I consider the fact that the blackgold dev is okay with the guy sleeping at his house to be funnier than the rest of the page. Although the whole page in general is really, really funny.
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RE: I'd call it a user error
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RE: Winamp message
While viewing that pic I clicked all the "pictures similar to this one" and found... this one, which is similar to a particular shot in a recent Error'd :>
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RE: On headphones
Well, I haven't tried many kinds of headphones, but the Koss UR20 seem pretty good for me. They completely cover my ears, are pretty flexible, and look pretty good IMHO (this is a full-size scaled-down 800x972 image, use your browser's View Image option to see it larger):
Price: $10 to $30 USD (very roughly)
Pros:
- Sound isolation is great, even though there's no active/powered sound isolation system
- My (rather old) PC's onboard soundcard amp drives it quite well
- The single cable (which comes out the left) is rather long - 10 feet (3 meters)
- Supplied with the right amount of bass boost, whether from an old SB16 (:D!!1) or similar soundcard, a hardware amp with bass boost, or from the audio source itself, headaches can be come by rather easily - I see this as a pro personally, but not one I take advantage of every day. :P
- The headband is "twisty"; you can easily rotate the phones such that you can "monitor" an audio stream without putting them on. This does put pressure on the plastic connecting the sides to the headband; note Con 2A.
Cons:
- The cable feels a little "heavy"; you may notice it resting on your shoulder or leaning against your arm, especially if you move around alot. I've driven myself a little crazy positioning this cable such that it doesn't touch me on a couple of occasions. The cable does have "memory" however, and will retain a position it's left in for long enough, so this will likely go away, especially if you anchor the cable out of the way somehow (eg run it under a keyboard that's to your left, for example)
- After a fair bit of use...
- The plastic connecting the sides to the headband can snap off - the sides normally slide up and down, but the slide mechanism on each side at its weakest point consists of two ~7mm "tabs" of rather brittle plastic, and one of these small "tabs" can break off causing the cup on that side to tilt making for a rather uncomfortable fit. With a previous pair of these phones this phenomenon happened on both sides and the end result was lots of sticky tape... and they fit again! I do have a new pair however, due to the next issue...
- The cup foam material isn't replaceable; underneath the plastic padding on the outside there's a soft material that tends to love collecting dust and dirt. The outside padding progressively tears off (queue "GAH SPIDE--ooh." * 239) exposing this material underneath, and there isn't much you can do. This happened to me after quite a few months of use every single day however.
Cons 2A and 2B can be resolved easily with a lifetime warranty; any good audio shop will should be able to provide one of these.
-dav7
- Sound isolation is great, even though there's no active/powered sound isolation system