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Most likely EMI then, I've gotten it from every onboard sound setup I've ever heard. Turn the volume up when there's no game or music playing and see if you still hear the buzzing.Swissy201 wrote:
Motherboard outputLittle BaBy JESUS wrote:
So are your headphones plugged into the motherboard output or case output?
Those Q701s are exactly the same as K702s, save for a fancy Q on the side. Save the cash and go for the K702s instead, if you look at those phones seriously. The only difference between those two and the K701 is color scheme and a detachable cable.
I have the 702s, and have for a year and a half or so, and I've got mixed feelings about them. Right out of the box, they sounded fantastic on instrumental (orchestral, jazz) and vocal tracks, and over this last summer I've fallen in love with them for electronic/synthesized music. The first, and most common complaint you'll hear about them is that they're thin on bass. It's a true statement, they're not bass-cannons by a long shot, but the toned down bass will allow you to pick up on detailed mids and highs more easily, which these phones are fantastic at producing.
The other major complaint goes something like this: they will show you the imperfections in studio mastering. If a track has a lot of mid-freq instruments (think rock/punk songs), it will sound muddled and a tad unpleasant on the K702s. It doesn't sound bad, per-se, and I'm inclined to believe that the fault lies in the style of music and not a fault of the headphones. As I've read, however, it seems other headphones handle those sorts of tracks better, but I can't think of a specific set off the top of my head.
A note on amping: I got a noticeably better, but not world changing, sound after buying an external DAC/Amplifier combo instead of plugging the K702s directly in to an xFi soundcard. The addition of a dedicated amp made a very, very subtle change to high frequency response that took me many A/B/X comparisons to be sure. It's there, but not worth purchasing the standalone amp. Get yourself a decent desktop DAC/Amp combo for a couple hundred at most and you won't be disappointed by the ridiculous diminishing returns over cost in audio equipment.
Finally, you can't predict a headphone's sound based on its spec sheet; headphones just don't work like that. There are too many unquantifiable features like the shape of the housing, the shape of the driver, the materials of both, etc, that affect the sound in different ways. The best you can do is read a shit ton of reviews and try as many as you can with different types of tracks and buy the one you like best. If you can't do that, buy from a store with a reasonable return policy because you can always try a set, return it, try another, and so on.
As a last note: I can perfectly understand anyone with experience in high end headphone audio disagreeing with any of the points I made about the 702s. This is just my experience with one set of cans, one DAC and two different amps. Again, the best you can do is read a lot of material from a lot of different people to get an idea of the setup you want so you can hear the sound you want.
I have the 702s, and have for a year and a half or so, and I've got mixed feelings about them. Right out of the box, they sounded fantastic on instrumental (orchestral, jazz) and vocal tracks, and over this last summer I've fallen in love with them for electronic/synthesized music. The first, and most common complaint you'll hear about them is that they're thin on bass. It's a true statement, they're not bass-cannons by a long shot, but the toned down bass will allow you to pick up on detailed mids and highs more easily, which these phones are fantastic at producing.
The other major complaint goes something like this: they will show you the imperfections in studio mastering. If a track has a lot of mid-freq instruments (think rock/punk songs), it will sound muddled and a tad unpleasant on the K702s. It doesn't sound bad, per-se, and I'm inclined to believe that the fault lies in the style of music and not a fault of the headphones. As I've read, however, it seems other headphones handle those sorts of tracks better, but I can't think of a specific set off the top of my head.
A note on amping: I got a noticeably better, but not world changing, sound after buying an external DAC/Amplifier combo instead of plugging the K702s directly in to an xFi soundcard. The addition of a dedicated amp made a very, very subtle change to high frequency response that took me many A/B/X comparisons to be sure. It's there, but not worth purchasing the standalone amp. Get yourself a decent desktop DAC/Amp combo for a couple hundred at most and you won't be disappointed by the ridiculous diminishing returns over cost in audio equipment.
Finally, you can't predict a headphone's sound based on its spec sheet; headphones just don't work like that. There are too many unquantifiable features like the shape of the housing, the shape of the driver, the materials of both, etc, that affect the sound in different ways. The best you can do is read a shit ton of reviews and try as many as you can with different types of tracks and buy the one you like best. If you can't do that, buy from a store with a reasonable return policy because you can always try a set, return it, try another, and so on.
