b or mv7 + volume controle for 990 pro, i wanted to buy the go xlr mini but its not supported anymore, any suggestions?

[warm scarab]

wdym its not supported

[craggy nymph]

Heard the dev team was fired and now there are no more updates

[warm scarab]

its a volume slider

[craggy nymph]

and?

[warm scarab]

what support must it have

you push the slider

and volume goes up

you pull it

goes down

[craggy nymph]

no updates mean it could stop working at any windows update? or more like many new bugs that dont get fixed

[warm scarab]

you'd need to wait for another 10 years for that to happen

its for the best that you don't get a goxlr anyways since its a piece of garbage

but the reasons for which you are not buying it are worse

[craggy nymph]

then what should i get?

[warm scarab]

do you own smb7

or an mv7

or a dt990

[craggy nymph]

i own the 990 pro and want to buy rather a shure sm7b or mv7, im not sure yet

[warm scarab]

for how long have you owned the dt990

[craggy nymph]

like 1 year or something

or maybe 2

[warm scarab]

well no use crying over spilt milk

[craggy nymph]

xD

[warm scarab]

anyhow

sm7b is a big joke

it is particularly famous for being subpar to any 50$ microphones

it blew up for some reason because of twitch streamers using it but that's about it

[craggy nymph]

i dont know what to buy then, i only know these 2 mics from my friends and streamer. rn i own shitty hyper x quadcast

[warm scarab]

you can practically eq an xm8500 which costs 20$ to be almost indistinguishable from an sm7b

that is 380$ saved

[craggy nymph]

its garbage

[warm scarab]

yeah that is pretty awful

anyhow

for a mic you can get a behringer c1, or pay more for a lewitt mic which will just look better if it's aesthethics aren't for you

[craggy nymph]

maybe its good but it looks ass :(
i need a 50/50 you know?
good itself and design for the setup

[warm scarab]

and for an audio interface, m track solo will do

if you want goxlr like functionality (digital mixer etc) you can get a behringer x touch mini paired with midi mixer software

midi mixer is also a pretty dead software that isn't getting updates but, it works

[craggy nymph]

yeah, i like the functionality of it, my headphones are way too loud and too quiet at the same time xD

[lean grove]

what dont you like about the 990s

[supple knoll]

I love the sound profile to be honest but the construction of the frame is real bad for me. Each cup slips a lot and I always need to re-adjust. Im willing to deal with it tbh but if I do upgrade I would want something as good or better but without this problem.

[lean grove]

hmmm.

the higher end beyers i think use the same headband

which when i had some 880s i never noticed a problem with the frame slipping

yours might be pretty worn in

[supple knoll]

Yeah I use them every day and love them tbh but they've been around for a few years and I'd like to upgrade as I replace. I'll keep them as a spare in that scenario

honestly the fact I have to adjust isn't even that bad im mostly just looking suggestions if I did want to get new headphones, lets say budget is £300 $380, unless theres something really attractive beyond that

[warm scarab]

budget?

[supple knoll]

"lets say budget is £300 $380, unless theres something really attractive beyond that"

[warm scarab]

nothing much in that budget

get hd560s maybe

different build and a bit better sound

[supple knoll]

what would you consider the budget I would need for an upgrade?

[warm scarab]

if you have an amplifier then hifiman edition xs

but in terms of comfort, I wouldn't count on it to be an absolute upgrade

sound wise though, easily

[supple knoll]

im running a shiit modi and magni atm

happened to get them real cheap off a friend

[tepid torrent]

Edition xs can be uncomfortable asf

Bigass headphone

[warm scarab]

what high end headphone isn't huge

[tepid torrent]

But it is good yea

[tepid torrent]

Ig

[warm scarab]

none of the hifimans are small

to my knowledge none of senns either

audeze? certainly not

[tepid torrent]

Well the headband on the xs also sucks

[warm scarab]

different people different heads man

[tepid torrent]

[supple knoll]

honestly it looks good to me, my budget was mostly a "nice to have" budget I could see myself getting that at the begining of a payday

[warm scarab]

if you'd really like

you can purchase a hifiman headband with a lace or mod the current one for more comfort

or just buy hifiman ananda stealth

[tepid torrent]

Theres also that ananda nano or whatever

[warm scarab]

ah

no idea

[tepid torrent]

It looks promising at least

Some people said it would replace xs

[supple knoll]

for reference what would ya'll consider peak?

