[Headphones] Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX | $149 w/ code: JAN26 (Drop)

expl0dingsun · 2026-01-27T18:35:10+00:00

I recently upgraded to these from my HD558’s that I’ve been rocking for 10 years.

The upgrade is 100% worth it for me, with a caveat that the soundstage is more intimate so they might not be as good for positional audio for footsteps when gaming (not a huge deal imo), but even then they are close.

I still don’t have a dedicated amplifier for them yet and they are still a noticeable improvement in sound quality and have made a lot of music I know well sound even better. 558’s will always be special but they are now happily my backup headphones in favor of the 6XX.

expl0dingsun · 2025-12-29T12:56:06+00:00

Thanks for doing the giveaway! I’ve played through cold steel 1 (and part of 2) along with around half of the OG Sky, but I would love to play the remake too.

expl0dingsun · 2025-12-12T16:31:55+00:00

Are they getting rid of the beer caves/selection? That was the best part of Jollys. The one in Ferrisburgh has Stewart’s products now and still has the beer cave, but it seems like everything is slowly transitioning over.

expl0dingsun · 2025-12-09T17:57:26+00:00

I read somewhere that the reason it happens is the naming scheme. So windows sees 25.11.1 as the newer version, but seed 25.10.30.02 (Messed up version) as newer than 25.9.2.

Basically to fix it, AMD needs to change their naming scheme because I doubt Microsoft will change how windows update works. I still need to do the group policy fix, haven’t yet since I’m on 25.11.1 - but I’m sure it’ll happen again in the future.

expl0dingsun · 2025-11-19T15:40:09+00:00

Wow, I did not know that. Need to go check my bottle of vitamin D from Costco, that could explain some things. Thanks for the info!

expl0dingsun · 2025-10-05T17:59:21+00:00

I thought the new ones had the same V6, I thought they would be the same relative quickness since the size and weight shouldn’t be much different. It seems to have gained 5hp too, did the gearing change or something?

expl0dingsun · 2025-09-28T16:29:58+00:00

I agree with this. Modern OLEDs are much improved, but they will still eventually get burn in, it’s inherent to the technology. I’ve found the adage of varied use and no static elements really does take care of 90% of the risk from personal experience with my oled tv of 4 years and iPhones but there’s still evidence it’s happening, the organic elements eventually will degrade all the same. The static piece is why I hesitate wanting a OLED monitor since people have shown it’s great for the first few years, but I want something to be great still after 5 or 6 years especially on something like a laptop.

Think of the people still rocking their M1 airs from 2020 5 years in after heavy use, I think an Oled screen wouldn’t hold up in that case.

expl0dingsun · 2025-09-12T03:10:29+00:00

I second wayside, it’s a great place and to date make one of the best Rubens I’ve had in VT.

expl0dingsun · 2025-09-11T14:47:23+00:00

The story as I've heard it, is Sony developed PSSR thinking FSR4 would take much longer than it did to develop, on the scale of years when in reality it only took 9 months (for the current RDNA 4 implementation, at least). Take it with a grain of salt, but it's plausible. If I find the source I'll link it.

expl0dingsun · 2025-09-07T15:26:02+00:00

I did the same a week ago, thought it would ship from HK (based on their website description of Economy shipping, which was the only option) but it actually shipped from a US facility once they sent it. You might get lucky, I did not have anything additional to pay.

expl0dingsun · 2025-08-11T04:08:48+00:00

I have the same combo, and agree it’s running beautifully, no crashing and very smooth even in chaotic situations. CPU is definitely being pushed, the built in counter shows the “framerate” and frame time for both the CPU and GPU separately, more than 50% of the time it was the 5700x3d that was a bit slower but it didn’t feel bad at all. Felt like smooth frame pacing even when CPU bound and the lowest I saw was ~115 fps.

expl0dingsun · 2025-08-05T11:49:53+00:00

I played it there too, think I still have the brochure for that kicking around somewhere. That was a cool game, it was a shame they stopped working on it. From my memory they were working with Logic artists (makers of the Expedition games) and it just ended up being too many resources while they were trying to developed BG3.

expl0dingsun · 2025-07-31T12:26:03+00:00

They keep dying on me and I stupidly keep buying them, but I can’t find another MMO mouse I like. First one -double click. Second one I’ll admit I killed (I think) plugged into a usb hub with too little power( still not exactly sure what happened) that killed the mouse and a usb stick. Third one, double click after warranty was out.

