audio-tech

[willow root]

it’s these right

[lean grove]

That's the old ones

You want the truthear zero reds

[willow root]

ohhhh

so that’s what the difference was

i thought it was just an up charge for a different color

[lean grove]

The reds are tuned slightly better

[willow root]

i’m curious how they will compare to my current headphones

hyperx cloud alphas

[static acorn]

Likely you’ll have them undergo assisted dying lmao

[willow root]

i have no clue what that means

[static acorn]

and get them far away from your line of sight

[willow root]

idk if i’m too tired to understand or you are just on a higher plane of existence than i am

[static acorn]

Though I must say they’re better tuned than most headsets

[static acorn]

Basically you’ll maybe throw them out

[willow root]

the cloud alphas?

[static acorn]

Yeah

[acoustic hare]

anyone know if theres a source code for the inbuilt Windows Media player from old windows versions

[static acorn]

I was surprised tho at how competent my apple buds still were

Only have them bc their tuning is alr for mainstream music on the go

[willow root]

that’s good to hear

[static acorn]

but if I had IEMs, they’re done for

[willow root]

i just hope my ears will be ok

i’ve always preferred headphones over earbuds

[static acorn]

I find I need to crank vol down for IEMs

Or in ear stuff in general

60dB gave me instant tinnitus

alr I’m out

[willow root]

i just feel like my ears get irritated from having something shoved in them

i appreciate your help a lot probably will end up buying the truthears

[mortal fractal]

any recommends for a headset that can block out external noise

needs to be less than $150. my neighbor likes to drill and i like to play vidya

i tried looking on my own but a lot of these headsets get labeled as noise-cancelling but then the reviews say they're absolute dogshit for that

[unborn gale]

get something from Bose

[mortal fractal]

then some other guy says "these indubitably block all noise" and idk what to think

[unborn gale]

don't waste your time with no name brands

go with something like Sony or Bose

at least when it comes to noise cancelling and such

[mortal fractal]

last thing i ever went with was Sennheiser

[unborn gale]

they probably don't have the best noise isolation nor ANC

[mortal fractal]

why

[unborn gale]

because they have the best ANC

and have the resources to make it good

[mortal fractal]

so no one particular set of nc headphones from sony/bose that you yourself have experience with using

[unborn gale]

not really

you should probably do some research on it

[mortal fractal]

the problem is that the technical details listed on anything on amazon are not enough to accurately assess how much this will reduce the sound that reaches my ear

i don't have access to blueprints that show cutaways where i can see how much space is between each element and what the elements are made of and how thick they are

all i really see is stupid pictures "wow headphone" and some FancyPants(tm)NewTechnology! feature description

if i go to any company's website they're gonna be talking all positive about their own product

[unborn gale]

then don't look on amazon

reddit

[mortal fractal]

it's not that simple you living rectum

[unborn gale]

it is?

like the fact you're struggling this hard kinda shows

[mortal fractal]

mhm mommy really made you put on that outfit huh

[unborn gale]

literally just search "anc headphone under $150 reddit"

cry harder

dumbass

[static acorn]

Man should just wear earmuffs

Those have noise reduction specs

Or get IEMs lmao

Some of them are noise cancelling

Like Etymotics, sennheiser, Beyerdynamic DT 770 M

how are those specs for ya

[mortal fractal]

you missed the part where 99% of these reviews are from people who aren't comparing two products

[mortal fractal]

you mean like the dB reduction value of the air space in the shell

[static acorn]

Tech that ANC employs works kinda dif

[static acorn]

dB reduction of what

[static acorn]

No dB reduction value is across the spectrum

of sound

[mortal fractal]

i just need headphones that'll make the biggest difference between red and green

[static acorn]

some materials, since earmuffs rely on their build, might be more effect in bass range

But usually are better at treble blocking because of the nature of high freq waves being small and short

[mortal fractal]

mhm

[static acorn]

Hence easy to block

[mortal fractal]

but all of these headphones are literally better across the spectrum than taping a piece of cardboard to your ear

[static acorn]

Tf are those lmao

Uhm?

May I ask the sennheiser model?

[mortal fractal]

take off your monocle for a second

[static acorn]

And if you ever bothered to enable ANC

don’t come here for a rant

Or I’ll just rant back

[mortal fractal]

don't come with a bitchface

[static acorn]

And no one has a solution

[mortal fractal]

mr 'black hole'

[static acorn]

yo someone pull an uno reverse card pls

[mortal fractal]

depression

[mortal fractal]

mr tophat

[static acorn]

Keep talking

I’ve opened a void for u

[mortal fractal]

are you 16

[static acorn]

Fuck no

u are?

Cope

[mortal fractal]

are you lying

[static acorn]

With your mom maybe

are you 89?

[mortal fractal]

i'm 25

[static acorn]

might need to be checked for senescence

Oof bad genes then

[mortal fractal]

i can't remember being interested in you beyond your initial categorisation into a set of stereotypes

your mom is a waste of space

void puns aside if anyone has a direct recommendation for noise-cancelling headphones under $150 i would be glad to hear

[static acorn]

yo mods rate our convo

What sennheiser model did you have

[mortal fractal]

i don't remember but your stereotype can't produce something beyond your own value

[static acorn]

I was just messing with you bc I was bored

[mortal fractal]

i'm currently using headphones that i found in a box because my older ones aren't here

[static acorn]

Noise cancelling and under $150 scream “wireless earbuds”

[mortal fractal]

NPD screams

[static acorn]

I’m honestly trying to help rn

But ig you need an ophthalmologist at this point

Cuz it’s hyperopia vs chronic myopia atm

[mortal fractal]

your mind is not a void that's what a mixture of denial and despair looks like

[static acorn]

My good side is about to become a void my g

so 👋

night’s all yours

[mortal fractal]

i used to have a sennheiser model in 2013

i was hoping i could skip the research by finding someone who already has collected all the needles from every haystack

[static acorn]

Well suffice to say ANC is a bit more developed these days (understatement)

[scenic widget]

any opinions on the JBL Tune 760NC?
Thanks!

[dry stratus]

Still not the best for certain noise sadly

Still.. from what I’ve tried current ANC better than the ANC on the 1000xm3 I still use (which barely blocks out speech on busy trains, but does block out Portable AC, so I use it mainly for that)

[steel escarp]

Man wtf why does it so long for arya organic to be shipped to the netherlands

[keen swift]

hello, why does my mic works on test but not on calls on discord

does anyone have a clue ?

[tough lava]

It works on discord test but not on calls?

What mic, how is it set up, what windows, what is discord set to use, what do you see in the volume meter when talking

[keen swift]

yes its like that

[tough lava]

Wireless headset? Wired? Tin cans?

[keen swift]

I used vb cable to get my obs filters and now I removed that and everthing is on default, windows 11, I use pc37x

[tough lava]

So what devices is discord set to use?

[keen swift]

default

and i tried selecting my mic

i can hear myself on test

[tough lava]

Go to the advanced view (the old.control panel one)

And set your "communication" devices

[keen swift]

this

[tough lava]

Yes

[keen swift]

do nothign?

[tough lava]

In playback and recording you can select a communication device

As well as a default device

[keen swift]

my headset and mic are set to default

what else should I do

[tough lava]

Defaultand default comms?

[tough lava]

It says your headphones are not plugged in

[keen swift]

no I have multipe and removed them becasue of this troubleshoting

these are my hyperx \

I removed all contorller and audio devices and camers \

i wanted to see if anything is messing with it

wtf push-to-talk works, mic doesn't work on open

I found it thanks anyways

[weak rapids]

Dang

[steel escarp]

Is a pair of neumann kh80 dsp for 600 good?

