What's your latest tech purchase?

[Sithaer]

So you think listening to an Audiophile setup ='s Blasting music and that?
Also if your ears are that sensitive then headphones are REALLY bad! For FUCK sake do you know what you are saying?
In fact the best sound comes from my setup at very low volume in fact I use volume setting at level 1 I wished it would go to .5 but nope.
You have it all wrong in every way my friend. I just wished I could actually show you. I would be happy to have you all over to listen but that is impossible.
Take it from me headphones and ear Buds are the WORST thing you can use to listen to ANYTHING the damage to the ear drum let alone the small hairs in the ear canal is irreparable. And you even admit you have bad hearing and you want to make it worse?

Good hearing that I don't want to ruin with unnecessary loud systems.

I never use high volume with anything, base 50% in windows atm and like 30% in games usually.
So nope I'm pretty sure I know what my ears can handle comfortably w/o damage. 'they did not get worse in the past 10 years or so'
I also had a doctor check it out years ago when I started working at a factory so ye. 'had to cause of potential damage from the loud noises there, I can use headsets just shouldn't turn the volume all the way up'

Anyway I will stop here before messing with the topic, I'm not gonna lie me and audiophile ppl/mindset does not mix well so better leave it that/peace and enjoy your system.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

How can anyone ware these?
I have always found it hard to ware headphones for any long period of time, My ears get hot red and irritated.
Not to mention what they doe to ear rings! Talk about OMG pain! Some will smash the posts into my flesh! I stopped using headphone 15 years ago! Not worth the pain nor the potential loss of a 3 thousand dollar earing, let alone 2 of them!

I suppose earrings in this scenario doesn't help, my last pair is more than sufficient for 6hrs+ use, yet to use these for that long yet though, also I'm not an audiophile myself, I don't have the space for speakers nor can I carry those outside and walk around with them, I would imagine having earrings might interfere with comfort significantly though I don't have earrings so can't judge there.
Either way posting headphones appeared to debunk the thread so back onto topic.

 

[Valantar]

So you think listening to an Audiophile setup ='s Blasting music and that?
Also if your ears are that sensitive then headphones are REALLY bad! For FUCK sake do you know what you are saying?
In fact the best sound comes from my setup at very low volume in fact I use volume setting at level 1 I wished it would go to .5 but nope.
You have it all wrong in every way my friend. I just wished I could actually show you. I would be happy to have you all over to listen but that is impossible.
Take it from me headphones and ear Buds are the WORST thing you can use to listen to ANYTHING the damage to the ear drum let alone the small hairs in the ear canal is irreparable. And you even admit you have bad hearing and you want to make it worse?

Man, please take a breath. Caps lock and cursing is generally a good indicator that you've gone overboard, no matter what you're arguing. There is a time and place for everything, but nothing here prompted a reaction like that. Your sound system is no doubt good, but that's hardly relevant here. If you find a pair of headphones that fits your head and your sound profile preferences, that's a great thing. Not everyone can, not everyone likes the sensation of wearing headphones (though that does raise the question of whether they've tried ones that fit their head properly), but it's all a matter of taste.

Me, I'm very happy with my Optoma µDac3 + Sennheiser HD 599 combo. It's by no means audiophile grade, but then I'm pretty much allergic to all the homeopathy-level nonsense and mumbo-jumbo spouted by audiophiles. It sounds good, the headphones are beautifully open and spacious, and they're comfortable enough for me that I can wear them for hours on end without any kind of fatigue. For me, they don't even thouch my ears while I'm wearing them, and the clamping pressure and angle is perfectly aligned to my head. Combined with a soft headband and beautifully soft suede earpads, they fit me perfectly, and I can wear them all day with no issues. On-ear headphones on the other hand cause serious pain in my ears after a couple of hours due to pressing too much on the cartilage. So as with anything, YMMV.

 

[the54thvoid]

Enough already.

This thread is called:

The show off your tech related purchase thread​

Where's the pictures and the showing off?

Rather than carpet bomb the last gazillion posts with LQ's, I'll ask you all to get back on track please. Carpet bombing may still happen.

 

[trickson]

I gave the guy 40 bucks for it I hope I didn't get screwed LOL.
It is working great so far 500GB of movies loaded on so far and it's still taking more!

OMG this just came for me!
Yes now I can get more movies and TV shows saved!!!

