Im a audiophile

You molest sound?

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>>58620621

>>58620639
The suffix "phile" has nothing to do with molestation

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>>58620639

>>58620621
hey good for you!
now will you at least make this somehow tech related or are you just shitposting?

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I think black people don't deserve to exist.

>>58620621
>buying anything from creative

>>58620662
How comes the bullshit about it being consensual and mutual love!

>>58620621
>I'm retarded
Thanks for letting us know.

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>>58620662

>>58620675
>>58620689
>>58620724

It was only $150 on eBay, what a steal :3

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>>58620684
Let's add white people to that list as well

>>58620689
What's wrong with creative? Not OP but curious

>>58620972
What is good about them?

All of their products are poorly made things that are made to go inside of your computer when you can just get external components for the same price but better performance.

Their entire speaker line is only useful for target practice.

>>58620884
No. I like science and civilization too much.

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>>58620621
I'm a pedophile, nice to meet you

>>58620621
I'm a grammarphile and this post is a real turn off.

>>58620884
But then /g/ wouldn't exist. Nor would any of my tech for that matter.

>>58621441
technology is racist

>>58621352
> pedophile
> posts a highschool girl

>>58620820
>$150
>SoundBlaster
>Audiophile
Are you this retarded? Return it and get something decent like an SMSL M3 or Schiit Fulla 2 or Micca Origen+ for less

>>58620662
>what if the sound consents tho

>>58622138
No returns :c
>>58621422
>TFW to smart too grammer

>>58622669
Enjoy the snake oil while you can I guess, RIP your wallet

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I paid 120 dollars for these and use 10 dollar earbuds, also flac am I an audiophile?

>>58620621
That's a pretty cool flask, anon

>>58622760
I ran out of money for food next month to buy it, I'm glad it was the right choice
>>58622847
Thanks anon :√)

>roommate started an extended argument about how my DAC isn't powerful enough for my headphones
>he has $60 Sony headphones and listens to music straight from his Alienware PC
Audiophiles are faggots.

>>58623108
>No cable risers
That explains his shit taste

>>58622813
>$10 earbuds with an amp
>am I an audiophile?
Yes. Yes you are.

>>58622138
I wanted to get the Fulla 2 but every review said it distorts the sound at around 70% volume. Then they add it's to be expected with sub-$100 dac/amps. Do the SMSL M3 and FiiO e10k have the same problem?

>>58624058
They dont have that problem. Either DAC/AMP works well as they're direct competitiors to eachother. I personally would get the M3 for its features and the included 3.5mm to 1/4 inch adapter.

>>58623108
This is great since everything is literally based on real facts
Though that disc is massive, looks like 78 RPM which literally aren't pressed by anyone anymore

>>58624058
>I wanted to get the Fulla 2 but every review said it distorts the sound at around 70% volume. Then they add it's to be expected with sub-$100 dac/amps
What the fuck, this isn't normal like at fucking all
Also, 70% volume can literally mean anything, distortion depends on load
What the fuck is wrong with the community, it looked like it was cured of full blown retardation, even chink cartoons are laughing at them, but they are still retarded fuck fucking shit fuck

>>58624100
What are the features of the M3? I will probably plug it into USB and I already have a 3.5mm to 1/4" adapter.

>>58624249
By 70% I mean they say they turn the volume knob on the Fulla 2 about 3/4 of the way to full and there's distortion.

>>58624270
>By 70% I mean they say they turn the volume knob on the Fulla 2 about 3/4 of the way to full and there's distortion.
This is completely not normal, and a major design defect
Also, distortion at 3/4 of the pot shouldn't be caused by the pot but by the load on the amplifier, unless they did something ridiculously retarded and fucked up the design in retarded ways
It seems all their promises of fixing their retardation after their relay issues years ago were a lie and they have been going overboard with headfi shilling
Good thing chinks make decent products that actually measure well, instead of this """"american"""" made trash
Fuck Schiit

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Do people actually buy Soundblaster junk? It's like a combination of all the worst aspects of audiofools and gaymer kiddies in one shitty brand with a ton of shitty products.

