audio-tech

[molten lotus]

I have to basically connect the case to a charger everytime to use them

[tawdry gale]

which is why I got wired iems instead

[molten lotus]

The sound quality feels low too

[tawdry gale]

no need to care about charging

[molten lotus]

Yeah I've gotten told those are better

I personally like the idea of wireless though even though It's obviously clear that wired is better

[tawdry gale]

airpods pro 2 actually compete really well soundwise to wired iems under 100 usd

[molten lotus]

Are beats headphones bad?

[tawdry gale]

yes

[molten lotus]

I'm seeing everyone switching to them

[bold otter]

most people are losing their hearing 😐

[tawdry gale]

maybe the marketing got them

[molten lotus]

I tried them out and there nothing crazy

Honestly sounds pretty generic to me

[tawdry gale]

just V shape in a bad way

[molten lotus]

If I would want something wireless do you think over ear would be better?

I've heard sony sells a good pair but i'm not sure if that's true

[tawdry gale]

no its bad

[molten lotus]

it might just be hype too

[molten lotus]

idk the specific name but it starts with a W

[tawdry gale]

if u want wireless headphones:

under 1k: focal bathys

under 500: audeze maxwell(no anc)

under 500(if need anc): sennheiser momentum 4

under 200: jbl tune 760nc

[molten lotus]

isn't this a gaming headset

[tawdry gale]

yes, but it actually sounds good

mic is shit

[molten lotus]

Is jbl tune better than airpods 2?

same?

[tawdry gale]

its a different form factor

its like comparing headphones with speaker

[molten lotus]

Got you

Yeah I understand

[tawdry gale]

but the jbl 760nc are tuned well

compared to most of the headphones out there

[molten lotus]

I might have to ultimately stick with the airpods 2 i'm definetly going to look into your reccomendations but there not completely broken yk

I might check if there some deals going around for black friday

Idk if this is a risky thing to do but I kind of want to use them till they're completly broken but I don't want to risk them burning out or anything

[tawdry gale]

the battery life is just going become shorter the more u recharge it

and then eventually die

[molten lotus]

So I gues there is no other option

Idk if it's the placebo effect but I also feel like they're getting quiter too

[tawdry gale]

focal bathys however does do battery replacements

but for 200 usd

[molten lotus]

Basically another set of airpods

[lean grove]

That's the first time I've ever seen them in stock

[tawdry gale]

yeah very popular

[lean grove]

Idk if it's just that

[bold otter]

oh also, what do you use @tawdry gale ?

[tawdry gale]

hd600 and focal clear og

[bold otter]

cool

[tawdry gale]

and moondrop blessing 3

[bold otter]

they can use a regular jack in a computer yeah?

[tawdry gale]

I would recommend a dongle

cuz most motherboard audio is ass

[bold otter]

like usb to jack?

[tawdry gale]

like an apple dongle

[bold otter]

hm

kk

[bold otter]

yeah i have one somewhere

unless the cat got it

[tawdry gale]

unless u are in eu

[bold otter]

he ate a cable recently

yeah EU wins 😐

[tawdry gale]

apple one?

[bold otter]

yeah I had the old iPhone wired earbuds for a while

[tawdry gale]

ye the apple dongle is good

[clear sedge]

[neat quartz]

are airpod gen 2 worth $69?

[lethal grove]

Best white gaming headphones under $70?

🤨 ?

[haughty girder]

amazon refurb/black friday sale Hyperx cloud ii

and if it's not in white, paint it

[lethal grove]

Are any Steelseries arctis nova good?

[unborn gale]

can you stretch your budget and not get something white?

or buy used?

[lethal grove]

emm

[unborn gale]

because there's really no such thing as a good gaming headset

PC37X is decent, much better than the other options, but aren't exactly within your requirements

[lethal grove]

I was hoping black friday could help me get something better.

[unborn gale]

hmm, Black Friday hasn't happened yet, so I guess yeah keep in mind the Sennheiser PC37X or PC38X. Both are around the same performance.

they aren't white, but I can't think of any white headphone that isn't complete trash

[lethal grove]

I have old an old Razer Kraken headset rn

I don't really mind the sound quality, it's just starting to tear up.

[unborn gale]

ok but you want the best thing you can afford right?

[lethal grove]

Best white thing I can afford.

[unborn gale]

why white

[lethal grove]

to match everything else on my table

[unborn gale]

There's the AKG K701 but that's beyond your budget and doesn't have a mic. Other than that, there's literally nothing else that's good that's white

[lethal grove]

I don't care about a mic.

[unborn gale]

I mean you could try to spray paint your headphone

[lethal grove]

I have a normal one

[unborn gale]

huh

ok should definitely mention that.

[lethal grove]

I said headphones I thought the mic was the difference

[unborn gale]

you said gaming headphone, which 99% of the time mean mic + headphone combo

but anyways, take a look at the AKG K701

[lethal grove]

My bad, I am not an expert in these things.

expensive

[unborn gale]

Well yeah, but black friday hasn't come around yet, just like put it in your list of things to check for sales

[lethal grove]

Even with a 50% discount it's still gonna be abit too expensive

But thanks you've been more helpful than any website or video

[unborn gale]

There's moondrop stuff, but I doubt those are within your budget

but yeah, don't think there's really any other choices other than gaming headphones

[lethal grove]

arctis nova is terrible right?

[unborn gale]

if it has a mic, it's probably bad

HE400SE is silver but don't think that's what you're looking for

[lethal grove]

This stuff is too complicated, I'm probably gonna end up getting one of those cheap ones you'd probably not recommend. but TBH I really don't care about the sound quality difference.

[unborn gale]

actual headphones are typically built better too

like it's just straight up better

better everything.

comfort, build quality, sound quality

just better

[lethal grove]

looks > everything lmfao

[clear sedge]

[sinful inlet]

would yal say the hyperX quadcast is an ok microphone?

[warm scarab]

no

[nova kayak]

what would be a good XLR mic with a decent pickup range I would like it to be on top of my monitor so about 1.5ft back from me Id prefer to keep it around the 200s

[placid tundra]

Neat king bee 2

[warm scarab]

its not going to sound good

[nova kayak]

are there no good mics with a pickup range around there?

where would be a good place for a mic setup thats not too in my face then?

[warm scarab]

a shotgun mic is good for long range recording but im not very knowledgeable about them

any its easy to dodge their pickup pattern

[nova kayak]

im just not too savvy on having the mic up in my face ive seen streamers have it at least behind their camera which seemed a lil far

[warm scarab]

you should get a modmic then

an xlr mic hardly sounds like what you want

[steel escarp]

@warm scarab should I get the feliks audio elise for 1k

[warm scarab]

I don't know grey I have never heard of this amplifier

[steel escarp]

It's from felix audio

So it can't be that bad

[warm scarab]

you want to buy it so I know the odds of that being good

[unique wind]

stop buying amps greyson

[unreal vigil]

how are the moondrop LANs

[storm blaze]

Ok audio geeks and enthusiasts, i need some advice on Surround sound Applications for gaming. i own currently a pair of razer nari ultimates and feel like since the latest update the sound is not much better then before the update (at least the software now works better then before). But i have seen like astro headsets and other have the ability to use Dolby Atmos/Headphones and since there are so many different software that do surround i wanted to know which is best*.

