audio-tech

[shell dew]

What should I use to connect to this?

[wintry mirage]

wires

[shell dew]

Bare wires won't hold

[wintry mirage]

where are u putting them in

[shell dew]

Let's start over again, I want to connect a wire to this type of connector. Bare wires won't hold so I need to attach a connector to my wire so that I can have a secure connection

[wintry mirage]

can you not just tighten it more

[shell dew]

Doesn't look that way

[wintry mirage]

usually u just unscrew them and put the wire under and tighten them back down i dont understand how they cant fit

[shell dew]

My wires are too slim

[wintry mirage]

i found this pic on reddit with this accessory

i think it goes in the top

is this your speaker

[shell dew]

Yes

[wintry mirage]

looks like you need those connectors

[wintry mirage]

they are called "banana plugs"

[shell dew]

Im trying it like this

[wintry mirage]

thats how i usually do it

did you not try that before

[shell dew]

Didn't know there was a hole on the bottom

[wintry mirage]

i thought u were doing that the whole time

[shell dew]

Unfortunately no, lol

[wintry mirage]

surely it has that in the instructions

[shell dew]

Who reads instruction manuals

[wintry mirage]

you clearly need to

[shell dew]

That's why im here 😂😂😂

[wintry mirage]

ive never seen anyone have this issue before

[shell dew]

There's a first time for everything

In my defense I've never seen this type of connector before

[wintry mirage]

my speakers use this it's a lot easier

[shell dew]

Very convenient

[wintry mirage]

fr

does it at least work now

[shell dew]

I have always had these before

[wintry mirage]

yea thats usually used on cheaper stuff not sure why it isnt on more expensive stuff

[buoyant vale]

because they can fail

the screw terminal ones will probably last forever

[shell dew]

These are my first decent speaker purchase

Elac debut 2.9

2.0*

[wintry mirage]

when i got new bookshelf speakers i was surprised how loud they can get

compared to the older ones

[shell dew]

Works great! Thanks

[wintry mirage]

i want one of them analogue power indicator things for my amplifier

[shell dew]

What's that

[wintry mirage]

like this but for audio

[twilit valve]

guys im making an custom amp that ill make out of wood like materials and idk how to improve the airflow any ideas? (tda 7850 amp, 12v psu (thats full of holes irl unlike in the model) ) ill use an pc ac input too

[warm scarab]

banana connector

[twilit valve]

More pics just to make the thinking a bit easier

[lean grove]

Simple vents on top and vents on bottom is what 99% of amps use.

[twilit valve]

I would make them on top of the psu ik

[lean grove]

The fan is usually overkill for cooling and is only seen on like, class AB amps that put out hundreds of watts.

[twilit valve]

Its a class ab amp

The tda 7850 is ab class

[lean grove]

Doesn't look too high power

I don't think you need to overthink too much. For amps, as long as the temperature is within the specs of the components, then all you need is consistent temperature

50°-60°c is not uncommon

[twilit valve]

I easly can run 2 ohm loads on it

My sub is 3ohms

[quiet ether]

3 ohm sub?

[twilit valve]

Sony home theater ina box sub

[quiet ether]

ah

[twilit valve]

Custom sealed by me for higher efficiency

And it shakes the room actualy

[quiet ether]

what spec is the sub

[twilit valve]

The amp works nicely for it

[twilit valve]

3ohms 50w

[quiet ether]

how big? sounds like a 6 or 8 inch

[twilit valve]

I tested with the 50w amp and i can confirm its 50w and 8inch

[quiet ether]

fair

[twilit valve]

So is there any way to improve the fan airflow?

Ill add a fan speed knob on the back

A 10k one

[quiet ether]

could make a funnel for the fan to direct air over the components

[twilit valve]

Smth like an directing thingy?

[quiet ether]

i'd reccomend making a honeycomb pattern if you can, for more airflow

[twilit valve]

Like on dell pcs w the cpu?

[quiet ether]

yeah

[quiet ether]

yeah exactly like that

[twilit valve]

Then ill make one to go to the radiator then to the psu to exaust from the top and sides

Or just the top

And a mesh on the fan too

[twilit valve]

Ik

I was thinking bout the green ones that go fully over the cpu with the turbine cooler lol

[quiet ether]

fair

[twilit valve]

Ok ty for advice

Ill continue working on 3d and then start making it w real materials

👍ty

[quiet ether]

yw

[stone quartz]

RIP Maplin

[wintry mirage]

i bought these used so im not even sure what that site used to be

[stone quartz]

Maplin was an electronics retailer

Used to have a large physical presence, but went bankrupt

Now I think the trademarks have been purchased by another company

[wintry mirage]

these speakers are pretty good for £80

[stone quartz]

Are they soundlab ones?

[wintry mirage]

only says prosound on them

[stone quartz]

Ah

I always confuse the two

[wintry mirage]

i only needed something louder than my bookshelf speakers

which are very loud for the size already

at full power though the bookshelfs output the same sound at the 15s on 1/3 power

in decibels @ 1.2 meters anyway

[stone quartz]

PA speakers are normally much more sensitive

[wintry mirage]

i can tell by the fact my gpu causes them to output some alien war sounds

[stone quartz]

That would drive me insane lmao

[wintry mirage]

its only when its under load

i run them through a expensive amp before going into the cheap pa one anyway

[stone quartz]

is it coil whine or a ground loop?

[wintry mirage]

it removes most of the noise

[wintry mirage]

it happens to any audio device plugged into my pc thats relatively cheap

i dont notice it anyway half the time because the pas are at high volume

its only noticable with nothing playing and only directly plugged into pc with high gpu load

the thing that surprises me with this setup is that my 8 inch sub is almost loud enough for these pas

[stone quartz]

PA speakers don't tend to play very low

Uncommon to see setups that go lower than 40Hz unless you pay a lot

[twilit valve]

Are you using an cheap psu?

[wintry mirage]

no

[twilit valve]

Ok is ur gpu making coil whine?

[wintry mirage]

only through audio devices

[twilit valve]

Ok so you hear noises from the audio out and only on cheap stuff?

[wintry mirage]

yes

[stone quartz]

I switched to a USB DAC to get around the problem when I used to experience it

[twilit valve]

Maybe your out needs som filtering?

[wintry mirage]

my amp has a dac in it

my main one

[twilit valve]

Ur using usb or aux?

[wintry mirage]

aux

I'm gonna switch to optical

[twilit valve]

The dac works mostly on digital bcs dac is digital to analog

[twilit valve]

That will get rid of noise

[wintry mirage]

my amplifier I have now massively cuts down on the noise

it's only cheap amps

[twilit valve]

Bcs no phisical conection and the dac has a filter so it wont make noise

[twilit valve]

Bcs they dont have much filtering on them

Good expensive stuff has proper filtering and stuff

So ig you just need an dac that runs with optical or a soundcard to get rid of most of noise

Hope that i helped ya :)

[wintry mirage]

I just use my laptop for the pas it has no interference

only when I plug a 2nd output from my pc into the laptop the interference starts on the other output from the laptop

[stone quartz]

Sounds like your motherboard manufacturer cheaped out somewhere

I had the same when I ran a H series chipset motherboard

[wintry mirage]

like if my main amp has 1 input from my pc and I'm using a separate input on it from my laptop at the same time im using my pas on my laptop the interference starts

if it's connected in any way to my pc it causes interference even if it's not on the input from my pc

[stone quartz]

probably grounding

does your amp have a ground lift switch?

[wintry mirage]

it was an issue on my old motherboard

[wintry mirage]

don't think so

[stone quartz]

Doesn't sound like it's much of an issue for you anyway

[wintry mirage]

it would just be better to not have the issue

and it could become more of an issue when I upgrade my gpu

[elder thistle]

that's a usb power filtering problem

if your gpu instigates it

[wintry mirage]

I have a different motherboard with a different audio chipset

[wintry mirage]

not sure what that is

[twilit valve]

he is using aux

[twilit valve]

.

