Giveaway/Contest 29: Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 EB Earphones

[3dGameMan]

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Winner is: Tivon

Please forward your complete address information to me, gameman@3dgameman.com

Congrats to the winner(s) :) To everyone who didn't win, there will be another new contest next month :Thumb

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Ultimate Ears (http://www.ultimateears.com) and 3dGameMan teams up to bring you Giveaway/Contest 29: Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 EB Earphones

Sponsored product(s): Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 EB Earphones (http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2737/31/)

http://www.ultimateears.com/superfi/upload/prod/Superfi-UE-SF5EB_2.jpg

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- Winners have 7 days to claim their prizes.
- Products will be shipped by the sponsor(s). Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.
- Winners will be drawn on July 31, 2006

[werty316]

Ooooo ahhhhh nice.

[JesterX]

Sweet! Count me in

[slugbug]

I'm in. Hope my luck changes :)

[Tivon]

We must post a comment on "3dGameMan Giveaway/Contest 28"?

*I'm In!*

[tomato]

Count me in as well ;)

[beppy]

i'm in! alright!

[deathrow]

i love music, these would be kickass!, great reviews and a great site what more could you ask for :beer

and like tivon said there a link mix up i think

[Saturn2888]

29 giveaways. Whoa! I mean, think of how many months/years have passed. Try to remember them all. I'll have to go remember the first one I took part in. Also, remember the one where you had to guess the T-shirt? That was crazy! There was another guessing one too I thought.

Let's make this thread as popular as the #27 one!

[Tivon]

I won that T-Shirt! Shows how long I've been around..lol

[=CDU=Above]

The link still brings us to 28 as I'm posting this. I'm sure he'll get to it.

[3dGameMan]

Thanks for seeing that. Fixed.

[3dGameMan]

beppy & cr4ck5h07 need to post in the correct site link: >>>> (http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2817/82/)

[3dGameMan]

I notice some of you are not following the rules. Please remember to read them carefully. Remember, it insures you a better chance of winning.

[DragonMaster]

Wow! Can't wait to try these!:thumb (If I win, ...) :hail

[Enigmachine]

These would go really well with my ears :)

:thumb

[cr4ck5h07]

I'm in, I could just fantasize having these in-ear earphones, I hope I get lucky hehehe.

[viperman5686]

I'm in, but it won't let me post here.
http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2817/82//
It says "Only registered users can write comments. Please login or register."

[werty316]

I notice some of you are not following the rules. Please remember to read them carefully. Remember, it insures you a better chance of winning.
Better chances for me :Thumb

I'm in, but it won't let me post here.
http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2817/82//
It says "Only registered users can write comments. Please login or register."

Why don't you register then?

[Kindom934]

I'm in, but it won't let me post here.
http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2817/82//
It says "Only registered users can write comments. Please login or register."

The forum and the "site" account are different. You need to register on the site also. :Wink

[JesterX]

Rod, there are 2 trailing back slashes in the link back to the post on the site. It shouldn't cause any problems, but I thought I'd point that out.

[Das Capitolin]

Great timing. Someone stole my Creative Zen with nice Pioneer headphones. This could be a great replacement! Thank you for the contest! :shocking

[johndoe]

whoa! $200 earphones!!! :Holy Crap bring it on :Thumb

[Saturn2888]

OMG, didn't check the price tag. This would be the first nice set of head phones for me then.

[deathrow]

a fudge i think im going to be on vacation when the constest ends :(

[Saturn2888]

Oh well. You have a week! Find a computer or something, they're everywhere now, even on deserted islands. I think you'll have no problems.

[reptilezs]

nice ear buds

[deathrow]

Oh well. You have a week! Find a computer or something, they're everywhere now, even on deserted islands. I think you'll have no problems.


ill be in the sequoias

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/

no pc's, no cell phones either.. well i can pick up messages on the a certain stop on a cliff but i cant call out. Maybe i can call rod if i win on the pay phone :Wink

[Saturn2888]

Yeah! That'd be cool.

[Kindom934]

ill be in the sequoias

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/

no pc's, no cell phones either.. well i can pick up messages on the a certain stop on a cliff but i cant call out. Maybe i can call rod if i win on the pay phone :Wink

Where is "sequoias"....

Geez, I can not live/go to a place without a computer. I mean...hey...this is why I lugged my 8 pound labtop in my backpack for most of my trip in Japan....and keep in mind we walked and went to different places over 4-8 hours at a time.

I even lugged my labtop to Las Vegas....at lease I left it in the hotel that time while we went to do our stuff.

...so in otherwords, I have a lot of memories of this labtop...I'm sure it traveled with me more then a few thousands of miles from the plane ride to walking/going all over the place in Japan. I'm suprised it hasn't die on me from all the rough handling...


Even in Japan I still my normal stuff on the forums...... X_X...



Anyhow, Have a fun time...chillax!

[Saturn2888]

LOL! How was Japan btw?

[deathrow]

you might have passed over it on your way to vegas, its about 6 hours away, towards central california
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5784/sequioa4zs.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sequioa4zs.jpg)

[Zenphic]

Huzzah! Yet another giveaway from this incredible website :)

[Saturn2888]

I've heard of Your Son100. I don't know where though...

