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Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:21 ]
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Obligatory link to Monster Cable vs coathangers double-blind ABX: https://consumerist.com/2008/03/03/do-c ... er-cables/

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:41 ]
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markg wrote:
Vanishingly tiny amounts of difference between cables once you get past something that's not just far too thin e.g. bell wire.

Indeed, but there is a difference, unlike with digital.

Also, I do kind of think that if you spend £10,000 on a power cable and you can hear £10,000 worth of difference, placebo (not the right word but anyway*) or not, then it's worth the money.

What shouldn't be allowed is people stood in the showroom saying that you simply have to have the expensive cables.

* Psychoacoustics, apparently. Cor.

Author:  Trousers [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 16:45 ]
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I love the language of the cable sellers and proponents "It was as if the drums were carved from ice, such were their transient speed, power and impact."

Basically this woman right here;


Author:  DBSnappa [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 17:33 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
DBSnappa wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.

When i’m Really bored I wander into high end hi-fi shops and have amusing arguments disabusing their pseudo science


Not all heroes wear capes.

(You don't wear a cape, do you?)

I don’t.

Author:  DBSnappa [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 17:34 ]
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Mr Burrrrt wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't confuse expensive digital gear with expensive analogue gear - wavy lines are a lot harder to transmit than ones and zeros.

Whilst true, there's plenty of snakeoil on the analogue side too. For analogue systems, you definitely want to stand your amplifier on wooden knobs and use £10k power cables.


You'll also need a £150 fuse for the power cable.

Hello. Are you my brother?

Author:  Warhead [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 20:50 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.


This is pretty much what I'd been saying, bro.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:07 ]
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Warhead wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.


This is pretty much what I'd been saying, bro.

Indeed. The inside joke is that the cables I'm currently using to watch my TV cost about £180.

Author:  myp [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:08 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Warhead wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Don't buy expensive HDMI cables - unless you'd also buy an expensive network cable to get the data from one PC to another in better quality.


This is pretty much what I'd been saying, bro.

Indeed. The inside joke is that the cables I'm currently using to watch my TV cost about £180.

At least they still work

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:12 ]
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Valid. And that's the one thing that is worth paying extra for perhaps, which is build quality - especially if you're going to be plugging the cable in and out a lot and shoving it in a bag (if you have them for a laptop, maybe).

But not £180.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 23:14 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Indeed. The inside joke is that the cables I'm currently using to watch my TV cost about £180.

What's the over/under on that being more than your TV is worth now?

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:50 ]
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Hmm, dunno. The TV is seven years old. I'll look it up.

Author:  Cavey [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:07 ]
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Heh. This again, huh? I always remember Kalmar (what happened to him?) eternally berating me for having the temerity to like the sound of my beautiful old valve monoblocs, when apparently anything over a £50 all in one CD bedroom hifi from Dixons was a waste of money.

Grim... is absolutely correct: it’s about way, way more than the digital source, any old shite can read that data for you, it’s all about the analogue because you know, and surprising as this will seem to one or two here, we don’t hear things in 1s and 0s.

I’m about to fulfil a lifetime of passion for hifi, dating back to when I was building speakers from Cornflake packets, and get a pair of B&W 800 D3s, the best speaker in the world bar none. Mrs C’s soul will sound as never before, I can’t wait.

Kudos to Grim... re. ‘Psychoacoustics’. Awesome!

Author:  Findus Fop [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:34 ]
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Cavey wrote:
I’m about to fulfil a lifetime of passion for hifi, dating back to when I was building speakers from Cornflake packets, and get a pair of B&W 800 D3s, the best speaker in the world bar none. Mrs C’s soul will sound as never before, I can’t wait.


In this week's Exxxtreme Body Mods, a middle-aged man from Cheshire is fulfilling his life-long dream of implanting a pair of £20k speakers into the body of his wife.

"I know people will say it's mad", Cyril Cave said, not-at-all madly.

"But when you love someone. Like, when you really love someone, it's not enough to simply hear them tell you about their day, the new kitchen they have their eye on, what's for dinner. Sure, you hear that. You listen, you nod. But that's not enough. You've got to hear their soul. Every rumble, every gurgle, every frrrp. Now, with this extreme body mod, I can hear our love. And now she also looks like Krang's vessel in Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, which is totally a bonus."

