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Then this one that I have will do that.
But IMO, if you already have lights behind the monitor, you dont need the monitor light bar to also have it (much weaker anyway). Their other cheaper models have remote control as well.
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If I âwasâ to buy a monitor light bar Iâd want one with a backlight so I can remove my existing light, my mates kid will take it for his desk.
Iâm considering the model below, Quntis RGB Pro+ Monitor Light Bar with Remote, 15 Modes Gaming Backlight, 4 Colors & Brightness Dimmable, only ÂŁ50 so may order it
Looks like the one I got but with RGB at the back. Do be aware that you should not expect this to light up the back as much as the one you already got.
My current light is only used on the lowest level out of 6 and the warmest temperature so I donât need much illumination behind monitor at all.
Ordered it so weâll see what I think when it arrives tomorrow
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At long last, mission accomplished: 24% off Questyle M15 at ~$186 with the coins discount and the new 15th Anniversary coupons, and a sprinkling of shopping credit from games. 
Will have to see if it shows up later in my banking app as well for another 3% in cashback.
Iâd like to thank my mom, my power company, that Berners-Lee guy who invented the Web, Questyle, whoeverâs running this Moonlight Hifi shop, and of course my fans, without whom none of this would have been possible. 
Honestly once Iâm done absorbing the look of the materials and the audio setup, what I love about it the most is the single-monitor setup. 
Focus expert Sigma detected. 
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yeah I have a dual setup and I just use my secondary so infrequently I unplug it until I need it 
honestly would rather just have a mini display/display bar I could throw a couple things on and leave there
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Quntis RGB monitor light bar arrived yesterday and Iâm quite pleased impressed with what you get for ÂŁ50, a few upgrades would make it the âobviousâ choice though.
The ability to increase/decrease the illumination of the rear light
Motion sensor on the front of the bar, perhaps an auto function for adaptive lighting
Li-ion rechargeable battery in the remote rather than 3 AAâs
There is slight light bleed onto iMac screen when placed at the angle which avoids my line of sight seeing the leds in the light bar when seated at desk, either improve the led angle/cut-off angle or include a teeny visor for length of light bar - Iâll prob use a very thin slice of black tape for now until I consider something better.
Improve the remote, sometimes a touch works, sometimes not.
Be nice if it worked with the rest of my Apple HomeKit stuff/lights but not essential
Sounds like Iâm moaning/not impressed with it but not at all.
Itâs a bit of a bargain at ÂŁ50
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im glad.
If you want that as a function, you can do it by getting a smart power plug (Tuya/zigbee compatible), zigbee gateway, motion sensor and then use the Zigbee app or via Home Assistant.
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Thanks to my best friend that Iâve been closed with since my high school days, he has helped me grabbed this one and itâs really an entirely new experience once you have reached the upper echelon of pricing when it comes to IEMs. The Pilgrims for me when it comes to its tuning? Fits like a damn glove for I love its neutral tuning despite it being a bit bright, overall the treble is not so harsh for me. I am going to listen to this more and what I think that I am not a fan of it, would be its stock cable, for itâs not modular and also uses a Pentaconn connector, but oh well, at least the positives outweighs the negatives.
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Time for a fresh desktop pad for my shop setup and made a little stand from scrap for the music maker
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OK, since I got such a good deal for the M15 and since I know about the noise complaints from some percent of users, and since the big discounts are still going, I decided to splurge on a snake-oil-ish USB OTG cable with the âsuffocated copperâ wires 
to the tune of⌠7 bucks. Worst-case all I got was a shielded USB cable that does what a shielded USB cable should do, for a reasonable price (no way was I gonna go for the TC07 or TC09 kinds of prices despite ddHiFiâs wacky sound quality promises on Head-Fi).
Letâs see what we see. Or see what we hear. Or something. Definitely going to do measurements on this bad boy vs. the stock cable.