[Traffy]

I"m in good job Rod on all these giveaway"s

[tweakerxp]

Count me in :Thumb

[Saturn2888]

Huzzah! Yet another giveaway from this incredible website :)

Looks like we got another!

[Protocol.]

those earphones look like some pretty kickass quality, and im in for sure.

[Saturn2888]

lol. Yeah, maybe. I dunno. You'd have to hear them. I don't care what they say on the specs. It's all about the cone on the inside and how everything's connected. Really doesn't matter actually what it can support. The speakers on my PC are designed with having 2 or 3 per channel and they're supposed to just kill ANYTHING out there, but they're just normal bookshelf speakers (well, they're about 15-20 lbs each).

[werewolfdaddy]

Count me in. Count me in. Count me in. count me in.

[H-man]

I'll take two please.

[Rapsney]

Cool, would love to have these.

[dassub]

mmmmm nothing like some nice headphones for some discreet classroom tunes..

[Saturn2888]

Wow. Looks like 3GM has some more new users. This is really neat to finally have!

[CorlanMcD]

Sweet, was planning on buyi-- winning some earphones. :)

[deathrow]

I've heard of Your Son100. I don't know where though...


i wonder, maybe he isnt real :Holy Crap , possibly a trap set up by the goverment to weed out the non believers :devil

[Kindom934]

LOL! How was Japan btw?

Very fun...I almost liked it so much I actually "wished" I grew up living there.

I have some photos I didn't share here...did I?......Nope...Hmm...I should share some of em....of the 2500ish to be exact...lol

[sbrehm72255]

I'm going to give this a shot..............;)

[Saturn2888]

Good luck! You can't always win on your first try! Lol, I'm making it like it's a competition. It's not more of luck, it's more of Rod's PC better have a glitch in it so your name is chosen... what? heh

[habashy89]

sure... I'm in

[Iceman338]

Sweeet! I'm in the market for new headphones (mine broke), but i can't afford anything better than horrible cheap earbuds!

[dukeman]

nice, i am in

[PC-HAngover]

Whoo.. long time no see! Count me in! :beer

[Saturn2888]

Dude, PC-HAngover. I've never seen you before. And you've been registered on the forums longer than me. Explain! lol.

[Kindom934]

Dude, PC-HAngover. I've never seen you before. And you've been registered on the forums longer than me. Explain! lol.

Same...lol...anyhow, Welcome back!

[3dGameMan]

I've added a new rule to this giveaway: You must also have at least 10 forum posts ;)

[Saturn2888]

Ha ha! YEAH! Boom! I love this rule. Seems that I already met this one.

[PC-HAngover]

Dude, PC-HAngover. I've never seen you before. And you've been registered on the forums longer than me. Explain! lol.


Haha.. I know. I haven't browsed the forums in like 2 years. I joined way back in the day, but I have looked at the reviews, etc periodically. I keep forgetting about my Canadian neighbors!

BTW, nice to meet you! :thumb

[Das Capitolin]

I've added a new rule to this giveaway: You must also have at least 10 forum posts ;)

Good thing I read the posts around here. Lucky me.

Personally, I think this should have been established before the contest even started.

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, that's something I like to see. Even better than the 50 posts of yore because we need more people on the site. 50 is too large of a task. I think 10 would attract more people to actually stick w/ the site and not like in the grand opening where they just came and left.

[werty316]

Yeah, that's something I like to see. Even better than the 50 posts of yore because we need more people on the site. 50 is too large of a task. I think 10 would attract more people to actually stick w/ the site and not like in the grand opening where they just came and left.

Or make the required 10 and leave.

[Saturn2888]

Well that's hard, and you'd be more likely to stay if you made 10 posts.

[werty316]

10 posts is easy to make so it could go either way.

[Saturn2888]

Maybe maybe. But if you made them, then you'd be more sure to stick you know?

[werty316]

Yeah I guess so then.

[Enigmachine]

I think 10 posts is alright, especially for a new user like me. :) It does get people to register but doesn't cause too much spam.

Next time it could be 5 new posts or something, just to keep the ball rolling. :)

Not that I expect to win, I'm sure I'll forget a step, as usual. :beer

[Saturn2888]

Eh, well just keep w/ us and you'll see lots of contests. Trust me, being on this site 3 years, you really see what cool prizes pass through these contests. Just put up more posts and stuff, and you might have a better chance. Some company might support us Contributing Members, and we might get our own contest like when the CM stuff first happened.

[zachig]

WOW!!! What an AWESOME PRIZE!!! I'm definitely in!!!

[Silent_Death911]

I've been looking into those headphones for a bit now. I'm kind of sick using my iPod earbuds and my Phillips behind-the-head things kinda suck. Those would be awesome for my iPod and any late night gaming that I might partake in...CSS in my head, here I come. :thumb

[Saturn2888]

Aren't the iPod ones really really good?

