[QUOTE=Stinky;40176148]Toddlers still suck though.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Raijin;40176112][h2]>:([/h2][/QUOTE]
They're loud, they get into everything, and they don't understand you well enough to listen to you.
[QUOTE=eurocracy;40176140]And does the whole audiophile soumdcard and headphone/speaker system really make a big difference for the cost, I mean, hundreds of pounds for a 'decent' system for you guys. My dad had a computer with a sound blaster X-Fi, I don't honestly see that much of a difference.
The spund quality on a normal PC isn't that bad to want to biy £150 headphones and then £100+ soundcard.[/QUOTE]
It only makes a difference if you actually use it.
If you just watch youtube videos and download mp3's from itunes you won't notice a significant difference. It may sound more crisp but that is a mix between just better headphones. To use another analogy its like buying a sports car and using it for your daily commute driving it like a family sedan without much change and you say "i don't see much of a difference in performance". Because the car isn't being used to its fullest.
Listen to blu ray movies, fiddle with your equalizer in your media program. Get FLACS when you can (oh god flacs can be so amazing).
Sound blasters x-Fi's also are not bad cards by a long shot. You just gotta actually use them.
Is Steam having issues for anyone else?
[QUOTE=DatWut?;40176233]Is Steam having issues for anyone else?[/QUOTE]
What, like the server being down?
Nah, i'm fine. It might be acting up in your area though.
I will never understand audiophiles.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;40176244]What, like the server being down?
Nah, i'm fine. It might be acting up in your area though.[/QUOTE]
My Steam mobile keeps reconnecting me. Just as I was having a nice conversation with someone...
[QUOTE=Cotroxy;40176298]I will never understand audiophiles.[/QUOTE]
I would not consider myself an audiophile, or even close to one. I just like getting the best quality of anything, provided i can afford it.
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[QUOTE=DatWut?;40176322]My Steam mobile keeps reconnecting me. Just as I was having a nice conversation with someone...[/QUOTE]
It's your phone connection then. I get that issue on mobile too, sometimes your signal is just not sufficient and causes steam to cut out. Reboot your phone to fix it for awhile.
[QUOTE=Stinky;40176174]They're loud, they get into everything, and they don't understand you well enough to listen to you.[/QUOTE]
only when you don't have the patience to talk to them in a way they would understand.
i live with a toddler and she understands me perfectly fine because i limit my vocabulary to hers (more or less).
yeah they're loud, yeah they touch shit they shouldn't get into. but the only way to get them to stop is repeatedly tell them that those kinds of things aren't acceptable.
if that doesn't work, put them in time out (if you know they understood what you said).
speaking of not toddlers im currently helping watch my 7 month old nephew
he's goddamn cute as all hell and every time he looks at me he smiles the widest smile, we think its 'cause i look like his dad
I spent $130 on my headphones and I have no regrets. You don't need a sound card unless you get interference. Normally, most built-in sound cards are decent unless you're spending hundreds of dollars on headphones. I listen to high quality music, usually 320kbps MP3, and the difference was amazing after getting these headphones. It's just astounding how crisp and clear everything sounds. How I can detail some many instruments from each other and how accurate it produces them is mind-boggling.
I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile and I don't want to start any debates, I'm just saying that I enjoy my headphones very much and the quality of the music sounds much nicer. If you're curious of picking up some [b]fantastic[/b] headphones for the price, I'd recommend [url=http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-RPHTF600S-RP-HTF600-S-Stereo-Headphones/dp/B004MMEI8W]these[/url]. They're <$30 and the best headphones you'll get for under $80. Combine that with a cheap $10 [url=http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Zm-Mic1-Sensitivity-Headphone-Microphone/dp/B00029MTMQ/]clip-on mic[/url] or desktop boom mic and you have yourself a "headset" with far better sound quality than you'll ever find on those headsets you find online.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;40176347]
It's your phone connection then. I get that issue on mobile too, sometimes your signal is just not sufficient and causes steam to cut out. Reboot your phone to fix it for awhile.[/QUOTE]
Did that, keeps happening.
I can browse Facepunch just fine. It's not my phone.
