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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:19 pm
by TPRJones
GORDON wrote:if I knew where all the wires were supposed to go, it might have been repairable. But you end up with 2-4 unattached wires and a mini circuit board and chinese solder dust all in the space of a tiny headphone can. Or whatever it is called.
Just start touching wires to likely points until something makes noise. Then solder it on.
Not like you're going to make them more broken.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:23 pm
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:GORDON wrote:if I knew where all the wires were supposed to go, it might have been repairable. But you end up with 2-4 unattached wires and a mini circuit board and chinese solder dust all in the space of a tiny headphone can. Or whatever it is called.
Just start touching wires to likely points until something makes noise. Then solder it on.
Not like you're going to make them
more broken.
Even if I have to drag it a local repair shop and pay $50 to fix a decent pair, I'd still do it.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:29 pm
by Malcolm
Opting out of the 480GB SSD in favour of banking cash for the headphones. Oh shit. The Razer Tiamat has open box items on sale for the model I want. Holy fucking red flags.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:43 pm
by GORDON
I would only spend more than $70ish on headphones if I had roommates or something and had to keep the main PC sound off more than 50% of the time. I just use mine when it is time for voice chat, so like I said.... low-midrange.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:01 pm
by Malcolm
I'm willing to do a bit more than double that for my ceiling. I live in a noisy-ass part of town, so headphones give me the least polluted sound output option.
NewEgg's search functionality for headphones isn't quite as discriminating as I'd hoped. Want:
1) 3.5" mm connection to plug into sound card directly
2) circumaural (encircles the ear, doesn't sit on top) design
3) surround sound capability, >= 5.1
4) noise cancelling headphones preferred
5) strictly wired headset, I'm not paying for wireless functionality I will never use
6) mic is required
7) a control unit, at least for mute/volume control, preferably programmable buttons as well
bigger the headphone frequency response the better, "average" human hearing ability be damned
I will find a decent headset, damnit.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:11 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:11 pm
by Malcolm
Got to go with the Turtle Beach after finding out the Plantronics has the lame USB connector.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:12 am
by Malcolm
Malcolm wrote:Got to go with the Turtle Beach after finding out the Plantronics has the lame USB connector.
Come on PayPal, transfer that shyte.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:59 am
by Malcolm
Woohoo. Transfer complete. Negotiation time.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:39 pm
by GORDON
Speaking of headphone/microphones, my kid is on his 3rd set in a year. They keep failing somewhere inside the sealed box that contains the mute switch. Good thing the official Xbox mic is only ten bucks.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:17 am
by Malcolm
After I get my headphones on eBay, I see this on NewEgg. $300 headset knocked down to $100. It's going on sale today, probably to the tune of a further 25%, and I kind of kicked myself for not waiting a bit longer. Then I noticed the alleged $300 worth of quality hasn't netted one completely satisfied review out of a few dozen. Just holy fuck.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:10 pm
by Malcolm
Headphones have arrived.
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:37 pm
by Malcolm
Sound card installed. Will grab the drivers and give the new headphones a thumpin' test drive. They feel nice on the head. There's some weight but it feels like it's hanging on the side in the speakers rather than on the band going between. Anxious to see if the surround sound works. Always pissed when a guard's on my 7 or 8 in Thief and I turn around to the right.
As an aside, thumbscrews on a case are fucking awesome.
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:31 am
by Malcolm
I allegedly eBay'd this for over $100 over the MSRP. Then again, NewEgg said Daylight was $90 and Steam has it for $10, tops.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:48 pm
by Malcolm
Woohoo. Asus processed my rebate. Only took 4 months. Now it's another 5-7 weeks until I get it.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:11 pm
by Malcolm
Managed to figure how to rig my audio setup.
Headset has a control unit, which has a split USB/3.5mm cable. Connect the headset to the control unit, that connects into the tower's USB port and the headset/mic external unit from the sound card, which connects to the sound card.
Sounds glorious. Lower end bass is fucking awesome for headphones. Covers my ears so it does a fine job noise cancelling. Head strap isn't digging into the scalp. Only problem was the volume wasn't getting up there. Maxed every setting on every control panel from the software side. Then I noticed the big knob-looking thing on the sound card external unit. Was set at 8 o'clock. Halfway over 9 o'clock got excessively loud. No hums, no clipping, anxious to try it in Thief and see how surround sound this bitch gets.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:32 pm
by GORDON
My fave thing about having a proper surround sound setup was hearing a spy decloak behind me as a sniper in TF2. Those spies probably thought I was cheating when I would spin around and start shooting them because I heard them back there.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:52 pm
by Malcolm
Knowing where those guards are by footfalls when they're behind you is invaluable.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:44 pm
by Malcolm
The final rebate card arrived today for the dual Asus monitors. Entire process, including rebate card arrival, took a mere five months.
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:14 pm
by Trooper
Glad you didn't pick the gamecom's. I had them for a few months, hated them with a burning passion. They cup the ear, but not really. They're still very shallow, so they hurt like mad after only 30 minutes.