#peripherals-and-displays

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swift lantern
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For one you're up selling

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For two, SENNHEISER

daring zenith
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I have 37x, is good :P

swift lantern
timber ridge
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but its so easy to recommend

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am i wrong

swift lantern
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If it has the veil

wintry shuttle
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What’s the difference in the 37/38 ?

swift lantern
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It's de facto worse than any headset

wintry shuttle
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Wired and wireless?

timber ridge
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dont they have a bit of a v shape sig

torn summit
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i dont need a ton of bass

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just enough tbh

timber ridge
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try k371

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and an amp/dac

swift lantern
daring zenith
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37x and 38x both wired

torn summit
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and id like them to be good for gaming

wintry shuttle
timber ridge
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that was for eman

wintry shuttle
swift lantern
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If you're just gaming for now you could go with dirt cheap headset

wintry shuttle
timber ridge
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but you could use them too, youll need a separate mic tho

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itll be 150+mic

wintry shuttle
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Price no issue

timber ridge
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and maybe dac/amp if you want a better experience

torn summit
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i have a mic

wintry shuttle
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Def want dac/amp as well

timber ridge
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if you want the best experience for both of u without spending too much

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get a k361/k371

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and a zen dac

daring zenith
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iirc a lot better imaging or something

torn summit
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i can probably spend like 400 thats why i was looking at those 6xx

timber ridge
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colton you need a mic, so youd have to get a q2u,wave, or fifine mic with it

daring zenith
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For 38x over 37x, anyways, dedicated headphones and mic will likely get you better value

wintry shuttle
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I might just do something cheap from bb for rn then order one

swift lantern
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If you just need a dirt cheap headset go with cloud stinger

wintry shuttle
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300 or less

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For cheap gaming

timber ridge
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k361 or 371 + e10k or zen dac + fifine mic or q2u

swift lantern
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For that I'd go fiio e10k, shp 9600 and a mod mic

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Actually zen dac could squeeze into that budget too I think

timber ridge
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yea, depends where he decides to put most of his money in

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the other dude budget was 400

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so sundaras are not an option

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he needs a dac/amp

swift lantern
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Ah

timber ridge
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unless its 400 for headphones alone

swift lantern
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Zen dac and m1060s?

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Or 4xx, etc

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Planars babyyy

timber ridge
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arent m1060 power hungry ?

wintry shuttle
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Can someone link me

neon quartzBOT
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colton#3872 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

wintry shuttle
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I’m at work lol

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Didn’t mean to cuss 🤭

swift lantern
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50ohms and 96db/mw is kinda hungry

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I think zen dac with a brick could handle it tho

wintry shuttle
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Bet thank you

timber ridge
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np

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you can get a boom arm later if you need to

jagged path
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yo guys, i have a question about a pcie extention to get more usb ports

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i want to to power a monitor through it so i'd like to link it with my power suppply

daring zenith
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what

little crater
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what

swift lantern
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monitors always require a power input

jagged path
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Is there a place I can post a pic to explain better😅

timber ridge
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you can dm it to me and ill send it here

jagged path
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You know like, usb 3 can give images and power?

timber ridge
daring zenith
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I'm confused, like, usb-c for monitor display?

jagged path
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USB c I mean

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Yeah

daring zenith
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But monitor doesn't usually get power through usb-c

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99% of monitors just plug into the wall

swift lantern
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if you have a usb c compatible monitor it will still need an ac adapter of some kind

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whether it be the chonky one or the circle one

jagged path
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It's a graphic tablet, there is only one usb-c slot

swift lantern
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ooohhh

daring zenith
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oh a tablet

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that's a different story

swift lantern
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and you don't have usb c on the back of the pc normally I'm assuming

timber ridge
jagged path
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I do, I already use it and I could plug it there, but I fear my motherboard is going to pull too much power

swift lantern
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what?

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no

daring zenith
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uh

swift lantern
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you could still get the expander if you wanted more usb c ports but the speed is dependent on your cpu

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and it's pcie slot allocation

timber ridge
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what difference would it make if you had pcie usb expansion thingy

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it would still be drawing from the same source

swift lantern
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yeah but also couldn't it be powered off of normal usb, if I'm not mistaken

daring zenith
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It should give the same amount of power on pcie card and on just rear io

jagged path
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I have a lot of things already plugged at the back of my PC. I also already have a PCIe usb expander. I'm looking to see if I can add one that would fit in the slot in the first pic. There are two usb plugs and one hdmi that I need to plug

daring zenith
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I'm only finding really wacky usb-c cards for PCIe x1

swift lantern
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I quite thoroughly do not understand

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it seems like your setup already works

daring zenith
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also, hdmi goes into graphics card

jagged path
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Yeah it works, I just don't have any more usb ports on the back of my PC. I'd want to pop in an extender to free up some space (I only have one slot on my front io)

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Yeah I have no problem for the hdmi

swift lantern
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then in theory you should be able to just get a card and call it a day, depending on what all the devices are doing

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if you know the layout of your lanes, have the tablet in the most powerful slot

daring zenith
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like

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is that sata power and molex power? I don't even know

swift lantern
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first of all, that doesn't even extend out the case

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it's sideways

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or.. maybe it does work

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it just looks a bit short

daring zenith
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it's stubby but I think it might fit

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afterall why would you make the slot cover thing if it doesn't go in the slot cover place

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but it's just wacky

timber ridge
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looks wonky lol

daring zenith
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I don't even know what the top bit plugs into

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the cable gives me the impression it's molex?