[elder thistle]

aux uses usb power

as for how to fix it, not completely sure

[wintry mirage]

fire

[elder thistle]

like optical in theory is a solid "not my problem" solution

there are power filters for usb but that seems to get bypassed in my limited experiments

there are rf beads that do something

optical isolation has solved some people's problems with noise but it doesn't couple usb power

and there are separate usb power supplies

I couldn't tell you which of these are the right solutions

[still plaza]

Corsair Virtuoso RGB are on sale at my local bestbuy for $150 off, are they a good deal?

[molten lotus]

This is what I'll be getting: nacon rig 600 pro hx

[still plaza]

I ended up buying Steel Series arctis nova 7's

[elder thistle]

sus

[elder thistle]

were you able to try both of them in-person?

[arctic mountain]

Do headphones still have better audio quality than earbuds of the same price?

[lean grove]

Depends. Under $100 there aren't any headphones that really compete with iems.

Above $100 headphones start to get really good and then preferences and needs start to matter.

[stone quartz]

They had one job lmao

[lean grove]

?

[jolly vine]

Hello everyone, I was hoping someone could help with the settings/eq of my mic
Here is a video of me using my mic with processing off and on. Its a Rode Podmic USB.
https://youtu.be/3l6SALam-hk

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you

[stone quartz]

The holes the speaker wires go into are facing the wrong directions

Fixed it now

[arctic mountain]

Ok

Thank you

[dire kestrel]

anyone here tried voicemeteer potato?

[haughty girder]

Plenty

it's fine

What do you want to know about it?

[dire kestrel]

nothing just asking peoples opinion on it

[solid pagoda]

I have speakers that are plugged into an amplifier. When the amplifier was plugged into my laptop's headphone jack, it sounded crisp and as how its supposed to sound like. Now when I plug it directly into my motherboard's i/o, it sounds dull and has 0 low and high end. It sounds softer and muffled. It's so bad it can be compared to as if if you plugged it into a monitor's headphone jack. I used fxsound to make it sound more crisp and increase the clarity, but now some songs and audio crackle. What should i do to fix it?

[haughty girder]

not the lightest program, but I think it's really easy to use

and worth using

[dire kestrel]

i don't find it that heavy 50mb max when in the tray

[vivid lagoon]

are you sure you are using the line-out port (usually in green) and not one of the cs/rs/ss-out ports?

[haughty girder]

I mean for simple Virtual patch cables you can get much lower than that

but for a UI that's intuitive and the overall application works alright

I don't really mind it

[solid pagoda]

yep

just now cuz i really couldnt find a solution, i plugged it into my monitors audio out port

and it was way better, tho it was kinda empty, i just turned up the echo on the amp and it was way better

[shadow stag]

50mb is a bit heavy but whatever sizes you consider middle-range/normal

[shadow stag]

yeah except all vb-audio software come with some quiet noise

i've had better experience with virtual audio cable

but voicemeeter is actually good at downmixing surround

theres barely something else that can downmix easily like that

[wintry mirage]

switched to optical audio now there is no interference

[twilit valve]

🔥🔥🔥

[wintry mirage]

i ordered a high quality very good amazon basics cable

it does the sound

and the red light

[quaint sundial]

idk if this is the right place but i need some help upgrading my headphones 🤤
currently rocking the hyperx cloud alphas and they are great and all but i need something wireless (this wire is killing me)
is there any banger new headsets or headphones around the 200$ range? mic quality does not matter at all

[daring tide]

My job allows me to wear an over the ear earmuffs and I was looking for a an wireless ear bud option for around 100-200 USD that sounds good and sweat resistant, also idk the term but id like if i was able to hear surroundings if possible

[restive sigil]

anyone have the HD660s2 ?

[steel escarp]

Airpods 2 pro have the best audio pass through I ever heard

[elder thistle]

there is another

why is it impossible to find an image

[haughty girder]

Yea

its core functionality can be replicated

with higher quality

but the overall package is pretty good

[iron pecan]

can anyone recommend some good budget iems

like Very budget

a 3.5mm would be better for me

[supple robin]

rate my eq

[supple robin]

zero:2

[iron pecan]

is aliexpress fine with these? bought from aliexpress before with my r5 7500f but not sure if it’s different with audio gear
also, just wondering, the crinacle ones, right?

[warm scarab]

yes

[iron pecan]

thank u Klaus Ze Flammenwerfer

[warm scarab]

no problem era

[supple robin]

i'd say so

also no the crin ones good too

[warm scarab]

ali is a more trustworthy site than most think

[supple robin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQBju41WRBk

[warm scarab]

just dont buy a product with 10 reviews

and you are generally good

[supple robin]

my mouse from their and it works

its very good vxe r1 pro

only thing ive gotten from ali i believe, maybe something else but i forgot.

[warm scarab]

ive got a lot of stuff

worst ive had so far is stuff being super late to arrive

i think it took like 70-80 days for my acoustic foam to arrive

[iron pecan]

i really like ali, but since it’s vendors i just thought id ask

[quaint finch]

quick question, I have been using the beyerdynamic dt 880 (not pro) for awhile and the headband is kinda wearing down. Are there any chance I can replace it with a headband from the dt 880 pro

since the pro have replaceable leather part while the non pro doesn't

I mean more like can I just buy a 880 pro and remove the driver etc and swap the like circular part of the non pro into the headband of the pro

since the 880 non pro have like a bonded cushion part

[robust jetty]

Hey guys I’m looking for a headphone amp dac desktop unit any recommendations ?

[iron pecan]

@supple robin my bad for the ping but i’ve ordered the crinacle zero 2’s
i also saw a ton of other iems on aliexpress for Stupid cheap so i just decided to experiment and shove them in my cart
i’ll let you know the results if you want

[hazy dragon]

Need a good set of bookshelf speakers

Without sacrificing on price and quality, the larger the main speaker the better
Budget is around 100 usd but 200 is an absolute maximum - 100 is I can get it now, 200 is in a month or so

[hazy dragon]

Room is 4 wide 3 long 3-4 slope tall
Door enters on a 4 long wall, other wall has windows and my desk, on the right side entering is my bed

[simple briar]

Sorry weird question but does anyone have a Topping DX5 and uses Linux?

[lean grove]

Take a look at options from edifier.

[tough lava]

What is your problem

[robust jetty]

What’s a good budget tube amp

[brisk topaz]

i need an iem with a mic what recommendations do you guys have for under £30

[brisk topaz]

probably get a zero 2

the original zero blues and reds were pretty good

[abstract imp]

Kanto tuk vs KEF LS50 Wireless II vs Sony Signature Series SA-Z1 hmmmmm for main pcs speakers

[lean grove]

$800 speakers vs 2000 speakers vs 4000 speakers?

[abstract imp]

Im just debating the first two tbh lol

[warm scarab]

@lean grove do you know any speakers slightly below 305 and above 1280

in terms of price

thats not mr4

[stone quartz]

Is it damaging to my amplifier to wire two pairs of series speakers in parallel and run them off of one bridged channel?

The multimeter reads 4 ohms and the amplifier minimum is also 4 ohms, but I'm worried they'll go well below that when playing

[lean grove]

hopefully if your amplifier is getting damaged the fuse will blow or it will shut down

[livid ruin]

rip tweezers

[supple robin]

for sure

cant wait

[stone quartz]

It is 29 years old, so I'm not sure if it has such protections

[lean grove]

i think the only amps that dont have that kind of protection are from the 60s and maybe some real bad ones from the 70s

[stone quartz]

Ah, okay

[stone quartz]

Time to find out if an open baffle subwoofer works at all

[elder thistle]

yes

reportedly it's the same underneath the headband as a 880 pro

so if you use a knife to take the pleather off and remove the foam, a pro-series headband would fit right on

careful not to knife the cable underneath or something

I have not actually done this myself. the process in general though, yes because of other headphones

[tawdry gale]

bottlehead crack

[terse river]

.

