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decided to take apart one of the steelseries usb soundcard v2 units

very cute little pcb

big chip is conexant cx20873 dolby turnkey IC

small chip on top side is conexant cx20745 i2s codec

reeee

Mmm lines

What exactly am I looking at here

a frequency response graph

So if I want something good the line is supposed to be as straight as possible?

not quite

that's just frequency response alone

and my rig is a flatplate so it doesnt account for any outer ear interactions, which means the upper midrange and treble will never be properly accurate

but flatter = better in a general trend

oh alright

thanks

freq response isn't as important as distortion
flatter response tends to come hand in hand with low distortion because flat responses target people who care about quality, but I'd look at distortion first then see if the FR works for you

i cant do proper distortion plots atm because my room noise is too high :(

well

tried to take apart my broken zircons

don't do it

lol

heat works but it might as well be welded together

i want my dumb cheap iems to come

right one is the one i ended up melting, left one still has driver inside

i thought it was just pressfit with some glue

NOPE

its okay i have extra blutack laying around

diy earphones

I would delete that before a mod sees it ilves

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i mean it technically fits the topic if you consider music "audio autistic"

tho id rather we didnt have shitposting in here

Makes sense since the Beatles is the audiofool band
Yep I would too

Serious question now
How bad are the apple airpod clones and knockoffs?
Has anyone ever experienced one?

bad

the original airpods are pretty bad, and the knockoffs are even worse

That would explain a lot