[tepid torrent]

Peak headphone?

Or just

[supple knoll]

yea

[tepid torrent]

Peak audio

[supple knoll]

well both tbh but headphone mostly

[warm scarab]

I haven't tried enough high end headphones to come to that conclusion

most I have is first impressions

[tepid torrent]

Same

[supple knoll]

thats fair

[unborn gale]

yall interested in a pair of mine?

[warm scarab]

but if I had to go based off of what people with similar taste to that I have, could be hifiman susvaras

[supple knoll]

ill take what I can 🙂

[warm scarab]

or warwick aperio

[unborn gale]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/690743161089163345/1137838545931882617/20230806_150259.jpg

Here's a prototype that I've been working on

[tepid torrent]

Also me and klaus have different tastes so our answers if we had one would probably be different

[supple knoll]

yeah thats difficult I guess

[unborn gale]

So what's your budget anyways?

[supple knoll]

Idk how to describe my taste

[tepid torrent]

Klaus might go for a susvara, but I might go for the og utopia

[unborn gale]

I don't go for any of those because those are expensive AF lmao

[supple knoll]

I said £300-$400 but im an impulse buyer anyway so it could go higher if I was attracted

$400 is £380 for me

[tepid torrent]

HD600 is around that price but you probably wouldnt like it

[unborn gale]

I'm selling them for $150-200 depending on model, but I'm in the US, I can ship to Europe but dunno if you want to deal with that. Shipping is an estimated $30-75

[supple knoll]

I could provide my EQ and the frequency response of my DT990 pros but it sounds like science at that point

[unborn gale]

Do you like brighter headphones? Bassy headphones?

[tepid torrent]

What do you eq

[supple knoll]

eq on dt990 pros

im no expert

[unborn gale]

seems like a somewhat warmer sound

[tepid torrent]

What the

[warm scarab]

weird ass eq tbh

[unborn gale]

I agree too lol

[supple knoll]

thats fair

[tepid torrent]

Do you not use EQ apo

[warm scarab]

except for the treble maybe

[supple knoll]

i do

[tepid torrent]

Peace?

[supple knoll]

its peace

[tepid torrent]

I havent seen it like that before

[supple knoll]

haha

theres a graph button

[unborn gale]

oh

[supple knoll]

Im no expert, thats why im here tbh 😄

mostly that drop at the end is because I hate simbalance

[unborn gale]

Judging by the graph and what I remember hearing what DT990 sound, you still like a bright pair of headphones, just not as bright as the DT990s

also comfort is a problem with the DT990s?

I thought they had a bunch of clamp

[supple knoll]

comfort is fine for me just that the mechanism for each ear has died so they slip and I have to re-adjust

[tepid torrent]

Ok you might actually like the HD600 or 650

[unborn gale]

there are screws in the headband, see if screwing them tighter helps

[supple knoll]

they dont bite, spinning free. No mod

[unborn gale]

ah I see

could stick some paper in the hole and try again

did that with my SRH1540s

[supple knoll]

mby thats why Im having that Issue I guess haha

[craggy nymph]

Is this good?

https://www.amazon.de/Universal-Audio-Volt-USB-Interface/dp/B09J1V6R6N/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=366VCMS0FJMUS&keywords=Universal%2BAudio%2BSD-1&qid=1691357972&sprefix=universal%2Baudio%2Bsd-1%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-3&th=1

[supple knoll]

It would be awesome If I could figure out my own taste I guess haha 🙂

https://diyaudioheaven.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/fr-20-20k.png

reported FQ of dt990 for reference

[unborn gale]

That looks very V-shaped

Are DT990s V-shaped stock?