[warm scarab]

is human flesh good for food?

[molten lotus]

No

[warm scarab]

well I just tried it and I can say you were 100% WRONG

[unique wind]

most normal audio tech conversation

[half fog]

bad headphones

muddy vocals

or more like the severely bloated transition from bass to mids makes them sound like it

zero sub bass and just mud overall

most unhappy headphone purchase ive ever had even comparing to cheap earbuds

[unique wind]

yeah the measurements support your experience

really fucking bad

[half fog]

not sure why they were recommended by people so much years ago and the 558s

actually my purchase was the 558 but i took the foam out behind the driver which made them more similar to the 598

either way unless its radically different both are shit

[molten lotus]

The what now who now

[unique wind]

joe

[molten lotus]

Senn releases so many readphones that vary so wildly I’m pretty sure they just slap random drivers in, run a number generator, and put HD in the front

[unique wind]

ironic that the best two headphones sennheiser has are the hd560s and the 6xx

both at $160-200

hd800 is fine but it's just muh wide soundstage because it has weird upper treble and the driver is positioned far away

[molten lotus]

What about the HE-1

[unique wind]

i will not acknowledge headphones that cost as much as my house did in 2008

[molten lotus]

Jealous

[unique wind]

i am jealous yes

give me them

[molten lotus]

No IM jealous
60k house
Gimme

[unique wind]

oh i mean same

this is my parents' house, i was in kindergarten playing with blocks in 2008 lmao

im thankful they let me live here so long as i work fulltime because if i had to move out i would be paying more for a studio apartment than they do for their 4 bedroom house with a good sized yard

[molten lotus]

Yeaaa
I need the housing market to obliterate itself thanks

[unique wind]

wym? you dont want to pay more monthly for a studio apartment than boomers do for their 4 bedroom houses?

sounds like the american dream to me

[molten lotus]

My car payment is more than some of those fucker’s mortgages

[unique wind]

what do u drive brother

[molten lotus]

Just a Miata
I put around $750 towards it per month

I don’t like having debts okay but I’m working on my credit

[unique wind]

MIATAAAAAAAA

im shopping for my own first vehicle now actually

kinda regret blowing my first year's wage on tech shit instead of saving it for a vehicle

[molten lotus]

I mean… a car is a serious money pit so you have to consider that

[molten lotus]

Istfg Magdalena Bay has some of the most well mixed pop songs ever made

[warm scarab]

hd600 and hd650

[unique wind]

i thought you were a hd600 hater

[warm scarab]

yeah I hate them

but I acknowledge them solely for the unreasonable amount of people who worship them

[molten lotus]

Bland ah headphone

[unique wind]

bland ahhh music genres that you listen to

[molten lotus]

Hyperpop

[lean grove]

There's only two headphones which have impressed me. The hd6xx and the hifiman susvara.

Everything else has been some flavor of meh.

[molten lotus]

I’ve never had the privy to either

Honestly I use my HD600s as a sort of mental reset

[unique wind]

if something sounds boring on hd 600/6xx/sundara it's because the music itself is boring

[molten lotus]

I don’t listen to boring music

[unique wind]

same

[molten lotus]

We all think we’re quirky

[unique wind]

i am the most unique and quirky man alive

smartest one too

[molten lotus]

Man what the fuck $6000 for the susvara

ඞvara

[unique wind]

still has questionable build quality too

gets mad squeaky

[lean grove]

If you know the magic words you can get some dealers to knock it down to $4k ish

[molten lotus]

“Put the headphones in the bag”

[lean grove]

There's a loophole that the retailers can sell it cheaper if it's "open box".

[molten lotus]

“Can I try them first?”

[unique wind]

nils is gonna order susvara soon

[lean grove]

You just ask if they can sell it as an open box item.

[lean grove]

Hell no

[molten lotus]

Nils already got HE-1s

[lean grove]

Nils needs to revamp his desktop system

[unique wind]

same

i need to upgrade both my gaming pc and my home server and i dont wanna do either

[molten lotus]

I need better ears

[lean grove]

PC just got upgraded. I need a 4tb SSD and that should be it for the PC.

[unique wind]

win

[lean grove]

Then DSP speaker system.?

[unique wind]

now youre chasing real hifi

[molten lotus]

One day I can have actual speakers lmao

[unique wind]

speakers can be a lot of fun even if theyre mid and in a mid room

[molten lotus]

Well the issue right now is Apartment

My neighbors have always been good to me, I’m doing the same

[unique wind]

youre being a reasonable and considerate person? kinda cringe

[warm solar]

whats the best pair of wireless headset? budget is 50-70 usd

Im looking for wireless cuz I got the steelseries arctis pro wired and not wireless like about a year ago and im really looking for an upgrade

[paper wasp]

finally fixing to get my surropound sound now for my room i have all the stuff shipping for my monitor an my amplifyer for my head phones for my pc an phone now. once i get my surround sound ill be happy got me a reciver fort it now i need to get these second vintage speaker i am gpoing to pic k up for my stuff an then a subwoofer an conect it to me pc whiole i have every thign going on so like amovies anime music be playing an then be able tpo move it to my little shack i also have a good blue tooth transmitter on my pc so tjhat i can control it from my little shack in the wintter while i chop wood

[molten lotus]

Just listened to Mind-Killer and I don’t think my headphones have ever felt such strain

[alpine musk]

What do you think about SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless?
Found a guy selling them sealed for 145€
https://steelseries.com/gaming-headsets/arctis-nova-pro-wireless-pc-playstation

[molten lotus]

Audeze Maxwell

[warm scarab]

terrible

id consider buying if it was like 20usd

[alpine musk]

Why?

[warm scarab]

so i could scrap the components in it

its otherwise worthless

[alpine musk]

I was hopeful for a proper reasoning.

[warm scarab]

it sounds terrible

[alpine musk]

Have you tried 'em?

[warm scarab]

yes I have

they sound terrible

are incredibly fragile

[alpine musk]

Sure, they are no Sennheiser, but I already have two Senn-boys

[molten lotus]

Then use those

[warm scarab]

sennheiser has like 3 good headphones so that isn't a descriptive statement

[alpine musk]

I wanted to try out wireless pair.

[molten lotus]

IE600 on top 🦅🦅🦅🦅

[molten lotus]

Audeze Maxwell

[warm scarab]

20$ chifi iems sound better than the arctis pros

[unique wind]

☠️

[alpine musk]

Says a guy who uses "terrible" as a descriptive review of headphones together with fragile and I have not seen reviews boasting about tgat.

[alpine musk]

Jesus Christ...

[warm scarab]

the best thing about having owned them was I could return them exploiting warranty

[alpine musk]

I wanted IE 600, but then I tried em adn damn, for that price, nah

[molten lotus]

Rip L bozo your ears just suck

[warm scarab]

lowkey skill issue yeah

they are one of the best you can get for the price

[alpine musk]

IE 600 are overrated for what they are

[molten lotus]

Can’t match my alpha chad IE600 listening ears RAHHH!!!! (i am coping)

[unique wind]

factual

they have a lazy bass shelf and weird upper treble

[warm scarab]

literally google arctis pro headband failure

there are like a million results

[molten lotus]

The upper treble is ironically why I bought them

[alpine musk]

Bass and Senn are always weird, but treble was the culprit why I returned em

[warm scarab]

they sound good

so what gives

[alpine musk]

Arctis Pro or Arctis Nova Pro Wireless?