As a last note: I can perfectly understand anyone with experience in high end headphone audio disagreeing with any of the points I made about the 702s. This is just my experience with one set of cans, one DAC and two different amps. Again, the best you can do is read a lot of material from a lot of different people to get an idea of the setup you want so you can hear the sound you want.
Though relatively few are for profit, and none of the notable schools.Stimey wrote:
all universities are corporatizedDoctor Strangelove wrote:
For-profit "education" is one of the bigger scams.
The ones you see on TV in the US are (for the most part) as expensive as private universities and put more money in to marketing than education. Whether you do get a good education or not is largely dependent on the work you put in to it, as with everywhere else, but employers tend to throw out resumes with those kinds of schools on them.
A walk down memory lane..
Enjoy the hemorrhoids.
I'd laugh if they throw a thunderbolt port on instead.
1) Your view does not change the meaning of words for everyone else.-Sh1fty- wrote:
Would faggot be more appropriate? This guy sums up my thoughts on "Gay", just replace "Faggot" with gay and yuo've got my view
2) If you're citing Louis C.K, funny as he is, on something related to offensive material or political correctness: you're doing it wrong.
Little Dot MK VII+ Balanced Headphone Amp, on bottom. It came in yesterday, just in time for a proper listen to The King of Limbs. I'm noticing clearer mids and highs, and a slight improvement to the lows, but it's not curing the bass anemia of my K702s like some reviews said it would. Either way, it's a nice improvement over the Matrix's included amp. The Matrix as a whole is now serving quite nicely as a dedicated DAC.
And, I'm slowly coming to my senses over the supposed benefits of a balanced setup. Rewiring the headphones was a fun project, but I think I'll be going back to SE for the next amp upgrade.
They're not bankrupt yet?Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
floppy that's a Sharper Image Edition. It's silver plated. It reads your mood. It will snap in half. grasshoppa
Wow..
I'm looking at the Little Dot MK VII+. It's got more then enough power and pretty decent specs other than that, and from what I can find, it seems to pair very well with K702s..Sup wrote:
which amp will you get?
A TOSLINK cable to replace the unshielded coaxial that fed my DAC.
Two XLR interconnects to feed a soon-to-be-ordered head-amp.
Two XLR interconnects to feed a soon-to-be-ordered head-amp.
The Intel crowd isn't accustomed to it, but I know folks with AM2 machines that have been through a number of upgrade cycles, although by now they're on their last legs.Nic wrote:
meh, choosing a socket doesn't matter that much, how many people actually swap cpu's on a motherboard once its set up. Look more to the features you can get with that socket. ie. multi gpu support
Yup, Neutrik connectors and the cable is Mogami 2893..Sup wrote:
nice! I see Neutrik connectors but what about the cable? What is it?
Considering the current discussion, I don't think there's a better time to post this!
K702 balanced rewiring, with cable and SE adapter to match. $40 total, which I can't say includes the amp quite yet..
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K702 balanced rewiring, with cable and SE adapter to match. $40 total, which I can't say includes the amp quite yet..
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Eh. The things that have caused 'controversy' on Top Gear in the past were just simple little quips, not a full 2 minute tirade against a whole nationality. I don't think they should be punished for it or anything, but I do think they took it a little bit too far. I'm fine with caustic jokes and the like but it felt a little uncomfortable to watch.FatherTed wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12338053
lmao
What type of panel do you have in the LED backlit display? I can't imagine someone honestly saying LED TN > CCFL S-IPS.Bertster7 wrote:
Not in my experience....FloppY_ wrote:
Not the last time the major sites reviewed them...Freezer7Pro wrote:
No. They're both just as good.
afaik colour is off abit on LEDs
Do you have both? I really can't imagine you actually having both to compare, whereas I spend all day using a nice 27" LED backlit display alongside a 24" S-IPS LCD display.
I much prefer the LED displays I use to the LCD displays I use.
Even my English friends refer to a 750ml bottle as a fifth, just because it's the 'common' term. Outside the US, do people usually say 750ml in conversation?Bertster7 wrote:
Everyone else does it in litres. The US is the exception, not the norm.