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oh wait

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that's a internal usb 19pin?

swift lantern
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I don't know why the cable would be necessary

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oh usb controller right

daring zenith
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what the hell is that cable that looks like molex then

jagged path
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Cuz the extension I already have works well. It gets more power from a sata if needed. The only thing is that I don't want to pay 140$ to buy another one (and it doesn't fit in a pcie 1x)

swift lantern
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ok do me a favor, what are all your usb devices

jagged path
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Okay get ready:

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1x keyboard
1x mouse
1x webcam
1x usb-c for transfer*
1x usb-a for transfer*
1x external drive
Now I add 2x for tablet, and I have a joystick set that is currently unplugged cuz I just moved my setup.
*I do data transfer quite often and the back of my PC is not that accessible

wintry shuttle
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I ended up a BB and just got a steel series artics 7 so I can actually play til I can order a new one lol

swift lantern
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the keyboard and mouse can definitely fit on one, maybe even webcam

jagged path
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I got an arctis 7 too, it takes two usb ports, but I plug my mouse on the keyboard so it evens out

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You mean on one extension?

swift lantern
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why does the arctis 7 take two usb ports

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ok if you get a 3.0 dongle, you could most definitely have the mouse, keyboard, and webcam all on one port

jagged path
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It can take one, it's just it has a usb port on the keyboard. It's probably meant to plug a mouse there and it links back directly to the PC via another usb cable. 2usb in one, but it splits into two at the end

swift lantern
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the arctis 7 being a bluetooth headset right? as in a single usb bluetooth connector?

timber ridge
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arctis 7 is the wireless version of the arctis 5

jagged path
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Wait I meant an apex 7, not arctis, my bad

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The keyboard

swift lantern
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get the dongle

jagged path
# swift lantern get the dongle

Yeah about that, I work from home and uhh... My power bar is already suffering... I have 2 monitors, a PC, a charger for laptop, a phone and a network switch. Ik it will sound pushy, but adding that behind my PC will create an event bigger nightmare of wires...

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Oh and I forgot the external drive

swift lantern
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well you could definitely run the keyboard, cam and mouse off of a dongle no problems, I don't see how that would be messier

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probably even off of 2.0

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keyboards and mice take almost no bandwidth

jagged path
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The dongle has a power cable

swift lantern
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yeah idk why

calm cobalt
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Anyone know an affordable 3-1 DP multi monitor splitter

swift lantern
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Oh the pictures don't show it very well but you CAN plug that in if you want more power

swift lantern
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from personal experience, just for fun, I have ran my rgb mouse and keyboard off of a single usb c port through a dongle and they worked fine

swift lantern
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almost definitely

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if anything I think your usb controller will be the weak link and there's not much you can do about that

jagged path
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I could run my transfer cables there too

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Yeah... Ayt, thanks for the help!

swift lantern
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there's also the option of extender cables for things you don't use very often

jagged path
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Gnn... More cables...

swift lantern
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velcro, my friend

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twist ties even

jagged path
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Like, the back of my PC is packed with cables, and velcro already

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I'd put a picture here but I can't send It by myself so it's not worth the trouble. I work with so many things in a tight space

swift lantern
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why do you use both usb a and c for transfer anyway

jagged path
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The devices I use oblige

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Recent phones with USB c, programming station uses c and a (programming circuit boards), old phones use a

swift lantern
jagged path
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And then I use those ports to charge my phone and headphones

calm cobalt
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i use those

jagged path
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I mean, I have one usb-c slot at the back for my headphones and I was gifted one of those for my front io recently

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I'm going to take pictures, hold on

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Want me to DM that to you @swift lantern?

swift lantern
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Oh sure, I'm going to work now tho

jagged path
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That's what I mean by packed

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Np, I'm going to clean up that setup more, I need to find a way to make it look less horrible

wintry shuttle
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Do y’all think the artic7s steel series are good enough to hold me over for a bit?

little crater
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pog

timber ridge
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and what headphones are you gonna be running tubes on

jagged path
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Those are the Bluetooth or wired ones?

little crater
timber ridge
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ooo

jagged path
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my friend has trouble with his arctis 5 and his chat mix, idk if they apply to the arctis 7

timber ridge
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think id only consider tubes rn if i went with 6xx

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and 99% of gamer headsets are bad

jagged path
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then i'm curious, which one do you recommend?

little crater
timber ridge
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ooo

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what amp do you currently have?

little crater
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im gonna get a metric ton of classical music records lol

little crater
timber ridge
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oof

little crater
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the audio chip on the x299 is p good tho

timber ridge
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250 ohm?

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your dt990s

little crater
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running my hd560s on the board audio

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but yes, 250ohm dt 990

timber ridge
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afaik, beyerdynamic scales p good with power

little crater
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dt 990 suck without my evga nu card

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the motherboard audio just isnt powerful enough

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and audio goes crunk

timber ridge
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rip

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waiting for my dac

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so i jus have my amp sitting in a box

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using onboard audio lol

last plinth
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getting this

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Big pog

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coming feb 4

calm cobalt
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can anyone help me?

jagged path
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It depends?

swift lantern
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Bro you can still use the amp

jagged path
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Oh about that

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I have no experience there

calm cobalt
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?

last plinth
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not at that price

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169.99

timber ridge
swift lantern
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Oh so waiting on dac AND rca cables

swift lantern
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Oh the a50s

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You haven't even gotten to experience the JUICE yet

calm cobalt
timber ridge
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ifi gives u legit everything

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rc cable

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adapter

timber ridge
tight pulsar
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id get tubes if i wasnt getting planars sad

swift lantern
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Thing about that

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Depends on the planar

timber ridge
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what are you getting nachos?

swift lantern
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I bet hybrids could handle planars?

timber ridge
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only hybrid that comes to mind is the vali or whatever

jagged path
tight pulsar
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sundaras and modi/magni or modius/magnius if i can get a good deal used for them

calm cobalt
calm cobalt
jagged path
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Oh, I thought you were asking about amp things

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I can check quickly

white flame
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DP can be used for audio as much as HDMI tho

timber ridge
calm cobalt
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posted

timber ridge
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gl

jagged path
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Only things I found were over 100$...

timber ridge
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not really informative in that area so i cant help

tight pulsar
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time to color correct fun

tight pulsar
timber ridge
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epic

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nice to not see a fortnite keeb for once in this server

daring zenith
gloomy berry
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nice!