[Silent_Death911]

Aren't the iPod ones really really good?
Not really. They're just cheap-o's they add with the package so you can actually listen to the music if you're the 0.0001% in the world without a pair of headphones...lol. Let's just say, the difference between iPod headphones and those UltimateEars phones is like night and day...or rather, listening to music after a flashbang went off and listening to music in a padded room. :Wink

[Saturn2888]

I could've sworn back when the iPod first came out in 5, 10, and 15 GB, it had AMAZing headphones that weren't included, but you could buy them separately.

[PC-HAngover]

I could've sworn back when the iPod first came out in 5, 10, and 15 GB, it had AMAZing headphones that weren't included, but you could buy them separately.


I think you are right.. but the current ones are terrible.. they really hurt my ears! :(

[SicatriX]

ooooooyoooops.....me sad.....

[MakubexGB]

Are these any good for gaming?

[Saturn2888]

Oh yeah, that'd kinda be a problem if they weren't considering most, if not all, of us are gamers.

[Silent_Death911]

Sure they will. They're made the reveal all of the sounds in a game. If you use onboard sound, though, it'll be a waste of money. If you have a decent ($100+) sound card, you'll notice a difference.

[Saturn2888]

I see I see. Well that makes sense. Integrated sound now-a-days isn't too bad. I mean, I know DFI had some good stuff on it. Plus, the Via Envy chipset isn't more than $10 (the chip itself), and it's on par w/ X-Fi.

[Bodhisattva]

Yes please. Can you count me in? Thank you!

[Tivon]

I've added a new rule to this giveaway: ;)

So Very Sneaky.... :Wink

[Tivon]

Good thing I read the posts around here. Lucky me.

Personally, I think this should have been established before the contest even started.

LOL... Better odds for the locals. :taunt

[Saturn2888]

Yes it is! He did that for #27 too, and I was like, YAY! :)

[Tivon]

Heh... good thing he did because there was so many 1 time posters, all the same people I'm sure. Giveaway spammers! lol

[MakubexGB]

Should've made it 100+ post or more. :taunt

[Saturn2888]

ha! Well it was 150 back in January 2003. I think it'll go up again, but for now, I think we'd all want for forumers. I mean, come on, we've all been around for ages, especially Tivon, but a lot of the people who made this forum what it was from '03-'04 aren't here anymore and I've seen a lot of familiar faces back again like Race234 and... oh gosh I've forgotten already. I'm hoping we have some more n00bs! There's that one guy w/ the Resident Evil avatar, he seems to like the forums, and it's good to have him w/ us.

[Tivon]

we've all been around for ages, especially Tivon

In the beginning of time there was only 010101 and light was cast forth from the forum heavens to shine upon the angles.

[Kindom934]

Heh....I'll just hover. I don't really need new headphones as I got some and I also know there's other people who needs em more then I could ever wish, again, <b>wish</b> and not <i>need</i>.

:)

Should've made it 100+ post or more. :taunt

Good and not good. We're be flooded by all kinds of stuff.....

ha! Well it was 150 back in January 2003. I think it'll go up again, but for now, I think we'd all want for forumers. I mean, come on, we've all been around for ages, especially Tivon, but a lot of the people who made this forum what it was from '03-'04 aren't here anymore and I've seen a lot of familiar faces back again like Race234 and... oh gosh I've forgotten already. I'm hoping we have some more n00bs! There's that one guy w/ the Resident Evil avatar, he seems to like the forums, and it's good to have him w/ us.

X_X...so have I been around for ages? I'm more like an infant @_@... It's only been a year. Sure seemed much longer though.

[poptya]

my entry =D

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, Kingdom, I can't really remember when you first came in bc it seems like you've just been here. But also: Total Posts: 4,121 (8.70 posts per day)

Compare that to my: Total Posts: 1,330 (1.01 posts per day)

I used to have 0.53 posts a day so I've grown.

[tomato]

I've added a new rule to this giveaway: You must also have at least 10 forum posts ;)

A good additional rule to keep the newbies around (includeing me :P)
Good Luck everyone!

[Saturn2888]

YAY! Hope you like it here. If you have problems looking for new threads (because we've been kinda raping all of 'em), use the -New Posts- section at the top. I don't know how many forums have that, but it's not many.

[Kindom934]

Yeah, Kingdom, I can't really remember when you first came in bc it seems like you've just been here. But also: Total Posts: 4,121 (8.70 posts per day)

Compare that to my: Total Posts: 1,330 (1.01 posts per day)

I used to have 0.53 posts a day so I've grown.

Heh....This should give you a few memories.



My first thread here...how it all started...

http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35936



My first 10 threads were on stuff which I now think as "why did I ever created them". I know, I was so naive back then.

[Yawnster]

Count me in, I want those babies..

Alex

[Saturn2888]

Gosh this month is slow. Well it better be bc I've got a lot of anime to watch in it. So you guys all wanna keep this thread goin' like #27? That'd be awesome.

[Enigmachine]

Eh, well just keep w/ us and you'll see lots of contests. Trust me, being on this site 3 years, you really see what cool prizes pass through these contests. Just put up more posts and stuff, and you might have a better chance. Some company might support us Contributing Members, and we might get our own contest like when the CM stuff first happened.