To simply put it, i use right now THX from razer and have been for the past few years. I also have tried Steelseries cut of the surround software but i felt like it didn't even work, in the far past i tried dolby and dts but since i was only on trial i never did switch. Also there isn't a video i found that would explain the differences or show examples...

in the far future i'm planning of course to buy a better headset/headphones. maybe the maxwell audez or how they are called

[lean grove]

Dolby Atmos for headphones I think is the best I've heard. But you can download a software called HeSuVi which emulates a ton of different types of virtual surround sound from lots of different brands for free.

Personally though I just leave it all off.

[loud rampart]

hello there, i was looking to buy some in ear earbuds with 3.5mm jack but i keep getting lost over what's better and the fact that there are very few resources to read. Can anyone reccomend some with a max budget of 20$?

[hazy pine]

For 20$ I would recommend the Moondrop Chu or Truthear Hola

[violet socket]

Yea, all the fake virtual surround and processing and what never made as much of a difference as just getting cans with good soundstage and imaging

[lean grove]

More often than not it makes things worse

[loud rampart]

unfortunately i can buy much more quality stuff with those 20$ rather than those two models

i checked out both of them and they're bad :/

[hazy pine]

For 20 $ you can’t expect to much, but those two are the best sounding. If you want something better you must spend at least 80 to get something like the Moondrop Aria.

[lean grove]

according to who?

[loud rampart]

me ig

[lean grove]

and what makes you think they're bad

because the truthear holas are extremely good for $20, and if they're bad according to you im interesting in what you think is good for $20

[loud rampart]

dunno

[unique wind]

$20 iems (truthear hola or tangzu wan’er) get you good midrange

$50 iems (truthear zero red) get you good bass and midrange

$150 iems (truthear nova) get you good everything

[loud rampart]

but why truthear and not something like sennheiser or sony?

[unique wind]

i don’t know of any good sennheiser or sony in ear monitors

it’s mostly the lesser known (comparatively) chinese brands that are pushing innovation

[hazy pine]

Sennheiser ie 600 are good but to expensive.

[lean grove]

Because Chinese iem manufacturers have had a virtual renaissance in affordable iems.

Sony just cares about overpriced consumer audio

And Sennheiser is focusing on ... Idk.

But if you want good $20 iems you're not gonna find them from Sony or Sennheiser

[loud rampart]

got it

gonna buy some truthear hola and f it

[timid echo]

I have a fifine k669b and people can hear my keyboard in games that don’t have noise suppression

Discord is fine

Anyone know how to stop is

It

[tawdry gale]

chinese very good at making budget iems

[tawdry gale]

its more south east asia now

like symphonium audio

7th acoustics

elysian

most chifi companies are doing the same thing over and over again

[timid echo]

Will a pop filter stop my keyboard from being heard in the background

I have a k669b

[buoyant vale]

no

[timid echo]

Any way to stop it

[buoyant vale]

put the mic closer to your mouth and turn the gain down

[timid echo]

The gain is all the way down and u can still hear it

[buoyant vale]

put a towel over your keyboard

[timid echo]

It’s fine on discord because there’s noise suppression

[timid echo]

Bro 😂

[lean grove]

Nvidia voice might be able to help, push to talk, noise gate,

Hard to do

[unique wind]

refurb neumi bs5p for $100 on amazon now

SLIGHTLY tempting

[timid echo]

Push to talk is so bad

During a game

[lean grove]

Cope

[timid echo]

Nah

[lean grove]

Okay then use AI noise filtering or a hefty noise gate

[timid echo]

Alr ty

[fresh cargo]

Or EqualizerAPO: build and import a sound profile.

[haughty girder]

AT875r

at more than about 20cm you're best off with a shotgun

AT875r is just all around solid

should fit your budget nicely, and is decently forgiving of not sound treated rooms

[haughty girder]

chief no

a modmic is only the answer if you need to mvoe around

considering this is a stationary setup, a decent shotgun will do

remember though: Shotguns are not more sensitive to further sounds, it's just less sensitive to sounds off axis

[tawdry gale]

sidegrade to 20$ iems

so just get hola

[unreal vigil]

👍

[unique wind]

real

[unborn gale]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1065568004756209744/1171976543736713246/20231108_164250.jpg?ex=655ea336&is=654c2e36&hm=09c89910f8a7ad79e319ba6606c96797abfea2ecb957d02d4dcf472c8a8abfad&

Aight designed a headband with adjustable clamp.

still WIP though

[nova kayak]

Ty

[west crypt]

what’s a good replacement cable for the hd560s

[keen epoch]

What is the best gaming headset that will last me years?

[unique wind]

audeze maxwell

sennheiser pc38x if youd prefer an open back

[frosty ocean]

Creative sent me an email for something called "Creative Zen Hybrid Pro" and I thought they decided to make another MP3 player...it's just some stupid headphones

"40mm titanium coated drivers"

what in the hell does coating driver in titaniums do!?

[keen epoch]

So are the steelseties artic 3 bad?

[frosty ocean]

last ss audio product i had was the siberia 2 and i was veru happy with them. only paid 15 dollars tho

[lean grove]

i think it makes the driver a bit stiffer. but there's a titanium coating on the ksc75 which are $20 headphones, so i dont think its anythign all too special

[fresh cargo]

As in you need an attached mic? I know people who have the Maxwells good but have had QC issues (no idea if they still have). sennheiser pc38x get good feedback.

[lean grove]

i'd trust the pc38x a bit more in the long term just because there's less technology inside

[fresh cargo]

So bs marketing? It’s like the gold plated cables when non contact areas are gold plated 🤣

[lean grove]

there's a measurable difference and intentional design to it. its just like saying that your GPU has 2 high speed fans. or like your keyboard can display 16 million colors.

[fresh cargo]

Ah I see.

[lean grove]

its a way to make something unimpressive seem more impressive

[frosty ocean]

Make the keys white and claim the keys reflect billions of colors

[keen epoch]

Are these good HyperX CloudX, Official Xbox Licensed Gaming Headset, Compatible with Xbox One and Series X|S, Memory Foam Ear Cushions, Detachable Noise-Cancelling Mic, in-line Audio Controls,Black/ Silver https://a.co/d/78LVsnI

[lean grove]

i mean. they're $30

[keen epoch]

It’s on sale plus it’s hyper x

[lean grove]

is the pc38x too expensive

you asked for the best

[keen epoch]

Yes

[fresh cargo]

So what your price range?

[drifting moat]

what's a half-decent, non-bank-breaking desk microphone that's decent enough and actually directional? me and my partner sit opposite a desk island and this Trust GXT 242 mike I bought picks up their voice just fine even when correctly oriented

I tried doing a little of research and ended up looking at ~$1k microphones lol

[drifting moat]

I thought I bought it cardiod but clearly it's not

[lean grove]

well thats the other problem

it is a cardiod mic

but sound doesnt go in straight lines

it likes to bounce

[drifting moat]

ah

[lean grove]

what you want to do is move the mic closer to your mouth and turn down the gain

so relatively speaking, your mouth/voice is gonna be much louder than your partner's voice bouncing around the room

its why pilots have thier mic pretty much on their mouth.

gaming headsets for similar reasons

https://youtube.com/shorts/PvfWNjOAKe4

this video is a good demonstration too

[keen epoch]

50

[clear sedge]

[lean grove]

How do you feel about earbuds

[red surge]

anyone got any "gaming" headset recommendations

idc ab music or movies just smth for competitive games

preferably something with 7.1 surround

[lean grove]

audeze maxwell

[fallen lava]

These subs be putting in work

[sinful inlet]

even for 50 bucks?