>when I was a kid I honestly thought you had to use awful desktop speakers with PC's. My mind was blown the first time I saw a somewhat nice 5.1 creative labs setup.
Are there just adults who still think like this or something?

>>58622159
Sounds are never old enough to consent before they die out

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Has anyone here built an Objective 2 amp? I realize it's probably cheaper to just buy one ready made once you consider the enclosure, power supply, etc but it looks like a fun project.

>>58624702
If you're decent at soldering, it's a fun project. Make sure you don't buy an smd kit unless you have a pcb heater and all requisite tools.

>>58620621

>>58624702
I did 3 O2s for myself and friends and it was fun as hell.
> I realize it's probably cheaper to just buy one ready made once you consider the enclosure, power supply, etc but it looks like a fun project.
No it's not. Buying a bag of parts is cheaper than buying it ready made.

>2017
>still buying deprecated repackaged creative audio product shit

>>58624920
There's a few dudes on ebay who build and sell O2's for ~$100. The cheapest kit I csn find for the PCB and discreet components is ~$50.
I know it would be better to buy all the components from mouser/digikey, but it's just such a hassle to compare all the different options. Unless you've got a parts list, which I would greatly appreciate.

>>58625026
I'm not sure if it's any help but here in Europe I always order from this guy:
http://www.headnhifi.com/diy-kits/o2-kit-full
He seems to be dispatching to the states. I also once had a problem with my ODAC going faulty after few months of use and he replaced it free of charge so I can definitely recommend him

>>58625026
Wow, you really are useless at this whole internet thing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B52Awjeyc5zKMjRlYjlhNGItNGJlNC00ODlmLWIwM2MtNDI4ZWU4YWRjY2Y4/view

>>58625026
>Unless you've got a parts list
You didn't read Nwavguy blog at all, didn't you?

>>58624702
I considered doing it but decided against it.

why? simple:

1) It costs as much as used O2
2) No power supply or case
3) Even if you buy all the extra shit needed to get it working, it will cost you more
4) Next to ZERO resale value. if you decide to upgrade to something else later on, that $120 you spent is totally wasted.

if you're rich, you should do it since it could be fun,

>>58625170
1) yes
2) no
3) no
4) no

>>58625182
>bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit
t. shill

>>58624320
What about the Objective2+ODAC combo?

I have like a decade+ old Creative 2.1 set. S-Should I upgrade?

>>58625269
no

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you guys sure are retarded for buying "audiophile DACs". i paid 150€ for pic related on sale. and you can get the scarlett solo, objectively the best DAC/audio interface/headphone amp price/performance-wise under 300€, for under 100€.

>>58620684

Sometimes I think of sucker punching a cop as I pass them in the street I know I'd totally lose the fight but I get the urge to do it and I'm scared it might happen some day. I don't even hate cops.

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>>58621670
Agreed, too old.

>>58625540
Don't give them a reason to kill you anon

>>58620639
All you need is love
Love is all you need.

>>58623108
what anime is this?

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my current rig here

>>58620639
The sound was asking for it.

>>58620639
Fpbp

>>58625875
pretty stupid, sound would be better if you removed your internal sound card and headphone amp

>>58622138
PSA:
Don't buy anything from those tiny botique brands. The 'engineering' that goes into them is laughable. They will sound worse than the Realtek chip in your motherboards, while also quite possibly destroying your headphones.

>>58625781
Seconding this, I need to know where this is from as well.

>>58625781
>>58625977
Akiba's Trip The Animation

>>58623108
Why are canadians in japan?

>>58625547
Is that a tit or just the other fist?

>>58625875
>7.1 -> stereo
what are you doing

>>58625205
I have one from JDS labs.

The performance measurements (provided by the guy who designed it), are first-class and orders of magnitude better than is needed for transparency. Also better than many competing units he reviewed on his site prior to getting fed up and deciding to make his own design. Take that as you will.

I don't have the equipment to take such precise measurements myself, but I'm very impressed with mine. There is no audible distortion and no background noise even at the highest possible volume, which should be enough for any headset. It doesn't 'color' the sound or 'add any flavor' - that is, it plays back the signal very accurately without fucking it up. This is why I bought it, so I may have some expectation bias, but I really do love it! It feels very well built too.

