Sunday, August 19, 2012

New Stuff 2012 Part 2

I've gotten pretty interested in audio stuff so bough a couple of toys to play with:

1. Steel Series Siberia V2 Special Edition Navi: Used mainly when i was playing MMOs and needed to talk a lot to people. Compared to my more specialized toys (later on), this one is really lacking in quality. But for its price, its really a very good gaming headset. Extremely cool and nice fitting, OK microphone. Looks nice too.



 2. Denon Luxury Headphones AH310: Bought these after hours of testing at Jaben. They seriously sound fantastic and are very very comfortable to wear. Only issue i have with them is that it feels plasticity and the headband doesn't feel very durable.


3. Creative Titanium X-FI HD: Suddenly integrated motherboard sound cards just didn't do it for me. Packing the kind of investments i was making in audio, my primary PC had to have something decent otherwise all would be wasted. One main complaint is that i can't switch between headphones and speakers easily with this card. Other than that, its a very very good soundcard. Soundcards tend to last very long in terms of depreciation, so getting a good one is usually a good idea.


4. Blue Yeti Microphone: This microphone is huge and awesome. It is another SUPER BUY product if you are doing any form of recording. The sound it records is so sharp that it picks up even the slightest defect in your speech or singing. I got this primarily to record my commentaries and improve my singing etc. 


5. A-Jays 3: This is actually my 2nd pair of Ajays. I liked the first pair so much i decided to get another and even wanted to buy a 3rd for the office. I really LOVE the cables which are tangle free, the ear pieces are not physically R or L so  you can just grab any and put it into your ear if your needs are not the particular AND they absolutely sound incredible (mid tones esp.). Had a lot of problems deciding which model to get but in the end decided I didn't need the 4's i-device controls so just stuck with 3 for its quality. The travel case it comes with is a nice touch.

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