that was a lot different than what i expected. i didn't love it but it was a cool twist on a folk rock sound. superbass owns tho, you're nuts

here's a super short nick drake song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCy25ylGW_E

this guy was waaaay beyond the "lol le fedoramaster neckbeard" thing. here's an excerpt from his manifesto.

http://puu.sh/90gM6.png

he was all sorts of twisted. in epilogue of the manifesto #91 linked he claims that the world would be a better place without women because sex holds men back, and offers the solution of placing nearly all women in concentration camps and keeping a small number alive for reproductive purposes. then he admits that this entire dream of his is just because he's never had sex and he wants it.

so, like, i guess just don't worry about the fact that you laugh it up at the neckbeard jokes or whatever because there was a lot more wrong with this guy than the fact that he thoughts he was a "nice guy" and a "gentleman" and deserved sex for those reasons

I didn't come into this thread to argue. I never asked you to dissect my purchases, and I also never asked you to outright tell me that I bought a bad pair of headphones. I shared my experiences with upgrading from a gaming headset to a headphones + mic setup and you, for literally no reason, decided to tear my post apart and infer that I'm a terrible consumer.

Please keep to yourself. I didn't ask for any advice in this thread, the OP did. Give your 2 cents and move on.

5 dollars a year for the comfort of knowing that I won't be out 100 bucks if something happens to my headphones is a waste of money? Alright. Guess I'm a terrible consumer.

Except I did? I didn't initially because even though I saw people on headfi say that k240s are best listened to through amps, I don't generally listen to music with my volume set very high nor do I worry about messing with equalizers, so I wanted to give the k240s a test run without an amp and see what I thought. After a few hours I concluded that I needed an amp so I bought one.

No the reason I spent 4x what the headset cost was because my headset was cheap and I wanted to grab a nice pair of headphones at a triple digit price. Any pair of 100+ dollar headphones would have been comparatively WAY more expensive than my headset because the thing was only 30 dollars, m50s included. That has nothing to do with me doing no research, I just wanted a really good pair of headphones.

Anyway, so "doing my research" just means that I should have bought an ath mx0 model? I knew about all of those options but I did a lot of reading about the k240s and people recommended them as being just as good as m50s, and the semi-open design appealed to me more than the m50's closed, isolated design. I also liked the detachable cable and the fact that the mk2s come with these insanely comfortable velvet pads. My brother has a pair of m30s and I tried them on for a few hours but the pads started to irritate my ears, and to my knowledge, all of the mx0s' pads are made of the same material.

I did my research man. I knew that I probably would have needed an amp, I knew that the m50 was an equally good choice in the 100+ dollar range, and I knew that I could have grabbed m30s or m40s at around the same price as my headset with a nicer sound quality without even breaking 50 bucks. But I landed on the k240s mk2 after spending an hour or two looking at other options, consulting headfi threads, and asking a few friends.

Also, m50s + mic would not be less than what I spent on the k240 mk2s alone (125 + 7 vs 105). In fact, if I got the mk1s (which are virtually identical to the mk2s, minus an extra coiled cable and an extra set of velvet pads) then the m50s + mic would have cost nearly 60 dollars more than the k240 mk1s (being about 73) before factoring in an amp price (and it's not like the amp is 100% required, I just chose to buy one). The k240s are just the cheaper pair of headphones.

Not saying the m50s aren't a fantastic pair of headphones because they're easily the most recommended in that price range, but your statement that m50s cost less than either of the k240 models is just plain wrong. The only thing that makes that statement correct is comparing the m50s with the k240 mk2s, factoring in a fiio e6 or above, in which case the k240 mk2s break even with the e6 (which is what I happened to purchase).

TotalBiscuit's video on this game gave it some new life. It's a really fun game and it came just in time for summer.

e: By that I mean the standalone version came along just in time for summer. The mod version is like 7 years old.

-sw +r_rootlod 2 +mat_picmip 2 +mat_reducefillrate 1 +r_waterforceexpensive  1 +r_waterforcereflectentities 0 +r_shadowrendertotexture 0 +mat_colorcorrection 0 +mat_trilinear 0 +mat_hdr_level 0 

Trying this, thanks.

i've posted in these topics before having only owned headsets. i recently got a pair of akg k240 mk2s and, even though i'm now a fan of a nice pair of headphones with a separate mic, i still think that headsets have their place, and here's why:

some people either don't have music in good enough quality to warrant nice headphones, or they just don't care about hearing it in the clearest quality possible. and that's fine, whatever. you aren't going to ascend them to a higher level of listening by encouraging them to drop 3 digits on a really nice pair of headphones, so i never got why ppl in these threads think it's objectively better to rock headphones + a separate mic. a headset is cheaper (unless you're buying from razer or something) and more convenient than a 100+ dollar pair of headphones with a separate mic.

