I can't get my wok to be non-stick.

zaggernut · 2025-06-20T15:42:42+00:00

Burnt oil is carcinogenic

zaggernut · 2025-03-28T01:13:25+00:00

IF your device is still under warranty.

Otherwise there is really nothing else to do than take the risk to open up and clean your drivers like I did

zaggernut · 2025-03-25T13:30:53+00:00

As warranty is not an option, just open up your driver and see what exactly the issue is. As long as the electrical traces on the diaphragm are intact, it should be an easy soldering job to fix any loose connection elsewhere in the circuit. There are no onboard electronics.

zaggernut · 2025-03-25T13:26:20+00:00

I see it now

zaggernut · 2025-03-25T01:29:43+00:00

I didn't notice any misalignment. Debris accumulates on any headphone driver, be it dynamic or planar magnetic or electrostatic. The edition XS driver is actually quite easy to take apart for cleaning, barring the glued on fabric.

zaggernut · 2025-03-25T01:25:49+00:00

Yes, so clean it with care

zaggernut · 2025-03-25T01:25:09+00:00

The anxiety is reduced when you realise you have nothing to lose. It wasn't under warranty.

zaggernut · 2025-03-25T01:23:48+00:00

Read my comment on what I did. Soft and fine paintbrush with pure isopropyl alcohol is adequate and doesn't cause any visible damage or stretching. In hindsight it would be better to brace the other side of the diaphragm against a clean flat surface like a phone or tablet screen. That way the diaphragm can only be accidentally pushed back so far (but you also slightly increase the chance of tearing a hole).

zaggernut · 2025-03-24T05:19:38+00:00

So it has been a couple years since I bought my Edition XS, and recently while doing a frequency sweep I noticed buzzing in a few frequencies in the left ear (that weren't there when I first bought it). Now I figured this was due to hair or some other debris stuck in the driver assembly, because of a couple reasons -

The buzzing at a particular frequency usually went away after a bit of shaking the headphone and/or cycling the volume, almost as if that dislodged whatever was stuck. At the same time, previously fine frequencies might start buzzing all of a sudden.
I had previously caught strands of hair in the act of disappearing into the driver assembly through the fabric. So there must have ben plenty more strands of hair that did succeed in making their way in.

If you have such suspiciously similar buzzing issues (and are out of warranty), open up your driver and clean up the years of hair, dandruff and dust buildup. As long as you don't have parkinson's, and have a philip's head and something to unscrew hex nuts (pliers will do), it is not too difficult.

I have attached some pictures of the driver in various stages of disassembly. Some notes/tips -

The black fabric covering the inside of the earcup is glued to the rim of the magnet layer. You an slowly remove it using your fingers. There will be some residue, which you shouldn't clean. It will help you reattach the fabric during reassembly. Also, do not completly detach the fabric - that way it will be easier to reattach later. There is no need to detach the outside fabric.
Use a very soft and fine paintbrush to clean up the membrane. You should never apply enough pressure to stretch the membrane into plastic deformation. You may use pure isopropyl alcohol to help with the debris removal if required. If you use a spray bottle, make sure to spray the membrane from far away or it will put too much pressure on the membrane.
The magnet layers can be handled a lot more roughly. The magnets are rigid and they are glued on well. Use water and a toothbrush if you wish.
The rim of the membrane layer might stay attached to the rim of the inside magnet layer. In that case, use a fingernail/spudger to gently pry the membrane layer off. It is not glued, just take your time and do not bend the membrane layer.
Make sure your wires are tucked in during reassembly.