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I'm grabbing a Zen and some AKG's soon

timber ridge
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down the rabbit hole u go

daring zenith
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tbh my next upgrade is prob like, zen dac and... dunno, heresy or smth for the amp&dac, 0 idea on what the headphones will be

timber ridge
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picking headphones is a bit ez bc there arent as many options

daring zenith
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no

timber ridge
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iems options are almost endless

daring zenith
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too many conflicting opinions

timber ridge
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true

daring zenith
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iems seem just ez tiers for what to get

timber ridge
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if youre gonna be under 200

tight pulsar
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theres like 4 iems i know so it seems easier

timber ridge
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maybe 4xx or 400i

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58x are nice too

daring zenith
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I mean, if I'm gonna go big, I'm going to go big if I'm spending like 200$ for amp dac lmao

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Dunno, just tossing options around

tight pulsar
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dont u already have a dac and amp

daring zenith
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just a fulla

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so if I go big I'll go big

timber ridge
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if youre going big then go modius magnius

gloomy berry
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Pretty sure the Zen is about the same as that with no mic

timber ridge
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or a50s/d50s

daring zenith
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lol

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Really? Dunno if it's just people slandering schiit, but I feel like the perception of the fulla pretty bad

timber ridge
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d50/a50 is a really good stack too

tight pulsar
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dunno how i feel about screens on dac/amps kinda funky

daring zenith
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atm for everything pc related I'm just getting something good, hearing about better things, and just wanting to
INVEST

timber ridge
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i dont plan on getting xlr so modius/magnius isnt an option

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and its quite the unit

tight pulsar
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if i get modius stack ill probably go se for a little cause i dont wanna spend like $50 on a bal cable lol

timber ridge
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ye thats what i plan to do with my setup

daring zenith
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SE?

timber ridge
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single ended

tight pulsar
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for the modius can you do xlr interconnects and se?

timber ridge
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like run them both at the same time ?

tight pulsar
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yeah xlr between the dac and amp and se out

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didnt know if you had to use rca for se and xlr for balanced cause it has both for interconnects

timber ridge
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i think you should be able to

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i forgot they can connect by rca too

tight pulsar
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okei well iron165 r2 is coming and geekhack isnt working

wintry shuttle
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These have the DTS X which isn’t bad. I got em for $120

timber ridge
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was talking to a dif person

thick plank
sly warren
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It effectively adds nothing to the experience.

wintry shuttle
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Ah well the price wasn’t bad and I needed some ASAP

tight pulsar
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ya ik se isnt great on the modius it wouldnt be a long term solution

buoyant patrol
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Anyone here knows which bios setup i need to just turn on one usb while Pc is off so i can charge my wireless mouse while pc is shuts off

sly warren
buoyant patrol
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Lol

tight pulsar
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man mint dolch extra mods look so nice shame theyre impossible to get now :/ https://www.zfrontier.com/app/flow/eVayKL0K1WNm

white flame
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@buoyant patrol It depends on your motherboard, MSI has a utility that enables USB when powered off for example, but must be installed

buoyant patrol
timber ridge
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leo are u getting gmk birch ?

timber ridge
queen sigil
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probs not

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Im probs gonna order a keycap set when I get interested in a new board

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but that's gonna be a while

timber ridge
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gmk tuzi looks ok

tight pulsar
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tuzi is not okay it is the best set

swift lantern
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Se can power all mortal headphones

white flame
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@buoyant patrol Turn off EuP in AI tweaker
If that doesn't work, set sleep state to S3 and simply use sleep mode so it's still on, but on very low power mode
(The S3 sleep state is in: Power Management Setup, at the top will be: ACPI Suspend Type, set to S3, Save and Exit)

timber ridge
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gmk seafarer look p op

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and i feel like gmk tuzi is missing something

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or something is off

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like 1 minor thing that is holding it back

queen sigil
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The only things i really have in mind for my next build is like

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Cold colors and durock linears

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not really putting much thought into it atm

timber ridge
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wdym by cold color

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the theme of it?

queen sigil
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yesh just cold colors

timber ridge
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ic

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durock pom arent that much dif

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from what i heard

west hornet
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do i just buy a dynamic mic so i don't have to deal with these horrors

timber ridge
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what dynamic mic did you have in mind ?

west hornet
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no clue maybe a procaster, re320 or something

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i literally have no clue how to fix this issue with my phantom power, it keeps surging. I've been playing with the humidity levels, temperature, circuit breakers, dismantling things, moving locations and i just can't get rid of this problem in my room

timber ridge
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re320 seems p nice

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isnt there a similar mic by the same company

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forgot the model name

west hornet
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re20

timber ridge
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wouldnt it be cheaper to try a dif amp

west hornet
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I have a 2 on hand and had one replaced already with no luck

timber ridge
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rip

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do you know if the phantom power is the reason ?

west hornet
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i haven't the faintest clue how to fix this, while I see exactly 0 people on forums and other communities that have or know anyone that has seen this

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atm it seems like phantom power is the issue

timber ridge
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i would jus test ur luck with a dynamic then

west hornet
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i really don't feel like spending money now but this is just driving me crazy

timber ridge
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maybe trying a budget mic ?

