RustyCrab,
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I started reading about DACs (it's over)

deprecated_ii,
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@RustyCrab in what context

RustyCrab,
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@deprecated_ii I mainly just want to know if they will improve audio quality with things like games and either torrented music or just ripped stuff from yt. I know they're needed for autistic flacs but I seriously doubt those are even available for what I would typically listen to.

deprecated_ii,
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@RustyCrab probably not noticeably unless your sound card is awful. baseline audio quality with good speakers/headphones is pretty high these days

most speakers/headphones are mediocre though and they're often tuned for hip hop (muh bass)

RustyCrab,
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@deprecated_ii yes, I got bose QC earbuds a few years ago as a gift and I thought they were the greatest quality I'd ever heard... and they're certainly not bad, but they are definitely specifically tuned to make music "sound good" and not for accuracy.

With these a lot of things sound much different and borderline intolerable, but I can tell it's not the fault of the headphones. I'm actually not sure what my internal soundcard/setup is. I should look at that to see if it's high or low end because I have zero reference point for what is a good or bad card.

RustyCrab,
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@deprecated_ii quick research suggests that with my particular motherboard I wouldn't get much out of it unless I'm listening to 1 gigabyte FLAC files

deprecated_ii,
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@RustyCrab yea

even $20 music players have quite good sound, they use dirt chrap microcontrollers made specifically for music players that can support CD quality sound no problem. but lossy file formats obviously screw that up

deprecated_ii,
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@RustyCrab make sure you don't have any audio presets screwing things up, like "movie mode" or whatever

RustyCrab,
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@deprecated_ii good point. I'll check this. Though this windows copy is a COMPLETELY vanilla install. Will be good to check the sound settings anyhow.

diurnalfreak666,
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@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii It comes with audio drivers which windows might automatically download and install it's annoying

mischievoustomato,
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@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii too many variables at play
> sound card/dac
> your ears
> headphones or speakers
> your files
> room, even
argh
i just use my bt headphones and they sound kino kino

RustyCrab,
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@mischievoustomato @deprecated_ii bluetooth doesn't really work for gaming. Too much lag.

RustyCrab,
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@mischievoustomato @deprecated_ii that was actually the issue is that the ONLY good pair of headphones i have are bluetooth ones and the others are complete trash that sound like tin cans with string.

mischievoustomato,
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@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii rip :(
aptxll and some other codec are both low layency

mischievoustomato,
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@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii i have aptxll aupport on my laptop (pipewire) and my headphones, so i have fine latency for myself, it feels as cable headphones. i dont play esports thou

RustyCrab,
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@mischievoustomato @deprecated_ii it has gotten better over the years but it's been inconsistent for me. Anywhere in the range of 35 ms (which is mostly fine) to 100 ms (which is very very not fine)

mischievoustomato,
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@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii i feels instant for myself
how can i measure

RustyCrab,
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@mischievoustomato @deprecated_ii there are audio sync tests on youtube that worked well for helping me figure out what the number was. I used it to tune VLC for movies and stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZl6vQ_8Uo

mischievoustomato,
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@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii I'll do this later

korgster,
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@RustyCrab you have been sucked into the audiophile autism network

deprecated_ii,
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@korgster @RustyCrab how many bits are you running bro

are your wires oxygen free

RustyCrab,
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@deprecated_ii @korgster oh is that a thing I should look up? researching now

porkcow,
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@deprecated_ii @RustyCrab @korgster The gold in your air pods determines if your wavs are on AM or FM frequency.

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