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DDhifi makes some nice stuff but charges a lot of money for most of it, IME USB cables make no difference for noise no matter how much better their shielding supposedly is compared to others ($100+ audioquest cables not being any better than sub $1 cables lmao)
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Yeah, I already suspected I could get electrically the same functionality out of something cheaper, but seeing the price I was seeing with current discounts, and knowing how much research Iâd have to do if I wanted to avoid trash products while going even lower in price, I figured you know what, Iâm OK with $7.5 for this TC05. Done enough research for much more important components, I need a break, itâs fine to YOLO into this one. 
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And sure enough, just playing a few more games doing a few of those âview this page for more game tokensâ, I immediately find the apparently better buy: FiiO LT-TC5S, same length, also shielded, possibly better wires because silver-plated copper not just copper, possibly better shielding because graphene coated alu, not silver coated copper, and frankly nicer more conservative look with the normal shaped connectors and fabric-look braided sleeve. Lower price than the ddHiFi whether you look at it with or without discounts.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006730085514.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_home.0.0.6b55538d9rKvAT
What can ya do, maybe next time, or if someone asks for recommendations. 
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Iâve been having fun comparing some ultra budget IEMs recently and found the Truthear Gate to âgelâ with my tuning preference. Thanks to @Timmy-Gizaudio , the Tangzu Wanâer 2 got onto my radar a few weeks ago and I recently preordered one while they had (very limited) stock on Amazon (just in case an easier return was needed). Granted, I did not get a chance listen to the OG or Studio Wanâer variants but even if this one ends up not exactly to my liking, the extra cable and the added Tang Sancai eartips should still make it a keeper. 
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MOONDROP Starfield 2. Sound is good, but does nothing to stand out, IMO. I really like the aesthetics tho. Uniquely pretty.
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I love the aesthetics as well but I think I still prefer the original Starfields when it comes to its looks and especially when it comes to its tuning, for I think this one has like an entirely different tuning from the original Starfields.
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Sure but here I donât have any dongle-ready (short) USB cables with shielding at all, so getting any available model should give me basically all of the possible benefits of adding shielding to that specific piece of the chain. (True, I do suspect the M15 has most of its EMI vulnerability caused by that unfortunate decision to prioritize aesthetics over functionality and put a gaping EM hole in the housing just to let us gawk at the circuit board, but⌠on the off-chance shielding the cable will also do something to helpâŚ)
In other news, since I realized the ddHiFi hadnât even shipped yet by the end of Friday, I actually canceled that and got it refunded susprisingly quick, no harm no foul, and ordered the FiiO cable instead. Better materials according to the ad, and only costs $6 with discounts.
Yep, confirmed ferrite bead on the Audiocrast (
) cable, actually itâs a TDK ZCAT1730-0730 you can find to buy separately, and it dutifully slams right into my flashlightâs tail magnet, so all signs point to it being the real thing.
Sound sure isnât worse than my previous SE connection; my placebo says itâs got better imaging/3D-ness right off the bat, but I havenât seriously A/Bâd yet.
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Awwwww. 
I know I already called it âthe cutesy little Snowsky Retro Nanoâ, but itâs only when youâve actually pulled it out of the box for the first time that you realize how adorably smol it is vs. all the things it knows how to do and the power(!) it can put out.
First big surprise was how easily it powers my HE-400i, where on BAL-out in low-gain my usual listening levels are well served by volume levels 21-25 out of 60 on the Nano, with the phone at 87/100 (two clicks below max), and losing 6 more dB to my HE-400i specific EQ preset. Thought if I have anything in the house that will demand high-gain it has to be the DT880 250-ohm edition, especially since it has SE wiring so wonât benefit from the extra power on BAL-out. Nope. Still powered well in low-gain on the SE-out, volume levels 23-28/60.
The next not so pleasant surprise was just how noticeably far from neutral it sounds stock, particularly by being veiled and overly mid-focused. The quickest fix to get it closer to the way I expect to hear things, especially up top, turned out to be just hitting the built-in Pop preset for EQ. Definitely need to measure this baby and set up a precise flattening EQ preset later on, which will then probably stay activated forever.
As for a nitpick: I wish the animation screens where itâs showing tape moving from one reel to the other as the song progresses was also changing the reel speeds, as the one with more tape should spin slower and the one with less, faster.
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