[warm scarab]

you can get fifine stuff first hand for that much

so no

[sinful inlet]

i had a fifine microphone and it was pretty ass tho to

everyone could hear my background

[cobalt sparrow]

I think getting like an sm57 and a xlr to 3.5mm would be a better option than a fifine mic that you don't really like, but idk

(used)

its more like 75-80 tho

[fresh cargo]

SM57 is going to need pre amp from something.

[cobalt sparrow]

true

forgot abt that

[lean grove]

you can use a xlr to 3.5mm but its gonna need a ton of gain and sound like crap

so, doable in theory, terrible in practice

[hasty cape]

Does anyone know how you setup 3 mics together for a podcast (including a shure sm7b) without leaking voices into each others mics?

[lean grove]

put your 3 people in isolated recording booths and send the 3 mics into an interface with at least 3 inputs

[hasty cape]

How does, for example this Ludwig video, do it right next to each other? https://youtu.be/AJ1wcrVOzU8?si=SGI8l2T_5T_pVndn

[lean grove]

oh. well their voices are leaking into eachother's mics but its not noticable

if they're all going into the same interface or mixer and synchronized corretly it shouldn't be an issue

[nova wagon]

that was what happened

they had to synchronize the 3 mics multiple times during the stream of which this video was edited from

[vital cloak]

Howdy! I'm looking at getting a new pair of headphones and am having a hard time finding what seems like a good pair. I'd like to stay around/under $600 and get something that will last me a long time. I currently have a 7-year old pair of Razer Kraken 7.1 v2's that sound fine. I had a pair of Sennheiser HD660s' for a couple weeks, during which they sounded phenomenal, but I unfortunately need a pair of closed-backs. I have a Motu M2 with a 1/4" TRS output which would be nice to use. I would mostly be using them for listening to music (usually rock, Springsteen in particular) and playing games from time to time. I haven't had the chance to try out many other pairs of headphones, let alone higher-end ones, to figure out what type of sound signature I like. I also wear glasses so ideally they'd have to be comfortable with those. I'm still fairly new to the higher-end audio scene so any help/advice would be greatly appreciated :)

[lean grove]

High end closed backs really aren't worth the money. You can get some akg k361/371, or some nice in-ears

Otherwise if you want to spend more Dan Clark has some of the better options for closed backs.

But again, a $600 Dan Clark headphone isn't better than something like a hd560s or a hd6xx

[nova wagon]

and dan clark has a tendency to be overdampened

maxwell probably another option

[lean grove]

Oh yeah I forgot about that

Yeah get the audeze Maxwell

[nova wagon]

if only closed backs arent such a bitch to tune

[lean grove]

Maxwell cheats

If it didn't have all the hardware in front of the driver I bet they'd be pretty shit

[nova wagon]

yup, reflection galore and shit

[vital cloak]

The Maxwell's don't look like they're for me as I'm not a fan of wireless and I don't need a mic. Just to clarify - I'm not looking to spend $600 by any means, but I wouldn't mind it if that's what it cost for a great pair that I'll have for years

[lean grove]

Peruse Dan Clark then. Build and comfort are the only good thing about them.

You can find them used pretty often because people are trying to get rid of them

[vital cloak]

Well I'd like something that sounds great too unless I've misunderstood 😅

[lean grove]

as i said earlier, for closed backs thats not really an option

you can get iems and the akg k361 or k371

truthear zero red or etymotics would be my recommendations for iems

[bold otter]

what do you all think of the audeze review?

[lean grove]

its the first time in a while that they've reviewed a decent piece of audio equipment

[bold otter]

lol

ok

i'm looking at quality headphones and a mic but the audeze look ok

[lean grove]

if you need a wireless headset, for the moment, the maxwell is the best.
otherwise if you're okay with wired there are better options

[bold otter]

yeah i think wired would be best

[lean grove]

pc38x would be good one to look at

[bold otter]

yeah i was looking at a couple headphones and then a mic set up

since i can't have a good mic and headphones

[long temple]

Rode NTH-100M any good?

[fierce pond]

Does anyone here have experience with audio gear and the use of DAWs on linux? I'm very interested in trying out using linux primarily, but this is the last point really keeping me from it

[calm forge]

Looking for opinions for 2 sets of headphones. 1-Bluetooth, I currently have Kz s2’s and love the sound- looking for something similar. 2- wired, I currently have Kz ZSN Pro X’s. I use them for general pc output (gaming and music) I’ve been recommended the truthear zero reds for wired and moondrop space travel for Bluetooth.

Honestly looking for anything that has good, clear coverage across the board hense why I’ve stayed with hybrid IEM’s so far

[uneven minnow]

Where am i able to get/purchase songs and download the files so i can put them on any device i want?

[lean grove]

Bandcamp

[uneven minnow]

Does that include all bands? For example, sabaton?

[lean grove]

Bandcamp has a lot of indie and a few of some medium sized bands.

[uneven minnow]

Large bands?

[lean grove]

Occasionally

Google it

Otherwise buy a CD on eBay for $3 and then rip the songs off it

[lean grove]

Truthear zero red and moondrop space travel would be my recommendations too

[steel escarp]

perfection

the bass from the arya organic I heard sounded actually terrible next to this headphone

[fallen lava]

Yo is the red clip light on my thingy bad

Its called digital matrix processor

[steel escarp]

your thingy

[fallen lava]

Idk what would u call it

[lean grove]

It means you're hitting max power and bad things can happen

So yes

[fallen lava]

Darn alr ty

Rate the setup gang!

[lean grove]

Three

[fallen lava]

Out of 4

My whole setup is so goofy

If anyone asked I'm using a dual 4.5 inch office subwoofer and a 8 inch velodyne sub

With two jbl home theater speakers

[buoyant vale]

[fallen lava]

The velodyne sub cost more then the whole setup

[burnt mountain]

How would i check if my motherboard can power 80-ohm headphones?

[buoyant vale]

dont get dt770

[unborn gale]

by plugging the headphones in

are you expecting your computer to blow up or something?

[burnt mountain]

howd you know 😭 and what would i get

[burnt mountain]

i just wanted to make sure my sound wouldnt be more quiet that usual

[unborn gale]

did you buy the DT770s yet?

[burnt mountain]

i havn't bought them yet but i dont wanna buy an amp

[unborn gale]

ah

What kind of headphones are you looking to buy?

[burnt mountain]

dt990 80ohms

[unborn gale]

what

like what are your requirements in a pair of headphones?

[burnt mountain]

Oh, Open back and wired, really any pair of good monitoring headphones

[unborn gale]

budget?

[burnt mountain]

$300

[unborn gale]

goddamn, crazy how you went for the DT990s with that budget

[burnt mountain]

$300 aud

[unborn gale]

Pretty sure the HD600s are $300

oh

so $190 USD.

[burnt mountain]

yea

[unborn gale]

Isn't the HD560s around that price?

[burnt mountain]

Will my motherboard be able to power 120ohm headphones?

MSI MPG b650 Edge, is the motherboards name

[unborn gale]

there are cheap amps like the Fiio E10k

I got mine for $20 used

[burnt mountain]

I don't want to mess around with an amp bro just tell me if theres a way to check 😭

[unborn gale]

but otherwise, yeah it should be able to power it.