It takes USB with any reasonable sample rate and 24 bit, or analog. Both sound great.

A lot of the audiophile botique websites shit on this amp and dac saying it sounds 'clinical' or 'flat,' partly because of their expectation bias, partly because of their resentment for newavguy, and partly because they are morons. Don't believe them. The producers of your music have already done their job, it doesn't need any 'enhancing.' Reproducing the signal accurately is the only measure of a good audio device.

I do have one complaint: it requires 15 volts AC power supply, which is super fucking weird and makes me worry if it ever breaks, especially years down the line. The cord for the power supply does not seem durable either, though I've had no problems. Apparently there are engineering reasons for this, but if you plan on moving yours around a lot it is something to watch out for.

You may want to take a look at the designer's blog if this stuff interests you: http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/

>>58625471
where are the measurements? I'm interested if this is true.

>>58626160
i dont have any, but the focusrite DACs are very linear and reliable. the 2nd gen models are also very low latency if you ever want to record anything (though they are worth the price even if you don't). you dont want linear speakers (studio monitors) for listening to music but you want everything else to be as linear as possible.

>>58626193
I can't just take someone's word for it. In any case, it's not objectively anything until the math is done.

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>>58626131
for binaural gaming audio with cmss/eax acoustics technology, i can choose between clean spdif output for music listening or spdif "speaker" out with all these gaming effects

>>58626214
>I can't just take someone's word for it
true, but this is /g/ after all.

>>58626193
>you dont want linear speakers
kek

>>58626217
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcB9faNrz_M

>>58626242
enjoy falling asleep and enjoy your hissing with 90% of "le studio epic mastering "how its meant to be heard" monitor speakerzz"

>>58626147
>requires 15 volts AC power
AC? Really?
He could have built the regulation into the device though.

>>58624391
I believe there are. I see adults in their 40s buying Asus gamer laptops all the time, and many of them talk about all the gamer stuff they have in their home.

>>58626265
yes, really. It's not a big deal though.

>>58626262
"There are clear visual correlations between listeners' loudspeaker preferences and the set of frequency graphs. Both trained and untrained listeners clearly preferred the loudspeakers with the flattest, smoothest and most extended frequency response curves, as exhibited in the measurements of loudspeakers P and I. Loudspeaker B was rated lower due to its less extended, bumpy bass, and a large hole centered at 3 kHz in its sound power curve. The measurements of Loudspeaker M indicate it has a lack of low bass, and has a non-smooth frequency response in all of its measured curves. Both the direct and reflected sounds produced by this loudspeaker will contribute serious colorations to the timbre of reproduced sounds.

It is both satisfying and reassuring to know that both trained and untrained listeners recognize and prefer accurate loudspeakers, and that the accuracy can be characterized with a set of comprehensive anechoic measurements. The next logical step is to use these technical measurements as the basis for modeling and predicting listeners' preference ratings. This will be the topic of a future post in this blog."

http://seanolive.blogspot.de/2008/12/part-3-relationship-between-loudspeaker.html

>>58624391
damn I remember my Soundblaster Live! being actually good. I have some early 90s Creative 2.1 speakers as well, and still use them when I'm playing games with a friends. When, I wonder did they just become retarded?

>>58625875
Are you serious?
>using a hi-fi tube amp to color the tone in a pleasant way
>plugging in closed studio headphones made for exact, non colored sound reproduction
thats pretty retarded
Use some open hi-fi headphones instead.
Nothing wrong with the Beyerdynamics, I use them too for producing but they are not made for pleasant, relaxing listening. Thats what hi-fi stuff is for.

>>58626252
"off" sounds better
>>58626291
>make people decide between a single linear and a single shitty speaker
>actually used a mono setup
>no double-blind testing
>month-long breaks between the actual listening, so comparisons are based on long-term aural memory (tip: this does not exist)

biased much

>>58626316
What is this meme where people say the most accurate headphones are less enjoyable? If the producers really were so inept that your music needs more 'color' you can use a 32-bit EQ. But their job was already finished before you even put the disc in your drive.