Author:  Cavey [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:35 ]
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:DD :DD :DD

*salutes*

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:49 ]
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:DD

Also, the best speaker in the world is a Cerwin Vega CVP 121, AS ANY FULE NO

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:59 ]
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The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

Author:  myp [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:00 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:01 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you


The best speaker? Betty Boothroyd

Author:  Pundabaya [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:12 ]
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The only good reason to buy Monster cables is their lifetime guarantee. I know a couple of semi professional guitarists who play a lot of live shows that use Monster cables because guitar cables get trashed, and the Monster ones may cost 5 or 6 times the cost of the equivalent Fender or whatever, they last a bit longer, and when they break, you take them back and get a new one. (Pretty much no quibble, possibly apocryphal tales of guitarists cutting cables in half and getting them replaced are around)

That's a guitar cable, that gets trod on, caught under amp cabs, chucked into leaky vans, and generally abused. Stereo or TV cables that basically sit at the back of equipment forever? Nah.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:14 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you


Image

Author:  Satsuma [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:23 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
The best speaker in the world is the one on the bottom of the Samsung mobile phone that plays shitty dance music tinnily on public transport.

The best speaker is the one you have with you

Author:  Warhead [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 21:25 ]
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Grim... wrote:
:DD

Also, the best speaker in the world is a Cerwin Vega CVP 121, AS ANY FULE NO


Pity they couldn’t afford to make it look pretty.

I miss my old AR18s. ?:|

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 21:45 ]
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Warhead wrote:
Grim... wrote:
:DD

Also, the best speaker in the world is a Cerwin Vega CVP 121, AS ANY FULE NO


Pity they couldn’t afford to make it look pretty.

That didn't matter. All that mattered was that if someone put their drink on it while we were DJing we could slap the EQ up and bounce it off again.

Author:  krazywookie [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 0:01 ]
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The pain of watching the notifications pop up on ps4 telling you that your friends are coming online, They're joining a party, look you've been invited, oh look they're playing worms and you've been invited to that too! Excite!

Except mr/mrs you has her annoying friend over, They're watching... He's just not that into you. They're talking all the way through it too, laughing loudly at all the... "Jokes"

Sigh.

Better think about the additional TV scenario.

Author:  Cras [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 0:47 ]
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Oh man

Author:  krazywookie [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 0:47 ]
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It's still happeninggggg

Author:  Grim... [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 0:48 ]
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Take out the knife

You know what to do.

Author:  DavPaz [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 0:51 ]
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Use a Psvr as a personal gaming screen?

Author:  krazywookie [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:15 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Use a Psvr as a personal gaming screen?

Is this a real solution? Great excuse for a vr if so. Bit unsociable mind you. I'd need something to run Netflix and Amazon etc alongside the ps as well, I've got a 360, would that do it?

Author:  krazywookie [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:17 ]
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krazywookie wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Use a Psvr as a personal gaming screen?

Is this a real solution? Great excuse for a vr if so. Bit unsociable mind you. I'd need something to run Netflix and Amazon etc alongside the ps as well, I've got a 360, would that do it?

Could I use the vr and remote in a different room? That would be less weird.

Author:  krazywookie [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:18 ]
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Or I could take out the knife.

I know what to do.

Author:  Warhead [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:27 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Warhead wrote:
as long as you get an HDMI 2 cable, it’ll be fine.


There is a 2.1 standard incoming, but not out yet.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-H ... s=hdmi+2.0

6ft cable - £5.99


She bought a new cable and is now happier with the picture quality. I’ve been working In Scotland again all week, so didn’t see the difference when she swapped over, but at least we won’t have to go back to the shop to argue about getting a refund.

The only remaining problem is that the new tv can’t be mounted on the old wall bracket. The holes are in the right place, but the new tv requires wider diameter bolts.

Author:  Grim... [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:51 ]
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Can't you drill them out?

Author:  Warhead [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:15 ]
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She’s considering leaving it on it’s stand on the cabinet it’s currently sitting on, but if not, we’ll try drilling.