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or budget ish

rugged lion
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Durock = jwk

west hornet
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i could do possibly sm57

timber ridge
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have you looked into the pd70?

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kinda like a budget sm7b

west hornet
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no i don't think ive seen it yet

timber ridge
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its like 130 i think

queen sigil
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tbh

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i really like these colors

tight pulsar
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the legends make me want to die

queen sigil
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i mean it's ducky

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I just like the colors

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one day I will have comic sans keyboard

tight pulsar
timber ridge
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gmk stargaze has dark colors

spark canopy
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hey so is there any way I could convert my logitech g pro x headset to wireless at all lol

queen sigil
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maybe a dongle

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dunno if those exists

spark canopy
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im getting kinda tired of my cable but it was $130 so i dont really just wanna get rid of it yk lol

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what should i search for

queen sigil
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does it have a detachable cable

spark canopy
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yeah

queen sigil
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they probs exist

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but I don't know any]

spark canopy
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kk i'll keep looking lol

queen sigil
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who do I go to now that dino is dead

timber ridge
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what do u need help with lol

queen sigil
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oh i dont need help

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but who do i tag when someone else needs help

timber ridge
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idk

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gl with that

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i can kinda help but idk nowhere as much as dino

queen sigil
timber ridge
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rip dino

hushed root
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What is this place??

abstract shard
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w33b land

vernal plinth
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Gah

small nimbus
tight pulsar
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no

small nimbus
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what's the thing in the top left?

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like numpad?

tight pulsar
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macropad from rama

small nimbus
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hmmmm interesting

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didn't know macro pad was a thing

queen sigil
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order still isnt shipped

timber ridge
queen sigil
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lol

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no

timber ridge
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ggs

queen sigil
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i mean i have all the parts

timber ridge
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the rgbs on the kbd67 is bright

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theres a mini gap between the top and bottom of the case where rgb barely shines out of

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you can only see it if you look for it/at certain angles

queen sigil
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im gonna decide on lubed feker pandas or gateron milky caps

timber ridge
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o and stock stabs looked lubed

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im tempted to throw in t1s for time being

queen sigil
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im probs gonna relube

timber ridge
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but ill be patient

queen sigil
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bruh i mean

timber ridge
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ima test b4 relubing

queen sigil
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why wouldnt you just throw parts into the keeb

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a d stop using the durgod

timber ridge
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the durgod is actually a really good keeb

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and with the kbd67, they want you to take the pcb

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and hold the back of it while putting in switches

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lowkey a pain

queen sigil
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do gaskets come preinstalled?

timber ridge
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didnt open it yet

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but im p sure

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dont see anything in the ziploc for it

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i was expecting some flex but its solid

queen sigil
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in the plate?

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or case

timber ridge
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plate

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stock stabs

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i havent tested mine but his sound super good

queen sigil
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i feel like alot of people gonna rock caps on the 67 lite

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because of the bfcm deal

timber ridge
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probably, sounds a bit scratchy tho

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stock atleast

queen sigil
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"i can lube 10-15 switches an hour"

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bruh taeha slow

timber ridge
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bruh

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is he lubing the entire time ?

queen sigil
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he said that in his new vis

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vid

timber ridge
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bruh

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with a lub station you should be able to do like 15 in 10 minutes

queen sigil
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"i like chaos"

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but i mean taeha does his switches alot more carefully

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like i just brush off extra lube

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but he gets like the oerfect amount of lube from the start

timber ridge
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true, but outcome is gonna be barely a dif

frigid night
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if your keyboard doesnt have rgb are you really a gamer

elder pumice
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im on the hunt for a PBT double shot keyset - im looking to get a keychron k4 v2 so im tryna find an ansi-layout keyset. Yall got any recommendations?

tight pulsar
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uh depends on the price a lot

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cause without a budget id recommend a sav NOS board on ebay for about 4k and use those keycaps

elder pumice
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a sav NOS board?

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i have no idea what that is lol

tight pulsar
neon quartzBOT
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noxisitea#6937 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

elder pumice
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oop

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holy shiesse

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yahhh my budget for keycaps is like $60 lmao

daring zenith
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@queen sigil is there any way to add stabs to a laptop membrane keyboard

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because this space bar just not actuating when I press the sides

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makes me want to throw the laptop out the window

tight pulsar
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ya sav/sau prices are really high cause of the rarity

elder pumice
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true true, but looks like i'll be steering clear of them unfortunately... i'm doing a room and pc makeover and that entire thing is costing me ~$3,900

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cant blow all my budget on keycaps lol

tight pulsar
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haha yeah i get that

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its just really hard to give suggestions with keyboards without saying budget so when somebody does ill give really expensive suggestions as a joke

brisk parcel
daring zenith
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smh you don't listen to garand pings?

brisk parcel
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no, sorry 😦

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I'll do that next

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after the vietnam war sounds are done

daring zenith
queen sigil
brisk parcel
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HALLELUJAH

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I'M WORKING ON AN OP-ED ESSAY

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and I get to pick ANY topic I want!

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Time to talk about fortnuts opinion that double-sided planars are IMPOSSIBLE and refute it with EVIDENCE AND FACTS!

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YES!