Getting into giveaways is my way of showing support! :thumb Especially since I don't have that much knowledge to impart otherwise... ;)

I haven't been on the board for years, but I've been lurking long enough to see some of those cool prizes come and go. Contests are an excellent way of turning lurkers into posters. :)

Good luck with this guys :)

[3dGameMan]

Half way through the month Info/Rules reminder (PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY):

- In order to qualify you need to be a registered 3dGameMan.com forum member (http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/register.php).
- Required to register (http://www.3dgameman.com/component/option,com_registration/task,register/) on the main 3dGameMan site: http://www.3dgameman.com
- You must also post a comment and vote in this thread.
- You must also have at least 10 forum posts.
- You must also post a comment on the site: click here (http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/2817/82/).
- Send one (1) email to: gameman@3dgameman.com with subject: 3GM GIVEAWAY 29
- Only residents of the USA or Canada are eligible.
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- There will be one (1) winner.
- Winners have 7 days to claim their prizes.
- Products will be shipped by the sponsor(s). Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.
- Winners will be drawn on July 31, 2006

[Kona]

I'm in, thanks..........

[The Silent One]

I'm in! :thumb

[z33k3r]

I guess I should enter as well. Wonder how they compair to the Shure E series...?:thumb

E2g Sound Isolating Earphones: Gaming Edition (http://www.shure.com/PersonalAudio/Products/Earphones/GamingEdition/us_pa_e2g_content)

http://www.shure.com/stellent/groups/public/@gms_gmi_web_us_pa/documents/web_resource/site_image_pa_e2g_l.jpghttp://www.ultimateears.com/superfi/upload/prod/Superfi-UE-SF5EB_2.jpg

[RogueMuppet]

They look like some nice kit.. Looking forward to winning them,, lol

[habashy89]

They look like some nice kit.. Looking forward to winning them,, lol
Your never going to win these............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .... you live in Australia.... sorry bro. Unless you got someone in the states or Canada... o you need 10 posts too! hehe:thumb

[DragonMaster]

Damn! 10 posts. I think it wasn't there when I suscribed. Just posting some more posts!

[werty316]

Alot of people never read the rules; all they read is "contest" and think free stuff.

[Saturn2888]

Usually Rod's contests are US and Canada only because of the company hosting it, not via Rod's own decision.

[MaStA]

These would be nice for my sansa! Count me in!

Jared

[DragonMaster]

I read the rules with attention, Rodney probably added this.

[KiTchMe]

Here is my first entry into 3DGameMan's lovely contest....Hope there will be many more to come...For the win...

[Saturn2888]

Well at least you n00bs (not used derogatory) have gotten the post count down.

[SAMSAMHA]

it's nice to see new people, hopefully they will read the rules. I am sure they will eventually.

[Saturn2888]

lol! I never did. Somehow I just know them. These forums basically moderate themselves from what I've seen. There seem to be respectable ppl whereas I've seen, YOU SUCKORZ!, NO YOU SUCK!, and someone yells I HAVE MALE GENITALS, and you're like, WTF? And so I really appreciate this forum.

[z33k3r]

We deffinantly do appreciate all of our loyal members. I don't think you will find a more dedicated and easy going group on the net! :Beer

[Saturn2888]

Yeah! That's because there is none! :)

[mace22]

Awesome contest. Would enter again.

A++

[Saturn2888]

July 20th... I think, when you start from the beginning of a contest, it takes forever for the month to pass. Just something odd.

[jack23]

Im In!

goodluck everyone

[zachig]

Thanks!!! GOOD LUCK to you too, and to all the rest, of course...:thumb

[Tivon]

Yeah! That's because there is none! :)

Are you cracking on my favorite forum? :shifty

[habashy89]

No he is saying the 3gm is the only one.. I think?

[Saturn2888]

No he is saying the 3gm is the only one.. I think?
Correct. That's what I saying.

[DragonMaster]

I think I got my 10 posts now?? ;-p

This contest is there at the right moment, just when I thought about buying $300 headphones to be able to listen to something during summer. (Neighboor's A/C, my 16" fan is a jet, my amp dissipates about 200w of heat - so I got no audio on my PC) Also, I told I was going to get $300 headphones because I can't use something cheaper - sounds too bad for me... These are rated 5/5!

(OK, I'll stop) ;)

[Saturn2888]

That is, considering you win, which is a pretty high chance at 3GM I'd say. For this one, VERY high chance. I see 55 votes. That means that out of the 55 votes, probably 48-49 people entered the contest, maybe even less. So think of it this way 1/50 is you and 1/50 is me. I've won two contests already, and I doubt I'd win this one just because it was 2 months ago I just won. I mean, I might even opt to giveaway the headphones to another forum member who wants them really bad bc it's not like I need them since I have yet to buy an MP3 player (but $300...), but see, if your case, you need them, and you entered, that's a good thing. Also, you've joined up w/ the forums and seem to be using them fairly regularly. If another forum member is like me, they may opt to give it away as well. There's only one time I remember hearing about that and it was w/ a 9600 Pro I believe. A 9600 Pro that waslazy about being sent out.