>>58625963
My onboard is dead and prefer to hear my FiiO K1 than my soundcard due to whitenoise on the soundcard which the DAC eliminates. I'm not dumb enough to switch an amp to high gain on an IEM and blast them into blowing up.

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>>58626316
yeah i know that but they sound great...with equalizer apo

h-hey bros how do i increase the sound of my headset on my computer?

>>58626364
I get how a fiio is preferable to a shitty onboard sound card. But I mean that these brands are so badly made that they can even damage your gear at normal volumes.

>>58626147
Thanks for your reply. I've been looking at the Schiit stack but I'm bothered by their shilling in head-fi. I have actually been reading nwavguy's blog and he does seem to know his shit.

I'll probably get a B-stock jds labs o2amp+ODAC because it's $275 shipped. I have HD650s which seem to have coloring of their own, they give a nice warm sound that I like so I would prefer my amp to be 'clinical'.

>>58626358
you see, the problem is that people like you believe producers only try to make the music sound good on linear speakers.
but in fact, good mixing/mastering is done so that music can sound decent on ALL speakers, especially non-linear ones.

>>58620621
That thing distorts on high gain. Also digital knob a shit.

>>58626380
I remember that Head-fi thread. Was it the Schiit Modi or Magni that kills AKG Headphones? That was a while ago like several months ago, maybe a little over a year ago.

>>58626389

the thing is, playing the signal accurately isn't the same as sounding boring or unpleasant. It's just playing the music. You can listen to the music rather than a defect of your sound system. I think the best sound system is one that makes you forget it is there.

>>58626388
This anon will understand when his odac arrives. It's not going to sound wimpy or boring - it send him to the fucking moon and back with Pink Floyd, or maybe to Valhalla with Stormwarrior, with its black background and stable power output facilitating incredible detail - and with music, incredible emotion!

An amp or headphone that gives a warm fuzzy tone, or over-exaggerated bass, will sound just fine with many songs but ruin others depending on the tonal balance. This is why people even have different pairs of cans for different genres of music! But the ideal headphone would be perfectly linear across the entire audible range, so that the desired sound could be obtained with just an EQ.

Now I know what you mean with the producers trying to make their music sound good on everything, and why wouldn't they? But the notion that their work is less enjoyable on studio grade hardware is absurd.

I'm no expert producer, but I do have a little experience, and there is not much to worry about with getting a good sound on various systems once the mastering is done. The mostly-cheap non-linear speakers will just play the frequencies they are capable of, and you don't have to worry about the ones they can't. Most music is written to be intelligible even if you can only hear the midrange anyway.

>>58626358
biggest issue here is that the Beyerdynamics are closed.
Compare good open headphones with good closed headphones and you will get the idea.
Closed style is a tradeoff to make headphones practical in situation where there is noise around you.
When you are in a comfy setting alone at home, open hi-fis are the better choice.

>>58625875
There's literally no reason for the DACMAGIC here, and the amp is literal snake oil
Fine for aesthetics I guess, but even then the DACMAGIC is retarded, the Creative XFi probably has a better DAC than whatever the dacmagic has
Also, CMSS and EAX can easily be done with OpenAL on literally any platform, though I guess it's still easier to use a Creative soundcard than to configure OpenAL

>>58620732
It's... PETER _SPACE_ FILE

You're not even funny.

>>58627360
im hilarius :)

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Update: It's one of the better DACs I've used

>>58627461
in what ways?

>>58627461
>Bose
>Urbanears
>Topre
>Asus
>Win10
>Steam
>Chrome
>literally no cable management
wew lad

>>58627503
The acoustics are really good, so it's worth it. Can't shortchange yourself on a good DAC. So much detail in the higher frequencies. It has so much detail in the higher frequencies. It really isolates me from the noise.

>>58627521
I move my mouse and keyboard around a lot so I leave all them cables hanging around. Cable management is for retards with too much time on their hands.

>>58627674
I mean compared to your other dacs. By 'the noise' you mean the emi inside your PC case? I'm sure it is better, but the same goes for any external dac.

>>58627674
How much is creative paying you?
There is almost no value in a DAC unless you're not getting clean output ordinarily.