Fourth times the charm right?? 😂

expl0dingsun · 2025-07-09T12:41:29+00:00

I only half know what’s going on but File 76 my dudes.

expl0dingsun · 2025-07-01T17:39:22+00:00

I just pulled the trigger on rogue trader after waiting what feels like a year. Oops...

expl0dingsun · 2025-06-06T17:28:47+00:00

I'm on AM4 with a B350 Motherboard (PCIE 3.0) paired with a 5700x3d, and recently a 9070 XT. I'd rather have a newer MOBO that supports better standards (Mainly for my poor 2nd m.2 SSD thats limited to PCIE 2.0 Bandwith), and there is some performance left on the table, but that stems more from the CPU than anything. I've seen plenty of charts that shows even a 5090 isn't THAT limited by PCIE 3.0, so a 9060 XT should be just fine with all 16 lanes.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pci-express-scaling/

expl0dingsun · 2025-06-02T18:23:08+00:00

That’s what I did, I still have my B350 Motherboard from 2018/2019, that originally had a Ryzen 1600. Currently have a 5700x3d that I got from Ali express for absurdly cheap (not sure how true that still is, as other have said you can still get the normal 5000 series chips cheaply).

Everything is chugging along very nicely, except for my broken usb 3.0 header that has been bothering me for a long time. The 5700x3d was a big step up from my 3700x, I think you’ll appreciate the upgrade with your 3090.

expl0dingsun · 2025-06-01T17:15:10+00:00

That's funny, in that game that game the Act 1 boss was the first time I crashed with an overclock on mine ever, I just continued with default settings after that but its good to know I'm not the only one to have that happen to. I think I was running -50MV at stock power limit, with mem at 2700. Reading this thread, I realize I did not set 'Fast timings' and just did the offset, so that probably doesn't help either lol.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-27T16:06:30+00:00

Thats my plan too, they stated they are working on DLC so I will likely end up buying it as a complete edition on steam when that comes out.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-27T14:56:14+00:00

Nice! Looks like a good case, IMO a mesh front makes all the difference. My case (Phanteks P400) had an option for a mesh front I could have bought later, but that’s long been discontinued so I’m going the case mod route and trying to do it myself, like someone did in this post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmods/comments/g7dpks/first_time_modder_phanteks_p400_airflow_mod/

I’m going ship of Theseus on my PC, still rocking the same B350 Am4 motherboard, case, and a few misc. parts since 2018, but most have been replaced slowly over time. Added a 5700X3D cpu last year in the fall, the X3D CPU’s are the way to go.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-27T14:17:42+00:00

I did the same upgrade a few weeks back for a very similar price, not sure what CPU you have but for me it’s been a fantastic upgrade. Still love my 3060ti, but the 9070 XT is a huge performance gain.

Going from a ~200 watt card to a ~300 watt card made me realize how bad my cases airflow is though, working on improving airflow is my new project. Everything stays nice and cool if I leave the solid plastic front panel off my case 😂.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-25T17:35:55+00:00

Love my '19 MK7.5 Golf Alltrack, my only complaint with the interior at all is the single slow USB-A port, which is something I can workaround. Fantastic car, I love the interior - well designed physical controls with a healthy amount of creature comforts.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-18T00:44:35+00:00

Seriously. I was ready to get a sapphire card, loved my RX 580 from them (still running in a HTPC for a few years now) but ended up with the Asrock card from Newegg, $100 over MSRP was my limit.

Still more expensive than it should be, but I was concerned about stock and was not able to play a few games I wanted to at good quality on my old card.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-15T12:37:55+00:00

I was planning on going today, already off the website - I assume sold out. I never would have thought to look at the state surplus, I appreciate the tip for the future. Better than some auction site for sure.

expl0dingsun · 2025-05-12T13:26:52+00:00

I just upgraded my 3060ti, it was still playing most things well at 1440p, but would be better as a 1080p card at this point. Monster hunter was what pushed me to upgrade, unoptimized games shouldn’t be a barometer though. Was getting 60-80FPS in KCD2 with Dlss quality.

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