Nohemi

Yeah I think I'm going with the Hd 650 then.

then if I'm looking for an upgrade for the hd 58X, what headphones should I go for that are around 300 bucks?

Hi, *For reference I'm coming from the Sennheiser HD 58X. I'm currently driving the Hifiman Sundara's with the shiit Magni Heresy and on-board DAC.* Problem: I got Hifiman Sundara headphones a few days ago and I am pretty confused on what I am doing wrong, because for almost every song I try the headphones sound shrill and grate my ears. There is sibilance in pretty much all of the songs that have any words with "s" in them. I tried to EQ them using oratory1990 presets as a guideline and made a couple adjustments to the bass and treble from there, but I don't know if I like these headphones any better than my old ones. I noticed that the instrument separation is amazing, the detail is phenomenal and the headphones have a wider soundstage, but I don't really like it for anything other than Opera and classical/orchestral music (with and without EQ). I can't help but think the music sounds thin and lifeless compared to my HD 58Xs (at least without EQ). When I add EQ it sounds better and less grating for most songs, but I don't think I prefer it to my HD 58X. It also feels like everything is too far away from my ears and if I try putting the volume higher to feel closer to the music, the headphones sound sibilant but not closer. They also sound pretty underwhelming (compared to my HD 58X) on most songs even after EQ. Notably, the Run Lola Run soundtrack, More by KDA, and any song with bass presence sound better on my HD 58X. According to some audiophiles, the Sundaras benefit from settling in and they need time to "burn," but then some people say that's complete BS or that it's just the earpads that need time to break in. I thought maybe I'm just used to the Sennheiser's sound engineering and I do have sensitive ears when it comes to higher frequencies, so maybe I just don't like the sound EQ (even after adjusting). Worst of all the headphone clamp force is very uncomfortable and I can't wear them for more than an hour without giving me a headache. Conclusion: Am I doing something wrong? Am I driving my headphones incorrectly? Do I need a DAC to ease the sibilance? I think I might just prefer a headphone that has a more intimate soundstage. In that case it might just be better to try other headphones. If that's the case, then feel free to give me headphone recommendations close to the HD58X that don't sound sibilant and that have an intimate sound stage.

Hello again, I recently built a new PC, but all 3 fans are not lighting up upon booting nor when I press the case buttons to change the rgb mode. The fans are spinning though, which is good. I have a Gigabyte b550 Gaming X V2 motherboard. I think maybe I put the rgb connector in the wrong slot, but I am not sure. Maybe I should disconnect the RGB connector and try to control it though the software? Please send help, I need my PC to light up Thank you for your time

so I can update is in the UEFI when I boot up if need be?

do you think the rest of my build is okay? Would I have to update my bios to make sure the CPU works?

I would, but 3060's aren't in stock at a good price

Is there a reason why the 3060 would be better?

is it good now? I think I accidentally privated the folder where I keep all my builds

I think I fixed it

Budget (including currency): $1000-1050 USD (ish) Country: USA, yeehaw Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Clip Studio Paint (digital painting), The Witcher 3, Doom Eternal, Metro Exodus, Elden Ring, No Man's Sky, some Fps games like Valorant and Apex, and coding/computer science stuff Working Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Nohemi/saved/HB974D any cooling recommendations would be appreciated if stock isn't enough (I don't plan to overclock anytime soon) Why am I upgrading? Well my gaming laptop is about four/five years old now (has a 1050 i think) and although I can play Dead by Daylight and Valorant on okay settings, I can't really play Witcher 3 or Doom, or Metro on low-medium settings without dropping frames. I'm about to graduate from university and I've been needing an upgrade. I was just waiting for GPU prices to stabilize and so now I'm pulling the trigger before prices get crazy again (maybe wont happen but I wont take any chances since this happened to me before). Resolution: 1920x 1080, I have a five year old monitor, so I might have to buy a new one if this one keels over but for now I'm good. I already have a mouse and keyboard and even a windows key from my last PC build. I would like to have 2 monitors in the future if possible. Title Explanation (if you wanna skip this go ahead): Incidentally what lead me to check GPU prices again since 2021 was yesterday when I booted up Steam. I was playing The Witcher 3 and I got to Novigrad and had to turn my graphics setting all the way down, but I still couldn't even walk in that city above 3fps. In hindsight, maybe it was because I had discord and chrome in the background, however I doubt it would have made much of a difference. I made a manual save after selling all my weapons and armor to a blacksmith and then tried to quit the game. I went for a bathroom break as it struggled to close, but when I came back it was still running, so I had to force quit. Then tragedy struck. After I restarted my laptop I realized that Steam said "Install" instead of "Play." Apparently this is a common bug, and I tried re-installed based on the advice given. What was supposed to happen was that the launcher was supposed to recognize that I still had all the game content on my hard drive, but after waiting for a while Steam said that it would take 2 days and 2 hours to install the game. When I went to investigate where I have all my Steam games, all my save files were gone. So in defeat I completed my German homework and went to bed with tears in my eyes... 47 hours of game-play ... gone. So the next day, I looked at the GPU prices and told myself, "Now is the time you have been waiting for! Let's GOoOO." Das Ende Thank you in advance! EDIT: Apologies for the botched links

I thought that seasonic psu had a lot of manufacture defects (but I think I might be thinking of another model) I have an extra 1TB hard drive in my old computer I will use. What can the b550 do that the b450 cannot? (out of curiosity) do I have to overclock the 3600 ram to get the most out of ryzen?