[warm scarab]

oh nova pro

💀

[alpine musk]

Their naming scheme sucks, I can agree with that

[warm scarab]

yeah those are alright

but still

[lean grove]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/487387789814661121/1098174069821681685/IMG_1452.gif

[warm scarab]

sucks dick

[unique wind]

basically +10db at 9-10khz man it’s so weird

[warm scarab]

if you didn't like ie600 you wont like these at all

[unique wind]

maybe people with hearing damage like them

[alpine musk]

https://steelseries.com/gaming-headsets/arctis-nova-pro-wireless-pc-playstation
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/steelseries/arctis-nova-pro-wireless-pc-ps-xbox

[unique wind]

and the bass shelf starts at 300hz

[warm scarab]

nova pros are still really wack

[molten lotus]

Stfu I like treble 🦅🦅🦅

[warm scarab]

less wack but if you have any good headphones

[lean grove]

Should start at 2khz

[unique wind]

you don’t have to ask me twice

[warm scarab]

you will absolutely not like them

[warm scarab]

you will have to ask me twice

[alpine musk]

Woa, piercing damage upon ye

[unique wind]

please no

[lean grove]

I want a flat line with rolled off treble

[unique wind]

you already own that

[molten lotus]

I want a headphone that makes me cry

[lean grove]

Buy my akgk1000

[uncut sky]

Audio technica 500x good?

[molten lotus]

Hmmmmmmmmmnmmmm
No

[lean grove]

Not the worst.

[unique wind]

your ie600 would make me cry (not joy)

[alpine musk]

Those are any headphones really, if you have a GF/wife that learns the price.

[molten lotus]

Listen man this was before I was using graphs and shit

[alpine musk]

Let him be xd we pulled out pitchforks on a poor guy

[molten lotus]

Female vocals on the IE600s are just :chef’s kiss: and that swayed me hard

[alpine musk]

...and Micheal Jackson

[molten lotus]

Real

[molten lotus]

I’m still in the sky

[alpine musk]

i fcking froze to death

[lean grove]

Only $1000

+shipping

[unique wind]

accurate

[molten lotus]

“Bitching about capacitors”

What level is hybrid liquid gold plated ultra flosser 9000 RCA cables

[alpine musk]

https://tenor.com/view/froth-slober-gif-21006837

[unique wind]

i wish i liked wearing headphones because arya stealth open box $800 on headphonesdotcom

[molten lotus]

Honestly the vibe I’ve gotten is once you hit like $1000, better to invest in speakers?

[lean grove]

Headphones peak at $200

Speakers don't peak

[molten lotus]

Ok glad I’m not just smoking copium here

[unique wind]

some objectivists would say buy truthear red + apple dongle, ignore all headphones, and save up for speakers

but like nils said $160-300 is really the realm of headphones worth buying

[lean grove]

Those objectivists are morons ignorant to whatever doesn't show up on a frequency response graph

[unique wind]

hey man it’s cheap to be a level 7 listener

[molten lotus]

I just like directionality and IEMs don’t give me that

[unique wind]

that’s strange for real

[lean grove]

I just like not having sweaty irritated ear holes from wearing iems for too long

[unique wind]

am i the only person who is easily able to discern directionality with iems or are quaad and klaus just insane

[molten lotus]

I’m just silly goofy

[unique wind]

ear issue

banter ofc

[molten lotus]

It’s just not even remotely as good as speakers, and the ones I have at home are just bigbox store randoms

[unique wind]

yeah it’s quite frankly ridiculous how bad iems and headphones are compared to speakers

[molten lotus]

Christ I cannot spell today

[unique wind]

headphones are good for value, convenience, and privacy but otherwise just lose

they’ve never been able to make me feel emotional like speakers can

[molten lotus]

Only ones I’ve ever tried that did were Visionears EXTs

[unique wind]

those look pretty

would never in my life pay $2500 for in ears though

maybe if they were custom molded and solid state but otherwise no

[molten lotus]

They look pretty sure but good lord I was borderline sobbing in public

[unique wind]

truthear reds have managed to make me sing lyrics out loud tho which was previously something only speakers could do

[molten lotus]

Yea I’ve gotten my partner really into audio now so I can maybe swing it in the future

[warm solar]

^

[molten lotus]

50-70 isn’t going to be an upgrade, just a sidegrade

[dry stratus]

where is HE6 option?

[dry stratus]

I like something that stays on my head, in ears fall out just by opening my mouth to breath

[unique wind]

on the international space station

[dry stratus]

u are at the bottom of the list

[unique wind]

nah i’m not that good

if full comprehension is 8 i’m like a 7.5

[warm scarab]

rip

i mean

you paid like 150 usd for a shitty gaming headset

and you want an upgrade for 70$?

[unique wind]

kinda wild that maxwell is like

the best closed headphone period

[warm scarab]

emu teak

[unique wind]

and it’s a wireless gaming headset

[unique wind]

no

[warm scarab]

yeah

[unique wind]

klaus is level 3 on the iceberg

[molten lotus]

Is there a level 0

[unique wind]

i guess that would be level 1 where you just enjoy music

and don’t know anything

maybe 0 is you don’t like or listen to music and know nothing

[molten lotus]

Where do you fall if you’re classically trained in 5 instruments but don’t know shit about audio equipment

Because that’s my partner

[lean grove]

Musicians see the more of the forest and less of the trees

Or maybe the other way around

[hexed flame]

yeah and psychopaths speak in riddles

[warm scarab]

anyone can be level 8 with a cement block tied to their feet

[lean grove]

Audiophiles focus more on the reproduction. It's like examining the surface of a painting

[molten lotus]

So it’s a bunch of nerds without talents parading as talented

[lean grove]

Is the painting well lit, is it crooked, is the frame distracting from the art

[lean grove]

It focuses more on the presentation of the art than the art itself.

Which is important.

But if you're an artist then you probably care more about how the art is made rather than how it's being displayed

[unique wind]

this doesn’t rate that

that iceberg is for listening audiophiles not for producers

[molten lotus]

Lame

[unique wind]

the music creation and pro audio industry is its own separate massive world

[molten lotus]

I’m not big brain enough for that

[unique wind]

that i frankly know almost nothing about beyond basic microphone knowledge

[molten lotus]

I know clipping is bad

Oh and pop filters! Youtubers love some pop filters

[unique wind]

yah i meant more like setting up concerts and presentations and shit

i don’t know shit about pro audio like that

[warm scarab]

i know everything about audio

[hexed flame]

I bet klaus only listens to music with clipping and pieces of tinfoil wrapped around his cable connectors

[unique wind]

that’s greyshadow

[warm scarab]

that's definitely grey

[molten lotus]

I only listen to hyperpop and jazz in 5/8 time signature

is rolling your chairs over headphones cable going to cause it damage?

