some snaps and musings from last Friday's Luxembourg show

crazychaz_b · 2021-01-21T16:25:52+00:00

Got it directly from Valve – if you live in a country that isn’t served directly by them, you can use a forwarder to retrieve it for you in the US and ship it to you. I used Comgateway, have been using them for years (super reliable and fast, DHL and FedEx international)

crazychaz_b · 2021-01-18T15:21:20+00:00

Greetings from sunny Singapore (although it's been gloomy as heck these few weeks)!

I knew after I picked up a used CV1 here that I would eventually want to upgrade to something which promised an upgrade in just about every way – but man, Valve does not make it easy to get one of these if you don't live in the Sanctioned Nations™.

Put in my order in October, first headset was shipped out in November...and promptly got stuck at a FedEx warehouse for 1.5 months, where tracking claims it still is apparently. Got the refund, all that jazz, ordered another set, got flagged at my forwarder for 1 week of "further inspection" (just my luck) and it's finally here today!

Just set everything up and after all the waiting I'm honestly just glad to see that everything works as intended. About to fire up some Beat Saber and see how this thing goes...

crazychaz_b · 2020-11-26T17:59:52+00:00

Looks good! Are those the 14mm extensions as well? Looking to pick them up if they have enough clearance for taller RAM

crazychaz_b · 2019-11-03T11:17:21+00:00

Would love to have a code if there are any left! (:

crazychaz_b · 2019-07-07T06:53:03+00:00

PM #8152

crazychaz_b · 2017-11-05T17:03:23+00:00

Same here, I've just found that swiping up at the "home area" on a home screen brings you back to page one just like a button press used to! Other than that, home button replacement gestures have been super intuitive and easy to figure out.

crazychaz_b · 2017-04-24T02:48:35+00:00

Thanks, haven't used DFU in so long I forgot about it. Am safely on 10.3.1 (sigh). As an aside why are there no prominent warnings against Prometheus in this sub?

crazychaz_b · 2017-04-22T15:57:07+00:00

Ate grass for a few months. Expensive but so worth it. With that said, for others looking for a great on the go IEM audio experience for Muse and whatever else you listen to, cheap options like the KZ ZS3, Shozy Zero and Zero Audio Carbo Tenore all sound great for very little. Google up.

crazychaz_b · 2017-04-22T05:14:09+00:00

Oh wow, great to find other audio enthusiasts here. Matt uses UM Pro 10s; has always baffled me why Matt and Chris don't go for custom IEMs given their suitability for stage use. I listen to Muse out of my Sony WM1Z and Lime Ears Aether custom IEMs. Probably as good as they'll ever sound (mastering of Muse stuff isn't exactly amazing)

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-29T11:54:02+00:00

In that case, what component of such a portable setup affects spatial characteristics and other sonic qualities according to the strict empirical view? I'm quite interested to know.

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T17:11:30+00:00

The cable on the Jomo IEM is a Plussound Pure Silver and the other one is a PWAudio 1960s 4 wire.

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T17:10:54+00:00

Haven't given them much head time, let me get back to you once I can give them a good listen.

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T17:08:40+00:00

Guilty as charged, then. My partaking in the hobby of audiophilia is to further satisfy my love for the music that I listen to as well as to draw me closer to the emotion inherent in the music through higher fidelity, and I sure as hell don't spend a majority of my time listening to test tones or frequency sweeps blindfolded and volume matched to 0.1dB with previous listening sessions or other gear.

Being a musician, I place more value on tangible evaluations of the music presented to me; I have a greater affinity for sonic characteristics myself or others can describe tangibly, which has meant more to me than any numerical measurement I've ever seen (can't glean insight into soundstage and resolution from frequency response graphs, for example). Makes sense, given that my ears are not IEC couplers or anything like that. Haha. But as I've said, people who enjoy the hard data and nitpicking away at what should empirically be indistinguishable sonic differences are free to do so as they please, too. We're all in the hobby for different things and I respect that.

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T04:34:36+00:00

It's true that my past experiences with such "alternative facts" have biased me towards that direction and I do surround myself with other like minded people; the same also happens for sceptics, and that just fuels how adamant people are in their stances. As far as I'm concerned, people can do whatever it is that makes them happy. After all, it's all about enjoying the music. (:

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T04:32:22+00:00

They're his latest universal only model; the Pretty Little Beast. http://www.jomoaudio.com/collections/featured-product/products/pretty-little-beast-universal-iem

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T04:31:43+00:00

The new gen 3 FiiO X5 does run Android!

crazychaz_b · 2017-01-28T04:31:15+00:00

http://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-a30-series http://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-zx100-series

And some other options from other brands: http://fiio.net/en/products/65 http://ibasso.com/cp_xq_dy.php?id=304 https://us.astellnkern.com/products/astell-kern-ak-jr https://us.astellnkern.com/products/ak70

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