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To my understanding, yes.
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That seems more like the difference between flat sound and hyped sound...
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Louder is pretty self explanatory. Bass response on the other hand is how low the cans can reproduce bass frequencies.
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My experience is that closed back cans just have overall better bass. To my ears, extension goes deeper as well as a fuller response. EDM (especially really heavy shit) sounds full and rich on closed back cans. On open back cans, it sounds thin and airy. Just my ears and my opinion of course.
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You say you're an EDM listener? I'd go for closed back if I were you. Better bass response is great for that genre.
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What do people actually mean by "stronger cores"
Scepsis replied to Timopomer's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
Clock speeds are a more appealing number to market. -
What do people actually mean by "stronger cores"
Scepsis replied to Timopomer's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
Simple answer? Microarchitecture. -
Flipping my side fan around from intake to exhaust really made a difference. You could also download EVGA Precision X and create a more aggressive custom fan curve for the cards as temporary fix.
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If your case has a side fan, flip it around so that it is exhausting air. Helped drop my top card's temp by 5-10 degrees.
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What do people actually mean by "stronger cores"
Scepsis replied to Timopomer's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
Look at the benchmarks. That's as definitive proof as anything. Intel is just faster than AMD on a clock per clock basis. -
What do people actually mean by "stronger cores"
Scepsis replied to Timopomer's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
It refers to the number of instructions per clock. -
Lololol. Wu is a fucking nutjob. She/he/it is a career professional victim. Stop even mentioning her/him/it and her/him/it will fade into a much deserved and needed obscurity. :rolleyes:
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I don't think its a ground loop because whenever I unplug my DAC from my PC all noise ceases. If I plug my Note 3 or my iPod 5th into the DAC there is no noise either. I dunno. I bought ferrite chokes for my USB cable in hopes to eliminate the interference. Maybe I should pick up a USB ground loop isolator as well. *shrugs* One post was deleted by the mods I presume... 1. Nope, rear USB. 2. I ordered snap on ferrite chokes for the cable and will see if they help when they arrive. 3. I have zero experience with circuits and soldering... so yeah, I'd just rather buy something.
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Ah... I see. I've never used a pro or enterprise version of Windows so I have never toyed around with this feature though I have heard of it before.
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The more you know...
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Do you know this for a fact? Bad USB power does indeed affect DACs in a negative way and my SLI setup is only exacerbating the problem and creating more EMI. If the issue lies there, then the Wyrd will at least help. If the problem lies within the datastream, then the iPurifier should help as well. The combination of those two options in tandem with a few ferrite chokes will hopefully solve my issue, which you are not helping to fix. At all.
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I know we had an argument about what constitutes snakeoil in audio, but Audioquest cables are the Monster cables of the audio world... :rolleyes: Overpriced cables aren't gonna solve a problem originating within the traces of my motherboard.
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@SSL Yeah... I'm gonna try the ferrite beads and if that don't work, than the Wyrd will be the next step.
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*facepalm*
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@EmoRarity Either suggest something helpful or leave the thread... just don't bolster your postcount via trollish spam. <_<
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Worth a try I guess...
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@NannerBeans Would the ones you put on the cable yourself work?
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First, to start off, my audio chain: I have a pair of PreSonus Eris 5 studio monitors connected via a pair of unbalanced TRS cables to an SM Pro Audio Nano Patch Plus (for convenient volume control/mute functionality) connected to a Schiit Audio Modi 2 DAC via a pair of unbalanced RCA to TRS adapters and a pair of unbalanced TRS cables (to provide signal to the whole shebang) which is then connected to my PC via a USB cable (duh). The whole, four-part chain goes: PC -> Modi 2 -> Nano Patch Plus -> 2x Eris 5s. The problem is, whenever I play a game, I get mildly audible EMI noise through my speakers that varies in pitch and tone depending on the current framerate that whatever game I am playing is running at. When the framerate goes up, it gets higher in pitch and changes tone. When it goes down, it gets lower in pitch and changes tone. (This can make for some really wacky sounds whilst playing a game in which FPS varies wildly) The speakers are dead silent at all other times. I already know this: it is not coil whine. It is not 60 cycle hum. It is not a ground loop. It is not an issue with any part of my audio chain besides the PC to DAC link. I'm assuming the root cause are my two SLI'd 780s based on the fluctuation of tone and pitch with the framerate. I did some research and came up with two possible solutions: 1. A glorified USB hub by Schiit called the "Wyrd." (It's supposedly helps with this sort of problem by supplying clean, well-regulated power to the DAC.) 2. A USB filter by iFi Audio called the "iPurifier." (It's an inline filter that supposedly sifts out EMI and electrical noise from the USB connection.) 3. A combination of both. (I have a feeling this will solve it.) Do you guys think any of these options will work? Do you know of any other way I could eliminate (or at least significantly lessen) the EMI noise? Your help is greatly appreciated as I have been fighting this issue for weeks now and am out of options besides spending even more money on my audio setup.