There are different types of brake fluid and some cars are more particular than others. I can't tell you off the top of my head what you should be looking for but I bet the car's manual could._j5689_ wrote:
Is brake fluid pretty universal?
My Crown Vic is low on it(a little bit above the part where the top and bottom of the chamber meet but still not anywhere near the 'max' line) and the red light comes on occasionally when I stop, also takes almost halfway through the pedal to get it to start braking at all.
Wondering if I should get like some kind of special Ford-approved brake or if that shit I saw at the $ store the other day would work. lol, not that I would use that but that's the first thing that comes to mind.
Because your stomach is empty, or especially because you're thirsty. Start on a full stomach, keep snacking, and drink water. Or, try not getting so pissed.PrivateVendetta wrote:
S,o Alcohol genius's, why do I throw up the morning after a heavy night when my stomach is empty? And then keep throwing up for at least half a day.
I've honestly never found one I liked. Even the G2, which is reputed to have a fantastic keyboard, just feels squishy and slow. To it's credit, it's not nearly as bad as most others I've tried, but I'm much happier with a touchscreen keyboard.Camm wrote:
yeah, physical qwerty is the way forward.Winston_Churchill wrote:
yeah the storm really shouldnt have been made. thankfully theyve learned from their mistake.
ive had an iphone, samsung instinct (touchscreens) and now the torch and can say without doubt that i like the physical keyboard much, much more. way better accuracy and speed, plus the ability to feel the keys and therefore type without looking. predictive text is on every smartphone... and keys arent far apart at all on physical ones... not really sure what you meant by that.
They're a bit of an eyesore but damn if they aren't amazing in function.liquidat0r wrote:
I disapprove of the colour of those [brown] fans.
I've had a lot of problems with the ATI 10.10 and 10.11 drivers. However, going back to 10.9 makes the card run smooth as silk. I can't offer any specific versions for nVidia cards, but it's worthwhile to try older versions of drivers while doing the full cleaning process you describe. Driver crashes don't necessarily mean hardware failure.alexb wrote:
Install Driver Sweeper, uninstall your drivers, boot into safe mode and run Driver Sweeper, reboot and redownload and install the latest drivers. If it still occurs the problem is with the actual graphics card, which is causing the driver to reset (which causes the black screens). Also, check your temps.FFLink wrote:
So while gaming now, every now and then my screens will flash black, as though I've just had a res change, or my other monitors have been activated and de-activated, causing about 15 seconds of 'black-time' in a game.
It's pretty annoying. Any recent NVIDIA updates I should look into?
What are you looking for, specifically? A gaming headset, something for music, something to block external noises?
For the sake of sound quality, since I don't know what else you're looking for, I'd look in to ordering a pair of Grados SR60s. Well within budget and fantastic for the price.
Edit: As it turns out, you can get the SR80i for 100 as well. These seem to have improved bass over the SR60s, which might be appreciated.
For the sake of sound quality, since I don't know what else you're looking for, I'd look in to ordering a pair of Grados SR60s. Well within budget and fantastic for the price.
Edit: As it turns out, you can get the SR80i for 100 as well. These seem to have improved bass over the SR60s, which might be appreciated.
What sort of speaker set up is it? All you can really do is play with the parts, swap out different ones, etc to find out where in the chain the problem lies. Hook them up to an mp3 player, if possible, and that'll tell you whether it's your computer or not pretty quickly.Uzique wrote:
ok guys
got really fucked last night and had a lot of people in my room, yada yada... long story short, woke up today and the sound on my computer is pretty fucked. the speakers crackle with a sort of static whenever the volume is pushed to a decent level, as if they're broken... but i know they're not (unless every single speaker somehow broke, at once). im not sure if the computer applied any automatic updates, or if it crashed, even... it locked up during the night when a playlist was playing and had to have the power turned off and back on again.
odd. any ideas?
The chart WC posted looked like a good place to start. The ones you had lined up seem to be pretty well received, actually.jay_courage wrote:
can I get some advice on IEM please, I thought I knew what I wanted but I'm now in doubt, price range of 200-300
Thanks
Updated version of the same chart.