[fringe kernel]

hey does anyone know anything about windows audio issues because i cant seem to fix it

[molten lotus]

Depends.
Once and it’s a clean roll? No
Over and over and it gets tangled in the wheels? Yeah

[molten lotus]

I’ve been fighting windows audio for a while, what’s up

[warm scarab]

yes

[hexed flame]

hey wait a second Kanye isn't from Albania

[warm scarab]

I am kanye west I can confirm this is wrong

[fringe kernel]

The headphones show up
on volume mixer the other apps show the green sound bar moving but on headphones the green bar is at 0 always
aka no output on the headphones
its not the volume port i have also tried with bluetooth headphones they had same issue
the headphones work on my phone
ive deleted and installed the generic windows audio drivers still doesnt work its set up as the main device on playback devices
it may be an windows version issue
i have a windows 10 1555 and it doesnt let me upgrade to 22h2 the windows update tools are maybe corrupted

[molten lotus]

Did you make sure windows is outputting to the port your headphones are plugged into

[hexed flame]

yeah I was gonna ask did you make sure Windows has your headphones output selected first

[warm solar]

lmao its all I got rn

[molten lotus]

Also, if you’re having issues with windows it never hurts to run SFC /scannow in command prompt

[fringe kernel]

yes they are outputting at the headphones

[fringe kernel]

that doesnt work my windows version is super bugged for some reason
im thinking of upgrading to windows 11 like i have done on my laptop but i lost my flash usb

[warm scarab]

cloud 2 ig

despite what i said its an upgrade to the arctis pro

[molten lotus]

If it’s that bad you should just fresh install windows 10

[warm solar]

hmm ok

[warm scarab]

which is a very low bar anyhow

[hexed flame]

Id just reinstall Windows at the point you're at, considering you're already 4 versions behind

[molten lotus]

Honestly, if it’s so bad that command prompt isn’t even working it’s already gone, start over

[warm scarab]

just update windows

or reinstall without deleting files and programs

literally nothing to lose

[lean grove]

Delete system 32

[warm scarab]

I have a good track record of making 3 people delete their system 32

[fringe kernel]

i did a whole fresh factory restart but my cd i think is a bit old

[warm solar]

what about something on the go, what would be a good pair of wireless headphones

[fringe kernel]

so it just installs 1555

this wasnt a issue

[warm scarab]

you can't get good wireless for 70$

give it up

[molten lotus]

…CD?????

[warm solar]

lmao alr

[warm scarab]

you can try getting cloud 2 wireless but its not as good as wired and its out of your budget i think

[warm solar]

yea

[fringe kernel]

its a retro build but im trying to make it as fast as possible using old components

[molten lotus]

Audeze Maxwell

[molten lotus]

Yeah that’s your problem

[warm scarab]

retro build
windows 10

[fringe kernel]

it can run 11 xd

[warm scarab]

very retro ong

[molten lotus]

Then do that

[fringe kernel]

i lost my usb

but

anyways

idk what wrong with audio cant find anything similar to it in the internet

[warm scarab]

random windows driver autism

it isn't unique really

[fringe kernel]

ive deleted and reinstalled with audio driver

still same issue

[molten lotus]

Dawg is it a CD or usb

[warm scarab]

just reinstall the os

[fringe kernel]

win 10 cd
but i have a 11 usb somewhere

[molten lotus]

Just reboot into the troubleshooting menu and reset windows

[molten lotus]

Windows 10 doesn’t even fit on a dvd, certainly not a cd

Maybe the installer

[fringe kernel]

its a installer ofc

dvd-r but i call them cds

[warm scarab]

you can install windows 10 without a usb

I don't understand why you aren't just formatting

it takes 30 minutes on its own

you don't lose any programs or files

[molten lotus]

Ok so grab a usb drive
Download the windows 11 create media
Install on usb
Profits

[warm scarab]

you don't need that either

[fringe kernel]

i have 0 files on this pc so i dont mind loosing any

[warm scarab]

you can just directly run the media toolkit on your desktop

[warm scarab]

okay so what is the point

[molten lotus]

I’m still trying to process how windows 10 is retro ok

[warm scarab]

just reset already

lmao

[fringe kernel]

i have 2 usbs in my house one for my car a small 16gb for music
the other is 128 and should be somewhere in my appartament

[fringe kernel]

i should do that

[fringe kernel]

the pc tower itself is retro

it has a dvd reader

intergraded speaker

but its broken

so

yk

anyways

thanks for help guys

ill just run the media toolkit on my desktop

[warm scarab]

mfw dvd readers are retro now

[lean grove]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-gif-21978827

[warm scarab]

lmao

[unique wind]

i mean retro is an arbitrary term but windows 10 is almost 10 years old now

[warm scarab]

I disconnected my dvd drive like a week back

[warm scarab]

7 years ago aint retro

even windows 7 would be stretching it

[molten lotus]

Just…
Start
Hold shift + click restart
Fresh install

[fringe kernel]

well it has a motherboard from 2008 with a lg775 socket

[warm scarab]

I have a gpu that isn't amd or nvidia in the computer I use to rest on my feet

I have no idea what the gpu is and never heard of the company

[molten lotus]

I still don’t understand how scannow isn’t working

[warm scarab]

what

[fringe kernel]

Windows be like👍

[molten lotus]

They said scannow doesn’t work

[warm solar]

what are good headphones for 110 usd

I know nothing abt headphones so sorry if I seem dumb LOL

[fringe kernel]

@molten lotus i have rebooted it multiple times it says the same thing xd

[warm scarab]

he400se if you have a decent on board audio output

[warm solar]

hmm ok

[warm scarab]

skill issue

[molten lotus]

Win+E
C:\Windows\WinSxS
Delete “pending.xml”
Try again

[warm scarab]

this but sys32 instead

[molten lotus]

Also you must run command prompt as an admin.

You can also do this in command prompt in the windows recovery environment, which is better

[warm scarab]

qudelix but no zen air

[unique wind]

you’re the only person who uses zen products

[lean grove]

Zen air is the nepo baby to qudelix's self made millionaire

Zen air wears cologne and a cardigan. Qudelix has a rolled up white shirt with stains on it.

[warm scarab]

shilled hardcore in sg

fucking bot nuking my shit

@fallow sleet I will make you into scrap

[hazy sail]

Hi - As a newcomer to audio editing, i hope this channel fits question.

I built missions for an Arma3 Community and I got into pre-recording voice lines to play in those missions. To make them sound more authentic am looking for ways, workflows, tools etc to get more involved in refining those audio-lines - for example, make them sound like a radio transmission.

So far i only worked with audacity and can achieve results suitable, but i wonder if there are "better" ways to achieve the same goal.

Any advice?

[warm scarab]

lower bitrate, a lot

cut off sounds above, I don't know 17khz

cut off sounds below 100hz

[hazy sail]

how would i lower the bitrate with audacity?

[warm scarab]

ask chatgpt or something I don't know

[hazy sail]

hm

[lean grove]

https://youtu.be/k1AvRnvoTuI?si=yC-VzoDUdTxmcdf2

There's tons of these tutorials

I bet you'd also be able to find a plugin that does this for you

[hazy sail]

im already researching in that direction, just woundering if people have specific experience and advice 🙂

[lean grove]

I've used a plugin in the past to mimic a tape recorder sound

But really it's not much beyond adding some EQ filters, distortion, and compressors

[hazy sail]

is there a way to create a "preset" to add all those effects at once? i'd like to optmise so i can focus on the voice lines more then the technical bit

[molten lotus]

You can make a preset

[steel escarp]

we need mm-100

if all it is in terms of sound is close to a he100se with audeze build then its already a win

[molten lotus]

I need HE-1s

[lean grove]

Dudes got great hair not a split end in sight

[molten lotus]

Yeah what the fuck man share the secret

[fringe kernel]

@molten lotus @warm scarab i fixed it xd idk how

but it fixed

[molten lotus]

I had to cut off my last ship hitch hair because it was dead.
Like 7 inches, gone

[warm scarab]

my hair parts a lot

[hexed flame]

you are one greasy boy, no surprises there

[warm scarab]

as in parting from my head

[rain beacon]

not really equipment but software. is there a program i can use or something that I can do that will limit sudden large audio changes? for example, watching a stream on twitch where the game they're playing suddenly has a really loud jumpscare or something like that. basically just a cap on the max volume that i can adjust. (ping me, please, if you reply, i don't check this discord super often)

[lean grove]

if you get some headphones from dan clark audio they'll do that automatically

[unborn gale]

wut

[lean grove]

compress-fi

[unborn gale]

lmao

[lean grove]

(unironically)

[weak haven]

Senhieser HD 595 vs HD 600s

What are the differences between the two in terms of audio quality?

