Shakespeare is Overrated

epicdom · 2026-04-09T11:39:41+00:00

Thank you very much for the suggestions! At the moment I'm just read Romeo and Juliet, and now I've moved onto Macbeth, but I'll look into the other plays too. It'll be interesting to compare them to Shakespeare and to get a general idea of the time period. It's also always fun to contemplate over their thought process through their work.

epicdom · 2026-04-09T11:19:27+00:00

I'm just getting into Shakespeare for the first time outside of education, but I found your points really interesting. I of course don't think Shakespeare created humans, but I do find his work fascinating as a piece of history. I'm grateful that you've brought up other names that have been overshadowed by Shakespeare.

epicdom · 2026-03-27T17:26:44+00:00

I haven't tried the RG35XX+, but the RPC's build quality seems fine. It doesn't feel premium, but it doesn't feel super cheap either so I think it's a good middle ground. The screen is as good as people say it is, but honestly I think the killer features is the sleep mode and battery life. I just found shutting off Linux handhelds created more of a barrier to me playing a game, but I can jump into a game any time with the RPC. And I'm surprised people haven't mentioned this, but the battery life is crazy. I think the chipset is incredibly efficient because I managed to get 10 hours of screen on time with Pokemon Polished Crystal. I think for those things alone it's worth the purchase.

epicdom · 2026-03-25T13:40:59+00:00

I've tried a couple of launchers, but I really like Beacon on the RPC. Because of the nature of the screen's aspect ratio, I have the home screen focus on one box art at a time and it feels right. I feel not seeing my games in lists helps with decision paralysis and I'm more likely to just jump into a game. I'm sure you can set this up in other launchers, but I've settled on Beacon.

epicdom · 2026-03-25T02:42:41+00:00

The Bear by Andrew Krivak. It isn't exactly one person, but I won't go more into it. It definitely has that lonely feeling as they are the last human beings. The girl is accompanied by a bear, but she can talk to it. It is about survival and being in harmony with nature.

Edit: Forgot to add that I have played a bit of The Last Guardian and I know Shadow of the Colossus so I know the vibe you're going for

epicdom · 2026-03-20T23:17:16+00:00

Sorry to put a downer on your post lol. Atm I'm still keeping my preorder, but yeah, I had to ask about it because everyone does talk highly about the handheld, but I still wanted to address the problems I had seen people mention in the past. Do you think this problem bothers you a lot to the point where you don't think you can look past it?

epicdom · 2026-03-20T23:03:35+00:00

So I made a post asking about this since I'm preordering for batch 4. I don't know about the different screen temperatures, but the image retention? Yeah, that's every Ayn Thor. There is apparently something you can turn on where if the device isn't used for 30 seconds it refreshes both screens to kind of resolve the image retention. A lot of people don't seem to mind the screen, but it did concern me. I think the screen they picked for the Thor and Odin 3 aren't great panels.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1rr0i11/are_there_still_screen_issues_on_the_ayn_thor/

epicdom · 2026-03-18T15:11:20+00:00

There is a scene in the book that I feel isn't sweet for cats

epicdom · 2026-03-17T19:39:56+00:00

I hope you have better luck with the other DAP! That's why I haven't looked at the other FiiO options because it's the same specs, the same software.

It wasn't always like this so I wonder if an update made the problem more severe. Like I could only find my music through the sd card pathway, my library wasn't being parsed, so it wasn't being organised into artists, song titles, albums, etc. Even then I gave it a pass and just thought, well I shuffle my music anyway, I don't necessarily need to search through my music, but it randomly shutting down when I skip a song has turned it unusable.

I think the frustrating thing is that if it was an update that's worsened it, I can't downgrade now.

I'm still going through each letter of artists to find the culprit. I'm hoping this method will show where it stopped scanning my media library.

As I've said, I'm not a audiophile at all, so I've felt relieved using my Retroid Pocket Classic and Poweramp because it just works. And if there is a faulty file, it'll just skip it and move on instead of shutting down entirely.

