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OddballMV

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Saksham said:

    UK yeah, didn't know Newegg did the UK, few options there but they seem a little more than Laptops Direct. I guess I'll have to wait for Black Friday and see what's on offer. 10th Gen seems to be going even further down the U route so looks like no joy there.

  2. 1 minute ago, Saksham said:

    that is a thicc boi. 

    why not go for a used ultraportable laptop?

    Yeah it looks a bit bulky, actually says 2.2kg because it's plastic but still a bit heavy really. All of the ultraportables I've seen seem to come with the U series CPUs which I just don't know if they have improved. I'm using a 13inch with a 7200u so I know they have gone to quad core now but I would prefer an H series if possible.

     

    The Dell XPS-15 was the only one I could find but trying to get one on ebay everyone seems to be after them and they are holding their high value pretty tight.

  3. 6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

    I have seen some Toshiba unit in Japan without dGPU (6700HQ), but nowadays they give you at least an MX150 I think)

    Yeah I don't mind if it has the really low end one like the MX150.

    5 minutes ago, Saksham said:

    so basically you want H-series with low end GPU right?

    you are not gonna find that for 700usd. 

    the lowest end I found im my search was a 8750h+gtx 1050 (non-ti)

     

    There seem to be one or two about. The new Asus TUF ones seem okay - https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asus-fx504gd-e41275t-core-i5-8300h-8gb-256gb-ssd-15.6-inch-nvidia-geforce-g-fx504gd-e41275t/version.asp

     

    I was really looking for something like this without the 1050 and a bit thinner/lighter. I thought the new Ryzen chips might have been the answer but no-one expect Asus seems to be using them.

  4. Am I missing something or are there basically no Laptops out there with an H series processor that are not gaming? Looking to buy something for around £600/$700 with an H series processor but no/low end graphics card and relatively thin/light if possible. I just want it for the power when using it for general use as I'm using my first U based laptop and find it really lags sometimes. 

     

    Everything that has an H processor seems to come with a graphics card and so is thick and heavy to cool it and I just wouldn't be using it for gaming. I have an Xbox so will be gaming on that for the next year or two and will then probably buy a tower for gaming so would like this to last a few years if possible.

     

    Any suggestions welcome, cheers.

  5. I think you mean an amp, no?

    A DAC is a Digital to Analaog converter.

    It will increase the volume as will an amp, but generally they're a little more expensive.

     

    A DAC by itself produces no sound at all, it produces an analog signal with no volume which is then sent to an amp to be amplified and become audible.

  6. Mayflower did some tests with Logan on which they based their statements, it seems to me that afa just wants to know how those tests were performed. It's not something outrageous to ask for I think, it's a pretty simple and straightforward question actually. It shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to answer.

     

    I think you can see how that particular test was performed, it was a simple Logan looking away and Tyler A/B-ing the tracks. As I understood it though, that little test was purely to get Logan's opinion on the matter as he likely has never done a proper blind test.. The actual statement from Tyler appeared to have nothing to do with that test, it likely came from his own knowledge from studying at college and the extensive research that has been linked to in this thread already.

  7. Thats NOT the information I want. *bangs head* I am looking for a direct test information done by Mayflower, since it was HIS words! Man, do people ever read what you type around here or are you guys just dumb as a doornail and can't read!

     

    Isn't this a bit like saying you don't believe the theory of relativity because you haven't done a test on it yourself. You can take other people's evidence as fact surely?

  8. thought you were referring to this initially.

    http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/dacmagic-plus-digital-to-analogue-converter

    I didn't know they came out with lower end products.

     

    I'd seen the big one before but this tiny little one looked interesting. In the US it doesn't seem to make sense value-wise, 3 times the cost of the Fiio but 1.5 times in the UK. Love how they try and sell it by sitting it next to boxes of matches and so on.

  9. The key is if it was made at such a resolution and sampling rate. 

    I could go bs some track in Reason, encode in 24/192....but my samples and sounds were not.....and you see where this is going you're a smart person.

     

    Yes of course, It's often said the people who get into all of that care more about the specs and gear than the music. I always find that if it's free, such as the up-sampling plugin in Foobar then I will experiment and see if there is anything in it, but otherwise I'll stay relatively 'mid-fi' so to speak.

  10. I guess that is true, considering I have a mechanical keyboard, yeah open seems fine . I know open means ventilation, and it allows you to hear your surroundings and such, but what technical advantages does an open have over a closed in terms of the audio you hear and such

     

    Headphone driver emit sound both ways i.e. to wards your ears and out to the outside world. With an closed headphone the sound going away from your ears is essentially reflected back from the closed cup design which will alter the sound. With an open headphone the idea is that with open grills the sound escapes and you get a cleaner sound going into your ears. Not the best explanation but that is the general idea.

  11. Well thats the thing Im trying to decide, I hear that open design is great to have, but with having a room mate thats likes to go to bed early when Im a night person, I feel that its not wise to get an open headphone. Which of those are open? I couldnt find that on their product pages.

     

    The DT990 are open and all of the Sennehisers mentioned.

  12. Hmmm, alright. I absolutely love the luxorious look of the HD 598s and theyre on sale on amazon for 190$ right now , and the DT 770s are 165$,I would go for the 600s but thats a huge price jump from the 598s.

     

    Are you sure the open back design wouldn't bother you?

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