There's a time and a place for leather. The B&O charging pad isn't the place
Also fuck having a phone case - I like the feel of a naked phone
Also fuck having a phone case - I like the feel of a naked phone
On topic: bought some of these a few days ago just to use at home
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FiiO-Driver-Ba … B07KW5VYP7
I'm not an audiophile and I'm sure some people would say I should have got something else but I'm really impressed with these and they are SUPER comfortable, almost don't notice I have them on
Also like the way the wire goes behind my ears.
10/10
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FiiO-Driver-Ba … B07KW5VYP7
I'm not an audiophile and I'm sure some people would say I should have got something else but I'm really impressed with these and they are SUPER comfortable, almost don't notice I have them on
Also like the way the wire goes behind my ears.
10/10
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I find a case pretty necessary with the Galaxy 10+. Without it, my grip is always triggering some function by brushing the wraparound screen.Dauntless wrote:
There's a time and a place for leather. The B&O charging pad isn't the place
Also fuck having a phone case - I like the feel of a naked phone
You can't not have a case with the S20. They made it so the camera group is not flush with the back of the phone.
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I have a unicorn beetle case. It doesn't have a built-in screen protector. Those you have to apply separately, which is a pain because you have to seal around the curved edges. Stays on a couple months before I have to apply a new one.
definitely not a 10/10 set of IEMs but, yeah, it’s nice when you get to that bracket and find triple-driver technology or whatever. hard to go wrong! i would have got something else for £250.Dauntless wrote:
On topic: bought some of these a few days ago just to use at home
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FiiO-Driver-Ba … B07KW5VYP7
I'm not an audiophile and I'm sure some people would say I should have got something else but I'm really impressed with these and they are SUPER comfortable, almost don't notice I have them on
Also like the way the wire goes behind my ears.
10/10
i know you say they’re comfy and all, but if they’re really for just at home, why did you go for IEMs? they will never be as comfortable for long sessions as over-ear headphones, especially when you start to spend £250+. and i say that as someone who used to wear IEMs for 6-8 hours a day at one point.
there’s a lot of considerations with mid-range IEMs. the market is super flooded with lots of copy-cats and basically indistinguishable brands (thanks hong kong/shenzhen). build quality, customer support (they will break eventually), warranty. replaceable cables i think is the biggest one. that bit that goes up and over your ear? it’s prone to cracking and fraying. it has happened on every single pair of IEMs i’ve ever had. being able to swap out the cable is a relatively inexpensive godsend. otherwise prepare to RMA.
another thing is tips/inserts. they make a really big difference, especially in lower end bass response. i recommend comply. they are pretty much the standard and last word in IEMs. worth spending some time and another £15-20 to figure out which size fit you best. you will not be disappoint.
lastly, at that range, do not underrate the importance of the source audio/DAC. lossless music files will be noticeably different. try some FLAC. listening through a good soundcard or a small portable DAC will give you much more ‘oomph’, clarity, a wider soundstage, etc. there’s a whole world of headroom above the iphone’s paltry headphone amp.
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re: phone cases, i tend to buy one when i get a new iphone but as thin as possible and see through. then after about 6 months when i’ve dropped the thing a few times already, i just do away with the case.
i’ve cracked every iphone screen i’ve had eventually. 3 years is a good run for any phone.
i’ve cracked every iphone screen i’ve had eventually. 3 years is a good run for any phone.
I like my coffee the way I like my women, strong, black, smoking hot and expensive.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Dilbert, you shouldn't be drinking hot coffee. It is the 21st century. Coffee should be consumed cold.
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I've never found over-ear headphones comfortable, also feel like the one I have atm is damaging my hair. Just wanted something light and not wireless so I don't need to keep charging. I have Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless for my phone/outdoors but they seem a bit shit now in comparison to these.uziq wrote:
definitely not a 10/10 set of IEMs but, yeah, it’s nice when you get to that bracket and find triple-driver technology or whatever. hard to go wrong! i would have got something else for £250.Dauntless wrote:
On topic: bought some of these a few days ago just to use at home
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FiiO-Driver-Ba … B07KW5VYP7
I'm not an audiophile and I'm sure some people would say I should have got something else but I'm really impressed with these and they are SUPER comfortable, almost don't notice I have them on
Also like the way the wire goes behind my ears.