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WOOT WOOT

cobalt nova
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gaming

brisk parcel
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that's an option too

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will most likely talk about audio in general

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just something I enjoy

brisk parcel
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oh YES

queen sigil
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plot twist your professor is also an audiophile

brisk parcel
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never know

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would be fun

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someone in my speech class is also an audiophile, it's fun talking to them

west hornet
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im just a guy that seems to always have the strangest issues that no one can figure out 😔

brisk parcel
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it's fine everything's fine

tawdry ravine
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steelseries support is garbage and I need to get a new headset which do y’all recommend wired or wireless

sly warren
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I recommend not a headset.

tawdry ravine
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then what

sly warren
timber ridge
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mic and headphones

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and thats a bit of a bold statement

queen sigil
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what

sly warren
queen sigil
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step 1 pc37x

queen sigil
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step 2

sly warren
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PC37X worse than UR40

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100% straight up worse.

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I owned PC37X's for a year, positional audio accuracy is whack on PC37X's

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UR40's? Perfect accuracy on positional audio.

queen sigil
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except you need to find a space where the average consumer is gonna be fine with what you recommend

sly warren
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I play Siege, CS:GO, Insurgency Sandstorm, Apex, PUBG, etc. All of them were garbage on positional audio on my PC37X's. My UR40's are crystal clear and I have gotten a ton more kills just based on me being able to hear my audio queues properly.

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I mean, my setup is cheaper than a PC37X and absolutely demolishes it.

timber ridge
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Step 1 for Lance's gaming audio setup
HE 1

daring zenith
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@sly warren I'm getting a ur40 on Thursday that I will be able to compare with PC37x :)

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And then I can compare Meizu against Schiit fulla

sly warren
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It's 104.39 USD before Tax and Shipping to get my setup. While a pair of PC37X's go for 130.00 USD

daring zenith
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PC37x was 90$ on sale, 120$ full

sly warren
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Well, Drop is OOS, and Amazon has them for 130.00

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And, the setup is upgradable.

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You want to get new Headphones? Alright get you a pair of HD560S's or HiFiMan 400i's or, Sundaras, or really whatever, and the Meizu Dongle will happily chug along.

queen sigil
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still, chances are if someone's buying a gaming headset, they probs dont want something that looks like ur40s

sly warren
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Looks don't matter when it's gonna be on your head.

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Like, come on be reasonable.

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If it's on your head where you can't see it, why do you realistically care what it looks like?

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The sole reason why RGB exists on Gaming headsets and the back of monitors is because Gamers are absolute imbeciles who will buy literally anything with the word RGB

queen sigil
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lol thats like recommending porta pros to like a 12 year old

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chances are, people are gonna care about how something looks

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reguardless of what the use is

sly warren
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I would recommend Porta Pros to literally any human being who asks me "What are good headphones for portable use"

tawdry ravine
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I care about looks😂

queen sigil
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If someone is buying a gaming headset, odds are they don't care about just the best audio quality

sly warren
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Why do you care about looks?

queen sigil
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bruh

sly warren
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It's sitting on your head where your eyeballs can't see it.

timber ridge
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enthusiast advice vs regular consumer

tawdry ravine
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who cares about that looks are still everything in a product

queen sigil
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I mean why wear clothes when you usually aren't looking about your own clothes

sly warren
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Looks are like, 20% of a product

neon quartzBOT
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ChaosWarfare24#2785 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

sly warren
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Performance is 99.99% of a product.

queen sigil
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lol yeah

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for you

sly warren
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For everyone

queen sigil
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Not everybody is a diehard audiophile

tawdry ravine
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sounds like you have the ugliest stuff lmao

timber ridge
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chaos what was ur budget again ?

queen sigil
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another reason people like stuff like pudding keycaps

sly warren
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I mean, my PC is a work of art, and the UR40s are not ugly by any stretch of the imagination.

tawdry ravine
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$250-300 depends on where I can get student discounts

queen sigil
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congrats

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you have an opinion

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bruh

sly warren
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Opinions are stupid.

queen sigil
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like

tawdry ravine
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if I were an audiophile i’d spend way more than $50 on a setup

queen sigil
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not everybody thinks ur40s look good

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and i'd argue most people think they look ugly

sly warren
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But they also don't look bad, and they SIT ON YOUR HEAD.

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You physically can't see them

timber ridge
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my recommendation for the best bang for the buck is k361 or k371 + e10k or zen dac + fifine mic or q2u

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spend more where you think u need to

queen sigil
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and keyboards are under your hands

sly warren
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I would skip the E10K

queen sigil
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yet people get nice looking ones

sly warren
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Meizu Dong beats it

queen sigil
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it literally doesn't matter about if it sits on your head

sly warren
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Zen DAC isn't needed until you hit the range of like, Sundaras

queen sigil
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if it looks good, people are gonna want it

sly warren
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Meizu Dong will happily drive K361s

queen sigil
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and people generally don't want an ugly product

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reguardless of what it's use is

tawdry ravine
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look at streamers😂

timber ridge
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yea, but zen dac/e10k gives the headphones some extra oomph

tight pulsar
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hm whats happening here

queen sigil
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Again, audiophile opinion vs normal opinion

sly warren
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Not really

tawdry ravine
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if they have a sponsorship the first thing they get is headphones

queen sigil
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u need to like find the middleground

tawdry ravine
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to market for a company

sly warren
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I have already

tawdry ravine
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I was thinking astro a40s with dac

sly warren
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NO

queen sigil
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bruh ur talking about how looks shouldnt matter

sly warren
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Bad

queen sigil
timber ridge
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i would skip astros

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and most gaming headsets

sly warren
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Astro makes literal dumpster garbage

tawdry ravine
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I mean I thought they sounded great when I used them before

sly warren
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Most decent "audiophile" cheap gear is gonna thrash the Astros

timber ridge
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k361+zen dac+fifine mic

sly warren
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Like, Creative Aurvana Live SEs would thrash Astros

timber ridge
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really good budget combo

sly warren
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Skip the Zen DAC

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Meizu dongle is cheaper and basically the same power level

timber ridge
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since when can a meizu dongle compare to a zen dac?

sly warren
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Since forever

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I know people who just toss an amp on top of their Meizu Dongle and use Sundaras

timber ridge
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exactly

sly warren
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And they already have a Schiit DAC

timber ridge
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zen dac is an amp and dac

sly warren
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Not really...

timber ridge
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it literally is

sly warren
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It's very much a mediocre Amp, and a Good DAC.