I gave the guy 40 bucks for it I hope I didn't get screwed LOL.
It is working great so far 500GB of movies loaded on so far and it's still taking more!

Things getting all warmed up can't hear it at all it is so quiet.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Just waiting for a couple of 140mm fans to come in, once they show up in a week or two (depending on when stock is available) I'll pull the Hyper 212 and install this guy because the Hyper 212 is about 3/4 of an inch to tall to allow my top mounted fan to spin.

 

[tabascosauz]

Just waiting for a couple of 140mm fans to come in, once they show up in a week or two (depending on when stock is available) I'll pull the Hyper 212 and install this guy because the Hyper 212 is about 3/4 of an inch to tall to allow my top mounted fan to spin.

U9S push-pull gang! I'm surprised you chose to swap out the 212 for the U9S though - the 5900X might be close to the edge of the U9S' capabilities. With direct airflow like you'll have, the C14S can really extend its performance and noise advantage over the U9S.

 

[neatfeatguy]

U9S push-pull gang! I'm surprised you chose to swap out the 212 for the U9S though - the 5900X might be close to the edge of the U9S' capabilities. With direct airflow like you'll have, the C14S can really extend its performance and noise advantage over the U9S.

Just a single fan on the 212 right now, the 5900x hits 91C when I'm transcoding to h.264. Otherwise when gaming temps sit around 80-85. With the bulky 980Ti in there I need a better way to remove extra hot air and without the top fan running the card runs a bit hotter than it did before. Here's hoping the U9S with a push/pull setup, two new front intake fans and the top exhaust will help balance everything out.

Then sometime down the road when (or "if" at the current rate of things) I get a new GPU that isn't as long as my 980Ti I'll look into picking up a new AIO for the 5900x. It's just too much of a pain to try and wedge my 980Ti in when a radiator is mounted, she butts right up to the radiator in my case and the radiator on my H100i shows dented fins where I've had to wiggle the 980Ti in and out after a few occasions to properly clean.

 

[kapone32]

Man you all really do not know a thing about good sound. You need to know I am an audiophile and well headphones IMHO do NOT qualify as audiophile quality.
I have sound that would blow you away and it really would make you think twice. I even paid for and Audiophile level system in my Truck NO it's not even STOCK! it is however a Alpine 5.1 surround sound system (even that sounds like a tin can compared to the sound system on the main gaming rig. n conclusion no set NOT one set of headphone could ever come close to being audiophile quality IMHO.

Alpine is name I have not heard in a long time. Were they a sub of JVC?

 

[the54thvoid]

3 LQ posts by very nice forum members. Don't take it personally but I did warn you all.

If you want to chatter, post pics of your hardware to do it. This is specifically, a SHOW your hardware thread. Not a TALK your hardware thread.

 

[kapone32]

Got a nice little gift the other day. I was going to get a Seagate 520 but I ended up picking this up instead. $264 CAD for 2 TB will go into the 3rd slot of my Unify to create another RAID 0 array in my Gaming PC.

Amazon.ca : 2TB NVME

 

[cst1992]

Enough already.

This thread is called:

The show off your tech related purchase thread​

Where's the pictures and the showing off?

Rather than carpet bomb the last gazillion posts with LQ's, I'll ask you all to get back on track please. Carpet bombing may still happen.

Half the guys showing off audio systems, the other half showing off headphones.
I think we're good

3 LQ posts by very nice forum members. Don't take it personally but I did warn you all.

If you want to chatter, post pics of your hardware to do it. This is specifically, a SHOW your hardware thread. Not a TALK your hardware thread.

Point well taken.

 

[AsRock]

First time I've ever tried to repair a TV and managed to figure it out.

My Samsung TV that I use as a display for my secondary computers started developing an issue. It would work for about 15 seconds on average before it made a "click" sound and the display shut off. Sometimes it lasted a few minutes, other times a few seconds, but it kept dying every single time.

Turns out they're not too complicated to work on. You have a power board that powers the main video-processing (and I/O) board, then that's hooked up to the display driver board. Then it also has a few random things like speakers and front button controls.

So I found a replacement power board for US$30 and that licked the problem. That's where the "click" sound was coming from. I could've drilled down further and replaced the capacitors (I suspect the main 450V capacitor was going bad) but it was more convenient to swap the whole power board with a working one.