[burnt mountain]

oh okay thanks

[unborn gale]

literally just plug and play for DAC/AMPs

plug into your PC and it's automatically setup, then you plug in your headphones.

but anyways, if it's too quiet, you could use something like Equalizer APO with Peace to further increase the volume past Windows' limitation

[dull rover]

Anyone else here have the Sony WH-CH720Ns? Wondering what people thought of them

[uneven minnow]

I know its not much but i carry all my songs on this. 126 songs so far taking up 3GB of the 32GB.

[unborn gale]

I just use my phone

128GB storage.

[uneven minnow]

This way gets me more listening time. If my phone dies, i still have music

Plus, it was cheap. $40

[tired crown]

I’m looking for some ~$60 earbuds and currently looking at the edifier tws1 pro 2 are they worth the $70

I know they are a little over my budget but I’ve heard great things about them

[timber folio]

Curious if anyone can recommend me a good wireless headset for PC. Primarily used for music, games, and meetings lol

[unborn gale]

Audeze Maxwell

[tawdry gale]

Audeze maxwell but the mic is bad

[unborn gale]

You don't need the best mic for meetings

[hearty pollen]

yeah

i have the b650 gaming plus whatever connected to the hd560s

works great

before that i had it connected to some cheap acer mobo from a prebuilt so yeah should be working great

if you something less flat sounding maybe the pc38x

[warm scarab]

ohms aren't relevant to powering headphones

well not in the way you think anyways

[burnt mountain]

it's the amount of current right?

so do I need to stick a multimeter in my mobo

eh I'll buy them anyways and if it goes wrong I'll get an amp

[warm scarab]

yes and no

don't worry about it man

its fine hd560s can run off of practically anything not inherently trash

[rigid aurora]

Can anyone help me with AirPods buying decision ? 🥲 bit lost

[uneven minnow]

What do you want out of them and what will be their primary use?

[rigid aurora]

Hmm the whole situation is, I currently have Beats Studio buds
But I always wanted pro cuz of their features, now I’m getting gen 1 Pro for like 75usd

I’m a student and primary use is just anc , decent music qual, tbrh I dont care much about battery life

I don’t exactly NEED em , but the deal plus my want-ness towards them, urgh I’ll pass on my buds to my mom later on,
When I was buying buds I got them for 40usd , and pro were expensive that time so thought it’s a steal deal

[uneven minnow]

$70 for gen 1 is a good price for what you are getting. Do you use iphone or android?

[rigid aurora]

iPhone , that’s why I got beats earlier than Sony n other

[warm scarab]

all the pods apart from pros are really bad

don't bother looking at them

[uneven minnow]

Dont get the max. They are basically outdated

[rigid aurora]

By gen 1 I mean Gen 1 PRO ,

[warm scarab]

that is decent go for it

is it second hand

[uneven minnow]

I have the gen 2 pro and i love them.

[rigid aurora]

Totally out of table,
The whole point of buying is that I’m getting them cheaper haha

[uneven minnow]

Even used, they aren’t worth it imo.

[warm scarab]

its directly worse than stuff you can get for 30$

well, more reliable I guess

[uneven minnow]

No. I have used both price ranges and the gen 2 pros are better

[rigid aurora]

Hmm yeah can say, a friend of mine got them like 7-8 months ago, had on skin all the time, pretty neat condition and everything other than pods is still packed in box

[warm scarab]

oh my bad you said gen 2 pro

I thought it was gen 2

[rigid aurora]

Plus apple care plus till idk

[warm scarab]

id be a bit worried about the battery life

[uneven minnow]

Regular pods i agree arent that good

[warm scarab]

but it will probably last at least two years

[warm scarab]

they are just bad

they have good batteries and connectivity, that's about it

[rigid aurora]

Would the pods last like 6-7 hrs no anc …? Without case charging

[uneven minnow]

They can last a good while

A few hours easy

[rigid aurora]

If so that’ll work for me cuz I don’t really care much about battery that much , my current beats give me around 5-6 hr

[uneven minnow]

Dead to full is like 20-30 min

[scarlet wing]

Any deals on wireless gaming headsets under $100?

[rigid aurora]

Hmm so 75 for a used gen 1 pro a good deal ?

[warm scarab]

no idea, depends on how much they were used

[warm scarab]

yeah imo

[uneven minnow]

This is just me but i personally use the airpods pros 2 with some earmuffs for better noise isolation

I cant hear a damn thing like that

[rigid aurora]

I’ll ask him out more about it, if they were mildly used I’ll prob pick them up

[warm scarab]

I just use triple flanges on my iems to passively block noise

[uneven minnow]

Flanges?

[warm scarab]

easier to google tbh

[uneven minnow]

Oh

[warm scarab]

they block a lot

[uneven minnow]

I have custom fit ear plugs and i have earmuffs meant for shooting so they work really well

[warm scarab]

you wear gun range muffs outside?

[uneven minnow]

Yep

They are passive tho. Not active

For where i work/study, i cant have any tech on me due to security reasons so i use that stuff to block out noise when i cant use my airpods

[warm scarab]

ever got questioned by the cops?

[unique wind]

i want to try coca cola vanilla and dr pepper cream soda

and then decide which one is better

[lean grove]

@unique wind creative xmems kinda suck

[unique wind]

i went to go find xmems measurements and my chrome froze

theyre tryna censor the truth

ive honestly been listening to nothing but my truthear reds for the last few months

plus my samsung q900c soundbar on the living room tv setup

[trail whale]

so my dt990 started to completely sound weird ( probably some cable stuff, when i move it it comes back to normal for a second )
i am looking for a maybe a replacement?
mainly i game and watch movies/listen music
For mic i use modmic 5.0 that is slapped on the side of dt990
My question is -> is there something as comfortable as dt990 and with same sound quality?
I have a soundblaster g6x so i can drive up to 600 ohm

[unique wind]

@lean grove i must be dumb because i never noticed the new version of the neumi bs5p has usb c input and a sub output

these might be the new default speaker recommendation

[tawdry gale]

do u want the exact same/very similar sound signature as dt990

[trail whale]

no worries

my friend already recommended me one
maxwell

Audeze Maxwell - PlayStation

[tawdry gale]

thats good

but thats closed back though

dt990 is open

[trail whale]

yeah
i picked up open for a sound quality
but lately been comparing open and closed
to be fair
i didn't hear difference 😦

[warm scarab]

well you picked the dt990

[unique wind]

audeze maxwell smokes the dt990

dt990 has fart cannon distorted bass and sawtooth treble

[trail whale]

after using shitty gaming once
and m50x 🙂

[warm scarab]

m50x is gaming headset tier

cloud 2 is superior

[trail whale]

well it was not positioned as gaming
but m50x point is because of how small and uncomfortable it is compared to dt990

[trail whale]

hyperx?

[warm scarab]

yeah

[trail whale]

didnt like their first one(or whatever the name was)
so not sure about 2

[warm scarab]

pretty different afaik

[lunar jackal]

Closed backs that are a good match for a qudelix 5k under like $700?

For the office and on planes and such

Mention me in the reply please.

[unique wind]

i tried dr pepper cream

it's good but i dont know if i prefer it over the original

[molten lotus]

at2020+ or at2020 and behringer umc22?

which would sound better

[green crow]

just got the KEF LSX II and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for the EQ settings if anyone else has them. They sound amazing but they're pretty close on my desk so I think I may be in a nodal region where the bass isn't as bassy.

[tired crown]

Best sub $70 earbuds?

[lean grove]

From what I know about the kef lsx I , they're not all that bassy. This is just from how small they are. If you want an EQ you should get a measurement mic and use REW to EQ at your listening position

[lean grove]

Truthear zero red

[candid cosmos]

Truthear hexa if you can get them for that price tbh

Zero reds are Solid tho, but the least used one for me

I just idk - dont quite like the ramp down plus extra Bass tuning crinacle does for them.