So I would say your chances are 1/40 whereas mine are 1/60 (if that's even possible). I would like to go further into my statistical analysis here though. Think of flipping a coin. 2 sides so 50% chance right? Wrong. If you flip heads 8 times, you're probably guessing the next one is tails right? I mean, duh! While mathematically, it's always a 50% chance, logically, you know that if you keep flipping that coin, your chance of getting tails is actually growing. It has to. There's no way you're gonna flip heads 500 times, it just won't happen EVER! While there is a mathemetical chance, it'll never happen. So in this contest, what I trying to say is that you have a much greater chance than I do just because of that. It's just not logically sound to assume I have high chances of winning you know? It's just fun to participate and winning the prizes is always very fun and useful. The RAM I won before is the RAM currently in my PC it isn't a bottleneck for my PC like my old RAM. What do you think?

[DragonMaster]

That is, considering you win,

This is something I should consider ;-) (Joking, I know I'm not alone in this contest)

I could see if they beat the $300 AKG I borrowed to someone some time ago

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, that'd be neat. I've never had expensive headphones and I doubt I will unless I get them (via a giveaway) and then that would spark me to buy an MP3 player of some kind, lol! Like, the PSU I won Jan '05 was enough for make me save up for 8 months to upgrade to my current rig. I guess that's just how it is.

[Linseman]

Hopefully I can pull this one off. I'm feeling lucky cuz I'm entering on my 20th birthday. :thumb :camera :clapping

Here's to the end of my teenage years. :Beer

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, I know what you mean. While I have to wait till October. 20 is like... I feel so old now. And to anyone older, how do you get out of thinking you're old after age 20?

[zachig]

Yeah, I know what you mean. While I have to wait till October. 20 is like... I feel so old now. And to anyone older, how do you get out of thinking you're old after age 20?

I really don't know...I guess you just think about it till you realize you've already reached 30 :KICK ASS Like me....on October 5. gonna turn 30...and that's OLD!!! :Sigh :KICK ASS

[DragonMaster]

I just turned 16 two months ago.

[DragonMaster]

I just turned 16 two months ago.

===> Not old enough ;)

[zachig]

Hehehe!!! I wish I was 16 again!!! Enjoy life...you still have 14 years to reach my age...;)

[Saturn2888]

I hated 16. I liked 19, wait. I am 19. But I mean, 19 is grand!

[Kindom934]

Hmm...I wonder whos gonna win. :thumb


Yeah, I know what you mean. While I have to wait till October. 20 is like... I feel so old now. And to anyone older, how do you get out of thinking you're old after age 20?

X_X....I feel so old.....

My youth days are almost over!!! :Crying (I'm 17....sob...)

I just turned 16 two months ago.
===> Not old enough ;)

Whatcha mean your not old enough. I'd love to go back being 15. I got some stuff that I'm gonna change if I ever do go back being young-er. Gosh, If I could be 15 right now and live in the current time line to be 17, gosh, I wonder what kind of computer stuff would be around.


I hated 16. I liked 19, wait. I am 19. But I mean, 19 is grand!

Hated 16? What? I hated when I was 12-13....I liked being 14 and above though.

[Saturn2888]

16 sucked man. You don't understand. It was horrible. For those of you thinking it's when you get your car... I started driving legally at age 14 and didn't get my car till 1/2 way through being 18 because of issues w/ my dad needing a gas efficient car. 16 was also close to after 9/11. My parents, being from the middle-east, both got laid off when I was 16 and so they were jobless for a long time. Also, I was never liked by more than 4 people in school after 3rd grade and so, 16 was me against 1800 people and that's not 9-12, that's 10-12 grades. Good luck w/ that dude...

[Tivon]

13 to 18 is one long hurry the heck up so I can be an adult time.
18 to 21 is the party till you get kicked out and eat cheap time.
21 to 25 is find another person to share your life with.
25 to 30 is have kids, take drugs with coffee hit alarm time.
30 ~ 33 is where I'm at and I can tell you skip 21 to 30 if you can..lol

[Kindom934]

16 sucked man. You don't understand. It was horrible. For those of you thinking it's when you get your car... I started driving legally at age 14 and didn't get my car till 1/2 way through being 18 because of issues w/ my dad needing a gas efficient car. 16 was also close to after 9/11. My parents, being from the middle-east, both got laid off when I was 16 and so they were jobless for a long time. Also, I was never liked by more than 4 people in school after 3rd grade and so, 16 was me against 1800 people and that's not 9-12, that's 10-12 grades. Good luck w/ that dude...

Whoa.....

Well that makes sense, I mean my years were somewhat tough 12-13 but geez, it's no where close to....

[DragonMaster]

Well, I mean that I'd do a lot more things if I had a car(My parents are rarely available) but here it costs an arm to have a car until you're 18.