10/10
i know you say they’re comfy and all, but if they’re really for just at home, why did you go for IEMs? they will never be as comfortable for long sessions as over-ear headphones, especially when you start to spend £250+. and i say that as someone who used to wear IEMs for 6-8 hours a day at one point.
there’s a lot of considerations with mid-range IEMs. the market is super flooded with lots of copy-cats and basically indistinguishable brands (thanks hong kong/shenzhen). build quality, customer support (they will break eventually), warranty. replaceable cables i think is the biggest one. that bit that goes up and over your ear? it’s prone to cracking and fraying. it has happened on every single pair of IEMs i’ve ever had. being able to swap out the cable is a relatively inexpensive godsend. otherwise prepare to RMA.
another thing is tips/inserts. they make a really big difference, especially in lower end bass response. i recommend comply. they are pretty much the standard and last word in IEMs. worth spending some time and another £15-20 to figure out which size fit you best. you will not be disappoint.
lastly, at that range, do not underrate the importance of the source audio/DAC. lossless music files will be noticeably different. try some FLAC. listening through a good soundcard or a small portable DAC will give you much more ‘oomph’, clarity, a wider soundstage, etc. there’s a whole world of headroom above the iphone’s paltry headphone amp.
Yeah I probably do need a DAC, this is for my PC though not iPhone. What should I get?
damaging your hair ... wtf? do you have cornrows now or something?
over-ear headphones in the £250+ bracket are really insanely comfortable. you really don't notice they're there. open-back headphones don't even smother or block out external noise when sound isn't playing through them. it's like having a transparent speaker over your ears. compare that to wearing something stuffed inside your ear canal for hours at a time ... yeah. the comply tips will make a difference if you're feeling any discomfort, i reckon.
PC and iPhone outputs are both pretty poor. very few are shielded from electrical noise or interference, and they don't have great power. especially if you're talking about the 3.5mm jack on the rear/case front. i'd recommend a basic all-in-one DAC/headphone amp. there's really so many on the market that it depends on your budget and future headphone plans.
a neat sidestep is the dragonfly DACs. they look like USB thumb drives but pack a real wallop. you'd get a nice boost to a pair of IEMs with those. bigger amps make a lot more sense with high-impedance headphones.
https://www.audioquest.com/dacs/dragonfly
over-ear headphones in the £250+ bracket are really insanely comfortable. you really don't notice they're there. open-back headphones don't even smother or block out external noise when sound isn't playing through them. it's like having a transparent speaker over your ears. compare that to wearing something stuffed inside your ear canal for hours at a time ... yeah. the comply tips will make a difference if you're feeling any discomfort, i reckon.
PC and iPhone outputs are both pretty poor. very few are shielded from electrical noise or interference, and they don't have great power. especially if you're talking about the 3.5mm jack on the rear/case front. i'd recommend a basic all-in-one DAC/headphone amp. there's really so many on the market that it depends on your budget and future headphone plans.
a neat sidestep is the dragonfly DACs. they look like USB thumb drives but pack a real wallop. you'd get a nice boost to a pair of IEMs with those. bigger amps make a lot more sense with high-impedance headphones.
https://www.audioquest.com/dacs/dragonfly
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It really says something about a girl with a cracked phone screen. I am not sure what but there's something there.
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I like my coffee cold and half milk.Dilbert_X wrote:
I like my coffee the way I like my women, strong, black, smoking hot and expensive.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Dilbert, you shouldn't be drinking hot coffee. It is the 21st century. Coffee should be consumed cold.
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I bought a humidifier for mother's day.
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Looks like you have no upgrade path Uzique
that's fine with me. if i need more cores i can go up to the 3900X, which i very much doubt i will for the lifetime of my computer. good for you if you're overclocking and really need a new processor. but i also doubt very much that you will. 'upgrade path' implies that an upgrade will one day be desired.
i spent my budget on a fancy mini-ATX case and more expensive mini-ATX form factor components (smaller mobo, small thin-line modular PSU). i also spent a good amount on case cooling and a heatsink. for me, having a small and portable PC that's quiet and cool is more of a priority than having a 'future upgrade path' for a processor. i didn't want a full-size tower again and i definitely didn't want stock cooling. so the fancier motherboards were dropped from the budget.
it's a neverending debate, the 'do i buy what i need now or futureproof' thing. i've never had a processor go out of date on any of my machines.