Also what config (5.1 and the like yknow)

[robust jetty]

Gate

[brisk topaz]

what?

[nova wagon]

truthear gate is what they meant

[brisk topaz]

oh

£15 those are pretty good value

let’s just hope the mic isn’t utter dogshit

[minor patio]

Idk if this is the right channel to ask but I'm a PC guy but also enjoy console gaming from time to time looking for a recommendation on a good wireless headset for the Xbox series x under $100

[pliant crow]

do the ziigat x fresh arete or the simgot em6l have a mic

[limpid cape]

A largely visual-related audio tech, but here's some slow-scan TV transmissions
and one of them is LTT-related

I would love to see what Linus, Luke, and Dan think about slow-scan television
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-scan_television

I'll link to the Android decoder for SSTV:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xdsopl.robot36&hl=en_US
and the companion encoder:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.sstvencoder&hl=en_US&pli=1
mainly so it can be installed on Mr. Sebastian's Note 9

[robust jetty]

No they don’t

[robust jetty]

Does it have to be wireless?

You would be a lot better off wired in that price range

[minor patio]

Preferably yes but if u have a really good wired id maybe consider but for around $100 id prefer wireless for Xbox

[thin birch]

Do Logitech make a decent gaming headset these days?

[robust jetty]

Nah terrible

Good mouses tho

[robust jetty]

I sent you a dm

[minor patio]

Alright I'll look

[thin birch]

As a possibly not super-discerning person who was satisfied with their g935s, I'm mostly concerned with headphones that don't have a crazy EQ and are not going to break.. does anyone make anything in the $150 range that checks those boxes?

[lean grove]

They never read the discord. You might have luck reaching them on the forums

[lean grove]

pc38X

[elder thistle]

shit

this doesnt ask anything about sound

but I'd expect as much from a place of line worshiping and harman study misquoting

[elder thistle]

(relatively) high rate of failure at the soldering around the volume knob

not that soldering is hard to fix if someone's vaguely familiar

thats how I got mine for $40

[limpid cape]

Good to know.

I might put the slowscan TV stuff on the forum

[stone quartz]

Second hand receiver I found comes with a comically overbuilt power cable

Guarantee that thing makes no difference whatsoever to the sound lmao

[rich canopy]

What's a good brighter sounding mic under $100? I would prefer USB as my current interface is shit (um2) (edited)

[warm scarab]

um2 is pretty decent why do you think its bad

[limpid cape]

Put it on the forum tonight!
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1593520-slow-scan-tv-ever-heard-of-it/

[bronze python]

There seems to be a big discrepancy of the ANC performance of the WH1000XM5's in reviews and my experience im not sure why

[lean grove]

Can't trust reviewers if they don't show measurements to back up their claims.

[bronze python]

Yeah it’s a good lesson to not trust reviewers without proper graphs the sound quality is really nice though

I’m pretty sure it was just my expectations of the noise cancelling that brought it down

It takes out consistent noise really well just not human chatter and tv’s

Stuff like that

[lean grove]

All ANC has that problem.

The algorithm that's used to cancel out noise only works on repetitive sound waves

[bronze python]

Yeah got it

[bronze python]

The xm5’s are really good at that it’s just reviewers throwing around words that increased my expectations to a point where no ANC would’ve surpassed my expectations

I’ve lowered my expectations for ANC and honestly these headphones are amazing

There’s also an AI ANC tuner which is absolutely stupid

Why would a program decide how much anc I need 😭

I can just do that

[livid ruin]

the most important thing is you’re happy, better than overthinking/stressing over what you should buy

[bronze python]

Yeah hopefully I don’t get buyers regret

[livid ruin]

later you likely will

though if they’re much better than what you had just enjoy

[bronze python]

Yeah they’re MUCH better I had a 50 dollar random named earphone

[livid ruin]

the AI part is just a sticker, companies just put “AI” on everything even if some product doesn’t have anything to do with AI, like at that point you can just call a basic calculator AI as well

[bronze python]

Yeah it’s just a buzzword at this point

Atleast they didn’t harm the experience of the product, this does you can choose not to use it

[livid ruin]

well, paying marketting team to put those buzzwords could make the products more expensive or instead of focusing on the actual product

[quiet ice]

my speaker so good 😍

[elder thistle]

happy voice coil

[quaint finch]

going to be a nervous time then

might be worth it to just switch to the pro entirely

I am actually using the 880 600 ohm and was intrigued by the 880 pro 250 ohm if they sound similar

[bronze python]

Weird that my wireless audio sounds better on my iphone 11 compared to my new windows laptop not too educated in this area however

Maybe its just placebo

[warm scarab]

codec difference

[elder thistle]

the 250 ohm would have less instrument separation and less defined bass (but more bass)

it's not a trade I would make personally

idk if they use the coiled cable or not for the 250r dt880, but if they do it's like 2 feet

I dont know how people use these without an aux extension cable

[bronze python]

Both support AAC

iPhones support AAC

And windows 11 should support aac

[warm scarab]

supporting aac and using it is a different thing

[bronze python]

I see I just assumed it would automatically use it, is there a way to force aac?

[warm scarab]

through 3rd party methods

there was this program that could force ldac and other fancy codecs but it was paid

[bronze python]

You remember the name?

[warm scarab]

Alternative A2DP Driver

there may be unpaid methods

[bronze python]

Got you Tysm

[bronze python]

I’ll take a look at that too

[bronze python]

I’m not sure if my xm5s are faulty or not the anc seems worse than in the graphs presented in videos

[primal tide]

Audio experts

What are the best wireless headphones on a 100 dollar budget

[pliant crow]

yeah I saw, but I also saw I can get a seperate cable with a microphone so I will probably do that as well as a dac adapter

[lean grove]

A lot of people online have been hyping the Ugreen max5c with the classic or jazz EQ preset

[warm scarab]

ugreen makes headphones now?

[lean grove]

Yes

Pretty good for $25

[warm scarab]

yeah and the fr looks better with anc than without lol

not sure if that's good or bad

[lean grove]

Nothing surprising.

Treble and mids look fine

There's worse headphones that cost 10x as much

[warm scarab]

i said "not sure if thats good or bad" about the anc fr looking better

[lean grove]

Yeah and I said it's not surprising that it does. And turns on an active EQ. Pretty common on a lot of wireless headphones to use active EQ. Bose is a prime offender.

[timid cloak]

i just got a fiio FT1 and i wanna try some lossless music but idk where to find any

even less the ones i'm interested to listen to

[vivid kelp]

CDs? Tidal (Or other lossless streaming services)?