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I wouldn't trust Sundaras with only a Zen DAC

timber ridge
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yea but we're talking budget

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and you can always add an amp ontop of the zen dac

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its jus a starting place

sly warren
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Yeah, but K361s sound great out of a Meizu Dong alone.

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And the Meizu Dong can be used portably if they have an Android device.

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Or a MacBook, or anything with USB C

timber ridge
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well obviously someone whos looking for a portable setup would not look into a zen dac

swift lantern
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The zen dac is also an amp, it's a combo unit

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Misleading naming, and it has balanced output

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You can plug a power brick into it, it will power sundaras fine

timber ridge
brisk parcel
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@tawdry ravine what's your budget?

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feel free to @ me with responses btw

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I don't check here too often

tawdry ravine
brisk parcel
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okay okay, not too bad

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you looking for portable? I saw it thrown around a little

tawdry ravine
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no it’s only for my pc

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@brisk parcel

brisk parcel
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aight

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lemme see, I got a combo you might enjoy

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so the zen dac/amp combo plus 58Xs, or HE-4XXs

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they're about the same price, zen dac is $130, each can is $170-160

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180*

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so right around your budget of $300

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both are great options, would you rather have more space/neutral response? or a more closed-in, but more positional and mid-focused headphone?

swift lantern
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4xx

brisk parcel
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mid-focused being like vocal range, things in the instrument range, etc

swift lantern
brisk parcel
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kuzu

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hush now

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😂

swift lantern
brisk parcel
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hush kitten

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but yeah @tawdry ravine , zen dac or 58X/4XX depending on preference, look at what I just said and that'll help

brisk parcel
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I have discovered that fortnut is better known as Popcrn

tight pulsar
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yeah

swift lantern
brisk parcel
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oh yeah

daring zenith
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fun

brisk parcel
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wallstreetbets baby

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we goin to the moon

swift lantern
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oh you haven't been banned from hphq?

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impressive

brisk parcel
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no lmao

daring zenith
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Why would you be

brisk parcel
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people told me I had an actually good audio setup

swift lantern
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they will ban you at the drop of a hat

brisk parcel
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aside from selling my 58X for 6XX

swift lantern
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bad move, that was

daring zenith
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@brisk parcel is 58x better than 6xx at something?

tight pulsar
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no kuzu just hates the 6xx

brisk parcel
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no, techincally the 6XX are only worse in one category

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they're not as "fun"

tight pulsar
daring zenith
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"fun" in what way?

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58x just look mediocre in general

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huh

swift lantern
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idk if 58x are but 6xx definitely aren't fun

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veiled garbage

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you know audiophiles are a lost cause when "fun" isn't the ideal of what they want

west hornet
#

mmm

swift lantern
tight pulsar
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wut

brisk parcel
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@daring zenith hard to explain

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idk they're more laid back

west hornet
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you are one of the oddities kuzu xD

daring zenith
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if it's more unique, that's fun

tight pulsar
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if you ask keyboard people if they want a rgb keyboard or a jane v2 they arent gonna pick the fun rgb one

brisk parcel
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yeah

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they're more unique

swift lantern
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oddity in that I pursue to actually enjoy my music

west hornet
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+20db bass? ROFLEgg

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timber ridge
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58x has better sub bass and bass extension compared to the 6xx

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6xx has better mids/details

swift lantern
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I'd be curious to try the akg offerings

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their iems are p good

timber ridge
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same

desert pine
#

hey

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i have a question

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its about them keyboards

neon quartzBOT
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Crafty The Fox#0001 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

desert pine
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what

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what did i say

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oh

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  1. it has to have blue switches, right now i have Outemu blue switches in mine.
  2. 1000hz polling rate (i play a ton of rhythm games just dont ask)
  3. no chord splitting please (again rhythm games)
  4. please the polling rate be consistent
  5. 75% layout
  6. anti ghosting please (probably all of the keyboards under this specification have this anyways
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there thats better (ping in response please)

queen sigil
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bro

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i dont like that

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u want blue switches

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yet you play rhythm games

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also i dont think keyboards really have poling rates

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And I don't know what you mean by cord splittting

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and i'm also gonna need to know your budget

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@desert pine

queen sigil
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i mean it's not a big deal compared to mice

desert pine
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it is at high level play

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its what im asking for

timber ridge
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240hz keyboard pls

queen sigil
last plinth
#

so low actuation

queen sigil
#

id say I play a fair share of rhythm games and haven't seen any difference between keyboards

last plinth
#

?

queen sigil
#

but whatever

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what's ur budget

last plinth
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fastest keyboard

desert pine
real trench
#

corsair has a 4000hz polling rate keyboard CORSAIR

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though, not sure how switches compare to other ones

last plinth
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also valorant "fixed" run and gun

queen sigil
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I mean i don't know half the things you're talking about but i'm pretty sure most keyboards have that

queen sigil
last plinth
#

literally the same

desert pine
last plinth
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you just have to pull down more

queen sigil
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this was with a generic office keyboard

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im not good so whatever

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I don't see a difference between like 90% of keyboards