right now i have a processor that's clocked higher than yours, performing better with higher-clocked RAM, and is cooler and quieter with an after-market cooler. you also have a fancy motherboard that you're hardly using, because you're not overclocking and pushing the VRMs. we've been through this whole topic before. you've basically got a build that's more oriented towards 'upgrade path' than maximal use now.
and it has gay lights.
it's like i bought a new macbook pro at the start of this year. in a few months there will be a newer one, likely with a brand new screen. did i 'miss' out? not really. what do the next-generation mobos and CPUs bring? better clock speeds, PCI-e Gen 4 rather than 3, and USB 3.2 over 3.1. oh and dual graphics support. that's a newp, newp and a double-newp from me.
i spent my budget on a fancy mini-ATX case and more expensive mini-ATX form factor components (smaller mobo, small thin-line modular PSU). i also spent a good amount on case cooling and a heatsink. for me, having a small and portable PC that's quiet and cool is more of a priority than having a 'future upgrade path' for a processor. i didn't want a full-size tower again and i definitely didn't want stock cooling. so the fancier motherboards were dropped from the budget.
it's a neverending debate, the 'do i buy what i need now or futureproof' thing. i've never had a processor go out of date on any of my machines.
right now i have a processor that's clocked higher than yours, performing better with higher-clocked RAM, and is cooler and quieter with an after-market cooler. you also have a fancy motherboard that you're hardly using, because you're not overclocking and pushing the VRMs. we've been through this whole topic before. you've basically got a build that's more oriented towards 'upgrade path' than maximal use now.
and it has gay lights.
it's like i bought a new macbook pro at the start of this year. in a few months there will be a newer one, likely with a brand new screen. did i 'miss' out? not really. what do the next-generation mobos and CPUs bring? better clock speeds, PCI-e Gen 4 rather than 3, and USB 3.2 over 3.1. oh and dual graphics support. that's a newp, newp and a double-newp from me.
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I actually think this might be the last gaming computer I build. I'm aging out of it I feel. Like the games don't interest me anymore, fewer of my friends play, and I have less time to dedicate to grinding out practice and getting good. I've been considering buying a Switch and throwing in the towel.
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i would 100% not have put together a desktop in 2020 if it wasn't for coronavirus quarantine. no way. i am only moderately enjoying the games available, and in a limited sense. there's hardly anyone to play with, long gaming sessions just don't happen anymore. we are all getting too old. i've actually played more games with my IRL/university group (a novelty) due to corona than i have with old 'gaming' buddies online. something is missing.
another reason why i have absolutely no problem with buying a PC that suits my needs perfectly in 2020 without an 'upgrade path'. my 30s are going to be apple products and productivity devices, let's be real.
another reason why i have absolutely no problem with buying a PC that suits my needs perfectly in 2020 without an 'upgrade path'. my 30s are going to be apple products and productivity devices, let's be real.
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I enjoyed putting together the pc and looking at all the numbers on my screen more than any game i have played with thing. the games i already play fine just run a little better now. i do not expect there to be any games coming out to justify the existence of our pc's.
we have been cucked
we have been cucked
I enjoy the new assassin's Creed. That's about it besides vr that uses my PC's potential
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I haven't played AC since the first one and wasn't impressed back then. I also don't like the concept of AC. That sort of historical fiction belongs only in National Review articles.
They revamped a lot with origins. I enjoy exploring the historical locations
speak for yourself. i spent a modest budget and i am using it 100% to play games. i get 120fps constant at ultrawide 36 inch resolution (100Hz screen). any cheaper graphics card wouldn't have done that. do i need a much better processor/motherboard? nope, wouldn't make any difference in 90% of games.SuperJail Warden wrote:
I enjoyed putting together the pc and looking at all the numbers on my screen more than any game i have played with thing. the games i already play fine just run a little better now. i do not expect there to be any games coming out to justify the existence of our pc's.
we have been cucked
i still don't know why you built the machine you did. you proved your point about its futureproofing potential: now you've just got to buy a next-gen ryzen to justify the expensive motherboard. and will you buy one? i 99% doubt it. who has ever replaced a CPU with the immediate next-gen CPU? i only ever replace CPUs when the RAM/motherboard tech moves on another leap. have fun buying another $300 CPU to prove a point and get a 6% geekbench boost.
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what new games have you played?