Hey Patrick, listening to you quote those INTEL chips specs I couldn't help but have a flashback to The Screensaver days of the "new" specs of PC's and hardware back then. Who'd ever thought we'd be this far back then? I really enjoy you shows and Shannon is a great co-host. Thanks!
For upgrading PC audio, I feel that a lot of motherboards have noisy analog outputs. I don't like having nice speakers and amp that then have weird background noise from the PC. Thus, I'd make a DAC upgrade the first upgrade, but it doesn't have to be fancy. A Behringer UCA-202 is an example of a $30 DAC that is a huge upgrade over most motherboard audio. I also have Lexicon and Avid DACS, and there are features that might make me prefer them, but they don't actually sound any better playing my beloved flac files. I used to have an Onkyo 7.1 AV Receiver to drive speakers, but I got sick of the deskspace it took and the heat it generated, so I switched to powered studio monitors. I bought StageRight 6.5" Coaxial monitors. I think they easily sound better than entry level options of similar size on more pro-brands like Yamaha, KRK, JBL, or M-Audio (aka the ones I could find at my local Guitar Center).
Ten years ago, a lot of mobos had awful audio. My experience with motherboards (and laptops from $500 to $2000) in the past few years is that their audio output is pretty clean. In some cases, outstanding. In any case, for most folks, if you can't hear noise off the mobo, it's probably a good place to start until you're ready to spend, say, $100 on a Dragonfly DAC. The UCA-202 doesn't support asynchronous USB, which I've had problems w/ in the past, and doesn't measure particularly well. (Whether that's audible is another question.) I'd really rather folks saved up a bit more for a solid DAC. - Patrick
Hey man absolutely love my sound hardware too, I bought a dragonfly red a while ago to cause I’m a noob with tech and thought it would do some good things- I’ll get those speakers you recommended or might just save the cash for atmos system. Btw if I did get atmos system would the dragonfly red still be of use to enhance the sound. Hope fully there is a shortish explanation you could give me. Many thanks. Btw Logitech z5550 best bang for bucks 5.1 system ever made? Couldn’t imagine anything beating that beast at that price point geez long comment hope to hear from ya. Peace
Shannon is it possible to use Google Fi and an ESIM capable phone so to get around needing to physically switch SIM cards? It would rock being for example keeping my main SIM as phone and the ESIM as the data connection. I have a Pixel 2 likely upgrading later this year but haven't heard to much about ESIM tech.
Pixel2xl works very well on esim. You can put a local sim in the phone (for local calls) and swap between the sims by touch screen (10 seconds). Cannot use as a true dual sim, must choose one. However, setting Hangouts to receive your Fi calls and SMS while on the local sim makes it work like a dual sim phone.
Great show as always! ✌️
Perhaps I am lucky as I have always plugged my PC's directly into my audio system. Oh how great things sound.
I'm using the Boston acoustics that came with my first gateway. Still working great.
Why is the volume so low ?
Frykin sounds fine for me.
Yeah it's really quiet for me too.
I'll double check the audio settings. -Patrick
Hey Patrick, listening to you quote those INTEL chips specs I couldn't help but have a flashback to The Screensaver days of the "new" specs of PC's and hardware back then. Who'd ever thought we'd be this far back then? I really enjoy you shows and Shannon is a great co-host. Thanks!
Thanks, Joe -Patrick
Thanks! -Patrick
For upgrading PC audio, I feel that a lot of motherboards have noisy analog outputs. I don't like having nice speakers and amp that then have weird background noise from the PC. Thus, I'd make a DAC upgrade the first upgrade, but it doesn't have to be fancy. A Behringer UCA-202 is an example of a $30 DAC that is a huge upgrade over most motherboard audio. I also have Lexicon and Avid DACS, and there are features that might make me prefer them, but they don't actually sound any better playing my beloved flac files. I used to have an Onkyo 7.1 AV Receiver to drive speakers, but I got sick of the deskspace it took and the heat it generated, so I switched to powered studio monitors. I bought StageRight 6.5" Coaxial monitors. I think they easily sound better than entry level options of similar size on more pro-brands like Yamaha, KRK, JBL, or M-Audio (aka the ones I could find at my local Guitar Center).
Ten years ago, a lot of mobos had awful audio. My experience with motherboards (and laptops from $500 to $2000) in the past few years is that their audio output is pretty clean. In some cases, outstanding. In any case, for most folks, if you can't hear noise off the mobo, it's probably a good place to start until you're ready to spend, say, $100 on a Dragonfly DAC. The UCA-202 doesn't support asynchronous USB, which I've had problems w/ in the past, and doesn't measure particularly well. (Whether that's audible is another question.) I'd really rather folks saved up a bit more for a solid DAC. - Patrick
tekthing 0226 video, what a title!
i had the notification like this too
I have -no- idea what that was about. Title was in there, tho. -Patrick
Gotta love auto generated captions. During the intro description of Patreon 31s in.
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Hey man absolutely love my sound hardware too, I bought a dragonfly red a while ago to cause I’m a noob with tech and thought it would do some good things- I’ll get those speakers you recommended or might just save the cash for atmos system. Btw if I did get atmos system would the dragonfly red still be of use to enhance the sound. Hope fully there is a shortish explanation you could give me. Many thanks. Btw Logitech z5550 best bang for bucks 5.1 system ever made? Couldn’t imagine anything beating that beast at that price point geez long comment hope to hear from ya. Peace
Excellent show.
Thanks!
What about tmobile they are very good with international data
15:24 Google Fi 4 life!!
If you can try FunDip
Be careful about buying an old phone for a hotspot. When I swapped my SIM on my Android Hot Spot was locked out by my carrier.
Shannon is it possible to use Google Fi and an ESIM capable phone so to get around needing to physically switch SIM cards? It would rock being for example keeping my main SIM as phone and the ESIM as the data connection. I have a Pixel 2 likely upgrading later this year but haven't heard to much about ESIM tech.
Pixel2xl works very well on esim. You can put a local sim in the phone (for local calls) and swap between the sims by touch screen (10 seconds). Cannot use as a true dual sim, must choose one. However, setting Hangouts to receive your Fi calls and SMS while on the local sim makes it work like a dual sim phone.
I enjoyed seeing Shannon a little high on sugar.
what kind of speakers or audiothrusters you reccomend for ceiling?
For Dolby Atmos?
@@Tekthing no, want to built custom solution for myself
lol how is it unlimited when they cap the data ?
It's not. And it's so annoying.
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