I'd already have built a couple of pairs of speakers and a few amps. (And would probably sell some to get more computer parts ;) )

[MaStA]

Hmm I am 20 and doing pretty darn well. I'm in the military and yeah we don't make too much, but it really isn't that bad. Most people go out and get in debt. I have a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse that is paid off and I have zero debt. I pay car insurance, cable internet, and cell phone bills. I've got about $15,000 saved. I have a retirement plan going as well. People at work always say stuff to me about it. Your cheap! What are you going to do with all that money? I just laugh. I get what I want...but I know what not to waste my money on. Being smart and not stupid when you are 18-25 is what makes things much smoother. I would go back to being 18 any day. I don't drink and don't have the passion to...so there is no reason I want to get older, but that is the way things roll so just gotta go with it. :)

Jared

[zachig]

13 to 18 is one long hurry the heck up so I can be an adult time.
18 to 21 is the party till you get kicked out and eat cheap time.
21 to 25 is find another person to share your life with.
25 to 30 is have kids, take drugs with coffee hit alarm time.
30 ~ 33 is where I'm at and I can tell you skip 21 to 30 if you can..lol
Hehehe...You're soooo right, Tivon! :Wink

Anyway, I think we should open a new thread called "how old are you?", as we totally got out of topic...:Yea right

[CoolZoneAlex]

count me in mate!i love contests!:Thumb

[MaStA]

count me in mate!i love contests!:Thumb

- Only residents of the USA or Canada are eligible.

[3dGameMan]

For those new folks here. Please remember to CAREFULLY read the rules of this giveaway click here (http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42932)

[Saturn2888]

Didn't we already start like 2 other threads for this years back? Someone just put a link in here so we can smoothly change topics.

[MakubexGB]

count me in mate!i love contests!:Thumb

- Only residents of the USA or Canada are eligible.

...and please stop spamming the forums.

[Maniacmous]

My luck isn't all that good to win again, but hey, you never know, lightning might strike twice. I'm in.

[Tivon]

I don't see the point in calling people spammer just because they go offtopic. Talk about whatever so long as people are having a good time at 3GM.

Anyone else ready for Rodney to pull numbers out of a hat? :)

[Saturn2888]

Pull! OH FREAKIN' YEAH! Now I'm actually excited. When I was tellin' that guy of my chances, I realized I would really love to have these because I'd probably buy a good MP3 player because of it. You know what? I'll start a thread on that now. I think using SD cards is more worth it unless you have like 20+ GB of music so look for the thread in the Gen. Hardware section.

THanks Tivon for saying what I've been doing isn't spamming! :)

[Kindom934]

Talking about MP3 players, I would really love to get a MIDI disc player. A flash drive and Music player in one. These headphones would work nice on the MIDI Disc player as it does 1:1 recording, although I decided not to enter this contest for reasons in my previous post.

[Saturn2888]

Mini Disk? Lol! MIDI disk... That you could use an old floppy disk and be fine.

[DragonMaster]

Well, MIDI disk would require a synthesizer, and rare are those that sound good.

Good luck everyone, contest ends tomorrow!

P.S. I think we should return on topic.

[SAMSAMHA]

i think htat i did follow the rule.

[DragonMaster]

I think I did, but some rules appeared after I suscribed so I'm not too sure...

I got 10 posts,
I posted a comment on the contest page and in this topic,
I voted in this topic,
and I emailed weeks ago but I don't know if my ISP's SMTP server screwed up like it sometimes happen.

[Saturn2888]

You can ask Rod if he got yours. 10 Posts was the new one.

Samsamha, how are you likin' your prize from the last giveaway?

[DragonMaster]

Just need to get an answer now!

[Saturn2888]

Ah, 2 days... This will be exciting. Okay, I think Tivon is gonna win, I called it! Lol. Who else has any bets (just for fun). I really don't think it's Tivon bc I don't even know if he's in this one, but I doubt it'd be him this one. Who could it be? Hmm... I just think it's fun to speculate.

[Enigmachine]

I think I paid my MP3 player 190$ :) If I win this, I'll probably just wear the earphones and not plug them into anything so as to not ruin them. ;)

Or look around for an iPod giveaway? :D

Good luck everyone! If it was computer parts I'd bet on DragonMaster winning since he just bought some and that'd be ironic, but in this case, I don't know. :)

[DragonMaster]

Oh, I had every parts except the CPU, HDD and RAM for more than a month...

[Kindom934]

Mini Disk? Lol! MIDI disk... That you could use an old floppy disk and be fine.

XD...

I mean Mini Disk or MD. Where the heck did I get MIDI disk???.....

[Saturn2888]

LOL! You even spelled it MIDI w/ all caps... What were you doing? Listening to music? Reading the Pirate thread again?

[Tivon]

Santa Rodney will soon reach into his magic bag of googys and giveaway a prize to one really good boy or girl. ;)

[MakubexGB]

I don't see the point in calling people spammer just because they go offtopic. Talk about whatever so long as people are having a good time at 3GM.
I agree, I'm all for people having a good time, but c'mon Tivon, maybe you didn't see it but in like five secs 10 threads said "Last Post by: Sameguyhere". And you could see that the posts were no more than a sentence and were very vague, it was all done for the contest. If people are gonna come in to just enter the contest at least get in into the topic for real instead of spamming your way in. It'll make us regulars feel better if you win. :Wink

[DragonMaster]

Santa Rodney will soon reach into his magic bag of googys and giveaway a prize to one really good boy or girl.

Hehehe, LOL!

[Capt'n Carnage]

Man i could really use a good pair of buds , count me in!