Huh seems like they are kinda, and also really bright.

[supple knoll]

probably why I had an issue at the higher frequencies I guess 😁

[supple knoll]

I winged it

[narrow grotto]

Nothing wrong with this unit- if you dont care about the uad plugin platform and recording music it has features youll never use, but nice enough gear for the $!

[craggy nymph]

I have no clue, just want a good mic, someone linked me this + https://www.uaudio.de/microphones/sd-1-standard-dynamic-microphone.html
he said its good but expensive, i dont cvare how much

maybe u can say something about the mic

[narrow grotto]

If you want one thing instead of interface + mic, i can recommend the Shure mv7 - has usb and headphone jack so it's essentially both. If you prefer to have mic seperate i really like the Audient ID4

[craggy nymph]

the guy said that the mv7 is not good xD

[narrow grotto]

Its likely a decent mic, haven't used one. also its designed to work well with the uad plugins for modeling

No need to pay for things you may not need? But yeah its probably better than the mv7

[craggy nymph]

i just stream and use discord

i want good quality + good design

[craggy nymph]

i dont even know what this is doing xD
i only know that i need it while using xlr

[narrow grotto]

fwiw - I'm a professional audio engineer so my reasons for buying gear may be different. I prefer the Audient ID4 due to its class-A design and super low noise floor

But that said, most $100 interfaces are similar in quality.. For mics, you can go many different ways - do you like the mic further away or closer?

dynamic Mics like SD-1, mv7, and SM7 require a lot of input gain unless you're right on top of it

something like this https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT875R--audio-technica-at875r-line-and-gradient-condenser-microphone - would be a little better for sitting further back, less noise and more focused on where you point it.

either way, i'm sure all options would accomplish what you need! hope that helps

[craggy nymph]

i have a elgato lp arm, so i have my mic in my face xD

[narrow grotto]

ah ok then. the other mic choices would be better then!

[craggy nymph]

i mean, i dont need anything. my current mic works. I just want something more premium, i have a hyperx quadcast usb mic, but its ass

[narrow grotto]

i hear ya. yeah go for the SD-1 then

[craggy nymph]

u said something about headphone jack in the mv7, do i have something here?
what can it do except for output audio?
i have 990 pro 250ohm

[narrow grotto]

mv7 has a small headphone jack plug. it would work, but the headphone cable might be awkward if the mic is right in your face on a stand

so the mv7 could be the vocal mic + audio interface for headphone out. 2 in 1. mic is a little boomy on the bass, but most are when placed really close

[craggy nymph]

i mean, what happens if i plug my headphones into this?
is it the same as if i pplug it into my mainboard?

[warm scarab]

it will work as normal

[warm scarab]

I haven't

I dissed the sm7b

[craggy nymph]

not you

another guy

[warm scarab]

oh

[narrow grotto]

yeah, it would work the same, except you have a volume knob - and it will likely sound better than the onboard audio

[craggy nymph]

Oh, thats good

The Volume knob is good, my 990 pro are very loud

[lean grove]

Handsome opinion

[dark stag]

Do you think this would be an interesting product for a video?

[unborn gale]

I have no idea what that is

[dark stag]

It’s a old sound card from like 2000

I think

[unborn gale]

oh

[warm scarab]

not really

[dark stag]

Ok

[tough lava]

This is a good product for a video 🙂

[dark stag]

That would

[dark stag]

Oh wow

[tough lava]

Conveniently it uses a custom protocol over wireless AND a custom protocol over USB

[dark stag]

That is awesome

[tough lava]

So my plan is to replace the AA batteries and custom wireless with an ESP32-S2 and have it work over wifi with a lipo battery, and a USB C port

and a nice OLED display while we're at it

[spring orchid]

are pixel buds a series for 60 dollars on sale a good deal for something if i just want something to wear on the way to work or at school or maybe as a backup for my over ear bose that i wear during every waking and sleeping hour that are not bad but nothing to expensive to bother over?

