TheMightyEthan Posted March 25, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2024 I haven't tried the Pixel ones, I have a pair of Anker ones that I like. You can also get USB-C to headphone jack adapters for like $5 if you want to stick with your current ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 25, 2024 Report Share Posted March 25, 2024 I've had a couple Anker wireless. Though not too keen on my current pair - Anker P2 Life or similar sounding. Bit too light and have a long stubby bit that I think is meant to bring closer to your mouth for calls and such (hence the "Life" branding I guess) but kinda just poke you a bit. Last pair were more rotund. USB-C to headphone jack just handy to have as a back up, can be got dirt cheap. I have one that has charging pass through - great for parties where you can just plug into an older hi-fi speaker and keep phone topped up with juice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted March 25, 2024 Report Share Posted March 25, 2024 11 hours ago, TheMightyEthan said: I haven't tried the Pixel ones, I have a pair of Anker ones that I like. You can also get USB-C to headphone jack adapters for like $5 if you want to stick with your current ones. I could probably get a bit more mileage out of them tbh, so that's good to know. But I've been wanting wireless ones for too long not to use this as an excuse to upgrade. Ended up ordering some PIxel Buds Pro. Did some reading and it sounds like they're pretty good if a tad overpriced. They were on sale so I went for it. Even ordered directly from the Google store because Amazon didn't have the ones that match the color of my phone and I'm the kind of idiot that cares about these things. Can't be listening to music on Fog-colored ear buds with a Bay-colored phone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 12, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2024 2023 Chevy Bolt. The picture isn't the exact one I bought, but the same year and color. Get to pick it up next weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 12, 2024 Report Share Posted October 12, 2024 Nice. Was it a tough decision to go for electric? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 12, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2024 No, we were only getting a car at all because we wanted electric. I had been looking into it and there are enough chargers around that even in Kansas it's very feasible now. It has a ~250 mile range, so like driving to visit my wife's family in South Dakota would take more planning than it would with a gas car to make sure we're recharging where we need to, but other than that it's far enough to easily go anywhere we might want to without risking being caught somewhere without a charger. We also have a whole home solar power system, so we'll be able to charge it off 100% clean power when we're at home, so I am very much looking forward to having a car that I don't have to feel guilty about driving. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted October 23, 2024 Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 I love my electric car. Don't have range anxiety at all these days now infrastructure is better, and charging speeds are such that by the time I've had a coffee, snack, toilet break, I've got more than enough to get to my next stop along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted October 23, 2024 Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 (edited) Bought myself this little beauty (except with a rubber strap instead of leather, don't need animals to die for a watch). Ordered it November last year, but it only turned up a few weeks ago: Edited October 23, 2024 by Thursday Next 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 23, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 7 hours ago, Thursday Next said: I love my electric car. Don't have range anxiety at all these days now infrastructure is better, and charging speeds are such that by the time I've had a coffee, snack, toilet break, I've got more than enough to get to my next stop along the way. Yeah, visiting my wife's family in South Dakota is the only trip we make with any kind of frequency where it'll be annoying, having to charge would add an hour and a half or so to the already 7 hour long trip. But that's a trip we make like once every other year, so we didn't think it was worth basing our car decision on that. Everywhere else we ever go we should be able to cover in a single charge (or with only a few minutes' charging during bathroom breaks), and we aren't getting rid of our good gas car yet so we'll still have that option if we want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 28, 2024 Report Share Posted October 28, 2024 I honestly might opt for the Bolt too since it is a literal handful of small EVs still in the US market. I long for an electric Kei truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 28, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2024 Well as of this past Friday we made it through our 7 day trial period and we are keeping it. We really like it, there's a couple small little niggles (like the trunk light is on the side instead of the top, so if something is on that side it blocks the light from the whole trunk, little stuff like that) but overall it's really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 2, 2024 Report Share Posted December 2, 2024 I like the PSVR2 I bought but those shitty little earbuds just had to go. I don't like using earbuds when I'm going to be having to constantly turn my head because they'll either slip out or shift around and become uncomfortable. I don't want to have to awkwardly wear normal headphones over the headset either. These just clip directly onto the headset and then you can flip them down over your ears. Way more comfortable and better sound to boot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted December 3, 2024 Report Share Posted December 3, 2024 Neat! Do you have a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 3, 2024 Report Share Posted December 3, 2024 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9CWQJH5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 11, 2024 Report Share Posted December 11, 2024 Time to join the 32GB master race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 13, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2024 Shokz OpenMove bone conduction headphones. About a year ago I bought some really cheap ($10) bone conduction headphones to test out for riding my bike and stuff, so I can still hear what's going on around me, especially traffic. I wasn't sure how I'd like bone conduction so I didn't want to spend a bunch of money. Well, I did really like it, but because they were so cheap the sound quality wasn't great, and the battery is already kind of starting to crap out, so I decided to get some actually good ones to replace them. So far they're great, would definitely recommend. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 15, 2024 Report Share Posted December 15, 2024 My old chair was getting uncomfortable but fortunately I had an extended warranty on it. Since there's a Christmas sale going on I got this upgrade, normally $380, basically for free minus the cost of a new warranty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 17, 2024 Report Share Posted December 17, 2024 I honestly wasn't planning to upgrade my monitor until next year but this was on a Christmas sale plus there was a 30 dollar coupon so I'm getting a $260 monitor for $189. That's just too good an offer to pass up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 17, 2024 Report Share Posted December 17, 2024 Okay forget what I said before. I told a friend of mine about the one I had bought and he directed me to this 27 inch monitor that has the same resolution and HDR and all that other stuff for basically the same sale price. Only trade-off is it's 144hz instead of 165, but I think the tradeoff of getting an extra 3 inches on the screen is more than worth it. This was right down the street at my local Best Buy so I canceled the other one and now I've already got this bad boy bought and hooked up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted December 23, 2024 Report Share Posted December 23, 2024 I'd be stunned if a normal human could tell the difference between 144Hz and 165Hz unless they were side by side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 23, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2024 Even side by side I'd be a little surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 On 12/23/2024 at 1:04 PM, TheMightyEthan said: Even side by side I'd be a little surprised. Well yeah, but there are always folks out there who will swear blind that can perceive a 0.00001Hz difference, so I'm holding space for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 On 12/13/2024 at 2:39 AM, TheMightyEthan said: Shokz OpenMove bone conduction headphones. About a year ago I bought some really cheap ($10) bone conduction headphones to test out for riding my bike and stuff, so I can still hear what's going on around me, especially traffic. I wasn't sure how I'd like bone conduction so I didn't want to spend a bunch of money. Well, I did really like it, but because they were so cheap the sound quality wasn't great, and the battery is already kind of starting to crap out, so I decided to get some actually good ones to replace them. So far they're great, would definitely recommend. I currently wield some cheap bone conduction headphones (not $10 cheap, but not the £100+ that Shokz go for) also for experimenting. they're quite good for work and for popping out into town. Nice to have something on in the background like a podcast while not being totally oblivious (we have a lot of ND students with full over-ear headphones and while I get it, I do think we're gonna need a compromise at some point). They can be quite leaky though on sound. While back had a ping on Teams from a colleague of "we can all hear your music btw". You do have to ramp them up past the "this will fuck your ears" warning when out and about, I think mainly down to the fit. And tbh I'm not sure that will be alleviated with Shokz stuff as it all seems quite immovable. On audio front, I have, with Christmas pennies, bought myself a pair of these I've actually got them for replacing a pair of HyperX headphones I've had for many years, and I do really love them. The only major hiccup was they were wired. Which wasn't an issue with gaming as PS5 has port on the controller, but was an issue with a cat... (and no one sells like headphone cable that's terminated at one end, or 3.5mm ports that weren't sold in bulk so I could jerry rig a replaceable cable). From a tech standpoint really like these. They're my first ever noise cancelling headphone. I've not had a chance to fully test that aspect but will be trying it at work next week. Also good for workness is the "Ambeint Aware" mode which just funnels through external sound. I've actually had a play with that and it's kinda uncanny to have the PS5 playing, and then also sound from youtube as if I've plugged the headphones straight into my laptop. On the "plugging straight in" it has a cable to plug straight into stuff (you can see the hole on the image) if it's supported. Only hiccup is it's 2.5mm on the headphone end so that'll be a pain to replace. But it's nifty it works without any power being on the headphones just acts like a pair of old fashioned wired headphones. The multi-point thing I'm still working on. I originally hooked these up to my phone and my Google TV was also like "oh you have these headphones, want to use them?" so that was neat. Downside being as it was tied to both my TV and my phone, if my phone had a sound-enabled app (which is 95% of them) then that would pause my TV to take control of my headphones even if no sound was actually playing. I've since removed from my phone and just hooked straight into my TV as a whole. I remember years ago having a cheap Bluetooth keyboard that had a physical switch for different devices and I feel that's still the way to go for "multi-point". Non-tech wise - One thing I loved with my HyperX was the fit. They're the most comfortable headphones I've ever worn, and that's great for longer playing sessions (or late night TV/movies). I did have a junk of time looking around for similar and these are over-ear but I do have to make a bit of an effort to make sure my ears are tucked inside. I do understand part of that is for the noise cancelling to work, get a nice seal on my head, but my ears are a bit sore when I do take them off after a long session. Also I was annoyed with having to shuffle games around on my Steamdeck (and especially with not being able to grab Baldurs Gate without having to clear a ton of stuff first) so I also got myself a 1tb SSD for the deck. The iFixit partnership was great in having a guide to follow along (though it gets light on the software side and the official Valve instructions for re-installing SteamOS are a bit "draw the rest of the owl"). Also more space meant I could properly flex Heroic Launcher too - got a ton of freebies from Epic and Amazon to play about with and they're not as easy to move over to the MicroSD. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Oh and yeah I much prefer 27 inches. It's a good monitor size too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 17 hours ago, deanb said: I currently wield some cheap bone conduction headphones (not $10 cheap, but not the £100+ that Shokz go for) also for experimenting. they're quite good for work and for popping out into town. Nice to have something on in the background like a podcast while not being totally oblivious (we have a lot of ND students with full over-ear headphones and while I get it, I do think we're gonna need a compromise at some point). They can be quite leaky though on sound. While back had a ping on Teams from a colleague of "we can all hear your music btw". You do have to ramp them up past the "this will fuck your ears" warning when out and about, I think mainly down to the fit. And tbh I'm not sure that will be alleviated with Shokz stuff as it all seems quite immovable. My cheap ones had a lot of sound leakage too, the Shokz seem better, the material they're made of is less rigid so I think it that helps because the body of the headphones isn't vibrating as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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