I would hope that they did, I'd be shocked if they didn't. I'm very curious about their solution, since it's very hard to keep dust out of even the smallest air gaps in a case.liquidat0r wrote:
Hopefully the thought of that
Wait until you see the dust accumulations underneath it.liquidat0r wrote:
puuurtyFloppY_ wrote:
Not sure if you guys care or know...
A preview of ASUS' coming sandy bridge motherboards
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/asus … bluetooth/
EDIT: Just read on Wiki that intel has a 16core CPU planned for 2012 release under "Ivy Bridge"
Ha, we did the exact same things with the Noctua fans. In any case I regret not having push-pull on the cooler, so I'm going to order some more fans (one for the case as well).GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOO, I have to RMA my Enermax :'(
At least I am in luck and there is one unit in storage in Finland...
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9108/img0992x.jpg
Considering the rest of the list, that 6850 is out of place. The 6 series is less powerful than the 5 series, so look for a 5850/70 if you want something on par with the rest of the build. And, as said, 550W seems a bit low.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
-Antec 300 Case
-ASUS P6X58D-E Motherboard
-Corsair VX-550 PSU
-G.Skill 6GB 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM
-i7 950 CPU
-Windows 7 HP 64 bit
-Samsung 1TB F3 HDD
-Samsung SATA DVD/RW
-Sapphire HD6850
Yes, the setting is for "pointer trails." That would create a similar effect, but if the bug Camm has is anything like mine, then the effect is not quite the same as pointer trails. The bug looks like 6-7 cursors are layered underneath the actual cursor, each offset by a few pixels vertically. Sometimes the whole cursor is cloned and layered, and other times it's only a couple lines of the cursor cloned and layered..Sup wrote:
regarding the cursor- there is a setting in control panel>mouse settings that enables (not sure how you say it in English) tracer? It basically multiplies your cursor when you move it. Kinda looks like on those older win XP PCs when your hardware was too basic to display properly and you dragged a window it would multiply.
I get that every once in a while, but only when the mouse is over Firefox. No idea why, it hasn't bothered me enough to worry about fixing, but you're not the only one.Camm wrote:
someone wanna explain to me why the fuck my cursor looks like this?
http://static.bf2s.com/files/user/53672 … 3-1857.jpg
I'm sorry, I didn't see the date on the OP and thought you had made another thread asking for more advice less than a day after the one about the racing wheel. It made it look as if you were trying to use the boards as some sort of automatic search function, which bothers me as people seem to care less and less about being able to find answers to their own problems. Even if that were true, my post was an overreaction and inappropriate. Again, my apologies.
You can find a Logitech MOMO for < $100. It worked pretty well for me, although don't make the same mistake I did of plugging it in before the driver installation tells you to do so. Under Windows 7, it was a bitch to fix so the force feedback worked in Grid, but that's also a bit of a problem with Grid itself.
If you RTFM, I think it'll serve well as a wheel without being a huge investment.
If you RTFM, I think it'll serve well as a wheel without being a huge investment.
Ah, the Layer Cake argument. No, the manufacturer could probably find the fault in the drive fairly easily give they made the drive and have invested a lot of money in to diagnostic equipment for the R&D process alone. Chances are that there is no actual damage to the platters at all, just something on the controller board bit the dust, in which case it's a simple fix. These data recovery businesses are so expensive because they have the stigma that it's a CSI-esque process and most people are willing to fork out a ton of cash to recover personal documents. Very little about consumer data recovery necessitates it being a £400 operation.Uzique wrote:
and no way is a big manufacturer gonna leave itself liable to the thousands of data recovery claims... expensive business
Windows 8 concept art with Firefox? Totally legit.
Edit: Should also mention that the whole website is blowing smoke out its ass.
Edit: Should also mention that the whole website is blowing smoke out its ass.
