SBX using either an X7 or G6 indeed works with any amp via line out or any spdif capable dac/amp via optical out. Creative's Super X-Fi is frustratingly more limited but superior in its virtual surround capability. There is no digital line out, you have to double amp with all Super X-Fi...
I too have tried almost every commercially available virtual surround solution and have the total opposite opinion. It's a subjective field given how the science of it works, so I think we both can be "right" because we both hear different things. I can say Super X-Fi and Out of Your Head, which...
Look into HRTF. It's a deep rabbit hole but basically: you can simulate, with delay and EQ tricks, the sounds audio makes as it enters our ears and travels around our heads in a way to trick your brain into thinking the sound is actually coming from a specific place in space. A simple example is...
I have the bluetooth versions of those. They're great and your wife has good taste. :)
If not those I'd second the JBL LSR305. I also have them and they're also great. A little more neutral I'd say.
It's really not meant for music. There is no reason to use this for listening to music and if you do, particularly if you use headphones not on its list, yeah I am not surprised it is not going to sound like what you like. You're taking a 2 channel recording and simulating it coming out of 7...
I have the Super X-Fi dongle. Same tech. Amazing little device, I can't game without it. It really is a very realistic virtual surround experience, particularly if you have headphones on their list. (There is a large number of headphones supported, including popular ones like Sennheiser 650...
That remains to be seen. Many big companies have come out of these just fine. Microsoft is basically just doing the exact same thing that got it into trouble 20 years ago. (I.e. shoving its browser down everyone's throats).
Anyone else's top plate bow slightly in the middle? I can't figure out why, unless it is a size issue (too small) or is it because the riser if pushing on it?
The Respawn guys are the guys who did MOHAA for EA 20 years ago, went on to wild success with the Call of Duty series, had a nasty divorce with Activision...and are now back at EA doing MoH again. What a world!
Gigabyte is making a blower style 3090 that will fit.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3090-blower-gpu
It might melt your house, but it will fit!
The 3090 is just not an SFF friendly card. Size, power draw, all of it.
Even the 3080 is pushing it in a lot of cases. All the SF PSU's are already or are going to get crazy expensive. And the FE fan design is kind of an issue for small cases.
I really want one of these cards but I am looking...
I remember this coming out around the time of the Super Nintendo versus Genesis console wars. It was like $1000 or something ridiculous. There was no way this thing was going to compete with Nintendo and Sega at the height of the console wars back then. The only thing I cared about in those days...
I simply cannot get the same precision in 360 degree audio with a 2 channel feed. Real rear cues in a well implemented virtual surround feed are miles ahead of whatever my brain can sort of piece together from the way games try to feed you spatial audio information in a stereo feed. Once you...
I use virtual surround in good headphones and I can't live without it.
I use Creative's Super X-Fi for PC games, and Atmos if the game supports it, both of which are excellent at reproducing surround audio in headphones. X-Fi really takes the cake for realistic front/rear cues, while Atmos...
Yeah it's a bummer. I feel like Best Buy is also ultimately doomed too. In CA we had a ton of Egghead Software, CompUSA, Circuit City, the Good Guys....all gone now. I can be perfectly content just walking around and browsing in those types of stores and not buying anything. Can't get that...
This was mine. 20GB Archos Jukebox. I loved it, but required manual organization of all my music.
At the time I didn't mind, the whole digital thing was fun and new.
That original 20GB of music is still somewhere in my current digital collection.
I thought you could move it over to a new phone by logging into your Google account on a computer? Does that not switch over all the authenticator codes to the new device?
So is MB still considered one of the better anti malware programs? I've had the free version for years to supplement Windows defender/whatever the default is.
While I agree with the comments re: the importance of setting boundaries for gaming or screen time, it's always annoying to hear rich fuckers like this lecture others on parenting, when they have hired staff who raise their kids and enforce all these rules for them. It's similar to an article a...
It's not just portability. Not everyone wants a huge monster computer on the floor. I certainly do not. I like having a small sleek looking machine that is unobtrusive and/or blends in with other consumer hardware, but that I still like the looks of if I do see it or want to put it somewhere it...
Ha. Yeah I've got a black v1 and a Ghost S1 sitting in my closet in their boxes. The silver v1 build from 2 years ago is still doing it for me..... For now *evil laugh*