[tepid torrent]

Galaxy buds 2 are around that price on amazon

Pixel buds kinda suck

[unborn gale]

I use the Linkbuds S, got it for I think $60 off eBay refurbished

[slender nest]

I need help with my audio not working

[leaden cloak]

I figured out what it is. My motherboard is actually making the sound my speakers are making. The DAC is just amplifying it. I have no idea how to fix that or if even can be fixed. So that kind of sucks. I guess I’ll get a USB audio conditioner and see if that helps but I don’t know what else to do or try to get it to go away or reduced

[candid cosmos]

My Asus x570-i seems to spit out usb noise over the Audio.

Thaught it was just the noise floor of my speakers build in amp (mackie cr5-x), but the Sound changes when my mouse is moving (g502) so yea.

[broken heath]

What’s the difference between Sony ch520 and ch720?

@ me answer

Nvrmind one is wired and wireless, the other is only wireless

I’m good now

[leaden cloak]

You too huh?

[candid cosmos]

Got the same Board? xD

[leaden cloak]

Nah but it is an ASUS board

[muted mural]

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 vs focal bathys

Which has the best anc / nc

And sound quality

[unborn gale]

Pretty sure the Bathys have way better sound quality

[zealous kite]

best cheap headphones under 30 pounds

[unborn gale]

koss ur40

or ksc75

[warm scarab]

i had totally forgotten about the existence of ur40

god damn

[steel escarp]

holy fucking shit

the creative pebbles are shitr

wait they just need to play louder

hm maybe it needed a subwoofer

okay

after subtracting like 15db from the bass resonance frequencies its listenable

[lean grove]

They're $20 idk what you expected

[craggy nymph]

can someone please link me a good white xlr cable?

[steel escarp]

holy moly the 3kHz boost on these

after EQ they sound so much better

fixed them

my condolences to anyone buying these who doesn't know how to EQ

[candid cosmos]

👀

[craggy nymph]

xD

[candid cosmos]

Get anything, cables really dont matter All that much.

[lean grove]

As long as they're not stupid cheap

[candid cosmos]

Or more like - most are fine.

Ye this.

[lean grove]

Like $5 is too cheap.

$20 is fine

[steel escarp]

its just a cable

what could go wrong

[lean grove]

No shielding

[candid cosmos]

Cables can be absolute crap, at least something like xlr cause shielding - something like speaker wire really doesnt matter at all, at least besides the thickness...

[steel escarp]

check specs

[candid cosmos]

Specs can lie.

[warm scarab]

5$ is also generally fine

just buy any bro

[candid cosmos]

Price is a better indicator - if its like 3,20 for 5m its too low.

[warm scarab]

you can return it if doesn't work out

[candid cosmos]

Most likely at least xD

[craggy nymph]

https://www.thomann.de/de/ernie_ball_mic_cable_pvc_20ft_wh.htm?gclid=Cj0KCQjwrMKmBhCJARIsAHuEAPQ9Ir2A6JfX0PwHug2eVcjs838gYS6myt52CeXvt8zr6bmWQKSOSfMaAiF1EALw_wcB

something like this?

[steel escarp]

looks good

[candid cosmos]

F. E.

[steel escarp]

cable ends dont look nice tho (yellow part)

[candid cosmos]

Looks great imo...

[steel escarp]

and I don't think this cable will be very flexible if the sleeving is PVC

[candid cosmos]

It wont

Its basic for a relatively high price.

But on the other Hand white is rare lol

[craggy nymph]

im searching for another one xD

[candid cosmos]

Dont think i can find a decent silicone one in White...