The whole "Be a man" thing is stupid, but a manual does give more control over the car and maintains your focus on driving in either very stressful or very relaxing environments. It's never bothered me even in 3 straight hours of stop and go traffic, largely because you learn how to minimize the stop and go of your own car which makes the whole thing less bothersome.Mutantbear wrote:
Some people don't care how they get from one place to another. The type of transmission you have isn't correlated to your dick size. Its fucking sad the superiority complex on some people
Saw them in Seattle a couple months ago... the finale songs were turned up so loud that it seemed sort of silly. Amazing light show, though.Brasso wrote:
muse was unreal. cannot hear out of my left ear though. this may be an issue
Well damn, let me get my edit in.RTHKI wrote:
but hes euro, he needs to know a manual
If it's an auto, you don't have shit to worry about.
Edit: Forgot, UK. The cars in that country are more often manual, no? I know it's higher than the US, at least. Either way, I'm not sure what your driver's education programs would use.
Edit: Forgot, UK. The cars in that country are more often manual, no? I know it's higher than the US, at least. Either way, I'm not sure what your driver's education programs would use.
I imagine it's significantly easier if there's easy access to the drain bolt.eleven bravo wrote:
is changing the oil easier than changing out breakpads?
Caution: Troll Detected.FloppY_ wrote:
Why would I want one?.Sup wrote:
Its the same as your cassette deck but plays CDs instead. They should be available in Denmark in a couple years when this model gets outdated here. Sucks to live in an "outlet" country, doesn't it...FloppY_ wrote:
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mp3 is all I need
Funny enough, it seems about as on topic as you could be. A valid question of password security was raised, tested, and concluded on in a thread about password security, but it's sad that it turned it to a silly fight.RDMC wrote:
I think this topic is kinda going off topic-ish.
It's a shame the topic of Macs can't come up without you throwing a fit as soon as someone posts a negative comment.Uzique wrote:
google? sorry, lemme go post in a bunch of threads about things i know nothing about with asinine "yawn" commentsRDMC wrote:
Could anyone explain to me what exactly makes an Apple Macbook so good? I just don't get it.SonderKommando wrote:
yaaawwwwnnnn......
get out you silly little cunt
Yes, the yawn was asinine. Boo hoo, ignore it. But I don't get what you're going for with the "fuck off" when someone asks a question. It's not winning over any of the hearts you so dearly crave to be kinder to Apple.
When it comes to security, erring on the side of caution is better. Besides, what harm does it do to not enter your password in to a simplistic calculator?killer21 wrote:
I can't believe people actually think this site will magically suck up their passwords. Seems more like paranoia than anything else. Strange.
US Culture. Ha. From an insider's perspective, what a sham.burnzz wrote:
at least we have culture.
I know nothing about this and although I want to bash it for being Netgear, I can't. That being said, they're going all-fucking-out on the marketing page.burnzz wrote:
Netgear FVS318menzo wrote:
what firewall do you recomend?
fully configurable
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Auto Sensing, Auto Uplink? Same thing.Bad Marketing Department, Bad. wrote:
With 8 auto-sensing, Auto Uplink™ switched LAN ports and Network Address Translation (NAT) routing, up to 253 users can access your broadband connection at the same time.
NAT Routing? Like this is a new feature?
Up to 253 users? Funny, that's the usable address limit on a class C address. If that is in fact a hard limit, that's a ridiculous limitation and I don't know why they're advertising it.
Good choice. I've heard only good thing's about the Siberia's, but I haven't used them myself.JdeFalconr wrote:
Eek, $250!Nic wrote:
Get the Sony DRGA500s
http://sonystyle.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/s … ifications
5.1 works good for gaming, but apparently if your an audiophile your wont find a good set. The DRGA500 is a new set though and apparently a good one at that.
Thanks guys for the suggestions but after Finray's post, as well as realizing that surround headphones require extra processing and possibly fiddling with sound settings to make them work in addition to my speakers, I decided to just get a nice pair of stereo gaming headphones.
After much research and reading I ended up going with the SteelSeries Siberia v2. For the life of me everywhere I looked the white ones were sold out. The one place I could find them was the E-Sports Entertainment pro shop (http://eseamarket.com/index.php?s=prosh … amp;id=246) which had them at an OK price.
The 5.1s really would have been a waste of money. A surround sound system only works well when you've got lots of space between you and the satellites, with those satellites placed carefully considering the layout of the room. Surround sound headsets are just cooler sounding toys.
Very nice. What cooling setup?