Id be surprised if you can notice the difference between that and a high bitrate mp3 though

Or just high bitrate lossy in general when encoded right

@timid cloak

[timid cloak]

doesn't hurt to give it a try

i just want a free way of trying some songs

[warm scarab]

ill second what that guy said

the difference is so minimal you wouldn't notice anything unless you did an abx test for like 15 mins on the same track

as for where to get free lossless songs

you cant get them unless you

one place where you may have them is if you have a game bundle on steam

you probably have some game OSTs with both lossless and lossy tracks

[fossil zinc]

I can only kinda figure it out at 128 or lower at 192k I don’t have a hope

But I still rip my cds at iTunes lossless

[warm scarab]

i think you are confusing samplerate with file format limits

because there is no 128khz samplerate but there is 128 kbps mp3

[fossil zinc]

That’s what I am taking about

[warm scarab]

id honestly settle for 320kbps mp3 for life

[fossil zinc]

Technical talk before first coffee is sketchy

I prefer that myself

Placebo effect

[warm scarab]

ive seen like some cases where lossless did sound different but it was like

this instrument lingers for 0.1 seconds longer in the background rather than 0.2 lmao

i listened to some daft punk track for like 15 minutes and that 1 difference is the only thing i could hear

[fossil zinc]

The ringing a 13k in my ears kinda kills by ability to tell

[warm scarab]

oof

[vivid kelp]

Yeah thats fair tho I will say, I daily drive FT1 and HD600 with a proper stack setup and I still cannot tell the difference between high bitrate lossy and lossless

Maybe I just dont have the ears for it idk 🤷‍♂️

[warm scarab]

i have an easier time telling with planars than with dynamics

[vivid kelp]

Its only really 128kbps where the difference really becomes obvious

[warm scarab]

but its still like

when I have to try to figure out a difference

not that I can tell any when listening randomly

[vivid kelp]

Also this is also an option that I didnt really want to mention lol, that you shouldnt do ofc

[warm scarab]

yeah you totally shouldnt do it

never ever.

ever

[fossil zinc]

I have a smsl cheap dac amp on some Klipsch towers very digital sounding but it’s in a secondary tv area.

[vivid kelp]

Tbh I find the og atom more than enough for me, it can drive sundaras to deafening levels

Tho I did get a really good ebay deal on the stack used

Someone had rather hastily listed it and I think was asking like £100 for the entire stack

dac+amp and interconnects+power supplies

[fossil zinc]

I had to find someone with a PayPal account to get my Qudelix 5k.

[vivid kelp]

Shit on me all you want my q5k was bought off amazon lol

I only bought it cause I upgraded phone and was kinda forced to get one without a headphone jack

😭

[fossil zinc]

I couldn’t do that in Canada

[vivid kelp]

I know xperia exists but the specs are kinda meh for what you pay

Unless you go top end its all last gen budget snapdragon chips

Maybe as a DAP it makes more sense

[vivid kelp]

Can you not just use credit card?

[fossil zinc]

I bought it direct from manufacturer their site at the time I bought it wouldn’t accept visa

PayPal only

Hurray for sisters 🙂

[novel arch]

is the beyerdynamic mmx 300 pro the same as the 330 pro, just with a closed back??

[warm scarab]

if its a closed back then its not the same

[novel arch]

yes but i meant in terms of comfort and build quality, the mic too.

[timid cloak]

Ooooooh that's a good idea I got some actually

[civic beacon]

Are you an Android or Apple user? Do you have disposable income burning a hole in your pocket?

Oh, in that case, Bose QC all the way. The only way I'd ever recommend someone buy an Apple Bluetooth product is if they only ever had Apple devices in their life. (Too many limitations on non-Apple devices.)

Audio quality is subjective, and partially a farce when you're using Bluetooth. No matter the device, Bluetooth still introduces some level of compression / transformation of the original source audio content.

You should totally do research of course, but always buy what sounds best to your own ears.

Um. Dolby Atmos... is a thing for music listening? (I may be out of touch, but I always thought Atmos was mostly for TV shows and movies... I cannot see a situation where it makes sense for music, except for maybe live concert performance recordings.)

A retail store that has headphones setup for customer testing. I'm in Canada so no clue where that would be for you. BestBuy up here used to have headphones on display for testing.

If I were an Apple-only device user, I'd consider the AirPods. Otherwise, Bose's QC series are what I'd go with, both for comfort during a long listening session, quality, and compatiblity with all my devices.

Take others' research with a grain of salt, of course, but RTINGS is a great place to compare.
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tools/compare/apple-airpods-max-wireless-vs-bose-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-wireless/16092/44629

[lean grove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1135712402491572254/1307039886788001904/Horse.gif

[warm scarab]

professional applications
bluetooth headphones

max competes in the 50$ range

[tired quail]

What would the name of the cable be to convert this to USB c

FireWire to type c?

[gilded frigate]

I’m probably gonna get laughed at for this. But I mix my audio in Davinci using AirPods Pro’s, and tbf when I’ve played my stuff through professional headphones and speakers the difference is slim

I was always told by ppl to use what consumers likely will be listening with

[lean grove]

i think you'll need to do something more sophisticated than a cable

firewire is pretty different from usb

[lean grove]

@tired quail theres no reason why we cant talk in the server channel

[tired quail]

That is true just thought it would be quicker

Soo I have a behringer xenyx qx1222usb and a behringer power play 8 channel and a Apollo UAD2 quad and I'm trying to make them all communicate correctly

Before I turn everything on

[lean grove]

okay. the reason why you should post things like this in the main channel is because i have no idea how to help you and hopefully someone else will

maybe chat gpt will be helpful

[tired quail]

Jajaja yeah I'll try that rn

[terse river]

Ok ppls I have a question

I need a receiver for a 5.1 setup

That’s my question

My last on off eBay died within a week

So I’m looking for a new one

It just needs to have optical input

And I would like to spend the least possible to get something good

Here’s my setup:

Dead receiver is on that table

Also pls ping if u reply

Ty

[livid ruin]

any decent 2.4ghz headphones at around $200? if such even exists and not just the gaming branded junk

[onyx aspen]

I've had my HyperX Cloud X's long enough and I think Its time to upgrade. My budget is around 200 CAD (the absolute max is 250, just dont wanna go that high unless its worth it). Don't really have much requirements, it'll be used for listening to music mainly but also gaming. I was looking at the Beyerdynamic DT 770 pros but wanted to know of some other options.

[tough lava]

Why optical - you realize 5.1 over optical is limited to compressed formats?

[frozen robin]

I have two Altec lansing a2156 4ohm 3in driver that i would like to use for a center channel along with a tweeter.
Any one know who to wire them to together i only have one output on my amp.
And if you have a good budget tweeter under $50 you would recomend that would be great.

i will be 3d printing the housing and filling it with plaster of paris with pva glue added to the mix.

[lean grove]

You'll need to create a crossover for the woofers and the tweeters. You can probably do a MTM arrangement for the center channel. No idea what the port would look like. The tweeter choice would also be ideally picked based on how wide the woofers will be from each other.

Take a look on parts Express and see what tickles your fancy. The tweeter choice will depend on if you want a wider dispersion or a narrower dispersion.

[terse river]

I acctually didnt realize that

what would you reccomend

[frozen robin]

i have no idea what a what a crossover is

if there is a video or tutorial for how to make a crossover that would be great

and i was planning on doing a
M
T
M
arange ment

i am kind of following diyperk surround sound video for the center channel

i just have 2 mids instead of one

[warm scarab]

unless you are strictly following schematics and materials

I don't recommend this

[frozen robin]

i already have FL$FR and and RL&RR speakers

[warm scarab]

and 2 mids instead of one is a really bad idea

[frozen robin]

ok

[warm scarab]

especially given this is a surround and especially given the dude engineered the system to run on 1 woofer

[frozen robin]

ok

i can remove one of them but would have to get a 4ohm resistor becasue my amp need at least 8ohms

[warm scarab]

do you have his cabinet schematics

[warm scarab]

chief

like

putting random tweeters and woofers into a random pile of wood doesnt make good speakers

if this is all it took every company would be doing it

[frozen robin]

no i am kinda designing my own because i have a weird space to put stuff

[warm scarab]

just find a schematic set online that fits your space

[frozen robin]

i can try

[warm scarab]

you can try making your own and it may be a very fruitful journey for learning

but that will likely be the result

a learning opportunity with massive diminishing returns

[frozen robin]

i wanted to learn how to do it, thats why im not just buying one

[lean grove]

There are and you can find hundreds of videos using Google

[warm scarab]

yeah like I said thats a completely valid idea

[lean grove]