I have Sennheiser HD555's from a few years ago, they're still great in every way. Got them on sale for $100 as well.
Out of curiosity, what's the modern successor to the 555s?
I have generic headphones
i had polaroid headphones for a good two weeks then my 2lb puppy stepped on the cord and completely ruined them
worst $10 i never spent
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40176667]I have Sennheiser HD555's from a few years ago, they're still great in every way. Got them on sale for $100 as well.
Out of curiosity, what's the modern successor to the 555s?[/QUOTE]I believe the HD558
[QUOTE=TehWhale;40140387]If anyone wants to see how much of an asshole redback is, feel free to [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1233985&p=40140101&viewfull=1#post40140101
]click here[/url].
Of all threads, I would think this one would be decently tolerant to people who are feeling down and come here to just tell someone.[/QUOTE]
wow this guy is so nice i wonder why nobody likes him!
[QUOTE=TehWhale;40176801]I believe the HD558[/QUOTE]
Jesus they're like $260
Sennheiser are good but they're just ripoffs 90% of the time
I drank enough alcohol last night that I actually felt the effects for the first time. It seemed like a (and I quote) "fucking great idea" to text my friends who are all usually on a Skype call at midnight until 3am, so they would have had a great laugh. I called them as well because at first they didn't believe I'd been drinking. I almost outed myself as well. Lines like (in response to my friend saying "wait until you get on the heroin!") "No! I am not a heroin. I am the damsel in distress. Prince charming can come save me." and also the completely unprovoked: "You guys. Lov you skype guys. I would give you all oral sexes."
I wasn't completely off my face, I was just exaggerating it a bit because I knew they would all be thoroughly entertained. They also kept hanging up on me because they didn't want me to say anything too embarrassing, which was nice. Or maybe it was because I kept giving my phone to my drunk 28 year old married cousin so he could talk to them. He (my cousin) also kept going on about "sushi" which referred to two Taiwanese girls he tried to hook me and my brother up with. It was bemusing. Australians are racist.
I leave you with my best text message of the night:
"I had some more watw but my dressing gown went on bacjwards this time its upset with me."
Translation: [sp]I drank water like you said, but because (as I had said before) I am not wearing pants I had to put my dressing gown on. I put it on backwards and couldn't be bothered to turn it around.[/sp]
Man, Dark Souls is haaaaard when you first start playing it. I'm terrible at it :v:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/5bfeh9D.png[/img]
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[QUOTE=Contron;40177192]Man, Dark Souls is haaaaard when you first start playing it. I'm terrible at it :v:[/QUOTE]
What do you own it on? Steam?
[QUOTE=Seiteki;40177224][img]http://i.imgur.com/5bfeh9D.png[/img]
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What do you own it on? Steam?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, on Steam.
[QUOTE=Seiteki;40177224][img]http://i.imgur.com/5bfeh9D.png[/img]
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too bad the only time you can afford 50 dragon dildos is that small window of time between childhood and adulthood where you have income but no bills
[QUOTE=Tark;40176492]speaking of not toddlers im currently helping watch my 7 month old nephew
he's goddamn cute as all hell and every time he looks at me he smiles the widest smile, we think its 'cause i look like his dad[/QUOTE]
Tark, where's my update on the organ house.
I need to KNOW these things.
[QUOTE=Harpie;40177015]Sennheiser are good but they're just ripoffs 90% of the time[/QUOTE]
Don't you mean Beats?
[t]http://imageshack.us/a/img443/4003/imageuos.jpg[/t]
Can I play Dota this way?
[QUOTE=Contron;40177192]Man, Dark Souls is haaaaard when you first start playing it. I'm terrible at it :v:[/QUOTE]
Watch this!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSVW6RSgFUI[/media]
You'll be doing soul level 1 runs in no time
i gave up on dark souls because i fucked myself over and so i'm stuck and i don't want to make a new game because i had gotten pretty far
Use [URL="http://www.headphone.com/headphones/superlux-hd668b.php"]these[/URL], I really like em. I hate headsets, always just use a separate mic and headphones, sounds better and if one breaks I don't lose both.
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