Alltho i do Listen to quite a lot of Bass - but whatever, can only say what i think about them.

[molten skiff]

was reccomened the 560s have had them for a while now

whats up with the lack of bass

[wheat moss]

have you previously used skullycandy or beats or something bass heavy?

open backs naturally have less bass

[molten skiff]

I was told to get open back ppl told me they sound better

[wheat moss]

because they do

they're more neutral

[molten skiff]

like I hardly even ear the bass

the truth ear:red ear buds sound better to me

[warm scarab]

eq them ig

[molten skiff]

wdym adjust

[warm scarab]

I didn't see the had them for a while part

what are you driving them off of

[molten skiff]

my gaming pc

[warm scarab]

so your motherboard?

[molten skiff]

idk its b650 motherboard

msi

[warm scarab]

try driving them off of whatever you use to drive the reds

[molten skiff]

think its msi pro wifi version

[warm scarab]

see if it changes anything

its not very likely but its worth trying

[molten skiff]

like Do i need a amp or somthing

[warm scarab]

difficult to say but not likely for the hd560s unless your onboard is really questionable

[molten skiff]

these head phones arent as punchy as my ear buds

[warm scarab]

how loud are you using them

[molten skiff]

like half

volume

[warm scarab]

you can attempt your luck at buying an amp but I really can't offer any guarantees that is the solution

but its odd to me reds have that much more punch to them

[wheat moss]

my HD569 run on anything fine
but the HD560S require a decent bit more power to run well

[molten skiff]

like they dont sound bad persay

they just dont sound very exciting if u know what I mean

[wheat moss]

they're not meant to. they're neutral headphones

[warm scarab]

might be unfitting to your music

if you listen to stuff like

edm, boomy rap, hardbass

[molten skiff]

I use them for mostly gaming tbh

just music on the side

guess I should look for a new pair that works better for me

idk since im mostly gaming maybe I just go back to a high end gaming headset

[slim mason]

Its funny because gaming headphones are worse for gaming than an ok pair of studio headphones

[fresh cargo]

Best gaming headphones I have used so far are k702s. Really good soundstage so great for FPS. My HD599s are more comfortable but definitely not as good for positional audio.
For music the k702s are not the most exciting and the bump the in high frequencies make them sound sterile. For UK the k702s also come down to £90 occasionally.

[eager notch]

Anyone know if an AV reciever's remote frequency can be changed? My Pioneer VSX-935 remote is the same signal as my dimplex clf100 fireplace

[novel arch]

Can i run a speaker system with 2 presonus eris E5s and 1 Sub 8BT(subwoofer) through a GO XLR? And then also a mic ofc.

It says its an audio interface so i assume it can

[haughty girder]

612 > 701 > 702 tbh

also I'd recommend iems if you're competitive fps because soundstage is more of a distraction than tool in fps

imaging is far more important and iems do it better for fps as they're super close

[gray dagger]

Audeze Maxwell's are out of stock, whats the best alternative

[fresh cargo]

Not tried those. Found the 702 excellent for imagining. IEMS? Entirely depends on the IEMS. Some are good some are garbage for gaming.

[west crypt]

what’s a good replacement cable for the hd560s?

[west crypt]

should i get this. https://www.amazon.com/NewFantasia-Replacement-Sennheiser-Headphones-1-5meters/dp/B00KAKGQCQ/. or this. https://www.amazon.com/NewFantasia-Replacement-Compatible-Sennheiser-Headphones/dp/B07K82Z43J?pd_rd_w=B9vwr&content-id=amzn1.sym.3cb9b85f-43ef-4d4b-94d0-0a8efe2194e9&pf_rd_p=3cb9b85f-43ef-4d4b-94d0-0a8efe2194e9&pf_rd_r=5E7W5PSR45C1E5E65693&pd_rd_wg=NiB16&pd_rd_r=1e0838aa-fd02-4782-ade5-47a0b252e60a&pd_rd_i=B07K82Z43J&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_m_rp_7_qv

[scarlet shale]

Whats the best affordable audio mixer for the shure SM7B?

[vale dirge]

Is this soundbar dangling okay?

It doesn’t hit the door

[noble axle]

i didnt fuck up buying these right?

getting buyers remorse thinking tgtbt cus it was discounted from $399

[unique wind]

did you just buy them

[lean grove]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510681715484786710/1166902122235826177/ezgif-2-516c3235ef.gif?ex=654c2d49&is=6539b849&hm=4764944bded79f2d19cc30cb43c4f8b99ecd1714baf9a443e9e08e4aef5030c7&

[noble axle]

usd

[unique wind]

like just now

[noble axle]

yeh

[unique wind]

i would cancel the order

[noble axle]

whats wrong with them?

[unique wind]

they sound like poopiedoopie

[noble axle]

a

the sens and ohms seem servicable so i assume you dont mean just through a phone

[unique wind]

nope they sound pooptastic on all devices

[noble axle]

coolcool canceled but the payment processed immediatly so its gonna take a few days

[unique wind]

ideally you want to at least roughly follow the target but those are not even close

this is the open back version of the sundara for comparison

when they turned them into that closed back version they completely butchered them

[noble axle]

you recommend any other planars for me to wishlist around 150-190?

been wanting a pair for a bit but last i looked i got some meze 99 neo's instead

cant tell if discords buggin or the conv was wiped

discord was bugging

[livid dome]

Need help identifying a old sound card i found

[lean grove]

Is Google not working

[lean grove]

Why planars specifically

[noble axle]

bored of dynamics

been using em since i was like 11

[lean grove]

We're you using good dynamics?

[livid dome]

Tried that

[noble axle]

meze 99 neo, audio technica m40x, grado sr 80x and truethear zero reds are my current headphones

youd be the judge

[lean grove]

I personally wouldn't really call any of those "good" aside from the truthear reds

But those are iems

[noble axle]

i used the grados for like a month before they started dying from a faulty wire 🙂

butyea i have no idea whats supposed to be good and whats reviewer loved steamy piles

iswhyidrather ask people than google

[lean grove]

Put the hd6xx on your wishlist

[vale dirge]

The Samsung HW-900C sounds better than the Sonos Beam Gen 2… just tried it and I’m blown away

[unique wind]

twins

q900c gang

i wish the subwoofer was less reliant on its rear port but the bar itself is great

[vale dirge]

I’m waiting for my 9500S rears to come in tomorrow

[unique wind]

great mids and treble out of box

[vale dirge]

Got the whole 7.1.4 setup for $550 with education pricing, special offers and Black Friday deals

[unique wind]

damn

thats a really good deal

i paid $700 for just the bar+sub and that was a -$300 sale

[vale dirge]

Correction, it’s 9.1.4 for the 900C and 9500S rears

[noble axle]

would a ka1 drive them at least enough for me to get an amp the next week?

iknow max output is a zero chance but at like less than 20% levels

[lean grove]

Yeah 6xx should be fine off just about anything

[noble axle]

alr cool theyre even on sale a lil bit for 180

[unborn gale]

6xx sound like ass

[unique wind]

id like to try 560s and 6xx side by side

honestly idk which id prefer

probably 560s because it's more suitable to be eqd to harman bass

[noble axle]

wonder how much of a difference a 10 ohm resister would have on a 300 ohm pair of headphones

[lean grove]

You sound like ass

[lean grove]

Might increase the midbass by a bit

[lean grove]

Treble and mids on 6x0 is almost unbeatable. So yeah bass might be easier to EQ but also at what cost.

