Rant thread - share your grievances, not just audio

To get this back on track.

My oven started beeping at 4am and showed an F1 error. All troubleshooting so far has failed and it wont heat up or stop beeping. Im thankful its gas as we killed the fuse and are using a lighter to still cook on the top range.

The fucker at GoPro who said “we need stereo”…
I want a court order to make that guy wear headphones that randomly have a left/right imbalance!
You see that!
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Look at it!
ARGH!

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I have and Coolermaster H500 and mine didn’t come with the acrylic front. This is an option if you want to choke your PC to death, but mine never got off the box. AFAIK the case always comes with the two panel options, so if you want airflow or some flair you can have it. I’m very content with its performance, added more 2 Noctua redux as exhaust and my pc is very quiet.

Anyways, as others have stated, the PC case market seems made a turn for the better this year, with a lot of good air-flow options appearing. I just hope this trend continues.

Well today it has not been all smooth and sailing, for I was not able to sleep due to the fact that I needed to troubleshoot my little brother’s PC again. My fucking god the regback method and other cmd related fixes for his PC didn’t fucking worked, so in my desperation to get this fixed, I have to get an installer for Win10 to put in my USB and pretty much reinstall Windows 10 as good as new on his PC, therefore I have to reinstall all of his games and programs that he is using.

Almost pulled my hair out of frustration from his PC, but as the older brother, I just want him to use a PC for him to play Valorant.

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Valorant is probably the issue being part root kit and all. But in all honesty once windows and the drivers are in the it shouldnt be too bad. Its good to do it from time to time

yeah I know but the error that I was facing was a freaking Criticial Process Failed error, it was frustrating and I legit didn’t sleep just to resolve the problem, left me no choice but to reformat his PC again.

When you hit that one God damn thing you need to go right after a week of everything going to fucking shit goes fuckin wrong…
568 when I fuckin need 700

The dishwasher has now gone.

Fridge, oven, and dishwasher were all bought at the same time during a kitchen remodel. Planned lifespans you say.

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Seeing the reasoning for this hurt my head real bad…

Best lines,

“The highest frequency at which device produces audio. The higher the high-frequency response, the clearer and crispier the treble.”
“Devices with neodymium magnets are lighter and more powerful than those which use ferrite magnets. They also have more bass and clear high notes.”

I actually don’t know which headphone sounds better, but what kills me is that this was my top search result for “denon ah-d9200 vs fostex th900.” I hope nobody actually buys headphones this way.

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There are some questionable “benchmark” and “comparison” sites that try to conclude comparisions in an automated fashion.

Machine Learning can understand context, cases like this here show how much the trust in that “can” can backfire.


I want those sites to die.

why is it so hard to figure out what dac you want… especially with dongles and portable

the dragonfly is the most loved but limited spec range, the zorloo ztella seems very cool but also has an issue of not being as powerful as a dragonfly, and the hipdac requiring to have a battery and have to recharge

I often wish there was a way you could reliably communicate to comapnies’ tech support people that you’re not a noob, have already tried their boiler-plate fixes, and that those boiler-plate fixes didn’t work which is why you’re phoning/emailing/chatting with them in the first place. It would save so much time and frustration if we could skip to the part where they actually help you. Case in point, this exchange I’m having on Audirvana’s support forum:

The reason I told you I was using BF2 was to communicate it doesn’t do dsd and has no volume control! The reason I told you I tried SU-8 was to show you the same issue happens across dacs! Therefore it’s not a problem with the dacs it’s a problem with your software! Now fix it!

KOSS, why don’t you give Canadian’s some love? KPH30i’s are $19 on Amazon.com…but $40 CAD + $6.00 shipping on the .ca. C’MON!!! :grimacing:

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It really sucks their value proposition is really USA only. I’d imagine they can’t really reach a solid global following because they don’t have the resources to expand their operations.

Canada always gets the butt end of everything. I understand we’re 10% the size of the market in the US, but is it really that much more difficult to extend similar specials into Canada?

Probably has to do with trade agreements and tariffs and such. It’s obviously not much of an issue to physically get a product to Canada from the USA since it all the same continent, so it must be beurocratic reasons.

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Feel bad for everyone outside the coverage area. They really ding you on the importation.

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You think that’s bad. Try buying lenses in canada. If you’re trying to get lenses up here anything you buy will not only be more expensive but my cinematography teacher showed us that major brands select what regions get different quality glass and we get Class D while all the lottery winning stuff goes straight to the US. So not only do we get the crud end of pricing but also the lowest quality equipment

Edit: Tone came out wrong. Wasnt trying to make it sound Like I was complaining about was more important. Just trying to commiserate on how shit the Canadian market can be. Apologies

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Today is a bit of a relief but at the same time a bit frustrating, for I was finally able to contact the one where my family got the GPU from, that they gave me as a gift. The good news is that it is going to get a replacement for it, making the purchase that they have made not wasted and Thank god warranty because of that. But the frustrating part would be like this, is that I have to wait for at least 2 weeks until they are finally able to get a replacement GPU for me, since they didn’t have any stock there after my dad helped me sent the GPU to them.

I guess for now all I can do is wait, but at least the money is not wasted for something bad where it is irreversible to be solved.

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Real estate value fluctuations are currently annoying me…that is all for now. I have my health currently so I am thankful but the banks and real estate are ticking me off :rage:

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