[static acorn]

Newborn baby vs Rob Halford. I wonder where they differ

[lean grove]

hd hd595 is terrible mediocre and the hd600 is one of the best headphones ever made

[unborn gale]

depends on if it's a coughing baby or not

[static acorn]

Maybe I should’ve said infant banshee instead

[lean grove]

whats a rob halford

pro wrestler?

[weak haven]

I'm not really that into the audio space but I did know that the 600s were extremely popular

[static acorn]

Judas Priest vocalist

Listen to “Painkiller”

[static acorn]

he hits his treble peak in the verses

[lean grove]

sennheiser makes a handful of good headphones and then a bunch of bad ones.

[unborn gale]

HD600...there are so many numbers between 0 and 600

[static acorn]

and many more afterward

[unborn gale]

and there's like just 10-15 good ones

[weak haven]

Know of any other good over ears besides senhiesers?

[lean grove]

how much money you got and what are you using them for?

[static acorn]

ZMF but these are novelty lol

like the Artisan of headphones

[lean grove]

HD414, HD424, HD540, HD580, HD560S, HD600, HD650, HD800, HD800s,

any others im forgetting?

[unborn gale]

their estats

[weak haven]

Around the same price tag as the 600s and I'm using them for listening to music, I would prefer closed back because I live with family

[unborn gale]

HE-1 etc

pretty sure they were decent

I used the HD250 and they were also decent

[lean grove]

hmm i dont think the family part will be too much of an issue. closed backs will ruin your experience more than a little bit of background noise.
HD6XX or HD600 are gonna be the best reccomendation for you I think. 6xx is cheaper and has a bit more bass.

otherwise, audeze maxwell or truthear zero reds for isolation.
and if youre more comfort oriented, dt880 are easier to wear for longer periods of time but they dont have the natural treble that the 600/6xx have.

[weak haven]

Thx

[unborn gale]

or if you're interested in something 3D printed and comfort focused send me a message :)

[lean grove]

https://tenor.com/view/spraywater-spray-prank-funny-shutup-gif-7261203

[unborn gale]

as in you will not find anything more comfortable at the price point

[lean grove]

no shilling

[unborn gale]

nein

[warm scarab]

an audio compressor

but it will deteriorate the audio quality

[warm scarab]

literal 0.2dB difference in dynamic range

[lean grove]

Klaus still not believing in dynamics in 2023

[warm scarab]

I believe in it

especially that it is measured

and deviates 0.2dB from a sennheiser dynamic

[random isle]

Does anyone know good gaming headphones with noise cancelling, wireless, surround sound, and is comfortable under $150?

[molten lotus]

All that under $150? No

Audeze Maxwell

[unborn gale]

pretty sure most older flagships from Sony and stuff have all those features at that price point

[mortal fractal]

I don't know of any program that does this but it should be out there considering it's a pretty simple thing to clamp audio signals.

[mortal fractal]

My lessons throughout the years is that you have to have a friend who knows about this stuff because asking 'experts' will always net you a vague answer that doesn't actually get you where you need to go.

[static acorn]

Or a professional marketer that has a knack for malapropisms

or some model name memory savant

[rain beacon]

Compression isn’t really what I’m wanting to do, though. It isn’t reducing the entire dynamic range, basically just saying volume = min(volume, MAX_VOLUME). Volume isn’t really the right term here though. It’s more the decibels. Idk. Maybe I’ll try to write something.

[rain beacon]

That’s my thought too. I guess I just don’t really know the right words to google. All the programs I was finding were tools to set a maximum number on the windows volume slider, which isn’t what I’m trying to do.

[ember nimbus]

So, I have this Thorens turntable that I want to connect to my Sanyo stereo,
the issue is that the integrated phono sound-in is .. headphone jack
and my Thorens has L/R
will a simple L/R to jack adapter do ?
(pictures)

[warm scarab]

It is quite literally what you are trying to do though

[warm scarab]

that is rca

not a headphone jack

wait you mean the socket

what the fuck is that socket

you can use a 3.5 female to rca female for that

[ember nimbus]

the phono port in the amp is jack

[warm scarab]

use female rca to 3.5

[ember nimbus]

yes its what i thought

[unique wind]

klaus you should try putting your 3.5 in a female

[warm scarab]

your mom has already volunteered

[unique wind]

:(

[molten lotus]

Boom toasted

[molten lotus]

Our turntable has a built in phono amp and outputs exclusively through 3.5mm

[steel escarp]

these good?

[buoyant vale]

Just get these;
https://www.fiio.com/SP3

[steel escarp]

ew back ported

what the actual fuck is up with their frequency response

hell nah

[buoyant vale]

but they are carbon fiber they must be good

[granite summit]

Do I go with a sony receiver or stick with my rotel rx-850

[molten lotus]

https://youtu.be/A3yNHA9R8pU?si=cRGYOxgrNhFCgVMa

👀

[granite summit]

Eh

You can probably get a similar experience with a used turntable

[lean grove]

Skull emoji

[warm scarab]

dumb video

literally 90% of vinyl audio is the stylus

and 10% is the tonearm

there is a reason no one gives a shit what turntable you use

literally buy whatever has the tonearm you want and looks cool

[static burrow]

Hii

are studio headphones better?

like are they superior to the gaming headphones while they can retain surround sound>

[unborn gale]

they sound better yes

due to how many headphones there are, it depends when it comes to better or worse surround sound, but it should overall be better.

[static burrow]

im asking if they retain 7.1 surround soound

i need a studio headphones that retain the surround sound future

[unborn gale]

why do you need that?

Pretty sure it just makes things sound distorted and worse

[static burrow]

for wider hearing experience as if I can hear left and right

[unborn gale]

You should be able to hear that on any headphone

and I'm pretty sure that Surround 7.1 is software, so any headphone should be able to do it

[thick parcel]

You don't need specific headpho for that

[still rampart]

The only studio headphone I have is the dt 1990 pro and their distinguishing feature is that it's built like a tank

Most headphones you don't wanna drop but those feel like you could chuck it at a wall and they'd not only still work, you'd have a dent in your drywall

[warm scarab]

correct notion would be "non gaming headphones are better"

[buoyant robin]

That’s how you know there built for real studios with lots of different personalities coming through lol

[molten lotus]

Am I ignorant or do these Arya Organic graphs look not great

[unique wind]

youre not ignorant

the ones that were posted here showed it having strange upper treble

as in way too much

[molten lotus]

Ah so I’d love them then

[unique wind]

[slender veldt]

my wirless earbuds died, does anyone know any with a long battery life for under $40 CAD?

preferably off amazon

[molten lotus]

For $40? Wired headphones

[buoyant robin]

Best battery life of all time

[unborn gale]

Until your phone runs out of battery in a couple hours lol

[serene scaffold]

This looks like it was made for whatever TT came with that stack so it could be some weird shit too

50/50 on whether it has RIAA eq or it was built into the TT

[serene scaffold]

Depends on the game

If the game has its own "3D headphone" audio option then yes use that and it works with any cans

If the game is outputting 7.1 and you are using an external processor (i.e. "surround " feature of gaming headset) for virtual surround then you can get that feature with certain gaming DACs or software

[warm scarab]

not really two parameters that go hand in hand

[molten lotus]

Not gonna happen. You can wait for akg n400nc to go on sale

[warm scarab]

or galaxy buds

[molten lotus]

So Wan'er Salnotes what's the other highly rated $20 iem not the kiwiears there was another?