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besides just like what type of keyboard it is

desert pine
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fair

queen sigil
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but i'm pretty sure 99% of mechanical keyboards will have "chord splitting"

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Do you have a budget?

desert pine
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100 usd is max

queen sigil
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The only keyboard besides like OEM brands would be a keychron k2

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and then get gateron blues if you really insist bingShrug

desert pine
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i know some custom keyboard firmware's arent able to send multiple keys in one poll cycle but w/e (QMK is the only one i know of that does this)

last plinth
#

11 hours of sleep and im still tired

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why

queen sigil
#

my rank

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this is so sad

daring zenith
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@queen sigil hm need bigger keychron emoji

queen sigil
#

go do it urself

daring zenith
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No nitro

desert pine
#

dont play mania

queen sigil
#

meh its what ive been playing for the last year

desert pine
#

i play DJMAX but thats just my preference

queen sigil
#

played osu standard for a month then started mania

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and plus skinning is nice

desert pine
#

yeah i guess

queen sigil
#

and also I aint paying 50USD on a rhythm game

swift lantern
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lol yeah wth

desert pine
#

like a lot

queen sigil
#

bruh I aint paying for a rhythm game when I can just play osu

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I don't see a difference in raw gameplay

desert pine
#

fair point

swift lantern
#

Lots more switch plus rumors

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Most interesting one to me that it could include microLED

timber ridge
#

microled in a switch ?

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barely high end laptops have that lol

swift lantern
#

They don't

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Like there's literally no consumer products with it afaik

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A samsung tv with it on the way, apparently

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THE SWITCH IS UNDER LOCKED

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WHYY

timber ridge
#

i dont wanna retire my animal crossing switch

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but if this new switch is wayyy better

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ggs

swift lantern
#

I never even realized since it's nvidia it could theoretically use DLSS

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Not the current tegra, but a revision

timber ridge
#

nintendo needs to drop a solid non portable console

swift lantern
#

no.. no they do not

timber ridge
swift lantern
#

no it wasn't PB_piano_kek

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i want them to keep making switches and DS's cuz it makes them the only consoles worth buying tbh

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it makes them be able to do something that a PC can't do

swift lantern
#

Fiio dropped an fa7??

glass bear
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keyboard go click clack

tight pulsar
thick plank
#

Hi

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@swift lantern did dino and ninja both leave because it me explaining the flaws with the 6xx and that the 5xx is an overpriced deva?

tight pulsar
#

do you really think that happened

swift lantern
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Weird that 95x internals look cheap

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Even though I know they aren't

thick plank
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I mean then both left it seems and they both got mad about me explaining those things instead of choosing to learn from their mistakes @tight pulsar

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@swift lantern yea, it's just a mylar just cover

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Actually the mesh is thinner than stax too so it is ironically better built against dust

tight pulsar
#

also ninja is still here

swift lantern
#

Dino is impossible to ping for some reason so you can't take that as him being gone

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Oh, yeah he left tho

brisk parcel
#

@tight pulsar need something?

tight pulsar
#

nah fortnut just thought that you left

brisk parcel
#

oh

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nah still here lmao

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I just blocked him

last plinth
frigid night
#

peripherals are a jojo reference to jojo 1v1 ing in dios palace

brisk parcel
#

go off dino

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post the evidence

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@tacit wing I hope you didn't lose your rank lmao

tacit wing
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ok i couldnt care less that an estat cultist is in this server but i do care about the spreading of misinfo

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o well i still have my VIP rank but i moved my nitro boost lol

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Newegg has a crap ton of nitro boosters already

brisk parcel
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post evidence too

tight pulsar
#

oh hi dino

brisk parcel
tight pulsar
#

also i thought it was known that fortnut was popcrn but looking back all the stuff about it was in the mod channel

tacit wing
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banned in every audio discord server but that meme See Description server

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imagine gaining enough notoriety to make copious amounts of alts bc they have been beaned in every community in audio lmao

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aight enough of the drama, hows everyone doin?

brisk parcel
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pretty poggin

tacit wing
#

oh yeah when ive been gone,

west hornet
#

Day 4 of audio troubleshooting

tacit wing
#

pretty good compensation cans for the 6xx bass roll off

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finally got a taste of Biodyna

tacit wing
#

oh welp there it is

brisk parcel
#

oh dang nice

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there what is

#

I hear creative makes good stuff

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I have their outlier gold, plus the G6 as you know

swift lantern
#

What is the creative

#

What timbre does 6xx have exactly

daring zenith
brisk parcel
#

yes

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micro-keeb

tacit wing
#

huge emphasis on strings and vocals since those are in the midrange

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580 timbre on Piano recordings, 6x0 on vocals

last plinth
#

microwave ur modi 3's

swift lantern
#

From my understanding timbre doesn't correlate to fr

abstract shard
west hornet
#

No no

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Micro is 35%

abstract shard
queen sigil
#

no micro is 2

swift lantern
#

Why does fiio have so many similar ish iems and why are they ALL mmcx

tacit wing
#

timbre is correlated to FR and driver type

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an example would be how much a headphone's raw FR follows harman target would make it have that natural timbre characteristics

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i time-stamped it to the part where Resolve talks about analyzing timbre through FR and driver type

timber ridge
#

welcome back

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and how are cal

tacit wing
#

rumble cannons

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im enjoying the bass extension on the CALS that the 6xx lacks

timber ridge
#

makes sense, they compliment each other

tacit wing
#

yup, both are a bit dark in the treble though which i dont really mind

#

have pulled the trigger on Sundaras yet?

timber ridge
#

waiting on it

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im supposed to sell my phone

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and my sister said shell cop me a dac as a late bday gift so theres that too

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i can afford all it rn, but mind aswell save where i can

