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Murasaki

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    Murasaki reacted to 8tg in Sony acquires Audeze and unveils the PlayStation Portal Remote, Pulse Elite Headset and Pulse Explorer Earbuds   
    $150 planars are going to sound like dogshit regardless of the brand name behind them. There’s a reason why good planars are expensive, and it’s not the actual tech itself but how it’s implemented.
    I just see another cheap gaming headset and more wireless earbuds that are going to end up in a landfill because they can’t be serviced.

    It’s also not lossless, it’s a shame anyone can put “lossless” on basically anything because legally it means almost nothing. It uses Bluetooth LE which is very good for Bluetooth audio in general, but it’s absolutely not lossless. It is a compressed audio stream that is decompressed on the headphone side, and it’s not perfect. It can take whatever audio signal but it’s turning it into a 425kbps audio stream at best. Granted that’s mostly fine for regular use, and at a $150/$200 price point the people buying it won’t ever notice. But don’t think for a second this is in any way high quality or lossless.
    All Bluetooth headphones have this issue and it’s why you don’t see $1000+ Bluetooth audio hardware, anyone buying things like that knows Bluetooth is a convenience and a limitation.

    They bought a brand for the name and some prexisting products to make cheaper with production scale. The Maxwell is $300 mostly because it’s made in small quantities, Sony can throw the tech at much larger industry and make them much cheaper. They’re still nothing impressive.
     
    Id like to see Sony do something a little more original considering they have basically endless money and decades upon decades of experience in the field of high end audio. Buying someone else’s planars to rebadge is kinda lame when they are literally the pioneers of wireless audio technologies.
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    Murasaki reacted to Arika in Has your view of LTT or Linus changed?   
    i will say it's been quite fun to be someone who just doesn't care. i neither support nor hate LMG based on the current information, they are just kind of "there".
     
    So the insanity on both sides of the scale has been somewhat enjoyable to see the people defending LMG with every fibre of their being like Linus is a personal friend and the people are the actively picking apart everything to find the most incorrect interpretation of the situation to fuel their anger for all things LMG
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    Murasaki got a reaction from More Spencer in Bunch of random charges from Floatplane   
    Email support@floatplane.com
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    Murasaki got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in Bunch of random charges from Floatplane   
    Email support@floatplane.com
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    Murasaki reacted to LogicalDrm in What about taxes and Europe?   
    There have been threads about this in past. In short, be in contact with Store support and ask them whether they have paid local tax in the order. There might still be some import fees due EU having closed markets. The fees are there to prevent cheaper overseas products from overwhelming the markets. 
     
    Looking at out customs offices site, there's only VAT to be paid for screwdriver. So Price + shipping in USD on store, then VAT from that combined sum when it enters.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from hollyh88 in starfield, are you excited?   
    Not really, first I need to see the actual game released.
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    Murasaki reacted to emosun in How are you all choosing to show LTT support?   
    i dont do anything prior or now
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    Murasaki reacted to Xiee in starfield, are you excited?   
    It's a Bethesda game. I'll wait for a few months until modders fix all the bugs then I'll jump in.
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    Murasaki reacted to imreloadin in Why is Everyone Buying This Mic?   
    Oh boy, time to count the mistakes!
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    Murasaki got a reaction from AlTech in Amazon cancels Louis Rossmann's account after Rossmann calls out Amazon on the so called "Racist [Ring] Doorbell"   
    Ah watched this earlier today. Big corporations are such babies.
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    Murasaki reacted to WereCat in EU ban on non-removable laptop and smartphone(?) batteries   
    I'll take 100000 screws over a glue though
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    Murasaki reacted to Brooksie359 in How to reduce Asus TUF 4090 coil whine   
    Get noise canceling headphones. Problem solved. 
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    Murasaki got a reaction from Tan3l6 in How to reduce Asus TUF 4090 coil whine   
    Reducing it? Underclocking/undervolting/power limiting is probably a good start. I would try to return it though.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from Paul17 in How to reduce Asus TUF 4090 coil whine   
    Reducing it? Underclocking/undervolting/power limiting is probably a good start. I would try to return it though.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from Tommyard in How to reduce Asus TUF 4090 coil whine   
    Reducing it? Underclocking/undervolting/power limiting is probably a good start. I would try to return it though.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from johnno23 in How to reduce Asus TUF 4090 coil whine   
    Reducing it? Underclocking/undervolting/power limiting is probably a good start. I would try to return it though.
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    Murasaki reacted to Andrewtst in Are the photos from Google Street View accurate? ​​​​Is there any website with only real photos and true colors?   
    You calibrate monitor based on photo you found on internet? Seriously? You will not get accurate color based on photo taken by anyone.
     
    Even the environmental condition will change how the street view.
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    Murasaki reacted to freeagent in Can you paint a speaker cone?   
    Black Sharpie 🤘
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    Murasaki reacted to RokinAmerica in Should I be concerned about my high SSD total host writes?   
    Agree with Levent, new drives (or PC's, which have new drives) will have abnormal usage at the beginning due to updates and such. Check it after a bit and it should settle down.
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    Murasaki reacted to Levent in Should I be concerned about my high SSD total host writes?   
    OP is asking if they should be worried about total host writes when just got the SSD 3 days ago [op edited their post to include google translated version later on]. My answer is no, monitor your usage for longer. Installing apps, windows and all the updates kind of take whole lot of writes.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from OddOod in Do you mind the Pixel 7a bezel?   
    I got a 6a and dont think 7a's bezel would bother me. Historically any concerns ive had with anything cosmetic has been a load of baloney and I was fine with it at the end.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from WereCat in Did I potentially damage my GPU   
    Nope.
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    Murasaki got a reaction from RONOTHAN## in Did I potentially damage my GPU   
    Nope.
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    Murasaki reacted to OhioYJ in Best “gaming” hdds?   
    I used the WD Black series for a long time for my Game Library drives until I needed more storage space, then I started migrating over to the WD Gold line. Both my son and I's machine use WD Gold drives now for our data and Steam Library drives. My Steam Library now sits on a 22 TB WD Gold, my son is using a 14 TB WD Gold in his.
     
    Personal opinion*, as soon as you said "reliable", Seagate gets tossed out.
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    Murasaki reacted to tikker in Different font in forum?   
    I quite like the new font actually. The softer look is nice and it is less cramped. For me it reads fine on either my 3840x2160 or 1920x1200 screens.
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