[craggy nymph]

im a aestethic freak, i could not live with a black one if the mic is white

[candid cosmos]

With a Black mic Arm?

[craggy nymph]

you got me

xD

i can paint it

[candid cosmos]

CSL - 3m Mikrofonkabel - XLR Stecker auf XLR Buchse - Audio Kabel - je 4 Farbringe: rot blau gelb grün Plus schwarz - OFC Kupfer – für Mikrofone HiFi Mischpult Lautsprecher – geschirmt - flexibel https://amzn.eu/d/9m8pkXS

Thats mine. Black...

But just looked, its also pvc and very soft.

[craggy nymph]

https://www.amazon.de/FIBBR-Mikrofonkabel-strapazierfähiges-Vorverstärkern-Lautsprechersystemen/dp/B09Q11BVLF?th=1

and this?

[candid cosmos]

Its Black lol

[craggy nymph]

its a mix qwq

[candid cosmos]

I can say i like that one tho xd

[craggy nymph]

i found no flexible white one

[warm scarab]

how do you determine flexibility from amazon pages bro

[candid cosmos]

They are All flexible tbh.

Ye its most likely stiffer tbh

[craggy nymph]

it looks flexible kekw

[warm scarab]

💀

[craggy nymph]

😂

[candid cosmos]

My ludicrous 20 Euro mic Arm x 30 Dollar mic setup.

Featuring horrible lighting.

[warm scarab]

what mic

[candid cosmos]

Bm800 from a rebrand dude - cause cheap.

[warm scarab]

why a shock mount

[candid cosmos]

The Sound is actually pretty dang decent tho

[candid cosmos]

Cause it came with the arm xD

[warm scarab]

lmao

based

[candid cosmos]

And, cause it Kinda needs.

[warm scarab]

it does?

[candid cosmos]

Shock on mic is very loud.

[warm scarab]

i thought it had a built in one

well

[candid cosmos]

Not as far as i know tbh xd

[warm scarab]

given there are like 30 different bm800 types

[candid cosmos]

It might.

[warm scarab]

i guess it isn't impossible

[candid cosmos]

Its still loud xd

I also have very very old speakers.

Most likely older than me...

[warm scarab]

same

my speakers existed since the soviet era

[candid cosmos]

Dual 8" tho

Hefty punch.

Crossover at 40hz iirc...

To 12" 600W Sub lol

In a tiny room.

Goes deep with 3 s'es

The worst thing is, i have barely and good ideas on what to play there besides the usual stuff like mettallica one, nothing else matters and stuff...

Songs like that hit differently when you can feel everything xD

[steel escarp]

@lean grove I think the creative pebbles need a sub

the v2 with sub I think would be better than v3

wait this sub is powered by the pebbles

which are powered by usb

💀

[unique wind]

it will never be good

[steel escarp]

I imagine they sound about as good as my Adam T7V in my room EQ with a DSP mic

my room is the hard bottleneck

[unique wind]

you’re actually insane

[steel escarp]

you haven't heard monitors in my room

compared to in my living room

[steel escarp]

its so nice windows switches back to headphones the moment I turn the speakers off with their volume knob

[shrewd dove]

hey guys is there a way i can make my hyperx cloud 2 mic sound louder

[leaden cloak]

You can turn the gain up in windows

[haughty girder]

it's actually solid for what 40 bucks?

tho options at that price range are sparse

[craggy nymph]

is this good?
https://www.thomann.de/de/cordial_cxm_25_fm_snow.htm

for
https://www.thomann.de/de/universal_audio_volt_1.htm
https://www.thomann.de/de/universal_audio_sd_1.htm

[shrewd dove]

how do you do that

[leaden cloak]

Go to control panel, hardware and sound, and then click on microphone and then right click on your mic properties and then there should be a gain tab somewhere

[warm scarab]

overkill interface imo

also 350€ mic jesus fucking christ what are you doing man

you absolutely do not need any of this

[craggy nymph]

i just want it

i know that i dont need that much of a mic

[molten lotus]

What are you doing with it

[craggy nymph]

mainly discord kekw

i talk all day on here

i know thats dumb

and i need it for aehstetic

[molten lotus]

You’d better be making like 6 figures easy

[craggy nymph]

imagine xD

[molten lotus]

good luck

[lean grove]

Out of curiosity, what headphones are you using?

