There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Home theater buffs know they need good sound, but a lot of gaming enthusiasts are short-changing themselves on sound.
There are lots of 5.1 "computer" speaker systems out there that sound pretty decent, but I already have a pretty pretty good receiver and a very nice subwoofer, so I just need main, center, and rear channel speakers that won't take up a lot of space but will far outstrip off-the-shelf, all-in-one systems. Other Massdrop denizens might have speakers and need a receiver, or maybe just a decent sub. Being able to choose the pieces we need would be awesome.
I've seen a lot of high-end gaming PC builds on line, and not one has been decked out with what I would call really good audio. Reviewers talk about the audio capabilities of motherboards, but they rarely talk about what to do with that high quality audio output. It's a shame! As is the case with movies, sound can make the game. Purpose marketed computer speaker systems are convenient to set up and use, but they just don't have it where it counts.