[lunar jackal]

Didn't get a reply the other day, but I need some cans for the office and on the plane so I need some closed backs. Preferably ones that would pair nicely with my qudelix 5k as it's easy to carry around. Budget max ~750usd

[elder thistle]

I have arrive

d

the conch has spoken

this makes server 3 out of 65 where mackie headphones were ever mentioned before I got there

and yes to state my bias:

I like to produce/mix electronic music and have little fear of eqing headphones. I started collecting and trying lots of $30-200 headphones back when I got their $70 mc-150 headphones as a cheaper reference which knocked my socks off compared to the several headphones I've used in that pricerange

of their 5 headphones I thought 3 of them were generally competitive, the mc150, 250, and 450

they are some of the very few headphones that can have a v-moda boompro mic used on them, making them into a headset of sorts for $20 more

and then their prices all dropped 30-44% permanantly

since I have a disproportional amount of headphones from that brand compared to other brands and they seem to fill some popular niches, I will likely be mentioning them a lot

[elder thistle]

the hd560s had a wider soundstage for me and more bass with stock tuning, yes. I found it a little strange in the mids and highs. but overall it was surprisingly balanced sounding. pretty good detail, "enough" instrument separation to sound pretty good in just about any music genre. bass wasn't that controlled, lost definition in metal music

the hd600 however is the headphone I would pick basically every time, and yes I'd say it's fair that it's worth double. on my ears it was even more neutral minus the bass, but the bass now had that control the hd560s lacked, even when eq'd up on the hd600. I'm with nils that the mids and highs are really detailed. instrument separation proportionally better perhaps. heard directional cues better on most games too

only thing is that hd600 + bass eq will cost you a good bit of max volume

[elder thistle]

how are they with eq? that seems like a pretty impressive driver in there

[unique wind]

poor candidate for eq because the native response is so bad

the open back version is good for eq though

[elder thistle]

the 4k dip is a little ominous but with under 10db of eq headroom it looks pretty easy to me

don't necessarily have to take 4k up all the way to neutral either

I've got eq's like this on even some $50 headphones

[unique wind]

if you want a closed back planar then i recommend that you start with a better headphone like the drop aeon closed x

much better candidate for eq

[elder thistle]

eh...

the difference is that's $400 and the sundara closed is $150

is the experience with moderate eq really almost 3 times worse?

I was more concerned with the technical ability, not the tonality

[unique wind]

if those peaks and dips are caused by resonances, internal reflections, or phase cancellations then you might not be able to eq them out

[warm scarab]

michael is giving jackson advice

[unique wind]

i can’t recommend it

[warm scarab]

never tried it but not inplausible

[unique wind]

you can probably do the ol try it out and return them if not method

i’ve never met anyone who actually owns sundara closed

[warm scarab]

most of the dudes i know are eq purists so they wouldn't ever buy it either

[vast quarry]

Looking to invest in some over ear headphones with bluetooth.
Any underrated brands or specific products that i might get for a good price, or even at a sale?

[warm scarab]

tune 710 maybe

[vast quarry]

What brand?

[unique wind]

jbl

[warm scarab]

don't go off of brands

[unique wind]

ya i think he asking what brand makes the tune 710

[warm scarab]

jbl has joke tier headphones save for this and one more maybe

[vast quarry]

Found a 50% off deal for skullcandy hesh 3

Have had issues with the in ears but maybe their over ear are decent

Sound quality may be good but build quality apparently is ass

[warm scarab]

trash

[nova wagon]

the sound is ass too

[vast quarry]

Yeah i always get a bad feeling if people praise the bass on headphones

[vast quarry]

Speaking of

https://youtu.be/lLN-KzBJQig?si=d44dKfxWsxJgv2p1

Dont wanna get them prolly but they funi

[unique wind]

time to see if they dethrone the truthear reds

they probably will but i don’t expect it to be a world changing improvement

i expect it to just be red with full bass and treble extension instead of slight rolloff on either side

[scarlet shale]

Whats the best affordable audio mixer for the shure SM7B?

[white gate]

Do you explicitly want a mixer or just need an interface?

[scarlet shale]

just interface

[white gate]

Likely Motu M2

[scarlet shale]

ok

what about the Scarlett, somthing something

[white gate]

Scarlett doesn't have enough gain

[scarlet shale]

ok

[white gate]

Motu M2 has about 14dB higher gain than most of the scarlett line

[unique wind]

plus the headphone output on the scarlett is dog poo if thats something you plan to use

[scarlet shale]

it is alot cheaper thoug

[unique wind]

like worse than just using motherboard audio

cant use iems at all unless you enjoy loud background static

[white gate]

Yeah but it's cheaper cause it's worse.
And price doesn't matter too much if it won't work for your use case anyway

[scarlet shale]

ok

[white gate]

SM7B needs a significant amount of gain

[lean grove]

@scarlet shale elgato wave XLR will have enough.

[scarlet shale]

arent the devs not there anymore or sumn?

[white gate]

That's the GoXLR

[scarlet shale]

oh

yea i knew theat

[ebon crag]

best wirless headset in range 100/160 i just got the g733 but the sound is trash compared to my g432

[warm scarab]

cloud 2

[ebon crag]

hyperx cloud 2?

[warm scarab]

yes

[ebon crag]

tbh idk how they fucked up the sound from g733

[warm scarab]

you'd be surprised how common of a pattern it is to pay more for something worse sounding

[tawdry gale]

they prob dont have sound engineers

[ebon crag]

logitech?

[tawdry gale]

the only wireless headset I would recommend is audeze maxwell

[ebon crag]

out of my price range

xd

[errant wharf]

Whats everyone's thoughts on the ATH-R70x?

[unborn gale]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/657373996253315124/1173734794841051216/20231113_152240.jpg?ex=656508b6&is=655293b6&hm=a9779627768a295c30a41f08ff2d0ecfe65ba691c3077d9009192fa72cdf0cc7&

Got the K702s and Fidelio X3s

X3s are overall pretty solid in terms of sound quality and comfort.

K702...what the fuck. Almost made a very comfortable headphone, but AKG decided to use the stiffest pads and headpad for some stupid reason.

[ebon crag]

what do you guys think about hyperx cloud 3 wireless?

[unborn gale]

bad

[ebon crag]

why

[unborn gale]

A friend of mine had a pair that died in like 3 months

[calm forge]

So what are these exactly?

If I may ask

[unique wind]

truthear nova

[calm forge]

OOoo- how do we feel in this chat about KZ as an alternative? I know they have a similar model in terms of driver arrangement

Another chat I asked hated them

[rotund crow]

Hmm... I'm debating stepping up to d&b SLs at an event...or sticking with the Vs we used last year since they were fine

Or at least requesting SLs because I'm not sure the vendor is getting them in time

(It's mostly Danley and JBL at the fandom events I do, though I do get to play with d&b an L'Acoustics at the large ones)

[tacit gust]

Hello everyone I own logitech g pro X wired and would like to know if the Logitech g pro x 2 wireless in white stains with time

I have a local deal for the next 2 days for 200€ and I really wanted it in white but unsure about future stains / discoloration

[vale dirge]

Is it okay if soundbar is wider than TV? I don’t care about aesthetics

The Samsung Q990C sounds amazing, and it’s for $600 with educational discount and other promos… it’s just wider than my TV

[unborn gale]

The soundbar is a completely separate thing

so yes, it's perfectly fine if you're soundbar is wider or smaller than your tv

[vale dirge]

Is the Samsung Q990C good?

