u/Dave_CSA

I grabbed these recently & it was my final attempt at wireless headphones - I'd heard all the hype & was offered for $300 new & I knew I could sell them for that if I didn't like them.

I have an analogy about wireless headphones - they are the audio equivalent of motion smoothing (aka 'soap opera' effect on TVs) - fortunately, these take a solid step away from that

Over the last few years, I'd tried quite a lot of pairs (really for daytime work use) including the B&W PX8 Mk 1, about a year ago (again, great price, hyped & loved the 'Iron Man' colourway).

They were super, super convenient & very comfortable - and excellent for phone calls. I'm old school (probably just old at 45) & prefer phone calls over texting, if it's someone I like, or a 10 minutes work call that cab avoid a 30 email thread.

But... music sounded absolutely awful on them. They had that horrible bloaty bass & other tuning (that can't be fixed significantly with EQ) very poor separation/imaging etc... I really tried, but they were sold on about ten days.

I got these about a month ago & I use them for music all of my working day, YouTube etc & often for watching films & series, as I find speech mix to be poorly done on so many things.

Music sounds very good. They're incomparable to my high end wired sets. Ridiculously comfy & a in

The two lessons I learned -

They don't go especially loud, and I do tend to crank it a bit... so I've learnt that I really can enjoy music at a lower volume.

Despite being enjoyable enough - when I use one of my special high sets (which Id previously use all day) - I appreciate them far more... and I think this is really important. Having a selection of the best IEMs & headphones that exist is fantastic, but all day every day - the best becomes the norm... and as good as that may sound... I'm really finding this to be a superb balance.

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u/Dave_CSA — 10 days ago
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'It's literally just Returnal re-skinned'

That's a quote I saw on Facebook.

Firstly, anyone using the word 'literally' (with a few exceptions, and far less than a few years ago)... is a knobhead.

It 'literally' isn't

I think Returnal is absolutely fantastic.

I bought it for my PC & my PS5.

... but I suck at it. It is a HARD game.

Firstly, Saros is far more accessible. Rather than just straight up difficulty modes, it has various sliders (I actually think this is pretty genius & should be implemented far more) that allow you to curb/increase certain things... there could even have been more, but I'm definitely very happy.

I know where my weaknesses are in certain games. I started off with everything slid down to easiest & as I played, pushed them up gradually as I got more confident with things I got better at, realised I didn't suck at too much.

Yes - it has a lot of Returnal's DNA (we could say this about so many games) ... but it has a very different look/it actually has a big of a story story & is visually far less samey, even from the get go.

I work on average 50h a week. I have a family. I have other hobbies. Even within gaming - my hobby of 40+ years, I want to play other things. I've barely gotten into Crimson Desert or Nioh 3... and I've barely touched Rogue Trader (I've been putting it off forever as I know I'm going to get sucked in)... amongst a very hefty backlog!

It's so bad that I don't know whether it's fortunate or unfortunate that I didn't like Kingdom Come Deliverance II

Oh... and I have a bit of an addiction to Arc Raiders, which I've finally just gotten into & am playing almost exclusively with a friend... despite it having some really dumb rules. Get attacked by another player when you have no interest in PvP? Either don't fight back, die & loose all your loot... or fight back & get stuck in PvP purgatory (with players who are far more experienced, have way better gear etc etc) for a significant amount of time.

Saros is incredible & unless you're a die hard Returnal fan (I do get it - it's very purist), I think it's a significantly better game in every aspect. I don't think another game makes use of haptics so well... I have maxed them out, but I love it. (I play with my controller plugged into the mains on a 6ft cable which is about 3ft away from me).

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u/Dave_CSA — 10 days ago