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I have a pair of balanced DT880s…
but 99€?! How could I not?
Getting a replacement driver alone is like 60€ + shipping, so worst case this is cheaper than getting replacement parts XD
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a buddy lent me the coin so I could buy an eBike…and I ordered a VoltBike Kodiak.
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Second pair of DT880 600ohm arrived today.
Along with a 4.4 mm pentaconn to RCA cable to feed the ZEN CAN into the my A/V receiver to feed a subwoofer (increasingly coming to the conclusion that it works very well)
This pair was on sale for 99€ during cyber week at Beyerdynamic, couldn’t resist. (still going on I believe)
So they will serve as a gift, spare part reserve (literally cheaper than buying the parts individually.)
or as a point of comparison, whichever comes first I suppose.
Though now I am highly tempted to get some DSP miniEARS and just run the comparisons myself between different amps, mods, balanced/unbalanced etc. along with sound demos so people can make up their own mind whether or not a different amp or mod will modify the heapdhones enough to make a meaningful difference.
Also ordered the custom cans modkit while I was at it.
Although I know I would want to kill myself if I actually went through with that 
At the same time I would really have liked to see that comparison back when I got these and also put my mind at ease that a better amp is not needed.
Or in other words… Is this the point at which I must officially declare I have a problem? 
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a bunch of bike related things. tools, gloves, waterproof overpants and overshoes. still looking for a bike focused rain poncho and researching mips helmets tho.
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I can finally say farewell and give my eventual failing old ass Seagate Barracuda HDD a rest. Also I know I know, I could have gotten an another m.2 SSD but my P3 has already filled that spot, and I don’t get people, some of them are calling me crap just because I bought a SATA SSD, even though I just wanted to replace my 2015 HDD.
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M2 is incredibly overrated for many use cases.
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The guy was like yeah I can clown you for buying a SATA SSD instead of the M.2 NVMe one. I am like dude, look I just wanted to replace my old Seagate Barracuda HDD that I have since 2015, and my other m.2 slot is already being used by my Crucial P3 and I already have the 980 Pro as my primary for my OS. I think it’s much better for me to leave the PCMR server now, there are just people who are way too fucking toxic like come on, the needs you have for your rig is not the same as the needs that I have for my rig.
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Ye you run into those type of people where ever you go. I know in the balisong community, there are people who absolutely trash trainer blades and tell new people that if they do not flip live blades they should not join the community. Like how you actually straight face tell like a 13 year old to get a sharp knife, its basically a hobby of playing around with something and kids are going to go to places where stuff like that would not be allowed. Also it honestly isn’t “manly” to stand over a sink and take a picture of a giant cut after basically playing fidget spinner with a blade.
Anyways I bought a new trainer balisong to use. Its supposedly a machinewise prysma clone but its pink and not as good. Definitely wanna see how it compares to others around the price range.
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2 items I ordered have arrived this week.
First one is the Ziigaat Nuo and this is my first time owning a pair from Ziigaat and in terms of first impressions? Is this really 20USD? In terms of the sounds I am getting from it it’s not the case for I feel like it could compete with the likes such as the EA500. This hobby man, still surprises me to this day.
Second one is the Anta Shockwave 5, feels good on my feet and I have yet to play in them. Might try and play some pickup games later if my pals are up for the usual good ol’ hoops. Don’t have access to indoor unfortunately but at least these are durable for outdoors.
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Got the Hifiman HE-R10D and they’re pretty good. Less treble peak than the DT770 250 ohm but in gaming the bass starts showing a little distortion during heavy explosions, similar to the Amiron Home and DT880 600 ohm at times. I like it more than the Audivina, and at $349 open box it’s a sane value for money. I’ve had the DT700 Pro X and would take them over these though. The 6.35mm cable is microphonic but the others aren’t. Hifiman did a good job for a dynamic driver though. Shopping for a matching clown nose to wear during Zoom/Skype calls…
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Yeah, that is a surprising set at the price. It doesn’t feel cheap like a lot of sets in that range and sounds pretty good. Great for a nice looking beater/EDC set or gift.
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All the dac/amp I could reasonably ever need on a killer deal?!?
Say hello to my little friend, SMSL DL200
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My Black Friday/Cyber Monday orders have come as a combined delivery. 
During the recent sale period, 11.11 → BF/CM, I earned about $32 AliExpress credit and also a $30 coupon by playing one of the AE app games. I was familiar with the game so it didn’t require brain power but was bombarded with ads and the phone battery died much faster. Nothing comes without a price, I reckon.
I’ve got be careful with my money and shouldn’t be using the AE app for stress relief as I have Wysa installed. I just can’t get out of this love-hate relationship with the app… 
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That’s my kind of fun, a telezoom with (semi)macro capabilities!
So smol, So cute 
so sharp! I love it already… Now please give me some light to really test it out
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Got a bunch of stuff in, the short summary after trying them all back to back:
7hz X Crinacle Zero thin male vocals, not as good as the others
7hz X Crinacle Zero 2: Excellent vocals and treble, bass is less resolving
ZiiGaat NUO: Best, most detailed bass I’ve heard in an IEM, male vocals can be a little hot but not shouty.
Truthear Zero Blue: Terrific all around, vocals, piano, violin all great.
Moondrop Chu 2: Female vocals have less presence, least resolving, but much more fun for gaming than expected. Good all around except less impact for vocals. Casual listening fun.
Nuo best for EDM and Hip Hop by a mile.
Zero 2: Hands down the best if low bass detail not your deal breaker.
Truthear Zero Blue: All around performance, can’t go wrong.
Out of all of them, I’m keeping the 7hz X Crinacle Zero:2 I don’t have that many bass heavy songs, and everything else sounds so good, more resolving than the Zero blue. Going to keep the Ziigaat also, the bass blows everything away with quality and just the right quantity. I wish all headphones and IEMs had bass this good.
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I didn’t buy my Bifrost 2/64 today, but I have had it for a few weeks now…I received it while I was on the mend from my surgery. I was always in the camp that a dac is a dac and boy was I wrong about that…I have now got to spend some time with it and the differences between it and my Modius are night and day…It has a wider, taller and blacker sound stage…The instrument separation is more noticeable. I am very happy with the purchase…
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Now this on the other hand I just bought and will be receiving it on Tuesday. I planned on buying a new one but got a really good deal on a used one that is around a month old with 25 hours on it. I am still upset about the whole Violectric V222 debacle with Drop, but I think I am going to be beyond happy with this…This should be the end game solid state amp for me.
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That’s a great amp. Love mine!
Picked up some Diana suede bass ported pads to compare to the leather bass ported and Kimber Select Hybrid USB cable.
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