[unborn gale]

I don't know

[ruby frost]

Do any1 have a recommendation for a $20-ish iem

[haughty girder]

just talk louder xd

no but I find for louder voices, scarlett is perfectly serviceable

it's also low enough noise you can boost it in software

HOWEVER, it's just too expensive for what it provides (talking about 3rd gen, dunno how 4th gen is yet)

[haughty girder]

Salnotes Zero, Truthear Hola, Tangzu Wan'er S.G

the golden trio of 20 dollar iems

I like the Wan'er the most and Hola the least, but they're all a tossup to preference and none are strictly better than the other

[ruby frost]

Gotcha, thanks man

[warm scarab]

mate

sm7b

[copper ermine]

whats the best wireless headphones with tongle and bluetooth

[warm scarab]

audeze maxwell

[elder thistle]

what is tongle

[bitter cliff]

I'm thinking of getting my first audiophile headphones which I can use for both gaming and casual audio listening
I am thinking of going with Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X

Is it a good choice

Also do I need to get an amp or dac with it?

[warm scarab]

think he miswrote dongle

[candid marten]

Any suggestions on some wireless over-ear headphones? (Budget around 300-400 AUD)

[slim mason]

amazing, especially for gaming

[warm scarab]

350$ is far too much for them but they are nice

probably one of the best headphones for gaming ever

[errant wharf]

What would you consider a fair price for them?

[warm scarab]

like

200$ ish

I got my pair for 160$ second hand

[errant wharf]

Ill have to keep a lookout for a refurbished or used set then

[warm scarab]

check ebay

should be plenty available

[brisk topaz]

anyone know any good IEMs under £60?

[nova wagon]

truthear zero red

[brisk topaz]

ok

these?

[unique wind]

the red version specifically

its the updated model and it's tuned differently

[brisk topaz]

ok i’ll try and find them

if i cant i’ll go for the blue ones

yea i don’t think they have them on amazon

[buoyant vale]

they do and they are 15% off

[ebon crag]

Is Hyperx cloud 3 wirless good?

[haughty girder]

yea?

[warm scarab]

he is asking for an interface to run sm7b off of

[haughty girder]

We've had this convo before

I'm not saying to go out and get a scarlett

I'm saying that for a 7b, a Scarlett 3rd gen would work fine

[warm scarab]

it would clip

[haughty girder]

if you're a quiet speaker and you don't have enough gain, you can boost in software because of a low noise floor

[haughty girder]

?

from?

[warm scarab]

not having enough gain?

[haughty girder]

...what

[warm scarab]

have you ever tried upping the gain through eq apo with an sm7b using a scarlett 3rd gen

to the point its average sounding

[haughty girder]

...is it not average

sm7b is ur basic ass mic

and Scarlett is a basic interface

[warm scarab]

average as in average loudness

[haughty girder]

and yes it works fine

[warm scarab]

its like a 7dB boost I don't believe this

[unique wind]

mfs scared of using digital gain

[haughty girder]

average loudness as in it sounds compressed?

what

are you trying to say

boosting in digital works fine, it just brings everything up including the noise floor

[warm scarab]

I am saying I don't believe you can add enough digital pregain to a focusrite 3rd gen to give sm7b an average loudness and not sound shit

[haughty girder]

there's a reason recording studios record at -18dbfs and boost in post

[unique wind]

definitely can

sometimes i run +22db in software on my mic lmao

[haughty girder]

you can't with certain interfaces like the ur series or audiobox96 where the noise floor is high and noisy

focusrite fwiw is fairly clean

you can boost it just fine

[warm scarab]

sounds buttery smooth bro fr

boost by 18dB now!!

[haughty girder]

I don't wanna download another file

and

[warm scarab]

tldr it sounds like a headset mic

[haughty girder]

by boosting it after a lossy compressed format you're also gonna create other issues

[unique wind]

this must be a skill issue

[warm scarab]

i just added 18dB and recorded it

[haughty girder]

But yea I think you're doing something wrong

[unique wind]

maybe im deaf but self noise or equipment noise floor has never been an issue for me when using digital gain

[warm scarab]

no you are just bad

[unique wind]

nah im the best

im the most talented

[haughty girder]

yea I must be deaf too

[warm scarab]

they use analog methods to boost by 18dB in studios

[unique wind]

i have the best ears in the server objectively

[warm scarab]

not a digital slider

[unique wind]

it sounds like you jacked the gain and set a limiter so it's clipping 24/7

[warm scarab]

I haven't changed the gain

[haughty girder]

Compressor?

[warm scarab]

there is zero preamp clipping

[warm scarab]

none

ill add one if it will satisfy you

[haughty girder]

wait I'll take a listen fine

[unique wind]

its really bad

hes doing something wrong for sure

[haughty girder]

what interface and mic setup is this?

[warm scarab]

tf else do you want

[warm scarab]

c1 with umc22

[unique wind]

i literally compress my input at -40db

[haughty girder]

Oh

[warm scarab]

and this literally doesn't matter since its digital anyways

[unique wind]

it floats inbetween -40 and -35 and then i add digital gain

to however loud i want

[warm scarab]

you can't relate a preamp being bad to digital clipping

if its not clipping in the 1st place

[haughty girder]

it sounds like ur mic is fucked lmao

[warm scarab]

just use a gaming headset lmao

[haughty girder]

does the c1 have a pad

[warm scarab]

nah its perfectly fine

[haughty girder]

if not then step back and record again

[unique wind]

i could and it wouldnt really be an issue

[haughty girder]

then try again

[unique wind]

i made an iem cable mic sound pretty good

but no i like my arm mic

[warm scarab]

stepped back a bit and spoke louder

18dB again

[unique wind]

this is a skill issue

[haughty girder]

How is it worse lmfao

yea ur mic is clipping

[warm scarab]

I spoke out loud

louder this time

[unique wind]

using equalizerapo for microphone processing is cursed to begin with

[warm scarab]

ill lower gain

[warm scarab]

you use obs stfu

[unique wind]

yeah obs is the best option

[haughty girder]

wait but c1 max spl is 136db?

[warm scarab]

lowered interface gain here

[unique wind]

obs is literally designed for mic processing and level monitoring

[haughty girder]

obs level monitoring is actually pretty good

[warm scarab]

your mom is designed to suck my dick

[haughty girder]

so it is your mic

[unique wind]

get over it klaus this is a config issue

[warm scarab]

it isn't

[unique wind]

you just arent as talented as nexgen or i

[warm scarab]

its literally a basic 18dB filter

[unique wind]

its okay though

[warm scarab]

you are coping

[unique wind]

youll learn someday

[warm scarab]

none of you are boosting by 18dB

[haughty girder]

says u lmfao

[warm scarab]

with compressor configs high enough to make gaming headsets

[unique wind]

i run +22db on my mic in obs

compressed to a dynamic range of +-5db

[haughty girder]

oh yeah definitely haven't needed 20db of digital gain because of an incident where one of our house mics died

[unique wind]

i can be kissing the mic or 3 feet away and it's the same volume

[haughty girder]

I don't compress audio that aggressively

[warm scarab]

less talking

more 18db boosting please

[haughty girder]

It's funnier when things clip for comedic effect

[unique wind]

ill show you my filter chain when im home and am able to

[haughty girder]

rookie numbers

Just admit it

[warm scarab]

yes

[haughty girder]

you're messing things up

[warm scarab]

fuck no

its a basic eq config

[unique wind]

no

[warm scarab]

tell me what I am messing up

[haughty girder]

for some reason you can't configure a digital chain

[unique wind]

i can be softly talking 3 feet away or screaming directly on the mic and its the same digital volume and never clips

hardware or software

[warm scarab]

"for some reason"

if you are to talented you should be telling me

[haughty girder]

I don't live in your walls

[warm scarab]

you better don't my rent is high

[haughty girder]

but something doesn't add up

[warm scarab]

just kidding I don't pay rent

but I would charge you

[haughty girder]

Good for you you don't pay rent

Magic

[warm scarab]

I live rent free

in your head

[haughty girder]

lul

[unique wind]

computer rebuild tonight gentlemen

[haughty girder]

And in 5 minutes I'll forget all about you

[warm scarab]

overclock it by 20db

[unique wind]

hopefully anyway, ill go check if my motherboard will arrive today

[haughty girder]

it died?

