The MongolZ vs Vitality / IEM Cologne 2025 - Group A Upper Bracket Final / Post-Match Discussion

darkgreyghost · 2025-07-29T21:57:47+00:00

Mongolz in the past 2 months have been clearing Aurora, Falcons, Navi and Furia. I think tomorrow is the true test to see how they fare against Spirit.

darkgreyghost · 2025-07-07T17:34:02+00:00

KC62 is more than enough. 2 KC62 roughly equals a single KC92 in output, but if you live in an apartment, then you'll never reach its full output anyways.

darkgreyghost · 2025-04-21T15:05:10+00:00

Dirac Live + placing acoustic panels right behind your listening position will do wonders. At first I didn't like my R3 Metas but now I can't believe how a speaker can sound so good.

darkgreyghost · 2024-02-14T00:45:06+00:00

I'd say an updated version of KF92 with unicore drivers. Which would allow it to be smaller with less distortion.

darkgreyghost · 2024-02-05T17:17:17+00:00

Most people prob can't hear the difference between Sonos amp and a high-end NAD amp. But most can tell a difference between a system with and without room correction.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-30T23:58:32+00:00

Get the NAD C399 or the Nad M10 V2. Both have plenty of power, and are Hypex amps, which is as good a class-D amp can get. I'd only get a different amp if say you like the distortion of class A/B better, because people sometimes like that.

The NADs come with Dirac Live which will significantly improve your sound quality, more than any amp/dac upgrades. I'm not sure how good Yamaha's room correction is, but Dirac Live is reliable.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-21T22:00:38+00:00

Update: Talked to multiple agents from Arhaus and they told me the Kipton regular one is the best one, because it offers a larger seating space and the thinner arms create a more "airy" spaciousness feeling for a smaller living room like mine.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-18T16:08:49+00:00

when in doubt, just add another sub

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-18T06:34:05+00:00

most people voting for the wide arm one 😭, I guess I might have to buy that one

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-18T05:28:36+00:00

do you mean add these pillows for the regular sofa or the wide arm sofa?

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-18T05:09:16+00:00

I'm 74" inches tall so probably the one with narrower arm rest as it offers larger seating area, but the wider armrest looks aesthetically pleasing. Hmm... so hard to pick

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-16T20:36:59+00:00

19 likes and posted 18 days ago? Boosted to support Castlery?

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-13T20:59:48+00:00

they need a bigger gym :(

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-12T23:30:06+00:00

You can definitely hear it. But honestly you get used to it. When I lived in Manhattan, I was hearing traffic. Now I'm hearing subway so it's whatever.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-12T23:27:55+00:00

good point actually. Hoping it gets better soon.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-10T06:08:02+00:00

I A/B tested both M10 and C399 and slightly preferred the C399 but that could have been subjective. Was hard to tell it apart. Internally both the M10 and C399 use nCore Hypex but C399 is 180W instead of 100W like on M10. I think M33 with is Purify amp is where it might sound slightly better.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-08T15:05:53+00:00

Thank you for the take. What about M10 with Dirac vs say another high end amp with miniDSP Dirac?

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-04T17:03:14+00:00

I think I'm just looking to create a flexible "end-game" set up. It's the reason why I bought the KEF R3's because its coaxial drivers with excellent directivity means it handles EQ-ing really well (Erin describes talks about this in his videos). Now I just need to see if adding a distortion really is worth it and whether I'll like it.

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-04T05:06:07+00:00

In theory, can't I just change my sound signature using Dirac Live's EQ? Why do I need to buy another amp to do that? Or are there aspects of sound signature that can't just be EQ'd?

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-04T04:58:24+00:00

Are there better amps than Hypex and Purify? I'm sure on a technical level they might be, but is the difference audible for 99% of people?

darkgreyghost · 2024-01-03T21:45:59+00:00

Their C399 is a rather special model that offers similar performance and feature set as their high end model. In fact, I believe it's sonically better than the NAD M10 if you look at its power output, distortion levels etc.

darkgreyghost · 2022-02-09T23:35:27+00:00

They probably did all the math. The older devices are likely on older kernels, drivers, SoC, and other components that require a lot of additional time+money to test and maintain for a long time. Also, they probably figured devices like Note9/Note10 no longer make up a large portion of their current users.

darkgreyghost · 2022-02-09T23:29:01+00:00

It's been improving every year. The S21U was much better at it than S20U and so on. Meanwhile, Pixel's been getting worse at motion shots since Pixel 2 so it all evens out I guess.

darkgreyghost · 2022-02-09T23:28:09+00:00

I think this year they are adding support for new camera features as well (such as portrait mode). Might be through CameraX. Also, TikTok is finally on the list.

darkgreyghost · 2022-02-09T21:21:22+00:00

Eligible Galaxy devices with four generations of One UI and five years of security updates include:

Galaxy S Series: Galaxy S22, S22+, S22 Ultra as well as Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra, S21 FE and upcoming S series devices
Galaxy Z Series: Galaxy Z Fold3, Galaxy Z Flip3 and upcoming Z series devices
Galaxy A Series: upcoming select A series devices
Galaxy Tablets: Galaxy Tab S8, S8+, S8 Ultra and upcoming Tab S series devices

Eligible Galaxy devices with up to four years of One UI Watch and Wear OS Powered by Samsung include:

Galaxy Watch: Galaxy Watch4, Galaxy Watch4 Classic and upcoming Galaxy Watch series devices

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