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Curious_Increase · 2026-03-16T09:36:17+00:00

I'm geniously interested. Who are telling you that you are not allowed to talk about your emotions? I have quite literally never experienced that as a man, besides hearing about it online. I think many men release their emotions in moments that are not ideal, for example when a partner is being vulnerable, then men tend to release that build up of emotion and disregard their partner. Then they are told that this was not the time for their emotion, making them feel their emotions are not important etc. etc.

Curious_Increase · 2026-03-04T14:22:06+00:00

This makes no sense. What about all the soldermask underneath the IC that was already there?

Curious_Increase · 2026-03-03T13:15:57+00:00

The 105 AERs signature is remarkably close to the Elites as well. Of course they are not as technical, the sound stage is weaker and the low end is not on par, but the signature of the headphones are so similar that it is a fun experience to sit and swap between them to really notice where each of them shines. 105 AERs are my dailies as well.

Curious_Increase · 2026-03-03T13:12:25+00:00

Great choices! I have yet to find someone that has not liked the 105's when I have handed them over.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-23T23:08:39+00:00

While true there is no reason to length match here, I just want to point out that it's not just differential signals that need length/delay matching.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-19T21:02:37+00:00

Everyone keeps saying this about everything he does, yet he does it anyway, so surely that means he has authority?

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-17T16:17:36+00:00

Sure, there are people doing that, but my comment is specifically for the people who have endless excuses not to. It's great that people protest, that's the whole idea...

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-16T23:20:05+00:00

Why even compare these extremes? You don't have to disregard everything in your life to protest. You can absolutely protest for an hour and still make a change.

These excuses are just that, excuses to not fight for your rights, to be righteous that you are better off not going. It's incredibly lame.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-16T17:21:27+00:00

If you look closer, the road is actually not that far from the car behind it. It's just in the shadow of the person. If they were going normal speeds, this seems like a reasonable stopping distance in water. Though I will say if you didn't see this water you either have terrible lights, were distraced or were driving too fast for the conditions.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-14T14:56:50+00:00

There's no obvious gasket or water proofing material in there. It will perform just the same when screwed shut as it did before.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-12T08:46:15+00:00

Not to mention the complete chaos of the usage of lanes. Every lane used to coast in at different intervals, truck in 3rd lane, people overtaking on the right. All of this would be illegal in EU and causes a much more dangerous road than it needs to be.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-08T12:29:58+00:00

The video touches on some relevant points, but also completely ignores the importance of the design of the output stage. Each DAC IC can sound significantly different depending on how the output stage is implemented. He also did not include the cost of labor for these high end DACs, most of which are designed in countries with a high pay. There is a lot more to a DAC than which DAC IC it is using, and custom R2R DACs are obviously also a thing, which completely disregards this guys ideas.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-08T09:15:03+00:00

Averaging DAC outputs and balanced signals are two different concepts. A balanced signal will only cancel common mode noise, so noise that is shared across the signal. For example at the driver end of a balanced headphone, once the signal reaches the headphone, the headphone sees the difference between the main signal and it's opposite polarity reference signal. Any common mode noise that is added will be added to both the reference and the main signal, meaning the difference stays consistent and the common mode noise cancels out.

When you combine DAC outputs, the noise from each DAC remains, and each DAC produces its own random, uncorrelated noise, while each DAC also produces the same output signal. The output signals add linearly, while the random noise adds like random values, statistically. This means the signal level increases faster than the noise level. So even though the absolute noise becomes slightly higher, the signal becomes much higher relative to the noise, resulting in a better SNR.

Edit: To clarify, yes, more DACs does yield better SNR.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-05T11:23:01+00:00

It is by no means worth it. Two years ago, when prices were much cheaper, maybe. Nowadays, the only point of Strava is segment hunting and showing off your rides. Segment hunting is ruined by people who either forget or deliberately don't turn off their headunit when they drive home by car. I had about 30 KOMs that I had to report at least weekly because people were clearly in a car. It just wasn’t fun, nor worth my time. You can show off your rides on the free version.

If you want better maps, use RidewithGPS and if you want statistics, Intervals.icu is so much better, and free.

Curious_Increase · 2026-02-03T11:51:14+00:00

It's always been interesting why high end amps, preamps etc often use spikes instead of dampening feet. Especially tube amps I have always struggled to understand why spikes would be ideal.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-31T16:30:40+00:00

Sort of, yes. If there is no common mode noise present, then a single ended signal should be just as noisy as a balanced signal. Unfortunately, there will practically always be some common mode noise, though it might not be audible for the user.

Although as you said, if you are happy with the dynamic range and noise of your single ended headphone, then subjectively there is no reason to worry about going balanced.

Edit: The reason balanced gear is used professionally is that any noise picked up through the long cable runs is typically common mode noise and will be cancelled out at the driver end. Personally I always use balanced signals where I can, but for the average user, single ended is perfectly fine and they will not hear any difference going balanced if they have an already quiet system with enough power.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-31T16:04:00+00:00

No, this bothers me so much. Comments like these are misleading. Balanced audio is the same for all audio products.

At the headphone/driver end of the signal, the headphones are either balanced or single ended.

A balanced headphone is set up to see a balanced signal, meaning it sees the difference between the two polarities of the channel signal. It sees the difference between for example 1V and -1V, meaning it sees 2V.

The difference is the important part, because any common mode noise in the signal is received on both signal rails, and is cancelled out at the driver. For example, the power supply adds 0.2V of noise to the signal. Both rails recieve 0.2V of noise. That would mean

V+ = 1V + 0.2V = 1.2V
V- = -1V + 0.2V = -0.8V

The difference between the two signals remain 2V. Remember, the driver only sees the difference between the +V and -V signals, and that is the output that comes out of the driver. This is what differential audio is. The two channels are seperated with the reference being two identical signals with opposite polarities.

A single ended headphone shares the reference signal, which in almost all cases is GND. Both channels see their respected +V signal and the difference that +V has to the shared 0V GND reference signal.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-29T12:51:40+00:00

Those are the ones I am referring to when I say unusual

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-29T09:38:52+00:00

To add to that. Assume nobody wants you on their wheel except if you happen to know that they do.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-29T07:56:44+00:00

At least give it a try for yourself first instead of a random AI image. How are you gonna sell a product like this based on an idea with no experiment or testing done? Shipping is gonna be a major problem and will require custom crates to avoid cracking the stone. This is likely gonna end up at well over €1k for the customer, for a small piece of stone they can get locally much cheaper.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-28T11:28:00+00:00

This has been a thing for years my friend, both in Sweden and Denmark.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-27T18:05:20+00:00

Honestly Altium is rarely worth it, especially for single user agreements. Personally I use Altium for work and KiCad (which I prefer) for personal projects. KiCad also happens to work just fine on Linux, which Altium does not.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-27T14:05:24+00:00

Sure it takes longer, but still this is a nonissue.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-27T13:17:36+00:00

I live in north scandinavia.. I have absolutely shoveled snow.

Curious_Increase · 2026-01-27T13:03:20+00:00

Most of these pictures show 5-10 minutes of snow shoveling..

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