[Saturn2888]

I agree, I'm all for people having a good time, but c'mon Tivon, maybe you didn't see it but in like five secs 10 threads said "Last Post by: Sameguyhere". And you could see that the posts were no more than a sentence and were very vague, it was all done for the contest. If people are gonna come in to just enter the contest at least get in into the topic for real instead of spamming your way in. It'll make us regulars feel better if you win. :Wink

Okay, I have to agree on that. I have had people post 1 sentence in a thread and it was like, boom, and they're gone. It was on topic, but we had like 5 pages of discussion about that sentence already you know? Also, even if we have to have a checkpoint where we start repeating stuff a bit, it's always good to keep talking on the threads you posted in... Yeah, I understand you dude!

That's actually a good idea. What about that? A checkpoint system where if a thread is too long, we can agree on a checkpoint that basically sums up what was said! How would that sound? We'd have to run it by Rod to make it offical, but I'm pretty sure we could pull that off ourselves. That'll make 3GM forums something very unique and very accessible to others. *cough* I meant to say, even MORE unique. lol!

[CorlanMcD]

I hope I win these sweet pair of earphones.

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, I hope someone wins them :P I dunno, but it really seems like this one's gonna be really climactic for some unspoken reason. Wait, I know, $300 buds, that might make all of us on edge.

[DragonMaster]

Wait, I know, $300 buds, that might make all of us on edge.

The AKG K270 I was talking about? There are two drivers per side, at about 1" distance from your ears->comfy, big insulation->someone's talking?, only 270g->got headphones on my head?, etc. I don't have them anymore (I had to change the plug, the old one was broken) but could ask the guy if I could borrow them again!

[Das Capitolin]

Last day for this contest, so I wish everyone good luck. I have posted this everywhere I had not already seen it, so here's to the end of the contest! :food

[Saturn2888]

HA ha ha! Yeah? Now I'm really likin' these phones. I guess I really want them now. This sucks. I was hoping to give them away to someone and feel cool that I did something nice.

[zachig]

WOW!!! The winner is going to be announced soon!!!

*** CROSSING MY FINGERS ***

GOOD LUCK everyone!!! :)

[Enigmachine]

That's actually a good idea. What about that? A checkpoint system where if a thread is too long, we can agree on a checkpoint that basically sums up what was said! How would that sound? We'd have to run it by Rod to make it offical, but I'm pretty sure we could pull that off ourselves. That'll make 3GM forums something very unique and very accessible to others. *cough* I meant to say, even MORE unique. lol!

I think that's called a wiki. :lmao I haven't seen that many wikis with new posts at the bottom though. I was hoping to make one for game design where you have the current design at the top (that everybody agrees upon) and comments/proposed changes at the bottom. Haven't actually gotten around to doing it though.

I'd love to have 300$ buds. Heck, I'd like to have any buds at all! But everybody hates me, so I don't have any buds. If I give you 300$ buds, will you be my bud? :)

[CorlanMcD]

Who doesn't want quality $300 buds. :P

[DragonMaster]

You can ask Rod if he got yours. 10 Posts was the new one.
Just need to get an answer now!

Still got nothing... Well, I think I posted it.

I'd love to have 300$ buds. Heck, I'd like to have any buds at all! But everybody hates me, so I don't have any buds. If I give you 300$ buds, will you be my bud?

BTW, the contest is not about the $300 headphones I talked about(AKG K270), it's about the super.fi 5 EB, which are $200. (not sure of which ones you want)

And me, I'd like to have better headphones than the ones coming with my 12 years old Walkman.

[Maniacmous]

These would be nice, and if I win, I'll rock them with my iPod as happily as anyone ever possibly could (if not more so), but I won't cry if I don't win them - more karma I could build for something I really do need, like RAM or a case or some sweet water cooling (as if, I know...).

Edit: Best of luck to everyone!

[Protocol.]

i would enjoy these headphones myself, cause i have an ipod video, and im kind of a sound freak (still awaiting $ for surround sound) and these would nicely replace the low quality headphones im sick of using right now. best of luck to all, and whoever wins enjoys.

i think the draw is at 8pm tonight (2 hours from now), because rod usually does 3gm stuff then from wut ive seen.

[DragonMaster]

Am I the only one finding compressed audio not very good? You'll hear it with good headphones. -> When Hi-Fi causes problems...

[Das Capitolin]

Am I the only one finding compressed audio not very good? You'll hear it with good headphones. -> When Hi-Fi causes problems...

No, you are not alone. Which is why I don't roll with the flash memory players: I try to keep my music as uncompressed as possible. I could care less if the song eats 100MB, I just want to hear it the way it was intended.

[werty316]

Good luck peeps ;)

[DragonMaster]

No, you are not alone.
Yay! Someone else!

I'd get a portable player if
-I would have good headphones
-It would support OGG and FLAC
-It would have good DAC and output stage (Even with uncompressed audio, a cheap Sony CDP just isn't good enough)
-It would have long battery life
-It would not cost over $200
-It would last at least 10 years and have a good charger (Hell, with that, even NiCds can last 15 years and run almost as their as-new capacity) as well as replacable, easy to find, cheap batteries

Hey, I could get what I want with a portable Nakamichi cassette deck... except size is an issue. These decks are amazing -> High-end models are as good as reel to reel decks(Even better than a lot of them - BTW, reel to reel is what is often used as a master for music even today)

Oops! Getting OT...