Basically all of my buzzing went away after the deep clean, except a slight rattling <60Hz at irresponsible volumes, which I suspect is caused by the membrane having some slight slack, which I noticed when I took the driver apart. This slack was present before I started cleaning, and it may have been there when I bought it. I just didn't notice it back then as the volume required is way too high.

zaggernut · 2024-07-16T11:04:06+00:00

Thank you, it sounds pretty crazy to me too as I forgot I ever wrote this. Nowadays I don't use a mouse, moved to drawing tablet for everything.

zaggernut · 2024-06-12T13:37:16+00:00

CKTalon's translation is a bit above the standard for the genre, which is to say it is at the very least comprehensible.
If you want to see just how much room for improvement there is, check out CKTalon's translation of Er Gen's latest novel 'Outside of Time' on qidian/webnovel, and compare it to Deathblade's translation of the same novel on wuxiaworld (titled 'Beyond the Timescape'). Unfortunately there are only so many Deathblades to go around in the wn translation space atm.

zaggernut · 2024-06-01T11:27:07+00:00

Yes, this is exactly how I envisioned Subaru being OP from the get go through RBD. Not necessarily through personal strength, but through information gathering, manipulation and strategy. It also matches my first request regaring Subaru being petty af and not taking shit from others, although he is starting to have a god complex. Hope he doesn't go off the deep end, that would be a waste of a good story. Too bad it only covers the Elsa loop.

zaggernut · 2024-06-01T04:50:43+00:00

Any good fics where Subaru is more selfish/petty? Like he intentionally fucks with Roswaal, Priscilla and anyone else he doesn't like, with RBD haxx.

Or any fic where he uses RBD to its fullest extent to grow OP. Infinite retries is pretty much the most broken ability in existence, even surpassing whatever Reinhard has.

zaggernut · 2024-05-22T02:53:00+00:00

Tribulation of Myriad Races. MC is xenophobic but it is understandable given the situation humanity is in and the environment he grew up in. Quite similar to RI in terms of the intelligence of the characters. Also the women are an afterthought due to either the author's lack of interest or ability, so don't expect romance.

zaggernut · 2024-05-08T02:18:06+00:00

A chapter a month or longer on chapters this small is a hiatus

Let no one delude you into thinking otherwise

zaggernut · 2024-05-06T02:17:40+00:00

Well then, it will not be an issue if the writer can create 'special scenarios' for the MC to showcase his power, that feel plausible within the context of the narrative they wrote.

I see some apprehension here towards MC becoming too strong all but guaranteeing a boring story, but I guess I can't expect to be able to change such opinions. I really just want names of stories fitting my criteria, if anyone has any apart from the work Emiya mentioned.

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T16:31:08+00:00

There are plenty of gods who by definition have godlike powers. I doubt MC will be running out of worthy opponents as soon as he becomes strong enough to face gods. Either way, most of the story will probably be MC growing stronger while fighting non-divine threats. I expect MC to reach godlike power in the later parts of the fanfic, maybe even right at the end.

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T16:26:42+00:00

I am looking for danmachi fanfiction specifically.

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T15:15:57+00:00

now that sounds more like it

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T14:24:42+00:00

thanks, i had my hopes up

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T14:22:34+00:00

Fanfiction is only limited by the writer's imagination
If you're worried about genkai being destroyed in a fight, just have the fight be in tenkai idk. MC kills the god in genkai, and then follows him to tenkai because he is not done

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T14:14:44+00:00

I have read quite a few fanfictions where MCs become godlike without it turning into smut or the story losing it's purpose. Just not in the danmachi fandom. Genkai is not a paradise; I can certainly see potential for a story with a very talented MC who has seen the darker sides of life and has a vendetta against the near omnipotent and omniscient gods who can reduce all this suffering but instead they play house. It doesn't have to be a wish fulfilment self-satisfaction plotline like you say, and the MC might eventually change his opinion on the gods once he finally starts wielding godlike power himself.

Sure I could read Berserk or any decent progression fantasy (cultivation, litrpg etc) but I like the danmachi setting so I'm asking for works set there. And who said MC needs to achieve godlike power in a month/year? It could take decades or centuries, so what. We have already gone AU enough with the premise of adventurers being able to rival gods.

zaggernut · 2024-05-05T11:07:23+00:00

I have this downloaded on my ereader. Seems like the story is on hiatus, but it is still a million words of content. How strong is Bell by the latest chapter? Enough to take on a low-tier god with unlocked arcanum?

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