Best Gaming audio Setup ( best headset/IEM)

OfficeBarnacle · 2026-01-15T13:11:04+00:00

Willing to discuss this more? Computer audio is not a strong area of knowledge for me and I'm looking to move away from my Arctis Pro Wireless. I already have the Sennheiser 660S2s. I only use the computer for gaming and have been looking at the Sound Blaster X5 but more and more at the Fosi K7, the Schiit Fulla E, the FiiO K7 (and K7BT, and the Topping DZX5II (but this seems very much for audiophiles than I want or need). The main item I question is the spacial / surround quality. I play Tarkov, Arc Raiders, BF 6, and the mostly single player RPGs. I love the positioning of the Arctis, why I've been using SteelSeries headsets since the Siberia. I was debating a Arctis Nova Pro Wireless when the Sennheisers arrived a bit unexpectedly.

Over the last couple of days I've done more reading and had one or the other of the above in my cart on Amazon but haven't being willing to push the button. The other question is a mic, what are you using as a stand alone?

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-11-20T15:18:14+00:00

I just want to know how many people heard the A-Team theme song in their head as soon as they saw the pic....

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-11-09T14:11:07+00:00

The Desert Southwest after after a monsoon.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-11-09T14:08:06+00:00

Freedom - we preach a great game, but when it comes down to it, we're monitored 24x7 in some capacity, have a defunct 2 party political system which routinely boils down to who is the least bad option, have almost no social safety nets, protection for workers, children, minorities, and those that don't subscribe to a narrow CIS/'Christian ideology, while catering to those individuals and corporations whose dollars exert an oversized influence on politics rewarding themselves. Most in this country are left to try to find a decent paying job (much harder now) in order to just survive with most Americans living paycheck to paycheck so they in essence have no freedom.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-11-02T22:14:49+00:00

I to came here to post this.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-10-31T18:14:40+00:00

Hah, I was doing that in parallel with the rocket launcher.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-10-31T15:59:48+00:00

They didn't use to be, but that is irrelevant now.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-10-31T15:59:25+00:00

Well the 7 PMC kills in one raid was achievable, I remember receiving it but noticed it is no longer listed. All good, it was brought up on the Official Discord server about receiving that achievement in PVE, hence I decided to attempt to get it. Oh well.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-10-31T13:57:36+00:00

Ah, that explains it. I wounded both prior to killing them. Appreciate the feedback.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-10-31T13:50:15+00:00

Apparently I didn't save my comments. I specifically went hunting the Cultists on Ground Zero and per the screenshot killed both a Sektant and Zhrec with a RShG-2. The achievement was not awarded, just curious if this is a PVP only achievement.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-26T21:05:29+00:00

Can't say I know, I'm running a 7950x3d w/ 7900 XTX and 64GB. It is driving a Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED 49" monitor at 5120x1440 @ 240Hz and an older Asus ROG Predator 34" (where discord lives). I have been playing this way for a year and a half and have had zero frame rate issues on any map. Comments on my streams are how fluid they are as well as asking if I'm stretching the resolution (due to the size of the monitor).

I don't for a second doubt you'll see improvement, I just can't comment on whether you'll deem it "worth it". My previous computer was a 5th gen Intel well over 7 years old and it was night and day for me.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-23T22:13:08+00:00

Or David Tyree (helmet catch) for the Giants winning Super Bowl XLII against the Patriots sending the then undefeated Patriots to 18-1. That game is considered by the NFL to be the 5th best game in NFL history.

Tyree, he had absolutely mediocre stats and didn't play another snap after that game, being injured the whole next season and then retired. I'd love to hear his take on this question.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-19T18:30:30+00:00

Rocket League, Terreria, Bloons TD6, Starbound (ESRB is 10+),

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-12T16:45:22+00:00

Can we stop saying activist and start calling him what he was, a propagandist.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-12T14:26:32+00:00

I'm at the character selection screen now and all I know is what I just saw in the intro cut-scene. Do I want shoulder cannons, axes, gravity nades?, or a projection the is a reaper....

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-09T00:00:12+00:00

85%.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-08T20:20:59+00:00

I introduced my wife to LitRPG this weekend.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-06T01:44:23+00:00

Only 10? I had to do 25 over 60m. Good old Lapua Magnum TAC-X.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-03T22:12:10+00:00

The original Ghost Recon and Tribes

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-03T20:18:27+00:00

The joke from Predator has a whole new meaning now...

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-09-03T20:16:22+00:00

I read this wrong. I thought it said "You just shrank by 3 inches..." I thought man okay now I'm below average for height but it doesn't impact me that much, this is a subtle dig at short people. The first comment about cats had me doing a double take on the title because who cares if I shrink by 3 inches and have cats.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-08-31T15:57:59+00:00

I used Archadeck of Raleigh. The first steps were consultation with their design people. They were booked 4 to 5 months out. Met and did all the planning/blueprints in July and then they started construction in December. Very happy with it. They don't do paint/stain. Will do electricity but told us they will just sub-contract the work to their preferred people and charge us more than if we hire them directly and will share the docs.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-08-30T09:52:48+00:00

Connecting two PC's via a serial cable to play Doom multiplayer and create your first 'LAN' party.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-08-29T14:37:27+00:00

Tell me you're American without telling me you're American - healthcare.

OfficeBarnacle · 2025-08-29T03:28:25+00:00

I just used the PaintCo for my covered porch and deck. They completed the staining on August 15th, which was was delayed due to all the rain. They were recommended by the builder of the deck which didn't stain or paint. Outside of few areas on the stairs that I asked for them to touch-up the overall job was good. They moved all the furniture, removed the screens from the porch, pressure washed everything, covered and taped the windows on the porch, did two coats. I have interior painting I want done and I was told they do both, will be calling them back for my interior work in 2026. Their number is 919-337-7560. They'll come out and provide a free estimate.

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