The headband remindes me of condoms for some reason.
It’s like the surrounds are thicc and the middle, thin.
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How long before the aftermarket cases flood the market?
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Not sure yet, seeing as the only way to ‘power off’ the headphones involves putting them in the bra case and closing it with a magnet on the case…
However, this doesn’t power them off seeing as they can’t be powered off, just put into sleep mode.
3rd parties will need to figure out/get licenses for that case design
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China be like what’s a licence? lol
They look so bad!
Oh boy…
Also: In b4 the swivel joints fail in 3 months
If I had to guess, reed switch in the headphone. So any magnet will do.
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PC Audio Pinout Rant
We all know how on TRS (unbalanced), the pinout is
| Pin | Signal |
|---|---|
| Tip | Left |
| Ring | Right |
| Sleeve | Ground |
And then there is this shit:
So TRRS is mostly (>90% market)
| Pin | Signal | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Tip | Left | Left |
| Ring 1 | Right | Right |
| Ring 2 | Ground | Mic |
| Sleeve | Mic | Ground |
But wait! It gets worse!
So the pink jack on PCs is standardized, right?
WRONG!
Sennheiser does it like this:
Creative Labs used to do it like this (no idea if that is still the case):
Some obscure website mentions this:
| Pin | Signal | Or maybe? | But are you sure? | Possibly? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tip | Mic | Mic | Mic | Mic L |
| Ring | Bias | Mic | Ground | Mic R |
| Sleeve | Ground | Ground | Ground | Ground |
That was not helpful, was it?
So, maybe if we look at the AC97 standard and then probe the few pc cases I have here?
Oh look! There is a Bias Voltage (5V). Then again, AC97 is “legacy” allthough many pc-cases have the AC97 pinout connector after the HD-Audio header.
Let’s look at the two side by side:
Mic is still there, Ground, DAFUQ? WHY?! So It is maybe bias, maybe ground?
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Geez, didn’t knew it was so f uped. It’s like power supply cable’s for PC’s too, the pinouts are not standardized.
I fried my friend’s expensive Asus motherboard, he was not happy. (I used modular power supply cables from another brand)
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Oh yeah, if you go with aftermarket cables you better make sure it matches the psu brand AND model. Thankfully i think seasonics new line has nice black braided cables out of the box
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Well it’s like this today, the seller’s tech support which the video card that I got as a gift from my family that I have been chatting recently, left me a message in regards to my video card replacement and said this. “Hi, is this case closed?”…what the fuck do you think?! you have given me 2 weeks to wait for my card and so I wait (also the fact that is not even 2 weeks, for it is still technically 1 week and a half, makes this kind of funny.) and then out of the blue you are going to tell me that this case of mine is closed? Come on man, I am sure it is obvious that the case that I have is not yet closed.
After that message, I said this to him/her, “Not yet, I still don’t have a replacement RTX 3080 Ultra OC card on my hands.” I am sure they get the message and did tell me that they are going to message me if there’s now a stock of that card that I have as a replacement.
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Antsy CS. Some get rated or paid on closing or finishing cases. Still not considerate.
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They got the message, for they did say to me that they are going to message me or contact once there is a stock of that specific GPU that I got and it will be exactly 2 weeks passed now once tomorrow comes. I am not expecting it to have a stock by tomorrow since these cards to begin with are a pain in the ass to get, especially with this year still going shit for most everyone.
I traded my old he400i to a friend because he needed them more than me lol, I got audio technicas m50x bluetooth. I needed some monitors so nice trade I tought. These fucking suck, the regular m50x was ok to me, but these are much worse and every reviewer ever did its best to ignore their shortcomings.
What the fuck audio technica? they took away like 3db of bass from the original m50x and now these sound dead, it affects the lower mids also. The bass before was a little too much but now it sounds wrong.
These have a noisy battery that makes very loud hiss and cracking noises while using them bt, the hiss goes away when idle for a few seconds which makes it a lot more noticeable when it comes back, my unit is not bad, this is how its supposed to be.
“well at least I can use them for monitoring” NO. there’s hiss when using them cabled too, its barely audible BUT this time its only on the left driver where the battery is which triggers me.
For what these cost they are a steal but at gunpoint towards the customer, It blows my mind are still overhyped I give them 2 stars only because the beats exist and those are 1 star.
Wait, iirc the M50xBT should have the same frequency response as the M50x, right? Damn, your experience really sucks, condolences. Makes me wonder if an M50x with a FiiO BTA10 would sound better. Or honestly, BTR3k/5.
For me subjectively the m50x sounds better than the m50xbt regardless of the source, there are slight but important differences in the response. And the m40x probably sounds better than both, even my much cheaper ath-ar3bt has a more appealing sound signature to me, with no audible hiss and better bluetooth, while still being rather mediocre.
If you want bt on m50x fiio is the way to go.
Edit: typos
My Cat!! This is why I can’t have nice things… Always eating my cables, knocking anything and everything off tables, and not giving a crap.
I need cat proof cables.
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my 5600X was supposed to be delivered today, but ETA has been pushed back to Monday now 
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very easy to do. go buy a bottle of nail chewing deterrent. that’ll fix the issue!
edit - actually, you might be able to use vinegar. cats HATE vinegar…and it’s cheaper to boot. buuut, it will make your area smell until it’s dried out.
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Oh will be trying those. Probably should try out some better cable management as well while im at it…
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As Ricky Gervais said: “Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.”
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that’s an awesome quote!