[craggy nymph]

dt 990pro

best headphones ive ever used

[lean grove]

Interesting

[craggy nymph]

?

[molten lotus]

yikes that drop at 4khz

[lean grove]

It's just that your mic is like, 3-4x as expensive as your headphones.

[craggy nymph]

thats not an problem xD
rn i have a hyper x quadcast, its shit af

[lean grove]

You're putting more money in how other people hear you over discord than your own listening experience.

So that's just interesting to me.

[craggy nymph]

since i have the 990pro i never thought about getting new headphones, they sound really good to me

[molten lotus]

you could use a generic blu mic and it'll be fine for discord, if not just as good due to compression

[craggy nymph]

never heard about better headphones than these, but maybe its because i dont talk do ?"audio" people??

[molten lotus]

hell yeah

[craggy nymph]

xD

[molten lotus]

don't, save yourself

[craggy nymph]

would you say that the 990 pro are bad?

[molten lotus]

no

[warm scarab]

you literally are overpaying so much

have you even heard what the mic you are buying sounds like?

[craggy nymph]

only on youtube, but yes

[warm scarab]

and compared it to something that costs like 30$

[molten lotus]

bro, no

[warm scarab]

?

[molten lotus]

"youtube" :sadge:

[craggy nymph]

so you would say that my 100 dollar hyper x quadcast sounds the same?!

[warm scarab]

no

[craggy nymph]

my voice is like shi with this

[warm scarab]

but I would say that you can find mics that cost 50$ and sound equivalent to that mic you are buying

it isn't on us for you paying 100$ for an item that is worth like 10$ in materials

quadcast is just trash

it is irrelavant to how much it costs

[craggy nymph]

i wish i knew this 2 years ago

[molten lotus]

tommy hillfiger headphones

[warm scarab]

I can market a shitty microphone made out of paper for 10000$

[craggy nymph]

dyson headphones🌚

[warm scarab]

does this mean you can't get good mics unless you pay 20000$?

[craggy nymph]

the thing is, i want good quality + good aestetic. i found nothing else that could match my setup

[warm scarab]

if you are telling me

you want to pay an additional 300€ solely for looks

then that is on you

[molten lotus]

buy blu, take off the mesh, paint it 😭

[warm scarab]

but i will beat you to death if you tell me you do it for audio quality

its a mic they don't get better more you pay

unless you do weird surround mic fuckery

they just get a different sound

[warm scarab]

this thing is 3 fucking dollars and sounds better than the quadcast

[craggy nymph]

but aestetic, build quality and okay, then the quality is the same as other mics

[craggy nymph]

quadcast is scam

gaming mic kekw

[warm scarab]

Aesthethics I wont and comment on, hypersubjective

but build quality and sound quality

you aren't getting ahead of class by paying 300€

[craggy nymph]

then what should i buy?
it needs to be white and just needs to look good overall

[warm scarab]

I don't buy mics based on looks

[molten lotus]

look good is subjective

[warm scarab]

I don't know any white mics

most shit just comes in silver

[craggy nymph]

something like this i would never buy

[warm scarab]

why lmao

its a mic

and looks neat and clean

[molten lotus]

blue snowball is white, blue yeti is white

[craggy nymph]

looks ugly to me

[molten lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-obi-wan-well-then-you-are-lost-then-you-are-lost-lost-gif-18829082

[warm scarab]

I mean if you really want to pay 300€ more for looks

do it

but i will restate, you are not getting ahead of anything

[craggy nymph]

i mean i payed 1.5k for design on top for my pc

[molten lotus]

bruh... tf do you do for a living

[craggy nymph]

its my hobby, my whole money goes right into my setup and motorcycle

[warm scarab]

50$ behringer + 15$ white spray paint

😎

[craggy nymph]

and what you were saying about the audio interface?

whats wrong with this?