[warm scarab]

truthear holas

[molten lotus]

That was fast

Lol

[warm scarab]

I like using my friends as test subjects to buy 20$ chifi iems and then try them out

so far salnotes zeros were pretty astonishing to me

there was some weirdness in the vocals and it felt "slower" than arias

maybe a lack of treble extension somewhere or slower impulse response

[molten lotus]

How are the hola?

[warm scarab]

that friend hasn't met up with me yet

actually we met up today but I didn't ask for the iems

[molten lotus]

I prefer salnotes over wan'er

[warm scarab]

don't know the wan'er

[molten lotus]

Tangzu wan'er they have almost exactly the same squiggles as the zero but when listening they are a little more bass than the zero. The zero has better clarity separation and imaging but the wan'er are also very solid

[warm scarab]

yeah squiggles aren't everything

[molten lotus]

The zero fit better for me the wan'er wanna slip out but when they are seated and want to sit deeper which might explain the whole bass difference.

[shrewd dove]

Is a loud pop normal when connecting/disconnecting a headset

[steel escarp]

Ye

You temporarily short the contact points when plugging in the jack

It does not happen with xlr

[spring gazelle]

Anyone know wireless over-ears for the gym like under 50€? Bass heavy if possible

[dry stratus]

then just buy anything, because what u are asking for is low quality sound, lel

the "max out the bass because bass sells well" headphones

[spring gazelle]

Not saying 50 bucks good, but audio enthusiasts always exaggerate

[dry stratus]

there is 50$ that is good
but "bass heavy" and "good" can't go together

because that's just severely imbalanced sound where bass is all u have

[spring gazelle]

For example, sth like wa'ner iem 25-30€ sound would be all good ENOUGH to me

Idk the name rn

[dry stratus]

idk either, I gave up on in-ears
because they never stay in

[spring gazelle]

Tangzu iems

Cheap but suffice for me

Hd560s clearly better sound but i dont mind the worse sound bc i got other standards

[spring gazelle]

Same, but they wrap around ur ear kinda

[dry stratus]

I mean, music is meant to be enjoyed
and also a reason I often tell people to run from audiophile community as far away as possible, because it doesn't make it more enjoyable.. it just raises ur standards to "requires basically 1000$ sound setup" and causes ur wallet to be empty

[spring gazelle]

Even after getting the hd560s, im still fine with the 25€ iems and sometimes even prefer them due ti bass

[dry stratus]

talking about the like skullcandy crusher, raycon, beats, etc stuff as well here

[spring gazelle]

Just dont wanna spend much on gym headphones bc they WILL break in like a year max bro

[dry stratus]

in the end, I would just say there's no point in looking for the best when all u want is bass heavy af

all of them will be bad anyway in terms of quality

[spring gazelle]

I just want sth decently heavy because i often find myself increasing volume due to wanting more base, i know it gets a bit muddy tho

If its like wa'ner tungzu quality im all fine tho

[dry stratus]

wireless + bass heavy + 50$, won't happen (no budget would make that happen)

[spring gazelle]

Sound wise, tungzu got good enough base but wouldnt mind like a 10-20% increase

[dry stratus]

just don't have even decent bass heavy things

[spring gazelle]

Are tungzu iems bass heavy?

[dry stratus]

boosted ig, but they're also IEMs..

so ig that's also way more needed

[spring gazelle]

Ok why exactly would they be bad IF they are bass heavy

[spring gazelle]

I artificially boosted bass a bit

So theres that

[dry stratus]

muddy bloated sound, where all u hear is bass

[spring gazelle]

A bit more muddy but also sounds more full

[dry stratus]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[spring gazelle]

Can deal with that to a certain extent

[dry stratus]

can't call it good if all u hear is bass, at that point just buy a subwoofer

[spring gazelle]

Is there not even sth in between? With like a lil bass

[dry stratus]

I mean, ofc
but then u aren't getting "bass heavy"

[spring gazelle]

Thats ok, in emergency i either live with it or i can artificially boost and figure out how muddy is fine to me

[dry stratus]

tho wireless at 50, I can only think of in-ears anyway

[spring gazelle]

Iems always fallin out as said :/ and 1 step they gone

[dry stratus]

or like those children's headsets, lel

[spring gazelle]

I got kinda big ears btw

[spring gazelle]

Where they start?

[dry stratus]

I have small earholes
I need like XXS ear tips that go deep, lel

[dry stratus]

only ones I know are 100+
I know there was one or two around like 70-80 or smth
but don't remember what its name was..

[spring gazelle]

Dam alr, thx anyway

[dry stratus]

all I know at 50 and under are like nekocake, which is an In-ear

[unique wind]

theoretically moondrop space travel makes nekocake obsolete but i haven’t seen any non-moondrop measurements of them

found one

pretty killer for $25, plus they have anc, transparency, and three levels of bass adjustment

[molten lotus]

Anyone have anything to say about the SMSL M300SE dac?

[dry stratus]

only place I know I can find it, but..

[unique wind]

i meannn

the nekocake treble extension looks worse

it has that massive hole

[dry stratus]

it is all the way up there at least, but still

[unique wind]

if you account for the fact that the space travel was measured against harman which has a lot more 4-8khz then that region isn’t too dissimilar between the two

but the nekocake has that hole further up

[dry stratus]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[unique wind]

i wish someone that i knew irl owned airpods pro 2

my right utws5 has been having connection issues so i might just retire them

using a cable at my pc doesn’t bother me as long as i have the source below my desk so that the cable isn’t running across the desk

[warm scarab]

keep in mind, it is in the difficult to measure area

[spring gazelle]

Had them, surpisingly worse than 25€ iems

[dry stratus]

why surprisingly?, they are slightly more than 25
and they need to have a dac/amp built into that tiny device

ofc it is going to be worse

even many 200$ wireless headsets are worse than a 25$ IEM

if not most

shouldn't forget how much impact the wireless has on making something worse

[spring gazelle]

Huh? Where like 40€ or sth for me atm

[dry stratus]

35-40
which is barely more

won't be getting something similar in sound quality for a 10-15 increase when u have to add everything into that device

instead of externally

[spring gazelle]

I dunno

[dry stratus]

bit off topic, but I've always thought people think money is worth more than it is..
saying 500$ for a laptop is a lot, 20$ for a t-shirt is a lot or 50$ for headphones is a lot
but if u actually look at the quality, we are looking at:
borderline unusable specs for anything more than browsing and word
t-shirt built with borderline slavery for cost cutting
and headphones that are just above what a dollar store would ask

[buoyant vale]

You're right, money is basically worthless, give itt to me I'll dispose of it for you

[dry stratus]

not the kinda worth I am talking about

just people being too used to cheapo products built with insane cost cutting

looks at fast fashion and dollar store iems that break in 2 days

I mean, it is ofc fine if u don't technically need it and just want something that works for now, but..

