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Audiophile•Shure SE215 Earphones

Part 3: (NB: For parts 1 (Pricing info) and 2 (Product info), see page 6 of this discussion.) HOW TO GET THE BEST SOUND FROM IEMs - how to fit and get the best sound: Two important points: 1. IMO IEMs are a vast improvement over previous styles of earbuds, but present greater risk for hearing damage if not used properly. 2. The sound you hear is only as good as the weakest link in the reproduction. If your audio file is a 128 mp3...

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Beauty•O'Douds Apothecary Hair Pomades

Your comments about lavender and "a testosterone thing" made me curious (I'm a guy who likes lavender-scented things), and I decided to look into the medical literature to see if there was any truth to the claims floating around on the internet. The idea of lavender oil increasing estrogen production in men stems from reports of some boys developing gynecomastia ("man boobs") after using hair or skin products containing lavender and/or tea...

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Tech•LG 34-inch Curved Ultrawide Monitor 34UC87M-B

You state the Dell is a TN panel, yet it very clearly says on the product literature you provided yourself that it is an IPS panel. Also using your own provided product literature, the color gamuts are BOTH 99% sRGB. Further, using the TFT Central panel database, these two monitors have the exact same panel from the exact same manufacturer. The ONLY hardware difference is Thunderbolt compatibility. Why are you misleading people with your...

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Blades•Massdrop x Apogee Vital Super Slicer Kitchen Knife

When you heat treat a blank of steel, it is a lot like baking bread or tempering glass. The outer part of the blanc is exposed directly to the heat treat and quenching. This is like the crust forming on bread. It is harder than the inner part of the loaf. So when you grind into the blanc the inner part, will be slightly softer at the edge than the spine. If you notice, the Germans give a range in their literature, because if you HRC an...

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Audiophile•CEntrance Reserve Series Speaker Cables

Well I'll leave you to your "marketing" then if you and the defenders keep going back to what "others" overcharge for. For skin effect to actually be an issue here it needs to be relevant to below 20khz which is what the percentage of conductor calculation is useful for. Calculate the area of the wire ((pi * radius) squared) - calculate the unused diameter (diameter - 2*depth) - calculate the unused area (pi R squared again) - Percent used =...

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Cooking•Kyocera Kyotop Series Ceramic Knives

This looks like a standard black yttria-stabilized zirconia with laser etching to create the damascus pattern. It may be an ATZ grade (alumina-toughened zirconia), given the claims of extra hardness. HIP (hot isostatic pressing) is just an additional step where the already sintered ceramic is reheated to a high temperature under an applied high pressure to squeeze out internal defects such as voids (common defect from powder pressing). This...

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Audiophile•SMSL Panda DAC and Headphone Amplifier Set

I own the DAC portion of this system. I think it is superb and would not hesitate to recommed picking this up if it suits your needs. The rest of the post is detail on my system and listening style so you can make your own conclusions. I use the "cheapo" power supply supplied with the DAC and not the fancy separate one that is part of this drop. I put quotes around fancy because it's a better power supply than most device supplies. Anyway...

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Mech Keys•Otaku Kiibodo PBT DSA Keycap Set

the rising sun flag is hated by the koreans, as well, because of its use during the japanese invasion and occupation of korea, and all the horrors they inflicted. eg. 'comfort' women, biological testing, assassinations, forceful namechanges to japanese names, the attempted eradication of the korean language and all written literature.

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Mech Keys•Noppoo Lolita Spyder 87

i actually wanted this keyboard purely for the lolita stamping. its a great piece of literature no matter how you look at it.

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Watches•Seiko "Sea Urchin" SNZF Watch

Regarding the warranty questions. I asked massdrop about their warranties and they responded that if the description doesn't state there is a warranty then it only has a 30 day warranty. I bought a seiko recently from here and all the literature that came with it talked about a 2 year warranty and there was even a card holder for the warranty card but it was empty. I don't know if Seiko still warranties watches purchased from here since...

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Audiophile•Massdrop x Airist Audio R-2R DAC

JD. I do not have the time for this. You are contradicting yourself. 1. You reference an article about mini vs. micro when i was speaking to USB, which the majority of cables, and desktop DACs use. You have no evidence to back up your claims. You say you have empirical evidence, what? 2. The digital input on the DAC carries the digital signals, and it carries noise that infects the clocking and power sensitivities . It is a multi-variable...

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Audiophile•[Ongoing] Balanced Audio Gear

Balanced is better not because of common mode noise rejection (the reason often given) but because a truly balanced topology driving a balanced signal has better performance. Voltage amplification swings between - and +, and in balanced topology each amp circuit only needs to push - and + for one channel; this also means component matching is more critical but assuming its engineered right balanced will always be better. Truly balanced means...

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Audiophile•E-MU Teak Headphones w/ Removable Cable

How do these directly compare to the Fostex Massdrop X00 Mahoganys? From what I can gather, it has very similar sound depending on the wood. TH-X00 to my ears: -lush mids with a pack of info on the L and R of your head. -clarity and imaging of the sound was immediate to me and I loved that. -Bass was punchy and tight--nearly as good as planars like from a HE-400i. Love the bass. -Smooth sounding and I don't think I had too much of an issue...

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Tech•LG 34-inch Curved Ultrawide Monitor 34UC87M-B

Hey @jbaker and @wsun, thanks for the help in researching these monitors. I definitely overlooked the In-Plane Switching on the Dell specs, probably just because they opted for the full term and I was looking for the acronym. Apologies for overlooking that! They also do advertise a 99% gamut but clarify in the footnotes that it is 76% by the sRGB CIE1931 specification (while the LG maintains 99% at that spec in the literature). I agree that...

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Beauty•Firsthand Supply Roll-On Fragrance

I find anything with 99% or higher is usually a legit source. House of Glois is fantastic (google it, not ebay), but in my opinion, the fragrances that are meant to smell like cologne or perfume fall short. Go for the crazy niche like scents they have if you're the kind of person who likes smelling like a mixture between lemongrass and antique literature.

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Tech•Samsung 55/65/75-Inch Q7F QLED 4K HDTV

Only in Samsungs marketing literature. This is an edge-lit LCD. Samsung stopped manufacturing OLED's because of the high failure rate of their OLED panels. So they tried to muddy the waters with their arch rival LG by marketing QLED's as an alternative to OLED. Don't be fooled. A real QLED panel is years away from reality. Problem was they were priced at OLED levels and anyone who did their homework could see OLED's were clearly superior...

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Watches•Frédérique Constant Horological Smartwatch

Hi all! Here is our newest offering from Frederique Constant: the Horological Smartwatch. While this may understandably be divisive for some, we thought that it was an interesting opportunity and wanted to gauge your thoughts on the matter. Smartwatches and wearables seem to be the direction in which many young people are moving, and the Swiss industry is starting to try and capitalize on that trend. Here is Frederique Constant's answer to the...

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Audiophile•ATH-M50x Velour Ear Pads

Here you go: http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/resource_library/literature/dc07519da633d564/p52521_mseries_earpad_replacement.pdf The sound professionals

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Writing•Ryan Krusac Studios Limerick Fountain Pen

Hey everyone! Thanks for the kind words from all of you who are familiar with my work, and to those of you who are not, I look forward earning your trust. Happy writing to all! The poetry so far is great - good luck to all! To AnotherNerd, I name all of my pen styles after a genre of literature. This one is the smallest pen I make, and the magnetic cap is so much fun to play with, naming it the Limerick seemed fitting.

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