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dino u should scroll up and see the audio advice given, fortnut 2.0

tacit wing
#

well he got banned

timber ridge
#

skiptrace got banned?

rugged lion
#

what does open and close mean

tight pulsar
#

backed?

timber ridge
#

o

tight pulsar
#

skip is still here

rugged lion
#

what does open vs close mean

timber ridge
#

@queen sigil if you wanted a jwk switch, dogikon is on sale rn

#

4.20 for 10 switches

tight pulsar
#

yes buy dogikons and support charity and shin

rugged lion
#

42 cents per siwtch for jwks is good

#

what tf does open vs closed mean

#

in headphones

tacit wing
#

ok well i know for a fact Skip and Juan shills the UR40 religiously for whatever reason

timber ridge
tacit wing
#

which are like over-ear KPH30i, which is not a bad headphone

rugged lion
tight pulsar
#

milky what are you talking about are you talking about open backed and closed back

rugged lion
#

and look cool

tacit wing
#

though its too warm for my taste

rugged lion
#

wrong link

#

this

tight pulsar
tacit wing
#

Harware Canucks does a pretty good job at explaining

#

there are also vented closed-backs, which are not fully closed

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like the Teaks and some of the Denons

timber ridge
#

teaks are tempting still

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and idk my living condition for fall, so close back may be a good choice

rugged lion
#

question

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do u and can u mod headphones like with keyboards?

tacit wing
#

Teaks are not fully isolating just so you know

tight pulsar
#

sure but its a lot less common and less important than keyboards

tacit wing
#

they're vented

tight pulsar
#

its like the same level of modding mice

little crater
#

you can get nice pads for headphones

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and you could paint it maybe

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and get a new cable

#

thats about it

rugged lion
#

gotcha

tight pulsar
#

ya things like that and then if you really want you could open them and do that kind of modding but thats way riskier

timber ridge
#

you can also put tissue in between the driver or whatever

tacit wing
#

the earpads play a big part of the headphone's tuning, arguably the biggest part. So generally its best to just get replacement OEM and not aftermarket so you dont mess with the innate tuning, unless you want to go on a pad rolling adventure which is $$$$$

timber ridge
#

to alter sound sig

west hornet
#

Hmm

timber ridge
#

leo didnt u order shiba keycaps

#

it would match

queen sigil
#

yes funny dog switches

swift lantern
#

Well whatever the 6xx has for timbre idgaf it's bad please stop simping for them

#

Like seriously, it's actually getting on my nerves at this point

queen sigil
tacit wing
#

ah yes, i should listen to the man who got the role Maliciously Informed in IEF before he got beaned

#

6xx bad

#

everything i said was a lie

queen sigil
#

o

#

dino rejoined

tacit wing
tacit wing
#

😎

timber ridge
#

the rack looking lonely now

west hornet
#

Porta infinitely better

tight pulsar
#

mr sleeves r2 pricing kinda yike

timber ridge
#

isnt it like 70

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for some mods

tight pulsar
#

yeah

#

you can buy a full crp kit for that price sadge

brisk parcel
#

wait did fortnut get banned?

abstract shard
#

oh?

#

pog?

#

wai

tight pulsar
#

no heres still here

abstract shard
#

wrong fortnut

#

thought you were talkinga abt the game lmao

brisk parcel
#

oh

#

rip

#

and no not the game lmao

tight pulsar
#

but i could technically ban him for ban evasion but i cant tell if he was banned or kicked on his main

tacit wing
#

nope he got beaned already

brisk parcel
#

ghost said he would talk to the mods

#

and did he dino?

#

@ him

#

I blocked him

tacit wing
#

look at mutual servers

abstract shard
#

wha did fortnut do?

tacit wing
#

newegg not there anymore

brisk parcel
#

his main got banned, known as popcrn

#

@thick plank

tacit wing
#

hes an alt of popcrn, who is banned in this server. why he got banned for idk

#

yeah that ^

abstract shard
#

ah ok

brisk parcel
#

wait there's another...

tight pulsar
#

oh lol hes banned now yeah

abstract shard
#

"there is another"

brisk parcel
#

there's 2 fortnuts...

#

OH I STG IF THAT'S ANOTHER ALT

#

can you check if that other fortnut has done anything yet mr mod nacho man?

tight pulsar
#

are you talking about #7816?

brisk parcel
#

yeh

#

only recently showed up

tight pulsar
#

doesnt have any messages well just have to see what he says

brisk parcel
#

dang

#

yeah keeping an eye on that

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and either way good thing he's gone, last thing we need is popcrn in here

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literal stax cultist

tacit wing
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i wish i can spill some tea about a certain group of people in the audio scene that is like... not a great group of individuals but that is a convo for another day lmao

tight pulsar
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most people here wont really care lol

tacit wing
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yeah figured

brisk parcel
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I would enjoy it

rugged lion
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Where’s a good place to get DT880s from

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Cause i can only find them for 200+

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And I’m looking on like Amazon and stuff so

tight pulsar
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msrp is 219 afaik

tacit wing
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dt880 pricing is like wonky af

little crater
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dt 990 pro are 160, but oos sad

rugged lion
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Oh

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On the flow chart it said 150 my bad

tight pulsar
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ow hiit workouts hurt

timber ridge
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cheapest i found dt880s are 180

tacit wing
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hiit is like the best way to suffer

rugged lion
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I suggest updating the flow chart that is pinned

tight pulsar
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my legs still hurt and i worked out yesterday Yawy

tacit wing
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prices are always subject change, if we change the chart now the price could change by tomorrow if all we know

rugged lion
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Fair.

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However a 50 dollar change does seem to warrant something