Or you can buy an off the shelf crossover

From parts Express

[warm scarab]

but the end result may be less than desireable is what I am saying

if you follow a schematic it would provide both a decent sound and a learning opportunity, but if you feel like trying to figure it out on your own, just know the risks

[frozen robin]

i already build a sub and its pretty good actually

[warm scarab]

thats nice

[abstract imp]

Anyone bought from sweetwater

And know if its good n safe for speakers etc

[lean grove]

Yes

[abstract imp]

I wanna go overkill so looking at these https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/8341SAM--genelec-8341-sam-3-way-coaxial-powered-studio-monitor with

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/7382A--genelec-7382a-3-by-15-inch-powered-studio-subwoofer or dis https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/7380A--genelec-7380a-15-inch-powered-studio-subwoofer

I need to do far more research tho

[sand falcon]

Just got the corsair virtuoso xt headset and am messing with the sound settings so i can get the best quality from my music. My eq preset looks like this as of now but i was wondering if there are any differences in these formats, primarily the 8 channel vs 2 channel at 48000hz

[tough lava]

HDMI or analog

[lean grove]

Yes there are differences. But it depends how the Corsair software is doing.

The 8 channel would be for virtual surround sound. Windows spits out 8 channels to the control software and it does some virtual fuckery with them in virtual surround sound to make "7.1 surround" audio. might be cool. Might make things sound worse. Try it out.

I have never heard a virtual surround sound that sounded better than 2 channel stereo for headphones but you probably have different preferences than me.

[sand falcon]

appreciate the advice, thanks

actually when i hit the 2 channel one the 8 channel disappeared

odd

[lean grove]

https://tenor.com/view/dissapear-gif-22269756

[full bone]

hey does anyone know a good gaming headset for 100-200 euros?

[abstract imp]

Not the case

Also is genelec good I've heard mostly good

[lean grove]

If you say so.

[abstract imp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/332255065656262658/1321862324830605312/image0.gif

[young kelp]

Just like personal rant, and maybe see what yall would do, i have a tight room rn and new tv, I was going to get a soundbar but im thinking "oh but id want better quality", but having to buy a bunch of stuff is going to HEAVILY clutter my room. I was debating just getting the M51ax-J6 vizio soundbar for now

Id have to mount like, studio monitors to the wall or something otherwise bleh

sucks as well just because id like to have somethig that wont just become obsolete

[terse river]

A high quality soundbar will never trump a low quality speaker setup, and will likely be more expensive

[young kelp]

Yeah but like i said its just that my room is crowded :/

[terse river]

I can prob help u out more if you send a pic of your setup and a budget ur looking for

also what country

and are u ok with used kit

[lean grove]

Good hifi won't become obsolete if it's done correctly in the first place. There are plenty of systems that are decades old that still sound great.

The only thing that becomes obsolete are the fancy bells and whistles that get paired with modern speakers (cough Sonos cough).

[young kelp]

I can send a pic but my half of my tv room is a genuine train wreck that I’ve been going through

[lean grove]

It would help a little but it's not necessary

How much do you wanna spend and are you in the US

[young kelp]

yes US, under 500 at the moment ish, but flexible

[lean grove]

$500 is a good budget.
You can fit some small bookshelf speakers under the TV.

Vanatoo T0 or iLoud micro monitors would probably fit if you put them horizontally.

[young kelp]

yeah, id need to get a reciever too

[lean grove]

Not really with the vanatoos

They should be able to hook up to whatever you need them to

[young kelp]

might look into them

Honestly i wasnt against putting some in the two corners mounted to the wall

That was my OG plan

just getting two preferably white studio monitors mounted to the corners of the wall/ceiling or above TV

[lean grove]

Above tv aimed down might not be terrible but in the corners they probably would

[young kelp]

someone at my work was saying a speaker bar instead of a sound bar? is that even a thing ive never heard of it

[lean grove]

Idk. Sounds like the same thing.

[young kelp]

I might just get those thin ones. Or mount the TV to the wall higher and get normal ones and deal with the "tv too high" crowd

[full bone]

hey does anyone know a good wired gaming headset for 100-200 euros?

[timid cloak]

how much does a good audio interface makes a difference ?

[timid cloak]

with or without mic

without mic i just got a fiio ft1 and it's an insane value really

[full bone]

what about with an mic

[livid ruin]

pc38x, hd 560s old version, hd 6xx, akg k371/k361, he400se, sundara

maybe some shure headphone

[fresh basalt]

If I already have some Sony wh1000xm4 and always use the ldac codec with them (Linux OS or my phone), with flacs. Would a wired option like the senheiser 280pro be noticeably different? Especially to someone who can't hear anything at all over 13000hz 😁

[full bone]

tysm man

[terse river]

ok ppl, any recs for a receiver that can do 5.1 audio

literally thats it

i have very limited knowledge when it comes to receivers except for the fact that they are expensive and heavy

my old one was a integra dtr 30.1 off ebay and it died within a week

so yeah thats where im at

[odd summit]

This little boy has a very weird port what can I do about em?

[lean grove]

1. Clean them
2. Show us the port so we can tell you what kind of cable it will use.

[odd summit]

It's like a thumb big cable or connector lem me find a pic

[lean grove]

Its an electrostatic headphone

You need special hardware

Maybe even unique hardware

[terse river]

i love electrostatics

[lean grove]

And even if you find that adapter, if they're that dirty I doubt they're gonna work. These things are usually pretty sensitive to dust

[odd summit]

Like does this port come in some Adio amps

[lean grove]

Very very very rare

[odd summit]

They costs 50cents

[lean grove]

No

[odd summit]

Just the headphones 🎧

I found something else

Can I run this with adapter from laptop that are like free

[lean grove]

Idk. It looks like everything on that table will give you lung cancer

[odd summit]

Hhhh they are all vintage

[lean grove]

If they all look like that they're all junk.

[odd summit]

These are also something to consider

[lean grove]

Whoever owned them wasn't taking care of them.

Spend your money how you want.

[odd summit]

No they are fine just cleaning 🧹

[lean grove]

Okay 👍

[odd summit]

The person doesn't know the value of these

I collect some

Like these

Less then 10 dollara all of them

[terse steeple]

is my maximum mhz 3200 if I want 64 gbs of ram?

[lean grove]

Wrong channel

[odd summit]

Audio Technica Aph Ep700
Pioneer Se-L40
Sony MDR CD900st 2*
Onkyo Headphones
SONY mdr 404

[terse river]

yes, but theres also no real reason for 64 gigs unless ur running a server

[odd summit]

Bose QC Ultra

[lean grove]

I use 64 gigs for language models

[terse river]

good point

but if they weere running a language model they would probably know about ram specs

[lean grove]

If they had more ram they could ask the language model instead of us

[terse river]

exzctly lol

[terse steeple]

in this case I need it, using a sim and nearly at 32 gb ram usage

[terse river]

for what lmao

what is using all your ram

[lean grove]

Also that's ddr4

Ddr5 can be much faster

[weak kraken]

i'm trying to connect my PS5 to an audio interface but it seems the console's USB ports are just too noisy because even when ground loops are isolated, it is constantly hissing and buzzing

this would've been so much easier if sony didn't cut the TOSLINK port...

[lean grove]

https://jdslabs.com/product/synapse/

[weak kraken]

interesting... this would go between the interface and my computer, right?

[lean grove]

Whatever the source of the noisy USB, this should fix it.

Though it is limited to 100 mA.

your interface might need more than that.