>>58627866
>>58627874
> falling for the bait
He's quoting https://youtu.be/emkMdTvg5pU?t=44s

>>58625471
Scarlett is shit. The sound floor is awful.

>>58628003
there is none.

>>58628029
Incorrect.

>>58628048
source?

>>58624667
What if the sound is the sound of consenting ?

>>58620621
>A audiophile

An audiophile*

>>58628307
A*

>>58628585
Gaymer marketed garbage

>>58620684
>>58620884
No, *almost all people* don't deserve to exist.

White trash trailer scum, nigger hood rats, filthy zionist jews, backwards arse mudslime scum. All don't deserve to exist.

>spergs shilling "tube amps"

Bet you guys can't even explain what those tubes are doing (hint: it ain't the power stage)

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>Audiophile shit

I hope you realise that the cause of 99 % of the distortion is caused by your speaker or headphone drivers. That's why they get away with shit like pic related.

>>58626265
I think the idea is that most 15 volt AC wall warts are just transfomers, not switching power supplies, so he can have a "pure" linear supply.

>>58625875
>Using a DAC on an already analogue signal
>WAT

>>58630134
I get your point but I wouldn't call CA 'shit'.
Their claims are not actually lies, they're not even using convoluted acronyms. Their amps are not _that_ expensive are they?
Building a nice gainclone with a good ps and case and preamp etc costs money too.

>>58630678
Those chips were built for little mono CRT TVs. They're shit. Trash. Audible distortion tier trash.

>>58630714
Wait...
-It seems to be a common part
-Not _that_ cheap: loads of competition at that price, plenty fine sounding shit
-Capitalism
I don't know but this makes your assertion sound unlikely.

>>58630714
Oh, and the 'it was made for television so it must not be hifi' argument: you can say that about redbook audio minus a few tweaks too.

>>58625547

why is her lower body a dog?

>>58630733
>>58630745
Just look at the fucking datasheet for it, lol. It's boombox tier specs with a higher supply voltage.

>>58630134
>Bong electronics
Found your problem.

>>58621670
Atleast it's not a 500 yo vampire

>>58630853
"boombox tier specs" Is like, your opinion, man.
How about you try backing up your "Audible distortion" smear?
Ive looked at the specs, I don't see that. Philips' engineers claim its hi-fi, you seem to know something they don't?

>>58626316
>plugging in closed studio headphones made for exact, non colored sound reproduction

You've never fucking used a 770, have you.

can i be an audophile if i bay $10000 hdmi cable?

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>>58620621
>>58620650

I prefer listening to my motherboard audio to my 100$ USB DAC. I fucking hate "uncolored" sound. More detail in the mid range, marginally better sound separation, but less highs, even less lows, and since it's a USB connection, I can't have an EQ on the OS level to fix this. No thanks...

>>58631064
>since it's a USB connection, I can't have an EQ on the OS level to fix this.
but that's wrong

>>58631085
prove it

>>58631022
KEK

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>>58630988
Alright, I have to concede that the specs are better than I recalled them. In fact, as long as the chip doesn't have a silly poor output impedance (which they don't spec), it could be reasonably transparent. Still, the -60 dB THD (not even including noise) spec at its rated power is far from impressive, albeit still inaudible. To put it into perspective, it's pretty much on par with $20 tier ching chong class D amps.

>>58620621
>(((nfc)))


wew, it's like they jewed themselves

>>58631102
i do software filtering, including an EQ, with jack, which runs on top of alsa
it's completely hardware-agnostic

>>58631157
>alsa
Right, how about Windows?

>>58631064
>and since it's a USB connection, I can't have an EQ on the OS level to fix this

Use EQ APO
your DAC being USB doesnt prevent it from being EQ'd.

>>58631178
>your DAC being USB doesnt prevent it from being EQ'd
It doesn't, but I've only got application level EQ working so far. APO doesn't work, tried it.

>>58629808
I bet you voted for trump you confused faggot

>>58631174
no idea, i don't use that

>>58631197
please. Trump-trash also need to be removed.

