Battery is fully charged, never used this saber for dueling, but the audio distortion seems to have gotten worse. Is it time for a new saber or is there a way I can fix this?
#weird crackling sound and audio distortion on my Vega V2 neopixel.
lucid merlin
bright ridge
hmm.... what board is powering it?
bright ridge
hmm. Well assuming the battery is charged and still in good working condition, and if the SD card is still good (not fragmented and still good on read speed), then it would be time for an upgrade in terms of the board since it would likely mean something is starting to fail on the board.
lucid merlin
k
Im thinking about getting a proffie but I heard if you wanna add more sound fonts and costomize its a steep learning curve
plus yk
price
lucid merlin
hmm. Well assuming the battery is charged and still in good working condition, ...
idk tho, how big would you say the difference is between a proffie and a xeno v3 in terms of cool factor?
cuz idk what the v3 can do compared to v2
bright ridge
it can have a high learning curve in comparison to starter boards like Xeno or SNv4, but in terms of customizability it's far superior.
lucid merlin
hmm. Well assuming the battery is charged and still in good working condition, ...
I haven't actually checked the read speeds and all that. How do I do that?
lucid merlin
@bright ridge
bright ridge
Not sure outside of using a CFX to do a speed test tbh. Probably something like that with proffie, but not sure what you would use on the PC to check it's read speeds.
bright ridge
tbh, the hilt is still fine, you might be able to get away with installing a new board. Plenty of smiths here that can do it.
lucid merlin
I am so confused
I just took out the microsd, plugged it into my pc, tried to reinstall everything on the board, figured out the website I bought the saber from deleted the place you're supposed to get the firmware from, changed nothin on the card, removed it, put it back in my saber, and now it works fine
like tf
bright ridge
heh, well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
bright ridge
... you've never heard that expression?
lucid merlin
never
bright ridge
basically, don't question a good thing.
lucid merlin
alright then
this will not stop me from making poor financial decisions at the next comic con
bright ridge
in the way of sabers... I would steer clear of ones that are readily available at cons. Best to do the research and get something really good.
lucid merlin
but now I'll have 2 fully operational lighsabers
lucid merlin
in the way of sabers... I would steer clear of ones that are readily available a...
hm
good advice
its like Disney selling water for $5 a bottle when you could get like a 16 pack at publix for 2 bucks
makes sense
bright ridge
well, also the fact that most the con available sabers are from either resellers or US. the reseller ones there are for sure usually better options online, US.... that one is a poor choice anywhere.
soft silo
US owner is...lowest of the low. Please avoid them, and encourage any others to do the same.
Best quick and easy, is Amazon. Look for 'coupons' in green bars when browsing for best price, and if you see the cell phone image with the Xeno Configurator on the phone, yer about guaranteed it's Xeno3. Got my last saber for $144. It wasn't Xeno3, but I bought it because I really wanted that specific saber hilt, didn't wanna wait, and wanted it to come installed...
But you can find real deals like this one:
lucid merlin
US owner is...lowest of the low. Please avoid them, and encourage any others to ...
why is US so bad?
bright ridge
poor quality electronics and install (hot glue, substandard parts, electrical tape, etc). As for the owner, he's gotten into fights at cons, pulled a gun on an employee, etc. Always responds negatively to any sort of criticism at cons (constructive as well).
lucid merlin
by US you do mean ultrasabers right?
bright ridge
yep
lucid merlin
ah that makes sense. I was looking at their website and they don't have any traditional electronics or blades. Most sabers only come with one color for some reason and all the boards are names I don't recognize.
I feel like the company targets people that don't really know anything about lightsabers
bright ridge
yep, which is how they stick around.