Oh yeah and all those symbols that say "High Voltage"? They're not kidding. Really bad idea to be poking around there while it's plugged in. ZAP!!!

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Typically the small caps that actually fail.

 

[Vendor]

My new usb hub

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Usb 2.0 hub in 2021 belongs in the nostalgic hardware thread too

 

[Vendor]

Hi,
Usb 2.0 hub in 2021 belongs in the nostalgic hardware thread too

I know but it was cheap though on a deal, usb 2 is still fine for basic use like mouse, keyboard, controller etc. but definitely not ext hdds, even my both 16gb flash drives are usb 2

 

[jboydgolfer]

My 3rd rtx3 series

 

[Valantar]

I know but it was cheap though on a deal, usb 2 is still fine for basic use like mouse, keyboard, controller etc. but definitely not ext hdds, even my both 16gb drives are usb 2

Plus they don't cause interference with WiFi signals, mice and so on that USB 3.x hubs can. Whoever came up with the idea of using 2.4GHz signalling for USB 3.x must not have known that wires act as antennas or something ...

 

[tabascosauz]

Sneak preview, fitment testing the HT5 because customs appears to have taken my HDPlex power supply hostage, such is the fate of anything sent via USPS

 

[Valantar]

Sneak preview, fitment testing the HT5 because customs appears to have taken my HDPlex power supply hostage, such is the fate of anything sent via USPS

Damn, that's so good looking. Almost makes me regret getting mine in the black/walnut finish. Its really impressive what can be done with just a laser cutter and some design skills.

 

[cst1992]

Sneak preview, fitment testing the HT5 because customs appears to have taken my HDPlex power supply hostage, such is the fate of anything sent via USPS

A wooden case! Lightweight, huh?

makes me regret getting mine in the black/walnut finish

That'd make a good combination with all black parts like the above IMO. Do you not like yours?

 

[tabascosauz]

Damn, that's so good looking. Almost makes me regret getting mine in the black/walnut finish. Its really impressive what can be done with just a laser cutter and some design skills.

A wooden case! Lightweight, huh?


That'd make a good combination with all black parts like the above IMO. Do you not like yours?

Didn't have much choice lol, the Timber one was the absolute last one that OCUK had. Can order directly from Kevin, but he confirmed it'll be 2-3 weeks lead time (in the end, OCUK still kept my order in limbo for about that long so I dunno if it was worth it). I'd still much prefer your Bourbon case, just looks better IMO. I just hate dust which shows up much more on black cases, means that much more healing brush work for me in CC

It does let me use as much Noctua as I want, though. If I had a Bourbon case, I'd have to get a Blackridge, an A12x15 Chromax and A8 Chromax fans. Now'd be a nice time for Gigabyte to make a Vision D or at least Vision G ITX for B550.

 

[Valantar]

A wooden case! Lightweight, huh?


That'd make a good combination with all black parts like the above IMO. Do you not like yours?

It's mostly acrylic, it's just the front that's wood. The 5mm acrylic panels are really good quality though, I've never seen or felt acrylic anywhere near this level. Thick, sturdy, and really good looking.

And no, I absolutely love mine, it's the absolute perfect case for what I wanted in my HTPC (APU build, semi-passive cooling, just a single fan in the system, internal PSU despite the small size). I was just commenting on how good the white one looks The Bourbon finish that I have is absolutely gorgeous too, no issues there, though I'm waiting on a matte black top cover as I prefer that to the "smoked gloss" I have now. If I had any internal lighting I would definitely be keeping the current one though.

 

[Splinterdog]

I've just ordered a Ryzen 5600X and it should be here in a couple of days. Many months in the planning and sweet talking my wife into how important a CPU upgrade is

 

[phill]

Well I have been very lucky and I've been able to track down a rather amazing new piece of hardware......



I think I've added enough pics of it....

So I had a Asus Zenith Extreme Alpha a little while ago and then found a CPU block for it a while after that but still had no CPU, so when this bad boy turned up on Ebay, I without thinking (much like normal!!) just went messaged the seller, got a price, agreed and away we went...

As you can see I tested it this evening not too long ago and it's at least posting which is a massive bonus Only thing is now, what the heck to do with it... I'm guessing some WCG build as always but what and where to put it, I'm not I've got room currently! Oh the works phone is an iPhone 5SE, couldn't believe the size of the CPU....