>>58626265
>could have built the regulation into the device

That's exactly what having an ac walwart means, stupid. All the walwart contains is a transformer. Dual power supplies have been used for decades in push-pull amps for a reason. Audio signals need to be able to swing equally above and below the signal ground. Using a pair of 15v rails sharing a common ground simplifies things much more than creating a virtual ground on a 30v rail. You're isolating the "positive" circuitry from the "negative" from the get go. Everything to turn this noisy AC into clean DC is inside the amp.

>why not stick the transformer inside the amp?

Weight and versatility. The O2 is designed to be EITHER a portable amp or a desktop one. So packing in a heavy and expensive transformer aint really ideal.

Also note you can find a barebones transformer on ebay and just pick an enclosure that will fit it and the O2 pcb and it will work the same.

>>58626358
Shitty meme where you start listening more of your equipment and less of the music. It also devaluates the art and the production process when you don't even have a reference.

>>58631585
Enjoy listening to your linear, soulless, analytic piece of shit then. I like music with character.

>>58631644
then start listening to music with character, not equipment's shortcomings to reproduce that character

>>58631659
A sound equipment's sound profile doesn't have jack shit in common with any ability to reproduce detail. Those two things are totally unrelated. I can have all the detail I want and have some of that detail nudged in any direction I like.

>>58631683
so character is detail now?
or what is it you're even trying to say

>>58631695
I'm trying to say that production equipment is meant to produce sound that is a base line for other equipment that is supposed to reproduce it, thus, using production equipment - that is supposed to be as linear and uncolored as possible for the aforementioned reason -, to reproduce music is just a retarded notion from the get go.

You aren't supposed to listen to music with the same equipment it was produced with, because the neutral sound signature it makes is boring as fuck.

>>58626347
take another look at the study. you clearly didn't understand it. mono makes differences in coloration much easier to hear than stereo which is the reason that was used in both training the listeners as well as evaluating the sound. loudspeakers were tested blind with multiple trials. it wasn't a comparison until data was already made.

>>58631739
what the fuck...

>>58631885
>what the fuck
There are people who like their EQ presets better, than "what the artists intended their music to sound like". Deal with it.

>>58631920
yep but while that EQ preset works for some songs on some individual, there is a hundred others it destroys and at this point it isn't the equipment's fault but the production.

>>58631119
Cool. What model is that amp? How much does it go for?
I think I would pay max 400 euro new.

>>58631119
the ca, not the lepai ;)

>>58631920
>>58632002
>implying EQ is made for coloring music to your own taste
That's what it ends up doing when in the wrong hands unfortunately.

But equalization done right (measurement microphone + parametric EQ or convolution to a target curve) can correct most headphones flaws, and quite a few speakers/room flaws too.
You end up with something neutral (not the """""neutral""""" audiophiles loath and which usually means "emphasized mediums and no bass") which sounds really good on all records.

>>58632117
>>58632125
Google tells me it's a fully equipped A1 Special Edition, which would have been ~£120 in 1998, ~£200 or 230 € today. Not too bad value for money at all, actually. If it actually lives up to the chip specs, that is.

>>58626820
tested tube amp on both, dacmagic sounds more than 4 times better
cmss and eax cannot be done with openal without creative sound card
you can use asus card to emulate eax greater than eax 2.0 but it works very badly, you can emulate acoustics with asus card with dolby headphone that is worse in my opinion
>>58630557
>coaxial
>analog
>wat

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>>58632353
I own a pair of 4311Bs, with entirely stock crossovers that I really should rebuild.

>>58630991
Infact, I have two 770 layig here for producing.
I also have an open Hi-Fi Sennheiser HD 485 which I prefer for a comfy listening session.
>wheighs half as much as the 770
>does a warm coloring of the sound
>more natural listening because of open shells

>>58620621

is a vali 2 + magni 2 uber audiophile yet?

>>58625471

I have the revised scarlett solo. Is it really that decent? I just use it for a mic in. Ill have to give it a try sometime and compare it to my $120 chink dac.

>>58624391
I've got a pair of soundblaster headphones. I didn't buy them for gayming or audio, they were just pretty cheap and looked comfortable. I still have them, they're held together with electrical tape.

