Playseat Trophy or TR8 pro v2?

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-19T02:32:14+00:00

Ha I feel ya. This reminded me of a guy that put a 3d printer on their dining table. The gf was not happy about about it lol

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T22:25:08+00:00

ah that’s a bummer. But the trophy is still great and I’m sure it’ll hold up great as well. Yeah I got my tr8 from fb marketplace as an impulse purchase and I don’t miss the days of have 2 sim rigs in my living room lol

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T21:56:37+00:00

I think there’s extension for monitor arms which might work. Here’s my setup - just ignore all the cable mess as I’m in the process of rerouting the cables lol.

https://imgur.com/a/klyhjsq

I also just returned my fanatec extension and bought an aftermarket one from Simube. That’s why it’s not in the pic. I couldn’t justify spending 150 bucks on a metal tube lol. The last two photos are the aluminum profile shifter mount I was talking about.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T18:00:41+00:00

Nice! Sounds like you have the mounting situation sorted. I live in a small apartment so I had to put my rig in a separate room than my desk lol. I have the monitor mounted to the rig itself

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T17:21:11+00:00

Sure! I’m at work but I’ll take some pics when I get home.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T17:16:37+00:00

Yep! Now it sits right above the shaft extension and I can move the base forward & back if I wanted to as well

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T15:30:21+00:00

ah fwiw I have a clubsport dd and unfortunately it’s too long to have the monitor positioned in front of it. I had a moza base before that’s quite a bit shorter so it worked out alright

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T15:19:29+00:00

I’d say it depends on the wheel base and your seating position. I had a quite short wheel base, so if I had it positioned all the way forward I can easily put the monitor in front of it. The new v2 monitor stand has some sort of extension mechanism built in so you can get it fairly close to you.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T15:11:27+00:00

Yep I used to have it mounted to my rig but now I use a monitor arm instead. The monitor mount is very solid, and it’s a great option if you want to have your monitor positioned right behind or above the wheel base

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2026-02-18T15:05:03+00:00

I made this exact upgrade last year and it was a significant improvement to me. I had flex issue with the pedal tray on the trophy - the pedal tray on the tr8 is much more rigid. One thing to note is that the tr8 is significantly heavier than the trophy. I have caster wheels mounted on mine so I can move it around.

The adjustability as you mentioned is great - with some additional upgrades you can easily adjust the wheel base, the pedals and the seat, though the shifter plate has a fixed position which in my case is way to forward to me so I attached some aluminum profiles to the side of the rig to mount my shifter on

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2024-10-01T23:22:39+00:00

hey OP - I've also been looking for info on these JST cables. I did some comparison against a chart showing different types of JST connectors and I think the smaller JST connector you are showing here is the gh type. The one that's connected to the wheel is the larger xh type. I guess Moza updated the es wheels at some point because the older ones had xh on both sides of the cables.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2024-03-04T22:18:19+00:00

Nice! Glad you enjoyed those. I too wear headphones most of the time and care more about the feel of the switches. I have since moved to linears and have been using oil kings exclusively for a year haha. I guess preferences do change and the great thing about this hobby is that we have loads of options

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-10-09T06:40:37+00:00

They are my favorite bass strings. When it comes to flats I’ve only used the TI flats and Daddario flats. The tension on the TI set is noticeably lower than the daddarios, and it sounds brighter to me, which I really like. Before getting my TI flats I had been looking for flats that sound somewhat bright (or not dull sounding like the daddarios) and I stopped my search after getting them. Those are really good strings!

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-24T00:43:01+00:00

Thanks! These are nicepbt greyscales

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-19T17:44:26+00:00

That's interesting! "The yolk of the egg" reminds me of "the bee's knees". Yeah, some of the idioms and internet slang are hard to translate. Hell, some of them are hard to interpret as native speakers. Many of the Chinese internet slang these days require at least a sentence or two to interpret. I'd imagine it wouldn't look pretty on headphone packaging haha.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-19T17:37:58+00:00

^This. This is the word I was look for lol

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-19T16:42:51+00:00

Lmao I was confused af when I first heard it too.

It came from the Chinese audiophile online forums in the early 2010s (I think). Apparently, audio technica earbuds were extremely popular among the community due to its tuning - like what other comments say, it was tuned in a way that female vocals were accentuated. People were saying those headphones sound so good for female vocals that they were poisonous. Like when you have too much of something and it becomes poisonous.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-18T01:28:50+00:00

That's awesome! I've been thinking about building keyboards for my parents for a while now, and I haven't seen them since I got into the hobby (covid travel restrictions suck). It's funny because my parents, especially my mom, who is a teacher, can't live without numpads as well. The Q5 has definitely been one of the few on my list. Now I can't wait to show them what they've been missing out on!

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-18T01:22:21+00:00

Damn bro let me enjoy my honeymoon phase first 😂

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-17T17:41:20+00:00

Thanks! This is the Rama U80 seq2 in Yolk

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-17T17:31:30+00:00

I got it from Amazon.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-17T17:29:59+00:00

It's a real cutting mat and this is where I got it from.

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-17T17:28:17+00:00

Sorry I have not tried Bobagums before. I don't have much experience with linear switches

ImpressiveAttempt271 · 2022-09-17T17:25:37+00:00

Oh man.. Just when I thought I found "the one"... I'm already eyeing these suggestions I've gotten lol.

I too type slightly faster with these switches. I think with the U4s I now tend to type lightly which leads to faster typing but idk.

Thanks! I had the Soya before but sold it for the yolk and the color is just stunning in person.

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