[warm scarab]

it isn't bad

but its still overpriced and unnecessary

[craggy nymph]

just too much for me?

[molten lotus]

yes

[warm scarab]

well yeah but if you are paying 350$ for a white fucking mic may as well buy it too

we already established you want looks

[craggy nymph]

i want to buy it because its the same brand and looks good too xD

and it does its job

[warm scarab]

50$ is not too much to pay for looks

when you are paying 300$ for the mic

and to clarify

you aren't buying bad items

they are just overpriced and unnecessary for your use

[tepid torrent]

Form over function is a fools errand

[warm scarab]

I agree

[tepid torrent]

❤️

[warm scarab]

except if it is aluminum boxes

in which case i will spend five figures

[craggy nymph]

then its not a problem for me

[warm scarab]

issue is you could be paying 100$ for more or less the same performance

but go ahead

[craggy nymph]

i mean its a one time buy, its probably the next 5-8 years in use

[warm scarab]

well

[craggy nymph]

and then i could repair it

[warm scarab]

so would spending 100$ will last 5-8 years

[craggy nymph]

or buy another one and iots cheaper then

[molten lotus]

if you REALLY wouldn't miss then money, then go ahead

[warm scarab]

yeah like

just do it man

[craggy nymph]

i could buy other things for my setup, but at the end i would be mad at myself because i did not bought what i really wanted

[warm scarab]

well like quaad said

if you wont miss the money

do it

[molten lotus]

I sorta get it, went out of my way for a fractal north but still

[warm scarab]

in your shoes id be more mad at myself for paying 450$ for something that should be 100$

but those are my values

[craggy nymph]

i cant change it, so

[warm scarab]

anyhow man no need to keep on repeating ourselves

just get the mic if you like it

[craggy nymph]

i will!

i think ill get happy with it

[weak rapids]

Is he trying to justify sm7b

I honestly hate that I bought it, I became an avid mic grabber and now when I want to switch off of it thats hard cause the built in shock mounts for other mics are trash compared

Oh sd1

Honestly I like it better than the sm7b lol

But I think in that price range the dynacaster beats both cause its cheaper and has actual good eq switches, plus a dynamite booster inside

[warm scarab]

it is a lot better, it just doesn't justify buying it for what he plans on using it for functionality wise

[molten lotus]

yeah there's nothing wrong with any of the equipment, it's just overkill is all

[weak rapids]

Yeah def

Wish that cheap fifine mixer had DSP or VST support, even if that is fart out there for $50

[weak rapids]

I think imma rent an sm57 from the nearby music store for $2 and just drop my sm7b windscreen on it and see how I like it

[lean grove]

Honestly that's valid.

[weak rapids]

Same for me with 560s

[leaden cloak]

so, i fixed this (kind of). i turned a raspberry pi into a network based usb hub basically and that worked. so now my dac is a network streamer basically

[serene surge]

Hello, many months ago I bought this thing from aliexpress that allows me to simultaneously have 4 audio outputs so I can swap from speakers to headphone to IEM without unplugging/reconnecting any cable. However this thing is very cheap, sometimes it produces loud white noise, sometimes it only has one channel of audio and I believe the ports on this thing don't have good contact with my aux cables. Where can I find a better quality version of this thing? hopefully on amazon.ca (canada)

[hidden vapor]

Anyone have suggestions for a budget/cheap xlr mic for under like $70? I only need it for discord calls so it doesn't have to be anything fancy at all.