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I'm A Alien

>>58633320
>4311B
Just read up on those, they have different crossovers. There's redesigned xo's out there for the L100's poorer originals. Was wondering if you had experience with any.

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In this moment I am euphoric.
Not because of any phony crossover. But because, I am listening to wideband speakers.

>>58625471
UR22 steinberg also sexy and stacks better

>>58635326
>(((steinberg)))

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>>58620621
>a[!n] audiophile

>>58635517
Audiophilia is O(n) of autism

>>58624702
Looks like a class D amplifier.
No audiofool would be satisfied with anything less than class A or Valves.

>>58629808
what about gooks who shit under the kitchen table

>>58624391
>do people actually buy soundblaster junk

Depending on what you're getting from them, it's just fine. If you think you've got the top notch audio equipment available for a PC, you've fallen for a meme. But, if you wanted top of the bottom end/lower mid-range gear at an affordable price, it's not exactly like there are companies out there making intrinsically superior $50-100 DAC's.

>>58631920
>i prefer my picaso repro's reglossed and oversaturated, picaso was great but my taste is my taste

You sound like a fucking retard.

>>58629808
>>58631295
Only Indians should be allowed to exist. They have culture richer than any other civilization

>>58626298
I still have a CT4780 which is honestly the shit
>no DC offset
>properly grounded / not electrically noisy
>modest 48kHz gets the job done

>>58630134
>the cause of 99 % of the distortion is caused by your speaker or headphone drivers
dis.
And about half the cases not caused by those are due merely to shit grounding in the ultra-budget consumer audio chipsets

>$40 sound card
>$100 MDR-V6
Boom. Audio system COM PLET ED

>>58637381
I can't believe it, someone on /g/ who actually has a clue about computer audio.

>>58625875
enjoy your latency using the XFi digital out.

>>58637381
>headphones
>audio system
for emergencies its okay i guess

>tfw audiophile tendencies
>tfw computer room (parents' basement) is too loud for a studio mic
>tfw going to have to submit to a Gaymer mic of some kind

>>58637699
what the fuck is wrong with you? i have never read such a stupid post on /g/ before

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Xonar D1 master race reporting in!

>>58637794
wat do then

A studio/podcast mic will pick up
>the AC
>the dehumidifier
>the box fans
>the small childrens' loudly talking and playing Just Dance 24/7 across the basement

thus I need a gaming mic to get noise cancellation
…unless you have a better suggestion?

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>>58637861
still rocking my 2003 SB Live! 24bit PCI

No Reason To Upgrade(tm)

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>>58638178
why would you need a "gaming mic" to get noise cancellation? first of all, noise cancellation is not what you need, you want noise reduction, or even better: a compressor. furthermore that's a software feature that you can use on literally any microphone you can connect to your computer in any way.
and last but not least, not every "studio mic" will pick up that much background noise. a large diaphragm mic like pic related will, but if you just want to record voice, you might as well get a cheap SM58 or similar. you're better off that way. what exactly are you planning to do, anyways? for teamspeak/skype/etc, you're probably better off just using push to talk or some shit.

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>>58638214
Still using a Fortissimo 4 (Via VT1724) from the same era. Works like a charm.

>>58638262
listen to this nigga

>>58624702
i bought parst, friend make this parts into a amp
good like cmoybb and imod

>>58625547
I don't get it and I feel cucked.

>>58626061
What the hell I thought that was a panty quest game.

>>58631739
the character is IN THE FUCKING MUSIC, not your shitty headphones!

>>58638214
I tried using mine but it literally destroyed my Ivry Bridge motherboard. Still works fine in in my Pentium 4 machine.

>>58633320

go for bi amping and digital crossovers - it will change your life

i have a behringer dcx2496 triamped driving some tannoy monitors and a subwoofer.

Infinately variable crossovers let you do time domain correction and tweak the room eq. Its the future and best bang for buck audio wise.

crossovers and room acoustics and source quality are EVERYTHING

>>58641620
yeah, no. software crossovers are not really a good idea when you are already using hardware crossovers inside your speakers.

>>58620621
Just bumping :)