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Doom Eternal, Recent Tomb Raider Franchise, Clip Studio Paint, other demanding video games, Coding Projects (1920 x 1080, 60hz) No moniter nor peripherals needed Here is my parts list. I am buying it soon, but I came here for last minute recommendations. Thx PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $68.99 @ Corsair Storage Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $59.99 @ Adorama Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING X Video Card $389.99 @ Newegg Case Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99 @ Amazon Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $73.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1017.93 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $997.93 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-17 19:10 EST-0500

what model of lg phone should I be looking for?

Hi I'm getting into "hi-res audio" and started stock piling some FLAC files, but I have no portable device that can play them. So I've been looking at some media players around 100 USD, but found that most of them either have quality control issues or deal-breaking downsides. Some of the models I looked at where the fiio m7, xduoo x3ii, and the fiio m3k. The fiio m7 had some quality control issues on the audio jack (and poor battery life), and the xduoo x3ii had pretty poor firmware and very loud hiss when plugging in the audio jack (though I find those reasons to be somewhat bearable). Can I get a 100USD portable media player for my FLAC files, or should I look at 200 USD or upwards? Anyone have any recommendations or can vouch for the players I listed? I have a budget around 100 USD, but I am open to 200 USD players, but not much above that price point. thanks

which parts should I wait for exactly? I am not really in the loop

Budget (including currency): 900USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Clip Studio Paint, Coding Projects (Hopefully a dual OS of Windows and Linux), Doom Eternal, Resident Evil 2, Metro Exodus (and other demanding titles) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Resolution: 1920 x 1080, no peripherals needed (maybe upgrading to dual 60hz monitors down the line). My current parts list is on my profile (TLDR: intel g3258 pentium at 4.2ghz and geforce gtx 960). The parts list I'm working with now: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Excaliber101/saved/ My Question: To buy or not to buy at this given time. Is it still a bad time to buy parts. Should I wait til next February?

I know I probably wont be able to choose a different cartridge without some serious modding, but I will eventually upgrade my turntable. For now though, the default cartridge replacement is fine.

I will take your word for it. Just for reference when should I replace the stylus? (after how many hours of playback)

Hi I have an Audio technica at lp60x and my stylus got loose and accidentally went onto the felt mat. Should I replace it? I have made a grave mistake. Here is a picture:

Budget (including currency): 600-650 USD Country: United States of America Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Light Digital Art on Clip Studio, CS:GO, Rise of the Tomb Raider (cannot play currently), Doom Eternal (cannot play currently), new Metro game (cannot run currently), other demanding modern titles Other details: Resolution/Refresh Rate: 1920x 1080, 60Hz Current System Specs on my profile (tldr: Haswell - 2 core intel pentium cpu over clocked at 4.2ghz with gtx 960 sc), no peripherals needed Upgrade Part List: (from Haswell to Ryzen) PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $159.99 @ B&H Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Best Buy Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $74.98 @ Amazon Storage Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $67.99 @ Newegg Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card $299.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $727.94 Mail-in rebates -$10.00 Total $717.94 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-09 19:32 EDT-0400 Concerns: I'm not sure if this part list upgrade will work with a 450W power supply. I want to know if there are any parts that can be downgraded to reach 600 USD without losing much performance. Should I wait for prices to go down to buy these parts? I'm considering overclocking, but I only have a cooler master hyper 212 evo air cooler (not sure if that's compatible with Ryzen socket)

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doesn't the rt81 come with a phono pre-amp in the machine? So can I use the amp to listen to the records on my headphones instead of a set of speakers? Edit: Also the rega is way out of my budget in my region, but would you recommend the audio technica lp60x? It looks like it would do the job for a good while.

Hi I've been looking at vinyl turntables for about a year now, but I haven't bought one yet. I saw the Audio Technica lp60, but it's discontinued now. I saw the lp60x and it looks nice, but from what I've read, there are no paths for upgrading the cartridge (only the stylus). Please correct me if I'm wrong as I am still relatively new to this hobby. I've been hesitant to buy the Fluance rt81 because of the price tag (even though i've heard it's a great deal), but now I have the money. The price also dropped from 250 USD to 209 USD. Should I go for it? I only have one record so far, but I've been scouting a few on discogs. Also another (dumb) question: What is the difference between a phono amp and headphone amp? Can I use the shiit magni heresy amp for my turntable? (for a headphone setup)? Thanks a bunch y'all

Hi For some reason when I plug my RCA to 3.5mm adapted to the line in on my motherboard, I don't hear anything, but when I plug the 3.5mm jack to the front speaker spot of the rear panel it works. Should I really be concerned with the audio quality difference between the designated Line in audio jack compared to the other one? Specs: Motherboard: AsRock Extreme 3 z97 Headphone Amp: Shiit Magni 3 Heresy Here is the motherboard manuel I refer to for the rear io labels: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/705781/Asrock-Z97-Extreme3.html?page=19#manual Thanks