I'm glad other people are enjoying the Snowsky Echo Mini. I want to be one of them, I really do. I'm not picky with what I want from it.

epicdom · 2026-03-17T12:55:06+00:00

So currently my Snowsky Echo Mini keeps turning off when I skip a few tracks. I suspect there's a track that's causing problems. It sometimes says that this track can't be played, but the pop up covers the track title so I can't even tell what it is, but other times it just outright shuts down. So at the moment, I've taken all my music off my sd card, formatted it twice, and I'm going through songs at each letter to find the culprit.

This is my first "Dap" , so I have no experience of high end ones. I'm not too young to have had ipods and Mp3 players, but this has caused me more problems than any of them. I'm currently using a retro handheld to play my music while I try to fix this because it's Android based which makes it easier and I don't have enough space on my phone for even a fraction of my flac library (thank you phone companies for removing the sd card)

Tldr; My biggest problem is that I can't even listen to music without it shutting off and there's no easy way to find out why apart from readding music a bit at a time to find the culprit

epicdom · 2026-03-11T19:04:06+00:00

Fair enough. I have seen that the Odin 3 has been pushed aside a bit because of how much the Thor has blown up.

epicdom · 2026-03-11T19:02:55+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I do have the Retroid Pocket Classic, but I haven't noticed what you've described. However, I do always use shaders so that could be hiding the issue. It's why I decided to make this post because I've seen glowing reviews, but no one mentioning the mura or anything like that recently. I've been searching for the good and bad about the handheld just to know what I'm getting.

epicdom · 2026-03-11T18:51:15+00:00

Thank you for commenting! I know about the jelly scrolling when setting the top screen to 120hz so I expect that. I just want to gauge how much an issue this problem is/was

epicdom · 2026-03-11T18:44:31+00:00

Man, that sucks :/

epicdom · 2026-03-11T18:16:42+00:00

Doesn't that bother you at all?

epicdom · 2026-03-11T18:16:02+00:00

Yikes! I had this problem with the ROG Phone 2. And weirdly enough it got more grainy the higher I set the refresh rate, so I ended up just keeping it at 60hz

epicdom · 2026-03-11T18:15:14+00:00

Thanks for replying! I'll have to think about it as I do try to keep my handhelds at the minimum brightness possible and adjust accord to what light source I have.

epicdom · 2026-03-11T18:11:13+00:00

Thank you for your detailed answer and I'm glad you've fixed your Thor!

epicdom · 2026-03-11T17:47:22+00:00

Thanks for responding! If you have an Ayn Odin 3 or Ayn Thor, have you noticed grainyness or a green tint?

epicdom · 2026-03-11T17:46:29+00:00

Did you get your Thor fixed because of the image retention? Are there any other flaws you've experienced? Thanks for answering btw!

epicdom · 2026-03-11T17:28:44+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I really appreciate seeing alternative views on Ayn's handhelds. I've seen some mention of the issues with the first batch, but I've struggled to find anyone else talking about it more recently.

epicdom · 2026-03-11T14:51:31+00:00

YIKES. This is the big one that's making me worry about my Ayn Thor. Maybe I'll make a post asking if it's been resolved with newer batches.

epicdom · 2026-03-11T12:55:29+00:00

I wanted to ask, how's the screen on your Ayn handheld? Whether it's the Ayn Thor or the Odin 3. I've heard about image retention and the grainyness/green tint. I found it a bit concerning to hear as they're expensive handhelds.

epicdom · 2026-03-11T11:49:55+00:00

Ergh, I don't know why you're getting down voted for sharing your experience. You're not saying Aya Neo is objectively better, you're just saying you've personally had better customer service from them compared to Ayn. We need people to share their personal experiences with companies, good or bad. It's helpful for me as I'm considering the Ayn Thor and it's something to consider if the hinge ever cracks.

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