Author:  DavPaz [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:20 ]
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krazywookie wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Use a Psvr as a personal gaming screen?

Is this a real solution? Great excuse for a vr if so. Bit unsociable mind you. I'd need something to run Netflix and Amazon etc alongside the ps as well, I've got a 360, would that do it?

Erm, I dunno. I expect it's possible. The 360 can definitely do your media, but you'd have to ask a Psvr owner the other stuff

Author:  DavPaz [ Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:22 ]
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In an ideal world, you'd want something like the Hololens that lets the real world in too. A nice big virtual screen hanging over the chick flick!

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Dec 07, 2017 23:26 ]
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Work got me a shiny £150 DAS 4 keyboard. It's lovely.

My home keyboard now feels like a minging fucking sponge.

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Dec 07, 2017 23:38 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Work got me a shiny £150 DAS 4 keyboard. It's lovely.

My home keyboard now feels like a minging fucking sponge.

It's a shame that work keyboard got damaged and had to be thrown away....

Author:  asfish [ Tue Dec 19, 2017 23:53 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Work got me a shiny £150 DAS 4 keyboard. It's lovely.

My home keyboard now feels like a minging fucking sponge.


Had a look at that, but in the end, went back to Corsair. After the last one blew up I've waited a bit and the K95 Platinum arrived today.

Lovely piece of kit, but in some ways the software is outdated. This one comes with 6 keys you can assign shortcuts or start programs etc

If I want to have one of these keys open a folder on my NAS I have to have to use a cmd file and have the action run that.

Not the end of the world the Alienware Keyboard I had years ago just let you browse

Also discovered that once you assign things to these keys, they need to be added again each time you change the colour profile.

Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 0:09 ]
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When I shut down my laptop at work before I go home, sometimes the connected displays (a thunderbolt display and a Dell 27") show a purple screen with fuzzy dots for a few moments.

It really doesn't matter but it annoys me before I go home.

Author:  NervousPete [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:30 ]
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Jesus, okay, gotta delurk again in cheese related outrage. Cathedral cheddar is pleasant but essentially mediocre. For full flavour cheddar supermarket crunch Morrisons special Davidstow cheddar was the way to go. However I think that stopped mid 2000''s. Or maybe I just don't have a Morrisons near me anymore.

If you're not rating your cheeses by deli standards you're doing it wrong!

Welsh Black Bomber cheddar is currently cheddar of choice, flavour wise, albeit tricky to extract in satisfying slices from the wax coated wheel.

Bousin (for men) soft cheese is the cracker based comfort eating cheese of supermarket champions.

Port Salut for me is the ultimate cracker based cheese, although be aware a cheese has to be genuinely pretty nice before smoking, smoking awful gagh cheese does nothing but add a new definition of awful to an existing shonky cheese. I sadly include Dairylea in that.

Baked camembert cheese with crusty cheese and wine is divine, as is deep fried brie & cranberry sauce.

Don't be cheap with your cheeses! In this dark, bleak new world they matter, more than ever!

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:34 ]
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NervousPete wrote:
Cathedral cheddar is pleasant but essentially mediocre.

For anyone interested, a comment like this is by far the fastest way to get banned from Beex.

Author:  NervousPete [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:52 ]
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Hey, I would not scorn a baguette with pickle and cathedral but c'mon, are there no delicatessens in the midlands, have you forgotten how beautiful cheeses can be? Maybe you need an education next BeexBQ!

Author:  myp [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:53 ]
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All the best cheeses are from the Midlands.

Author:  NervousPete [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:58 ]
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THEN THERE CAN BE NO EXCUSE.

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:05 ]
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I don't live in the Midlands.

Author:  myp [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:35 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I don't live in the Midlands.

There is that.

Author:  MaliA [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:19 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I don't live in the Midlands.


Below M62, above M4 is midlands

Author:  Warhead [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:10 ]
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A few years ago I discovered the delights of Derbyshire cheese and then suddenly our supermarket of choice stopped stocking it. Now, whenever we see cheese on sale, we look to see if they have it. They never do.

Author:  Kern [ Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:28 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Grim... wrote:
I don't live in the Midlands.


Below M62, above M4 is midlands


Nowhere near. Above Banbury, below the Peaks.

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