[weak kraken]

ultralite mk5

[abstract imp]

Anyone bought from https://www.frontendaudio.com/

[prime violet]

Is the XM8500 + UM2 still a good combo or should I get something else

[warm scarab]

its pretty good

go for it

[prime violet]

what about the q2u? i was thinking about the xm8500 bc i thought it was cheaper but then i realized buying the cables would make it more expensive than just the q2u that comes with everything

[prime violet]

i lied i think im gonna get the atr2100x

[warm scarab]

listen yourself lol

[shadow stag]

hey folks, anything off-the-shelf from amazon that can join unbalanced 1/4 phones mono to stereo for audio interfaces?

[fleet hollow]

heyo i'm trying to upgrade my oneodio 50 pro that i have now for 4 years to smth better and comfier which doesn't blow the bank i'm still trying to keep in in a pretty small budget so prob under 80 or a lil above

[frozen robin]

Should i put any sort of acoustic foam or something in a mid range driver enclosure?
It is vented BTW.
please ping on response.

[hot marsh]

anyone know where i can even get the fiio ft1s?? they seem to be really difficult to get

[elder thistle]

I would never recommend a k361 or k371 for competitive gaming

casual games or where direction of sounds or picking up on sounds isn't important, maybe

because it doesn't really do those two things

much better results are to be had with various budget gamer headsets

[primal fulcrum]

Imagine not having a superior toslink port

[solar hedge]

Hey guys whats a good Microphone for discord use / gaming well just in general around like 100 to 200

[warm scarab]

fifine t669

[terse steeple]

Any recommendations for a headset used for gaming 100 - 200 euros

with mic

I was looking at the HyperX Cloud Alpha are they good?

[full bone]

is an epos h6 pro good enough for competitive gaming?

[warm scarab]

If you are fixated on competitive performance go with dt880

[full bone]

im looking for one with a mic attached to it

[warm scarab]

well if you want the best for competitive that is the way to go

but to answer your question "is h6 pro good enough" yes

[full bone]

alright thx

[warm scarab]

actually hold on

i confused it with the other epos

[full bone]

oh

[warm scarab]

the closed ones are bad

open ones are ok

id get pc38x instead though

similar price just better

[full bone]

the problem is i dont want open ones

[warm scarab]

both sennheiser

[warm scarab]

understandable but they are built open because its just a better way of doing things

better sound overall when doing correctly

[full bone]

bc i dont want to disturb anyone in m room

[warm scarab]

do you share your room?

[full bone]

yeah

[warm scarab]

I cant really help you with choosing a closed back honestly I am not knowledgeable enough

[full bone]

ah alright thx anyways

[lunar jackal]

Good desktop amp like, $500 or less? Looking for an upgrade from a qudelix 5k

[iron pecan]

@supple robin iems arrived

these are super good lol

i figured out how to wear them properly after a sec

super secure in my ears

sounds super nice

[lunar jackal]

If you are using an amp with EQ to tame the sizzle the hifiman sundara closed backs are pretty nice for 100 bucks.

But no built in mic

I'd take them over any of the normie brands in that price bracket that I've heard and they definitely sound better than my GFs Sennheiser HD450s

[warm scarab]

💀

sundara is 💀

and sundara closed back is a testament to why just plugging a headphones two sides isn't a good practice

[lunar jackal]

When they recreate sounds exactly as I heard them playing live, they're fine.

[warm scarab]

rollercoaster fr for an abstract cost with no upside aside from being competitively worse than anything in the market

[warm scarab]

same when I go to a underground gymnasium it sounds exactly like a sundara closed

[lunar jackal]

How long has it been since you've listened to them because mine sound nothing like that

Like, at all.

[warm scarab]

I think you make a good point

[lunar jackal]

Also, what closed backs are better for 100 bucks

[warm scarab]

You've been listening to them for so long you forgot what normal headphones sound like

[lunar jackal]

Nah I just got them for Christmas lol

[warm scarab]

akg k361

k371

[lunar jackal]

If i see them somewhere i can try them i will and I'll compare.

[warm scarab]

what does it tell you when a headphone goes on a 70% discount under a year after being released

[lunar jackal]

That it wasn't worth it's original price, not that it sucks in its current price bracket

To be fair, I've got them EQed. Maybe I'd agree with you if I tried them raw.

[warm scarab]

They require eq

Its not really optional where they stand

[lunar jackal]

I see no value in a set of headphones that don't require EQ. Tbh.

[warm scarab]

They have much value

One for example not having every demerit of eq

[lunar jackal]

And what do you believe the demerits of eq are?

[warm scarab]

I mean

Aside from practicality they technically limit abilities of a headphone

[lunar jackal]

How?

[warm scarab]

Its a single driver item

When you eq one part of it up

Its effects are not limited to that part of the frequency response

There is impulse response to consider

There is harmonics issues you can encounter

You reduce the headroom of your amplifier which can cause distortion

[lunar jackal]

You definitely don't reduce the headroom of your amplifier unless you're bringing something way up which is not what you should be doing anyway

[warm scarab]

You need to apply negative preamp to avoid clipping your dac

Which directly reduces headroom

If you have a 7dB peak you need to apply -7dB preamp gain

[lunar jackal]

What in the world are you talking about?

[warm scarab]

basic eq

[lunar jackal]

Yes. And less preamp wont clip an amplifier circuit

That's pretty 101

[warm scarab]

It can lmao

And the reason why I mentioned it is so that you avoid clipping

You apply negative gain according to your eq preset gain

Basic eq principles

[lunar jackal]

Okay in what class of amplifier is this most prevalent?

[warm scarab]

Every?

[lunar jackal]

Valves? Switching?

[warm scarab]

Its dependent on gain

And headroom

Literally doesnt matter what amp architectury in specific

I recommend learning basics of eq before making wild claims this is basic info you can find on any eq tutorial

[lunar jackal]

Maybe i just skipped the basics and went straight to writing algorithms on accident my bad.

[warm scarab]

Maybe you did

If you have -10dB output on your dac

Thats 10dB more gain you need to hit on your amp to get the same value

Reduced headroom

Do this enough and you clip

[lunar jackal]

Okay now I understand what you're thinking.

Obviously yes this is true

I thought you were saying that by the sole act of reducing volume of a frequency in EQ you'd clip the amp which is absurd

[young kelp]

Debating for 300$ thoughts? First time home audio setup

[supple robin]

very cool

which ones?

or is that just the zero:2

glad your enjoying them

[iron pecan]

zero 2s and edx pro x’s

o prefer the zeros i think

[elder thistle]

thats a good thing

eq repairs phase and impulse response

distortion is almost never an issue, even in the bass

really eq is capable of correcting just about everything we can measure

also no you dont need to apply -7db of gain for a +7db peak in most cases

modern music with lookahead limiting is usually mixed in a way that the overall frequency content has a downwards -3db per octave tilt plus a little bass boost

this means 3 things

1. you can have something like -1db of gain and solely 1 dip placed somewhere, and still go over the 0db line

2. you can have a peak somewhere going several db above 0, generally with other parts to the eq and having some headroom for that, and never actually have music go above 0db

3. windows doesnt distort anyways, it has a limiter

also eq and the 0db line is strictly digital. its not magic and cannot see your amp

your amp may distort if you turn its volume knob too high but thats different

[warm scarab]

yes and no

very case specific

its both bad and good

but idk the dude didnt know to apply negative gain to his preamp corresponding to his eq profile

[elder thistle]

cross-device usage, software limitations, workflow issues

[warm scarab]

i wouldnt say that guy knew how to make good use of that eq feature based on that

[warm scarab]

this is complete bs btw

we got a bajillion dollar measurement rigs

[elder thistle]

are you sure

[warm scarab]

find me 1 that can find 1 headphone eq'd to another with identical measurements

unless the driver type is like almost the same

its literally inconceiveable

[elder thistle]

I already did

[warm scarab]

otherwise id get ksc75 and eq it to susvara

ez

5975$ saved

[elder thistle]

I'll send the rew data once I get to my pc

[warm scarab]

thats awesome why dont you publish that and make a bajillion dollars

sounds like a stupid thing to discuss over a discord argument given if its true you can essentially save like 50k usd with one click

go monetize it lmao

[elder thistle]

what we can measure is not representative of perceived sound

even with full correction to our own ears

[warm scarab]

yeah thats what I was getting at lol

[elder thistle]

that doesnt mean I cant trick an electret and analysis software into thinking earphones are a patch cable

[warm scarab]

i mean yeah

but like you said

what is the real life value of that

maybe a lot

but not yet right now

[elder thistle]

idk, sound design or something

I need to fry one side of some headphones while they're being recorded playing music

and scare some focal users

[hallow coral]

i need a bluetooth speaker recomendation

something easily portable

but sounds good and loud enough for a large room

[sonic cairn]

the jbl xtremes are pretty good

very portable

and bassy

[hallow coral]

Oh yeah

[sonic cairn]

whats the budget ?

