The "Shit I just bought" thread

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Brahma

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Deathwing said:
I hope the quality is good. I'd try to avoid extraneous encoding and decoding steps regardless of quality.
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LOL. I doubt the quality will be good even if it does work. Which is why I snagged the Vali 3.
 
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moonarchia

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Brahma said:
Steamdeck arrived...

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I got one of those when they first launched. I like it, but it is a chonky toy.

Got one of these coming Monday.

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Retroid Pocket 5 Handheld

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Hekotat

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Deathwing said:
Which chips are you referring to? I had a schiit modi with a bad usb chip but the magni seems fine.
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I had two different Schitt Hel(s), the original and the Hel2. The first one started having problems connecting to the PC after a year of use so I picked up the second one which started having the same issues about 6 months in. I had a hard time with their customer service getting the thing repaired, they didn't want to do it, so I did some research and saw many people having the same problem and tracing it down to new and cheaper USB chip they had switched to.

I got tired of dealing with the back and forth and just went with a different brand.
 
Deathwing

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Hekotat said:
I had two different Schitt Hel(s), the original and the Hel2. The first one started having problems connecting to the PC after a year of use so I picked up the second one which started having the same issues about 6 months in. I had a hard time with their customer service getting the thing repaired, they didn't want to do it, so I did some research and saw many people having the same problem and tracing it down to new and cheaper USB chip they had switched to.

I got tired of dealing with the back and forth and just went with a different brand.
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I believe it was some cmedia chip. I don't see "Hel" on their product page. How long ago was this?

It is definitely annoying buying products in this market. On top of reviews full of subjective opinions, you really need to dig into pages of forum threads to find problems with these products.
 
Hekotat

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Deathwing said:
I believe it was some cmedia chip. I don't see "Hel" on their product page. How long ago was this?

It is definitely annoying buying products in this market. On top of reviews full of subjective opinions, you really need to dig into pages of forum threads to find problems with these products.
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Damn, looks like they got rid of it completely. I wonder if it was due to that chip since the first unit was really popular for gaming.

First one I got was like 2018 and the second one was 2019 I believe. They were having major supply issues when the second one failed and I just assumed it was due to them not being able to get components to replace it.

Hopefully they are revamping it, it was the best amp I ever used.

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Deathwing

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Hekotat said:
Damn, looks like they got rid of it completely. I wonder if it was due to that chip since the first unit was really popular for gaming.

First one I got was like 2018 and the second one was 2019 I believe. They were having major supply issues when the second one failed and I just assumed it was due to them not being able to get components to replace it.

Hopefully they are revamping it, it was the best amp I ever used.

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2018 is when I got my eventually defective modi 2. I checked yesterday, it's a CMedia CM 6631 if anyone from the future is using the search function.
 
Brahma

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Man that shit did NOT work. The Vali 3 came in as soon as that RCA to USB cable came in. The Vali 3 sounds REALLY nice with my Sennheiser 660S2's. Would reccomend.

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Deathwing

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Wait, I thought Brahma was black. Why did you make him some hybrid of Mr. Clean and Homer Simpson?
 
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Edaw

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Deathwing said:
Wait, I thought Brahma was black. Why did you make him some hybrid of Mr. Clean and Homer Simpson?
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I asked it for cleaning products and that is what i got.

The prompt:
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Then I had it add warhammer and star wars figures.
 
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