Headphone random conversation

[Colif]

none of my earphones have been used enough to require a pad swap yet. I doubt I need to do it for a few more years. I don't use two pairs often and the 3rd, while attached to my amp, is not used that often.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I'm going to uninstall SteelSeries Sonar. It is absolute garbage. It's baffling to use. It locks me out of Dolby Atmos. AND, every time I reboot the computer, it resets, so I have to go back and set it all up again. It's hard for me to believe that the same people who made their awesome mouse software probably also made this.

I'm not sure their DAC is going to work correctly without this software, so I may be getting a new one.

 

[Colif]

I didn't even know they had a dac

https://steelseries.com/gaming-accessories/gamedac

according to AI it doesn't need sonar but sonar opens up features such as noise cancelling and EQ

Only pc related company I would buy a Dac from would be Creative as I could believe they make a good one...

Sound Blaster G8

Dual USB DAC and Amp redefines audio performance for headphones and speakers. Hear everything in hi-res and be in control with Sound Blaster Acoustic Engine.

au.creative.com

 

[Zed Clampet]

Oh god. Not kidding, my headset sounds so much better now with Dolby Atmos and no Sonar. It's night and day. And apparently there's not a real use for Sonar other than what you listed, and I have those functions elsewhere.

 

[neogunhero]

Oh god. Not kidding, my headset sounds so much better now with Dolby Atmos and no Sonar. It's night and day. And apparently there's not a real use for Sonar other than what you listed, and I have those functions elsewhere.

I seriously hate software that you are forced to use if you want to use one or two specific features. Razer is the absolute worst when it comes to that. No I'm not going to download your 1.2gb program that uses 300mb of RAM just to change the RGB on my mouse which my hand covers whenever I'm using it.

 

[Colif]

Synapse is why I don't use Razer.
Don't buy anything from Asus either, for similar reasons, although they do seem to be weakening and have a lite version of Armoury Crate.

I have to have steelseries software running to use the low power mode on my mouse but I don't use sonar on my PC. Its never been set up. So I let it run. only uses at most 80mb which is nothing... i have 18gb free, I can't tell its running...

 

[neogunhero]

Synapse is why I don't use Razer.
Don't buy anything from Asus either, for similar reasons, although they do seem to be weakening and have a lite version of Armoury Crate.

I have to have steelseries software running to use the low power mode on my mouse but I don't use sonar on my PC. Its never been set up. So I let it run. only uses at most 80mb which is nothing... i have 18gb free, I can't tell its running...

The Razer app doesn't use much resources but still, 300mb for a program that I only use to change RGB colors is pathetic. The only light is where my palm rests so I don't see it besides when I step away from the desk. Totally useless to me.

 

[Colif]

My rgb on mouse is in same place but the low power mode disables it. I only see lighting when I turn mouse on. Mouse has a switch on bottom that selects bluetooth, wired or wireless modes. Wired is the off setting if mouse unplugged. Colour I see corresponds with either BT or wireless.

rgb on mice is pretty pointless in general. About only use is if it starts flashing when you low on battery, if mouse is wireless.

 

[Zed Clampet]

@neogunhero @Colif

I basically have the SteelSeries software always on, but the rest of their software is very good. Mine runs a little higher than Colif's at a tad over 100 MB, but that's possibly because I have 20 mouse profiles loaded into it.

 

[Colif]

The only part of the software I use is Engine, everything else hasn't been configured or ever looked at.

Only reasons I installed software are to get latest firmware, and install the drivers as they replace the standard Microsoft ones. Think it also turns off a setting in windows. Also used to set a custom DPI to use as default... and delete some of its defaults as they too fast

if I turn off low power mode and let it use rgb, the mouse battery lasts about a day. If I use low power mode, it lasts 20 days. Obvious choice.

 

[Colif]

My first good Digital Audio Players

I need to find the unit that matches book on left
CD player died years ago but I refuse to throw it away

 

[Zed Clampet]

My first good Digital Audio Players

I need to find the unit that matches book on left
CD player died years ago but I refuse to throw it away

I have an old CD by a South American folk band I wish I could listen to. It's been many years. Maybe I should by a CD player.

 

[Colif]

I have an old CD by a South American folk band I wish I could listen to. It's been many years. Maybe I should by a CD player.

shame all the new ones copy the look of the original cd walkman and not the later versions that made them small enough to fit in my pockets at time.

Guangzhou Feiao Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.-DM15 R2R

Guangzhou Feiao Electronic Technology Co., Ltd

www.fiio.com

Main advantage to SlimX was it played mp3. Now that isn't so incredible now and is probably expected, but in 1999 it was a new thing. It was also really slim... as name suggests and I think it had a small memory buffer that let it be unskippable for most part.

I thought about a CD player but instead I just bought a DVD Burner and use it to rip any CD I want to play... I should get back to making my FLAC library.