personally, i had a 30 dollar headset for a while and i used that universally. unfortunately it was started to get uncomfortable to wear since it was heavy and a little loose, so i got a pair of k240s and a zalman clipon mic (the 7 dollar one). 15 dollars for 3 year insurance aside, i still spend nearly 4x what the headset cost and the clipon mic's fidelity is a lot worse than my headset's. if i wanted a better mic then i would have had to spend even more.

so if somebody doesn't care about how their music sounds, and if they find their headset comfortable, then there's basically no reason to spend so much more money on headphones + a mic. my k240s are like wearing pillows and i've already worn them for 6+ hours in one sitting without even noticing they were there which was something i couldn't do with my headset, so it was worth it to me. but if somebody can do that with their headset and they think their music sounds good enough then a headset is acceptable.

e: oh and this was just in my case but i also needed to grab an amp for my k240s as well to get the most out of them so that was another 30 bucks, and that was the cheapest well-reviewed amp i could find. gaming headsets usually have an audio adjuster built in at least (usually on the cord), even if that doesn't work as well as an amp it comes with it and it's not an extra 30-70+ dollars.

I included an edit regarding your decision. It's good that you decided to hold off on comp TF2. I just wanted you to know that your dad isn't doing this to be a dick and that you shouldn't be mad at him, especially if this is the first time that he's cut you off of one of your hobbies for the sake of performing better in school (although it's fair to say that your sister was just trying to make you mad).

What's with the terrible advice in here? Move out? Try to explain to his dad that video games are important? Talk to a counselor? None of this shit makes sense.

This is high school. You should be doing much better than a high 70. That's why your dad cut off your computer time; not because he hates you, not because he thinks you aren't doing enough homework, but because he ALSO knows that you should be doing MUCH better than a high 70 in high school. You're only 16 so you're probably a sophomore, meaning your course load is probably piss easy unless you opted for some advanced placement courses or college placement courses (and if that's the case, you should ABSOLUTELY be prioritizing those over video games). It's pretty ridiculous to get anything less than a B in a non-AP or ACP test because that just means you didn't try studying for it at all.

High school is not hard at all and I think your dad knows that, so he's upset that you pulled a "strong 70" (which is nothing to be proud of) instead of getting the grades that he knows you could be getting. Don't be angry at your dad. He just wants you to be performing at your best, and he thinks that doing all of your studying/homework in the morning (which I'm guessing means you lose sleep) and doing nothing but playing video games in the evening is severely hindering your ability to perform as well as he thinks you should be.

Quit your internet video game team because it's not important at all in the long run. You can still play video games, and even just play pubs in TF2 from time to time, but committing yourself to a team in competitive TF2 and prioritizing that over schoolwork is ridiculous. Finish out the rest of the year. You've got like one month left. Accept that your sister got off scot free because I can only assume that you flipped your shit or something (given the way you worded your post) and further convinced your father that you're obsessed with playing video games. Just understand that you were already on thin ice and your parents were bound to believe your sister over you. That's unfair, but it's just how sibling rivalry works. Most people who have siblings (especially younger ones) had to deal with it too.

Honestly, I don't even want to bring up the asian dad stereotype. Most parents should know how piss easy high school is and should have a reasonable standard for their kids to get better grades than strong 70s.

e:

I think you just need to understand that your dad wants more than this. Your dad wants more than failing a test but "still passing" because he knows you can do better and he thinks that video games are impeding your ability to do well, so he cut you off. Your dad isn't being unreasonable, and you made the best decision by just accepting it and holding off from playing comp TF2 until the summer.

i honestly don't get why a scout wiping an entire team at mid got #2 while a pyro pressing m2 at clueless ubered players got #1

the other pyro clips were great, but what was the deal with that one ranking higher than those insane sniper shots or a scout acing a team during a midfight?

ok since #678 didn't respond seriously i guess i might as well mention that the gerbils was headed by scott spillane, the guy who does all of the horn related instrumentation on in the aeroplane over the sea. just a fun fact. i assume you've heard that just cuz usually if someone's heard anything off of on avery island then they've heard ITAOTS. the elephant 6 recording company is seriously like musical incest between a bunch of weird guys who like lofi and experimenting a lot.

anyway everybody has heard skrillex and that song is ass :B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K-PIP4u2i4

oh god, that song is so goddamn smooth. i remember singing it in jazz choir in HS. thanks for the throwback lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSw71qih2tw

music, netflix, eating sweets/desserts, fapping, or some combination of the four.

i also take my pants off as soon as i get home every day. if you live alone/with a roommate you're comfortable with and you don't do this, you're living life incorrectly

if i please the rng gods and win this lottery then i will be sure to be successful in this game~

5:01 here, i've always been afraid of the ocean and this kind of ruined my day :s

the unicorns are the fuckin' shit. two thumbs up man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XmoroZ3zo