[hallow coral]

I’ve been looking at the song ult field 7 or ue hyperboom

[hallow coral]

Not really a budget

[sonic cairn]

oh
the jbl boombox is also a good option at that point

[hallow coral]

Oh yeah

[sonic cairn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bluetooth_Speakers/comments/1ffvso9/jbl_boombox_3_wifi_vs_sony_ult_field_7/
a comparison of the two-

jbl does better at higher volumes

• is more neutral

sony has more soundstage

your preference at this point

maybe try and hear these out in-store to get a good idea of which is better

[wispy surge]

Hello,

Last year i bought myself DT 770 Pro and i am really happy with them, But i am thining of upgrading, my current setup is just the headphones plugged into a USB C to audio jack. I don't have a DAC and don't really have room for one (my laptop does have a audio jack but over time its now loose).

I prefer closed back headphones due to my envrioment, I watch alot of You tube with them and lissten too alot of music, alot of Sam Fenders music,

What do you recomend?

[warm scarab]

why dont you just get an apple usb c to 3.5 adapter

[wispy surge]

My audio cutting out was getting really annoying so i went out bought a "temporary" adapter from a local shop but its one of them temporary permanent things that I never got around to replacing with a better adapter.

I also really dislike apple

[steel escarp]

Apple dongle has like two strands of copper wire in it

That thing will break before you know it

[tranquil spindle]

The bass is really good for speakers this size

Don’t mind the dented tweeters, I bought the speakers used

[jolly sedge]

Best headset under the 100 euro/dollar mark?
And it would be nice if my ears wont be crushed, (big ears😭)

Doesnt need to have a mic

Needs to be wireless

Any recommendations?

[elder thistle]

use your mouth

or a vaccuum cleaner but thats less controlled

those dents can be suctioned right out

[glass swallow]

1. I Upgraded to (ASUS TUF GAMING Z690, i7 12700K) in January 2022 and when I used the machine on windows 10 I had Realtek Audio Manager already installed on my hard disk on this Realtek Audio Manager My Speakers were working fine with Individual Control or Separation however I wanted to.

2. Then I Upgraded to Windows 11 and the Drivers got Updated and This Audio manager was Replaced by ASUS Realtek Audio Control and when I test the Speakers in this Software all the Speakers are Working Fine and in Separation but when I play anything only the Front Right and Front Left Speakers are Working and if I increase or decrease DB of the Speakers nothing much happens.

3. Then I Tried to Turn on MONO Audio In The Sound Settings by which all the Speakers play the Sound but they Play as One no individual Speaker control at all.

4. In the Default Volume Control I can Increase or Decrease the Volume of Speakers individually but it never do the things which were possible in that Realtek Audio Manager.

Please let me Know if anybody have the Solution so I could control the Speaker Volumes Individually the way I was able to do in the REALTEK AUDIO MANAGER on Windows 10 and on External Sound Card.
Thanks and Regards

[vivid kelp]

As long as its not being constantly strained/tripped over it will be fine

Its one of the cheapest, competently designed dac/amp combos

[young kelp]

P sure this is a decent deal but want to check with yall, 50$ for everything, figure i can get a receiver and everything on my own, first time setup

[civic beacon]

Assuming the speakers actually work (ensure you test them), seems not bad. If those are the same Polk speakers a friend had, they sound pretty decent for their size I recall.

[young kelp]

yeah im not the most picky, ive been looking for a good starter deal

[wheat quartz]

https://www.americanmusical.com/p/kali-audio-ws-12-v2-12-1000-watt-powered-studio-subwoofer?sku=KAA-WS12V2 im getting this when i can afford it to integrate with my kali audio lp6's

[serene scaffold]

So I’m trying to get new headset it doesn’t have to have a mic but I have a super niche like sound desire the last headset I had that I really liked the sound quality of was the Logitech g635 and after that I was recommended the steel series nova 7 wireless and was very disappointed in the sound quality really could not find out any way to make it sound a bit better try different ways to adjust the software but was very disappointed however I’m looking for something new so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know, I mostly play fps games and like being able to tell where the footsteps are coming from but I also do listen to a lot of music so sound quality is a big thing anyway any suggestions would be appreciated:))

[wheat quartz]

my akg k240 studio headphones are sound amazing and surprisingly very directional in games, they sound amazing ,have great bass they have a mini xlr cable that is easy to replace when it gets a short and they only cost me 80 bucks new

[elder thistle]

you're getting bass on a k240s?

[robust jetty]

Fiio ft1

[bright mist]

what are the best headphones for under 200$?

[errant sable]

Shokz openmove or opencomm are my preferences.

[lean grove]

Best for what

[bronze python]

Hello! I'm not sure what streaming service to really go for, for a lossless audio experience that complements my WH1000XM5 but I am using an iphone so I can't use LDAC only AAC so does the service really matter?

Is this an audio tech question? 😅

[lean grove]

Quboz has lossless. Or you can use Bandcamp, pay your favorite small-time artists better than any other service and enjoy locally stored music files forever.

[bronze python]

Ah yeah nice, I'll take a look at those I've never heard of Quboz I don't listen to many mainstream artists so I'm not too sure if the catalog is as rich as spotify

[lean grove]

Oh and it looks like apple music is lossless as well.

[bronze python]

Oh nice, would there be a difference with AAC? From what I've heard its not the best when compared to LDAC

Sorry if I'm not understanding this well pretty new to all this

[lean grove]

Not sure. I don't really keep up with codecs. Chat-gpt would probably be a better source than me.

I use LDAC when I can though

[bronze python]

Got it I genuinley appreicate the help

[bronze python]

Its kinda shit that apple doesnt want to support it

But can I use LDAC on windows?

[warm scarab]

its not as easy but yes

not sure if you can use it for free

[bronze python]

I mean sony's AI upscaler DSEE extreme is pretty good

[bronze python]

Wha tdo you mean?

[bronze python]

I'm willing to pay if its not too much lol

[warm scarab]

you either need a bluetooth dongle with its own proprietary drivers or a program that overrides the windows bluetooth codec

[bronze python]

Which one would you reccomend?

[warm scarab]

creative may have bluetooth dongles with ldac

[bronze python]

I've got an ARM laptop and I heard that one of the programs that override windows's bluetooth codec only supports X64

[warm scarab]

oh were you that guy I mentioned alternative a2dp driver to

yeah idk any other software solution

[bronze python]

Oh yeah think so

Yeah I'll spring for a dongle

Ow.

[warm scarab]

yeah its not that cheap lol

kind of half worth it though

it operates outside of the windows bluetooth stupidity

way less delay

still though doesnt seem like any of them in specific support ldac

[bronze python]

Weird none of these support ldac

Yeah

[warm scarab]

well ldac is owned by sony so

they need to specifically permit its use

[bronze python]

Ah yeah

[warm scarab]

I found some but like

they are 250$ ish

lol

[bronze python]

I don't know if I want to trust this

[warm scarab]

me neither

[bronze python]

Ow...

