Headphone random conversation

[Zed Clampet]

I haven't used it on my PC I know at one stage almost every output on my PC was steelseries but right now its now showing at all. Just my monitor that doesn't have a speaker, and my speakers.
I knew I had a screenshot

overkill. And yet its nowhere to be seen now.

What I've learned over the last two days is that Windows sound settings are a mess.

 

[Colif]

What I've learned over the last two days is that Windows sound settings are a mess.

I have known that for years now, its why I don't play with my sound drivers. They can be a pain to get right. I don't even bother updating them, if they work already you can break things.

 

[Colif]

It still exists, you just need to know where to look. But if you want speakers, it does get expensive to get good ones.

Soundbars can be good, if you have a reasonable one and link it to a sub or two. Surround systems can be expensive too but price doesn't mean quality.

I am sure there is plenty of snake oil salesmen in the Audio Visual space, plenty of eager buyers who don't know anything.

Bluetooth was sold as the easy alternative but the drawbacks were never mentioned before suddenly everyone has crappy Bluetooth speakers that sound like phone speakers, muddy as hell.

Even I have one and I expect it sounds exactly like it looks

brothers joke Xmas present one year. I never used it.

Wired music is better until BT is actually lossless and doesn't include a mode that swaps back to lossy if the bandwidth isn't high enough. Pass.

 

[TimGarcia1991]

Audio Technica ATH M50X $130.99 on Ebay. Before that I used a Turtle Beach Earforce PLa.

 

[Colif]

I have known that for years now, its why I don't play with my sound drivers. They can be a pain to get right. I don't even bother updating them, if they work already you can break things.

So far I have ignored them completely on my new PC. Sound is looked after by beaming it to Wiim ultra via Bluetooth. How long my ears can cope with headphones is questionable.
even if they are Hifiman Arya... I hear things in videos I prefer not to... plosives. peoples mouth too close to microphones. You don't hear them over speakers. Well, my cheap ones anyway. Funny, these headphones are twice the value of my speakers... it shows.

Might buy a toslink cable and see if I can get digital sound out of PC into speakers. Instructions show it should work... I thought I had the right cable but its not.
If that doesn't work, long term is a pair of Adam speakers I guess. I haven't seriously looked as PC was main purchase this year... sound might have a come back soon.

 

[Colif]

I think later this year I will buy a pair of these

ADAM Audio - D3V Desktop Monitors [Active]

Designed for producers, and music lovers, the D3Vs can be connected via USB-C and offer a wealth of features, plus incredible audio performance.

www.adam-audio.com

They need a level playing field and I can't really achieve that without a desk but i could buy two speaker stands and use those instead.

Need to break free from PC speakers. These can be attached to my amp via xkr cables and USB to PC at same time, and will sound way better than the ones I have now.

 

[Colif]

Not sure I can just use headphones. Its starting to get annoying.

Every day I wake up, start watching a video... recently I keep forgetting I can only get sound out of headphones and its really hard to change after 25 years using speakers. Today I started watching one and wondered why I couldn't hear anything until i heard my headphones playing. Put them on...

It doesn't feel normal to me. I don't have a reason to stay quiet... speakers actually make it easier to hear others. With headphones I have to notice them at the door. I can just leave room and not worry about being plugged in (don't suggest wireless lol). Only headset that can come close to my Arya in sound is the Maxwell.

My Logitech speakers are looking at me begging to be used. I probably buy a cable for them on Tuesday and see if I can get stereo out of them. Better than nothing.

Right now with a fan making annoying noises, headphones the only way to drown it out. I would prefer silence.

Its annoying having to swap inputs on the wiim to swap between PC and Tidal. Annoying it loses my spot in the Tidal playlist when I do.
Annoying having to use my phone to control all of this but thats just the wiim app for you.

 

[anort3]

Not sure I can just use headphones. Its starting to get annoying.

Every day I wake up, start watching a video... recently I keep forgetting I can only get sound out of headphones and its really hard to change after 25 years using speakers. Today I started watching one and wondered why I couldn't hear anything until i heard my headphones playing. Put them on...

It doesn't feel normal to me. I don't have a reason to stay quiet... speakers actually make it easier to hear others. With headphones I have to notice them at the door. I can just leave room and not worry about being plugged in (don't suggest wireless lol). Only headset that can come close to my Arya in sound is the Maxwell.

My Logitech speakers are looking at me begging to be used. I probably buy a cable for them on Tuesday and see if I can get stereo out of them. Better than nothing.

Right now with a fan making annoying noises, headphones the only way to drown it out. I would prefer silence.

Its annoying having to swap inputs on the wiim to swap between PC and Tidal. Annoying it loses my spot in the Tidal playlist when I do.
Annoying having to use my phone to control all of this but thats just the wiim app for you.

Time to go down the speaker rabbit hole! lol

 

[Colif]

lucky aune only runs active speakers and I don't intend to buy anything else to run them... ignores the S17 Pro Evo...

Seems I can run both the Adam D3v off the Wiim and maybe add my Logitech Sub in as a sub.

Adam Audio D3V

https://www.adam-audio.com/en/desktop/d3v/ Going to hear these today, I have a small REL sub (Tzero MKIII) that I may try to integrate. Listening distance is 1.8m. my question is will the Ultra be able to control the volume to USB 1.1 input? 16bit with USB / 48khz I can try the analog inputs...

forum.wiimhome.com

Wiim can run them all... Aune can't do a sub.