my standards are a bit on the higher end tho compared to the average non-audio..
80-120 for headphones (150+ for wireless)
25-50 for IEMs (60-80+ for wireless)
for what I consider "reasonable starting price"

[unique wind]

pretty accurate yeah

$25 iems are where they start to be good

great at $55

headphones are okay around $100 but great in the $160-200 range

i wonder how well the audeze maxwell works with ps5

might get a ps5 or perhaps whatever the refresh is called when dragonball budokai tenkaichi 4 drops

[inner dock]

which is the best overall between these 3 headsets?

another option

[muted mural]

IM LOOKING for a foldable 88 key keyboard / piano or a rollup one any good ones you guys suggest?, it has to have midi support through usb and sound good

[inner dock]

nvm skipping all of these going for this one

[molten lotus]

Yo so I have some speakers (I got them for free they were just sitting outside with a free sign) and I can hear the bass at 20hz (im using a frequency generator app on my phone) are they any good?
Sony mhc ec919ip btw

[burnt smelt]

I have a question about audio:
My PC only has a single AUX out port but I want to be able to have multiple devices connected to it (I have 2 pairs of headphones and a set of speakers) and right now I'm just swapping out the aux line when I want to switch but I'd like to be able to not have to do this.
Do I have any options other than a PCIe audio card?

[molten lotus]

I think you should be able to get a splitter

I think I have one one sec

[burnt smelt]

I haven't looked into splitters but I'd like to have them use separate audio channels, so figured a splitter wouldn't be able to do that for me
Was wondering if there was like a USB-to-like-3-or-4-separate-AUX-channels or something 😂

[molten lotus]

Idk I'm not an audio guy 😂

[burnt smelt]

I'll see if I can find something like that, I'd rather not have to get an audio card tbh

But if anyone has any good suggestions, please lmk

[lean grove]

are they any good?
You tell us.

[molten lotus]

UsbC has so many uses

[burnt smelt]

You forgot the space between the ">" and the "a"

[molten lotus]

UsbC can do like almost anything cant it

[lean grove]

You can get audio output switches pretty cheap. Try and find something without a volume knob. Because if it's too cheap the potentiometer they use could make an imbalance in the channels.

[inner dock]

which one is the best overall?

[burnt smelt]

Oooooo, thank you!

[molten lotus]

Omg I'm an idiot I thought I was still in tech chat 💀💀💀

😂😂😂

I mean they sound pretty good

I just wanna know if 20hz is good bass

[burnt smelt]

why does every one have a volume knob!?

[molten lotus]

You can produce 20hz until the cows come home
Whether it’s accurate or not is the question

[burnt smelt]

Maybe amazon is not the place to look

@lean grove how bad is a volume knob? I can't find a reasonably priced one without a knob on amazon and google only gives me forums where people explain how to switch the audio device in the Windows Settings

[lean grove]

If you pump enough power into any speaker it will do 20hz. It's just a matter of it doing 20hz to a level that's in line with the rest of the music. So the speaker might be playing at 80, 90db but if the 20hz is playing at 50 or 60db it's gonna be virtually inaudible.

[molten lotus]

Yeah I can only hear 20 at max volume

But I can hear 70 at like 12

[lean grove]

That's nothing special then

[molten lotus]

I can probably hear lower at 12 let me go check

[lean grove]

Worst case scenario it's gonna have a little bit of imbalance. If you put the knob to max volume and just control the audio from your PC that should minimize the problem.

[burnt smelt]

I was planning on doing that anyways
Thanks for your help 🙂

[molten lotus]

I can hear 50hz at 24% volume (12 cause it goes up to 50)

[warm scarab]

none of them, why

[unique wind]

its difficult to measure you in a certain area due to size constraints

[molten lotus]

But it moves air so much

[lean grove]

Yes

[molten lotus]

The bass fades into the side speakers between 120hz and 130hz

[inner dock]

Cuz i dont really want to spend more than $100 for a headset 🤷‍♂️

[warm scarab]

why not ask us what headset is good at x price and instead list five bad headsets?

[inner dock]

sure

[warm scarab]

in this order; sennheiser pc38x > pc37x > game one

the pc38x you are unlikely to find for 100$ but do try anyways

[unique wind]

pc37x going for 100 on drop atm

[inner dock]

could get pc37x yeah

[wintry mirage]

do bowers and wilkins make good products

[warm scarab]

only very overpriced speakers

not worth buying unless its vintage

[wintry mirage]

apparently sony headphones are meant to be good

i tried like 30 different headphones and only found one i liked

sony was the 2nd worst but also the most expensive

[unique wind]

you’d have to pay me in order for me to use a sony headphone

[wintry mirage]

i had to listen for myself to know which ones i wanted

dont wanna order online just based on what others think

[unique wind]

yeah reviewer opinions are almost worthless

measurements for the win

[lean grove]

Reviewers that take measurements tho

🤩

[unique wind]

reviewers that show measurements and can correlate their listening impressions to the measurements as well as giving details about build, fit, accessories, and other non-sonic characteristics

😍😍😍

(none exist)

[lean grove]

Erin's audio corner and Andrew from headphones.com?

[unique wind]

does erin review headphones? i thought he only did speakers

as for headphonesdotcom i don’t know i don’t look at their content

i’ve always lumped HDC into the same group as josh valour, dms, and zeos

[lean grove]

Erin does speakers only yeah

And occasionally subwoofers

But Andrew from hdc does the same sort of scheme.

Starts out with his experience and then goes into measurements and explains how that lines up with his experience

[unique wind]

is andrew the person who appears in most headphoneshow videos

[molten lotus]

Subjective on top RAH!!!

[lean grove]

Yeah he's the guy with the round head and glasses beard

[molten lotus]

GoldenSound?

[unique wind]

i’m watching you

[unique wind]

he’s part of the audio matrix

[steel escarp]

I need neumann kh120 with a speedwoofer 10

[unique wind]

get the 2x starke sw15 for $1000 deal

sealed and play down to 16hz at 88db in bursts

95db at 20hz and 102db at 25hz

[molten lotus]

You can hear 16hz?

[unique wind]

using two of them with room gain you’ll have even more volume ofc

[unique wind]

technically no but you can feel it

[molten lotus]

Mmmm
Pass

[unique wind]

too bad

i’m gonna play 12hz at 100db in your room

[molten lotus]

I get enough low frequencies like that on the ship
Pass

[tepid torrent]

Yes, Resolve

[crystal flicker]

can someone help me, i reinstalled w10 and my sounds in csgo are like i was hearing them 5 times

[lean grove]

Check your audio settings and see if you've got any of the spatial or surround settings turned on

[crystal flicker]

ive checked and some tutorial doesnt work

oh, i just typed some command in the console and it worked lol

[stuck apex]

Hey im looking for a simple solution for when im in a discord call that I can hear my own voice from my mic? Sometimes I like to use closed headphones but then my voice is muffled and it feels weird.

using the option in windows is turned on all the time and theres a delay

[lean grove]

Most audio interfaces have this feature. What kind of mic are you using

[stuck apex]

@lean grove just using a boom mic connected to my headphones and a combination mic/audio trrs jack on my amp

[lean grove]

Ah. Well the direct monitoring that you want is only really accomplishable through hardware

Software is too slow

So if you want it you're gonna need to get an audio interface which can do direct monitoring for the mic, which is just about all of them

Or finding a gaming DAC amp that supports it which is less common.