[weak rapids]

xm8500

[candid cosmos]

Bm800

Idk its very cheap and basic, but the Sound is shockingly good.

But its a condenor mic - so it picks up everything - by Design.
. + voice is lifelike
. - everything else too (keyboard, in worst case stuff like open headphones etc).

Can be minimized by having it directly at your mouth tho - but you should still mention that...

This is where people use dynamic mics which are mostly a lot more expensive - Sound is more like a Podcast/radio then - but doesnt pic up as much crp as the other type.

The xm8500 is a dynamic one btw - so ye.

[leaden cloak]

An audio mixer would probably work for that like the GO XLR. I don’t know if that’s still recommended but I think it can do multi outputs

[haughty girder]

XM8500 all the way. Very low self noise for the price

Low end can get a little sloppy but generally solid

[twilit parrot]

didn’t know this channel existed so I’ll gladly post my problem when im home

[warm scarab]

you shouldn't be looking for 4 different outputs at the same time, you should be looking for a simple switch

[open timber]

HI all, quick question. Should I pick this headset up or is there a better one in the £50 range?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Adjustable-Lightweight-Noise-Cancelling-Compatibility/dp/B07Y2LRP67/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2G4HIG4YX55KY&keywords=corsair%2Bheadset&qid=1691228508&s=computers&sprefix=corsair%2Bh%2Ccomputers%2C1018&sr=1-4&th=1

[tawdry gale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9CLEsGnM7E

[manic silo]

anyone got any good over ear headphone recommendations? budget of $70 max

[unique wind]

at that price point your best bet is probably the philips shp9500

looks like it’s going for $75 new and $55 refurbished on amazon usa

[mild rune]

Has anyone used the Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless? If yes, is there a lot of sound leak at >75% Volume, and is it a decent headset for gaming?
Please ping if you have an answer thanks!

[muted mural]

SONY WH1000xm5 cant be good ive seen no adverts for them its sort of like sony shadow released them which is sketchy as hell

[lean grove]

Yeah everyone knows there's a direct correlation between advertisements and quality

[candid cosmos]

Thats why razer stuff is great - lol

[steel escarp]

I think I killed the creative pebbles

oh wow they survived

[unique wind]

grey buy iloud monitors

[chrome island]

lol, great at being bad

[steel escarp]

how deep do they go

[lean grove]

8 inches

[unique wind]

i think they hit 50hz but if you meant dimensions i don’t know look it up

[steel escarp]

yeah bass

go brrr

oh they won't fit under my displays

[unique wind]

they can go horizontal

i think the mtms can anyway

[candid cosmos]

Seems like you didnt get it.

[steel escarp]

@unique wind they are like 300 euros

fuck that shit

my room doesn't deserve that

[unique wind]

yah 800usd for a pair at msrp

i’ve seen them go for 250/ea on sales though

i should’ve got them last cyber monday when they were

[chrome island]

Oh, you mean quality being reversly proportional to advertising amount?

[unique wind]

at $500 they’re a good value if you don’t care about playing louder than about 85db near field

[unique wind]

he was being sarcastic when he said that razer was good

[chrome island]

I think I'm a bit too tired after a workday🙈

[steel escarp]

I gotta save up for the arya organics

sold my iha-6

and denon ah-d5000

now to sell my zen can and zen dac

[unique wind]

sell dt880

and XS

[steel escarp]

no

my xs has channel imbanace issues which dt880 does not have

xs has very random boosts at specific frequencies that vary per channel

dt880 better

my xs pads did not both wear equally

they are differently shaped

[unique wind]

hifiman needs to make an egg shaped headphone that’s tuned like sundara

that isnt susvara because that’s $4500

i want a big egg phone but i don’t like hifiman dip

i can use eq but id rather not because i lose a lot of volume with bluetooth power adapters

that’s what im hoping arya organic is

less dip

[steel escarp]

its just less boosted treble and bass

[lean grove]

He1000 v1