you can probably see I gave up*

rip

they still PM me a lot

mostly little kids

you can still PM on youtube?

streamers wannabees

yeah

i thought they removed that function in like 2010 when they got rid of like all channel customisation

nah people still message me a lot

hi what is best microphone under $0.50c??

please ssir

rupees*

tutorials for youtube

mostly pajeet kids

notepad.exe

pajeets rustle me for some reason

https://audiobudget.com/product/URBANFUN/Hi-Fi-Mk2B

🤢 one driver

measures worse than the originals lol

yeah

also cheaper cable

@Windatica I bought one of those Bluetooth modules that has the straight connector and a pair of ES3's which I just checked the photo and they have bent 'L' sort of connection, does that mean I won't be able to use them together?

ya

cant

you could try sanding the connector to fit but i dont know if that'll work

benjie s5 got here, not a fan of the touch buttons but feels a lot sturdier than i expected

sounds same as the t6, not that i expected much of a difference really

Fuck me, what's the cheapest KZs that are compatible with the Bluetooth module?

ZS3

for the straight angled ones

to be fair, at least you can use them on the ZS5/6

i don't own ZST but i own ZS3/ZS5

i wish i had a bt cable for those

I might just wait a while, I've got ATE's and ES3's coming and I've never owned a pair of KZs before so I just want to get a feel for them before I decide to drop a bit more money on a more expensive pair

The cable was $2.99 you should have grabbed one

where was it 3bux?

Droidbot had a coupon for it on gearbest a little while ago, do a search in hot deals for it

It was au/NZ only

🤢

updated benjie s5 to agptek m20 firmware now it can do playlists

but the ui now a bit fucked up, its placed 2 pixels to the right than where it should have been

lol

that's chink for me

so like

how much of audiophile shit is just autism

a lot

i should know considering i heard a 160k headphone setup two days ago

does a good dac make a difference

depends on the implimentation

usually not

pretty easy to get a "good" dac

Pro tip, "audio grade" just means "not good enough for high frequency signals"

where do i get a good dac

Only place big price tags are really justified from a performance standpoint are loudspeakers and their amps because anything high power is expensive

just buy a high efficiency horn or some jbl thing lol

nobody needs to have a concert setup in their house do they

i heard some JBL4367's and they were fucking phenomenal

22k tho

I'm watching comfy's video on thrifting speakers and I'm kind of tempted to go out and find good speakers

passives

and buy an amp

No but if you want that more money actually means more good up to around the million dollar Mark

Damn, spending that much on audio shit seems like insanity to me

Also for dac pcm2904 is my new fave

Can you actually tell the difference past a certain point

with diminishing returns and all that

certain point of what

With loudspeakers yeah

price

what component are you talking about

Louder without distortion

yeah loudspeakers

oh just everything

yeah defo

hell you can even tell with good headphones, i was turning the orpheus up to like 110dB for moments and shit was still super clean

im not sure how but it was insane

god damn, how do your ears handle that

i'm not blacc and uaually i play things at a reasonable volume

hehe

i mean, im exxaggerating lol

i obviously didnt have a spl meter on me

but it was way past normal listening level

so like, any tips on thrift shopping old bookshelf speakers and shit?

honestly its a massive gamble

Look at the terminal for the wire

buy something that looks reasonable and buy an imm6 and EQ the shit outta em

You want binding posts not the little clips

That's a good rule of thumb for mystery speakers

Not always gonna mean they're good but the extra money spent there is a good sign

the old lepai 2020A+ amps are pretty decent if you can pick one up cheap

would pair well for some thrift speakers

damn, this audio shit is a rabbit hole innit

yeah

headphones are cheap even for TOTL shit

4k Utopia and 6k Susvara are fucking pennies compared to speaker shit

hell even if you wanna go big bux and get a 007mk2 with some mad tubes or an orpheus youre still on the lighter end of speaker systems

honestly the best way to stay out of it is just live in an apartment and use some decent cheap IEMs

yeah, i was just looking for a fun project

my IEM endgame is only gonna be about 750AUD lol