[unique wind]

nope

upgrading

[urban warren]

I have a LG CX 55" TV. Would anyone be able to recommend a £200-300 soundbar?

[haughty girder]

Ah pog

[unique wind]

ya

[haughty girder]

anything with a sub, or just don't get a soundbar

[warm scarab]

I lowered gain

[haughty girder]

We're over this

[warm scarab]

I can get like 15dB without it clipping like shit

[unique wind]

Samsung HW-Q60c

[haughty girder]

not our problem

[warm scarab]

skill issue

[haughty girder]

oh sheesh

[urban warren]

would you recommend this over the Sonos Ray?

[unique wind]

i would yes

the samsung has much deeper and louder bass along with flatter mids and treble according to RTINGS' measurements

[urban warren]

I ask because my Sonos One is still one of the best sounding speakers I've ever owned and really love and respect that brand

ahhhh okay

and I guess I'd use an optical cable to connect it to my LG TV so there's no lag?

[unique wind]

you can use optical or hdmi

[urban warren]

my worry is going too low-end because the reviews of my LG CS say it has excellent audio out of the box, so I don't want to spend £300 and end up not noticing much difference lol

TechRadar review: "For a TV as thin as this, the quality of the audio from the LG CS – which outputs at 40W – is nothing short of exceptional, and even manages to exceed the quality that some dedicated soundbars can offer. So much so that the Dolby Atmos Surround Sound can genuinely creep up and surprise you if you aren’t expecting it, as it does manage to achieve sound height and width beyond the confines of the screen."

[unique wind]

i would use hdmi if possible

[urban warren]

"Still, the quality of the native audio offered by the LG CS is well beyond expectations and emulates the LG C2 once more in offering some of the best native audio of any TV money can buy."

[unique wind]

it's eARC so your tv will automatically time things properly for you and there won't be lipsync issues

and youll be able to use your regular tv remote to control the volume

[urban warren]

Would i be better off going for something in the £500 range if I wanted a substantial upgrade from the above ^?

[unique wind]

with optical youll have to use the soundbar's own remote or the app to control volume

[urban warren]

oof. Yeah no thanks lol

[unique wind]

i would check prices on the Samsung HW-Q900C because there have been some deals

[warm scarab]

@unique wind you motivated me to using a compressor it sounds pretty good thanks

[unique wind]

ive been using the q900c personally for a couple weeks and it's been great

[unique wind]

im waiting for you to upload a clip of it sounding horrendous

i thought you were going to as a joke

[warm scarab]

nah it works fairly well

[unique wind]

oh nice

[warm scarab]

kill you last in this server

[unique wind]

yippee my motherboard delivered literally 2 minutes ago

when i get home from work itll be time to clean three pcs and rebuild two of them

moving up to an i9 14900k and 64gb of ram in the main system

the motherboard claims to have a 130db snr dac but that's hard to believe

[naive osprey]

do airpods pros not connect to windows very well or something? ,they keep on stuttering and are pretty much unusable

[errant wharf]

I meant to ask, how would they compare to the sundara or what im using, the tygr 300r?

[warm scarab]

for gaming, 70x is better

other things can be subjective

sundaras have really bad imaging

sound wise its really trash stock, definitely needs eq to be usable

after which it becomes alright tbh

[errant wharf]

Oh thats not what i expected

[warm scarab]

most communities will tell you the same tbh

not a controvertial topic

[errant wharf]

Wait are you saying Sundara or 70x need eq?

[warm scarab]

sundara

r70x can also benefit but its not a necessity

[errant wharf]

Gotcha, that makes more sense

[warm scarab]

sundara is really bad stock

[errant wharf]

Guess ill look at upgrading to the 70x down the line

[warm scarab]

your call

it might be a sidegrade to you

[errant wharf]

You think? I dont do much competitive gaming so would i not really be getting full use?

[warm scarab]

I am not saying its not a good headphone apart from imaging, I'm just saying its imaging is very insane

but its other features aren't mindblowing

[errant wharf]

Ah

[covert mirage]

Just wow, 7.1,4 Atmos from my new Onkyo RZ50

[lapis prairie]

I’ve been using AirPods (first or second gen idk which) for the past few years but recently They stopped working . That being said I need to get new earbuds. I’d prefer if they had some sort of noise canceling and I’d like some suggestions on what to get so I figured I should come here

[lean grove]

airpod pro 2 are pretty good

[lapis prairie]

ok

[celest walrus]

anyone know why connecting an hdmi to a soundbar would cause microstutters on the primary display? or how to fix it?

[ivory tangle]

what are some good headphones for 200 aud

[ebon vortex]

Hey guys, what to look for in a good Soundbar?

[errant wharf]

What do you want from a soundbar? They generally aren't the best option

[elder thistle]

contrary to what others have reported, I got relatively poor positional audio with the hd560s in most hames and actually horriffic gaming experiences as a whole on the k361

anyone else have similar results?

(horrific for $110)

[warm scarab]

no idea

what are you comparing them to

[urban warren]

Is the Sonos Ray soundbar an upgrade from the built-in audio of a LG CS (or C1) OLED TV?

[steel escarp]

if you want good positional audio on the cheap end then go with IEMs

[woeful beacon]

I think my headphones need more bass

ignore my everest and the grand canyon being side by side on the high end

If youre wondering theyre the Corsair HS60 Haptic

[fringe geode]

I'm just happy with going from the prior AMD Phenom II x4 > i7 7700 > soon to be i9 12900k. My first two processors were Celeron D single core and then AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core.

Stuck with onboard audio whole way through, soon to have an external DAC though at last.

[full fossil]

maxwells came

[lethal bloom]

Are the steelseries nova pro wireless worth it , there’s a 30% off code on there website brings it down to £230 or do I just go with the nova 7/7x ?

[quiet ether]

got a specific and dumb af question

ive been thinking of getting a bass guitar for a while, but i cant get a guitar amp and such for it as my brother has sensitive ears so loud noises are a no-no
so i was thinking if i could plug it into like a DAC or smthn lol

[haughty girder]

yep it works

Or not a DAC but a headphone amp yes

do you have an interface?

[quiet ether]

ah

no i got like nothijng lol

ive got a speaker amp and thats it

[haughty girder]

I'd recommend getting one

oh

[quiet ether]

it has next to nothing on it so

[haughty girder]

Yea it might be worth getting an interface of some sort

[quiet ether]

fair