[stuck apex]

@lean grove I see, how can I tell if an interface has what I need? For example I use the creative sxfi dongle. Does the Sound Blaster X4 support what im looking for? Or the GC7? I like the sxfi effect so would rather keep it

[lethal bloom]

whats the current best wireless gaming headset for under $200?

[steel escarp]

Get like 50 euro earbuds and a clip on mic. They are gonna sound better than any wireless gaming headset under 200 dollars

[lean grove]

Yeah I'm pretty sure the x4 can do it. You wanna look for direct monitoring or low latency monitoring for mic

It's just something that they'll have on the spec sheet or brochure or website or whatever

[lethal bloom]

Can you recommend any good combos ? And are they easy to set up have never really used separate mic/ headsets

[lean grove]

The $50 earbuds and external mic is the best bang for buck but imo using earbuds for too long of a time can get irritating.

But wired is the way to go if you want good sound quality

Something like the Sennheiser 37x or 38x are way better than almost any wireless headset.

[lethal bloom]

Okay thank you for the advice would you say that the 38x is better than the nova pro wired or any other in that price range ?

[lean grove]

Yes.

Nova pro looks like it has sealing problems with the pads making bass inconsistent and also was some wacky treble.

[chrome island]

Cloud 2 Wireless exists, but yeah

[static acorn]

Or Audeze maxwell

Although from what I hear it takes some configuring and text neck usage aftermath

[lost wigeon]

ik this is a long shot but does anyone have a working download for the dspmixfx software for windows i can't find it on the steinburg website

[meager field]

Hello people so I want to make "my own audio cable" (usb 2.0 to audio jack 3.5) would it work if I just solder those 2 things together or I need to do something else

[buoyant vale]

That won't work

you probably want to read up on how USB works

and what a DAC is

[meager field]

Alright but at least it's possible

[thorn pulsar]

Go via one of these and you'll be fine

It's the apple usbc dac

It's cheap, good and works for pretty much everything

[meager field]

my pc doesn't have a usb c and I also want to make one my self learn my self some new things

[thorn pulsar]

You can resolder the usbc to usb a

[buoyant vale]

you can get usb C to A adapters

[thorn pulsar]

Also you could just get a converter yes

Without soldering anything but you can if you want

[buoyant vale]

I bet the wires in a dongle are super thin, i don't really wanna cut the end off one to find out though

[thorn pulsar]

I would just toss on a cramping sock and call it a day lol

They are but it's manageable

[buoyant vale]

As long as they're not aluminum I guess 💀

[meager field]

I don't want to buy 5 things just to connect headphones to my pc anyways thanks for the help tho. I'll do some more research on this first

[buoyant vale]

Its just 2 things

[warm scarab]

you'd be buying 10 trying to build one yourself

costing several times as much and sounding worse

instead of buying 2 items for a grand total of 15$

[dry peak]

https://www.amazon.de/Sennheiser-508676-RS175-U-Digitales-Funkkopfhörersystem-Schwarz/dp/B07XTW93RV/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?crid=3T5XMZOLN5LWH&keywords=sennheiser+bluetooth+kopfhörer&qid=1693310595&sprefix=sennheiser+bluetooth%2Caps%2C875&sr=8-16

Thinking about buying these, any opinions?

And is onboard sound enough for that? Should I get a better sound card? I can't find the Ohm in the description on amazon

Can't even find any info on the sennheiser homepage, guess they are not for audiphiles, normal soundcard will be fine

[warm scarab]

bad

[warm scarab]

onboard sound? its a wireless headphone

[cold spindle]

That type is for people who can't hear the TV from the sofa clearly or just can't have the TV make noise. Not something most users get

[dry peak]

Yeah and the station is connected to my normal soundcard but you have a point, any enhancer it needs is probably built in the station

[warm scarab]

the station isn't connected to your sound card

[dry peak]

Of course it is

[warm scarab]

no it is not

it is a wireless headphone

the sound card is in the headphone itself

and is unrelated to any other sound card

[dry peak]

Thanks for posting the english text

They are not even bluetooth

There is no bluetooth tech in these headphones

The station has to be connected to my pc

[warm scarab]

you are misunderstanding what eddie is posting

[warm scarab]

yes, they are 2.4ghz wireless

station isn't a sound card if you use them wireless

it is only used as a sound card if you connect your headphones wired through an analog connection

by which point you should be buying wired headphones anyways

[dry peak]

Okay so I just watched an unboxing of them

And the station is definitely 100% wired connected to your tv/pc and is a sender station for the wireless headphones, you can connect up to 2 wireless headphones to that station

[warm scarab]

My man

Is the headphone wired or not

[dry peak]

No

[warm scarab]

Okay so how does it make digital audio into analog

magic?

[dry peak]

I don't care about your semantics, why do you want to argue with me

[warm scarab]

The sound card is in the headphone

[warm scarab]

I am trying very desperately to prevent you from trashing your money on a bad item and then on a sound card which will be of zero benefit

At this point honestly do whatever you want you clearly know better than all of us

[dry peak]

I already said that yeah I don't have to buy one from the start

[warm scarab]

It is quite literally of no benefit

at all

the receiver has a sound card in itself for wired use and the headphone has one in it for wireless use

anyhow the headphone in itself is a bad item, you are better off buying a maxwell

[dry peak]

Hmm gonna check out maxwell then, thanks, I was looking for sennheiser, akg, audio technica and jbl so far

[warm scarab]

jbl's only decent can I know of is tune 710

any other is horrendous

and the other companies don't really have wireless options apart from akg n700nc which is bluetooth and sennheiser only having very meh options

and if you have any desire to game with these you really want to avoid using bluetooth

[dry peak]

Why do you say that?

Yes I would game with it

[warm scarab]

windows bluetooth implementation is sort of a meme

so you have like a solid half second delay with bluetooth audio

[dry peak]

That's what I guessed, already noticed when I used my bt in ears for a while

[warm scarab]

it can get so bad there is obvious lip desync, though streaming services can sometimes delay the video feed on purpose to have the video match

yeah

you need 2.4ghz for gaming certainly

maxwell is the best wireless 2.4 headphone I know of, cheaper is cloud 2 wireless

and other options are sort of direct downgrades

[dry peak]

300€ is a bit too much though

Meh

Might aswell keep my old headphones then

[warm scarab]

your call

[unique wind]

maxwell is goated

40ms wireless 80h battery life harman closed back planar

[warm scarab]

40ms is lower than some wired setups

[lean grove]

And the cloud 2 is dog water

[molten lotus]

Schlurp schlurp schlurp schlurp

[near crater]

Can anyone recommend a headset that has great sound quality and is comfy for a long period of time?

[wheat moss]

headset

great sound quality

pick one

you may find a headset with good sound quality, but not great

[near crater]

Sorry I meant headphones

I don’t really care about a mic I already have a mic

[lean grove]

What's your budget

[near crater]

Hmm $140ish

[lean grove]

You might be able to find a hd560s on sale which would literally be your best option. Otherwise get the akg k371.

[molten lotus]

This is that annoying reccomondation that isn't what you asked for, but I've found my SHP9500 the most comfy ever, even with glasses. To me it's worth needing a mic stand versus having a build in mic. (To be clear, SHP9500 is just a 1/8" stereo headphone, that probably needs a headphone AMP or DAC to drive it, so you'd still need a mic. But for comfort with glasses, never found anything close)

[lean grove]

Someone asks for good sound quality and you recommend the shp9500