I mean can I use these for my phone?

Too

[warm scarab]

eh

i think you make too much of a deal of ldac

[bronze python]

Yeah maybe not sure if it's THAT good

to go through all the hassle

[warm scarab]

i doubt it tbh

[bronze python]

especially when DSEE extreme is a thing

[warm scarab]

I know other codecs that can get up to its level

[bronze python]

Ah yeah

It's just sad apple wants to stick with AAC

They'll probably make a codec in the next 10 years

[warm scarab]

aac is good too but its stupid

in theory it can get as good as ldac

but you never know how or when

[bronze python]

Ahh I see

So I can probably notice a difference when I have AAC with DSEE extreme when listening to Apple musics lossless audio

[haughty girder]

Not that sad considering how well Apple has incorporated AAC

Apple works with Apple, mindblowing.

[cosmic wraith]

vintage headphones or current ones?

[sweet sluice]

Why does my headsets microphone have noise lines at 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz, and 6000 Hz?

Its easy to remove this noise in audacity, but I was curious why it makes noise at that frequency

[warm scarab]

static?

[serene surge]

Does the Sony Pulse Explore Wireless Earbuds support dongle audio and bluetooth audio simultaneous playback?

[bronze python]

Is there a difference?

[royal crane]

I currently have the Astro a40 wired headset and I’ve had it for a bit but it’s been getting a little uncomfortable for me and there is a lot of sound leakage I’ve noticed. I was looking into switching to a wireless headset and saw the steelseries arctis nova 5. Is that worth the change? Looks pretty cool to me and even has an app it comes with.

[simple briar]

Not a problem more wondering how best to use it. I set the bitrate up to 192 but, obviously, that's silly.

[tough lava]

48khz

[simple briar]

Currently set to 96 but maybe 44.1 would work best? My question, I suppose, being more are their any sources that will be higher bitrate? I think my processor will just do 96 no problem but of course that seems silly.

[frozen robin]

dayton audio ps95-8 vs rs100-8 for surround speakers

or is there a better mid/fullrange under 40 USD

[lean grove]

It depends on what you're doing. Unless you're specifically looking for high res files, then pretty much everything is gonna be 44.1khz 16bit or 48khz 24bit

[simple briar]

Well, yes, the default is 44.1 so it seems I'm stuck with that anyhow? As in Linux will just default top the lowest common denominator anyhow? Or if I get a 96 file will it play it back like that?

[lean grove]

IDK how linux will interact with it.

i know that when i have my music player, i can make it use my dac in exclusive mode and then my dac will automatically match whatever is playing from the music player

and this is a pretty common feature across players like foobar, tidal, musicbee, roon

[simple briar]

Well, yeah, this is the question - I'm using it just a a general sound device. How dose it interact with the OS?

[bronze python]

Tried out Apple Music lossless and Youtube Music I could not tell a difference

It's probably because of bluetooth

[livid ruin]

you probably just can’t tell because the difference isn’t all that great

[bright mist]

general use ig

gaming

youtube

streaming

[livid ruin]

which headphone model?

[livid ruin]

hd6xx, old version of hd560s, pc38x, sundaras, akg k371/k361, maybe fiio ft1 or something from shure

[simple briar]

I jutt use cheap 1990s or some Genelec stuff

[lean grove]

No idea. @ocean pulsar might know.

[lean grove]

Hd6xx

[simple briar]

Just not sure whether to put the bitrate up or leave it default? I think 192 might make it glitch so stepped to 96.

[ocean pulsar]

It really doesn't matter what setting you set it to. The DAC will just oversample up to the native sample rate of the DAC, whatever that is.

[simple briar]

Sorry yes that is my question - can I set my sample rate higher and, for example, should I actually play a higher sample rate file will it play at that sample rate?

[ocean pulsar]

As long as your sample rate is higher than the file, you'll generally be fine.

Now if you have two numbers that are really close, like 44-1 and 48, it's better to go way higher so that there's no aliasing, but generally you're only dealing with 44-1, 48, 96, and 192 sometimes.
This advantage of higher, of course, is that you're increasing the load on your cpu

[simple briar]

The aliasing is the thing I worry about - 192 seems excessive but 96 seems fine

But nothing is a good sample rate for the incoming

[simple briar]

I can't tell how good it is - my ears are perhaps a bit old. The DAC seems to DAC and what I hear from teh amp seems fine

[unborn gale]

not sure why you decided to reply to a message over a year old but ok

[haughty girder]

lolllll

average #audio-tech shenanigans

[bronze python]

WH1000XM5

Sorry late reply

It's weird that I hear no difference

[bright mist]

does the sound leak? seems like it’s has an open back

@livid ruin

[lean grove]

Yes

[bright mist]

how bad is it?

[warm scarab]

just put your headphones on your desk

its kind of like that, a bit less

[lean grove]

If there's a noisy thing in your room, like someone talking or a loud movie in a different room, you'll know unless you're blasting your headphones.

For other people, it's like being in the same room as someone who's watching a video at medium-low volume on their phone

So, if you share a room with someone, then it might be annoying occasionally.

[bright mist]

yeah i understand. seems like it’s not really an option since i live in a dorm with a roommate

i heard the Fiio FT1 is currently the hot thing on the market

[lean grove]

Indeed it is

[bright mist]

anyone have any experience with it?

good beginner audiophile headphones?

coming from an airpod pro 2 user how would they sound?

[lean grove]

Generally speaking, if everyone likes it this much, then it's a no brained beginner purchase. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one if I needed a closed back.

Only criticism I've seen is that the screw on the headband can come loose but you just need to re-tighten it with a specific type of screwdriver or wrench I forget

[bright mist]

sounds good 👌

and i assume it doesn’t come with a microphone

do you have any recommendations?

[lean grove]

Not that I know of.

Samson q2u is what I've been using for the last... 3-4 years?

That with a boom arm and you'll be golden

[bright mist]

also one last thing. would it sound at least similar or better than my current airpods pro gen 2?

still will be using them with my phone just needed something comparable or better with my pc

[lean grove]

Apples and oranges. It's hard to say which is better since in-ear and over-ear headphones present music in such different ways.

Airpods pros 2 are pretty good all things considered.

I wouldn't take the fiio ft-1's for a bike ride or wear them at work.

And I wouldn't use the APP2 for gaming or when I'm at a desk for multiple hours at a time.

But still. Can't really compare their sound quality since they're just so different

[bright mist]

makes sense. fioo are more home/studio while airpods are portable

[bright mist]

would i need an amp and dac for the fiio?

or can i just plug them straight into my pc

[lean grove]

Let's see

They're listed as 113 DB/v

[bright mist]

what does that mean? legit just started getting into this hobby this week

[lean grove]

It means that 1 volt will get them to 113db.

Most things these days can spit out 0.5-2 volts.

Basically it can get very loud off of most things

113db is like, rock concert. Louder than you'd normally listen

[bright mist]

gotcha

so unless the db/v is low i don’t need either

[lean grove]

Even if it's still low, it's still usable

I took a dongle to an audio show a few months ago and there wasn't a single headphone on the showroom floor that wasn't usable with the bare minimum. And that includes the fancy $5000 headphones.

[bright mist]

damn makes sense

so is there any point to an amp and dac

if most work fine without it

[lean grove]

The only problem I could see you running into is electrical noise or output impedance. If your mobo manufacturers cheaped out on the audio source (no correlation with the price of the PC) then you might hear hissing, popping, or weird electrical noise. It might also add a bit more bass than the headphone was meant to which may or may not be something you prefer.

For me, a better amp and DAC just sound better. They sound smoother. Idk.