Good luck everyone!

[habashy89]

GOODLUCK TO EVERYBODY! (I'm a n00b)

[Saturn2888]

I have X-Fi for that (I hope it works well enough for it).

Rod will draw at 12AM, trust me, he's been doin' it like that forever. Wait, maybe w/ the baby it'll be earlier, but who knows.

[DragonMaster]

Rod will draw at 12AM, trust me, he's been doin' it like that forever. Wait, maybe w/ the baby it'll be earlier, but who knows.

GMT -5 DST?

[Das Capitolin]

I have X-Fi for that (I hope it works well enough for it).

Rod will draw at 12AM, trust me, he's been doin' it like that forever. Wait, maybe w/ the baby it'll be earlier, but who knows.

Poor guy, has to manage all of this around a newborn? :banghead

As for your X-Fi, it may as well be one-bit sound because junk in is still junk out. MP3 is decent, but in the real scheme of things it is junkfood for your ears.

[DragonMaster]

You know what, almost every DACs today convert 16-bit or 24-bit to 1-bit. Invention of Sony... That's why real 16-bit DACs are highly acclaimed by people (Even if they don't know that's the reason) for their sound.

Poor guy, has to manage all of this around a newborn?
Plus to find a new server, keep 3GM working, thanks Rodney for your hard work!

[Das Capitolin]

You know what, almost every DACs today convert 16-bit or 24-bit to 1-bit. Invention of Sony... That's why real 16-bit DACs are highly acclaimed by people (Even if they don't know that's the reason) for their sound.

OT, but last week on Jeopardy there was a question in the Acronym catagory: DAC. Everyone stared blankly as Alex told them Digital Analog Converter.

Poor consumers, too dumb for their own good. :grumble

[DragonMaster]

The DAC discussion was pretty OT too...

Everyone stared blankly as Alex told them Digital Analog Converter.
I would have liked to see this. What about D/F, codec, DSP or ADC?

People should learn at least a minimum knowledge of electronics -- Maybe we'll see less low quality products on big box store shelves,..

[Tivon]

I'm shocked to see that Rodney didn't pick a winner yet?
I better look things over because this is not normal... :shifty

[habashy89]

maybe the server thing is keeping him busy... lol.

[Saturn2888]

So close to call time. Drum roll (I am a percussionist so this counts)........................................... ................... waiting ...........................

Tivon, you pick a winner. LOL! :) Jk dude. I'm so tired. The excitement is building up a lot.

[DragonMaster]

(I am a percussionist so this counts)

OT again,

oh, an other musician.

[slugbug]

30 min left 'til it's Aug 1st :luxhello

[DragonMaster]

Nooooo! More than the half of summer vacations gone!

[Maniacmous]

Nooooo! More than the half of summer vacations gone!

For you maybe, my first day of class in the fall doesn't come until Sept. 20th.

[Protocol.]

Nooooo! More than the half of summer vacations gone!
agreed. i hope the next month goes by slowwwwwwwwwwwww. but i only have 2 years of school left, so hoopla!

[3dGameMan]

---------------
Winner is: Tivon

Please forward your complete address information to me, gameman@3dgameman.com

Congrats to the winner(s) :) To everyone who didn't win, there will be another new contest next month :Thumb

---------------

[Protocol.]

dang tivon, how many contest's you won now? 2 or 3?

[Maniacmous]

Go Tivon!!!!! W00t for you!!!

[DragonMaster]

Ah, 2 days... This will be exciting. Okay, I think Tivon is gonna win, I called it! Lol. Who else has any bets (just for fun). I really don't think it's Tivon bc I don't even know if he's in this one, but I doubt it'd be him this one. Who could it be? Hmm... I just think it's fun to speculate.

You got it! :jawsdown

Congrats Tivon!

................ I'll just drop that headphones idea, way too expensive and I want a new working computer...

[Tivon]

I would like to thank all the people that made this happen... :Wink

C'mon... C'mon... NO WAY! OH MY LORD! :jawsdown

Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail Rodney is the MAN! :hail

[DragonMaster]

Damn you're so lucky!

[Tivon]

I'm shocked to win! WOOT! :beer
Man I'm on Fire! I should enter the lotto! :)

Stick around with 3GM and good things will come your way. ;)

[DragonMaster]

I should enter the lotto!

Sure! Winning at the same place 3 times is simply amazing.

[Tivon]

E-mail sent! *Party Dance!* :banana

[Das Capitolin]

Sure! Winning at the same place 3 times is simply amazing.

No, over 11,000 posts is amazing. Congratulations! :beer

[werty316]

yeah lucky guy I haven't won anything since I joined.
Congrats Tivon

[Saturn2888]

OMG, who called it! LOL! :) GO TIVON! Nice job. Dude, I think you have the most posts too! =D Okay, I'm sure you'll flood us with pics when you get them right away right? heh.

[Tivon]

I will take a few pictures, but there is not much to see. My brother is an Audio - Art grand master. I'm sure he will be able to give an honest say
on just how good these are. We just had a debate about MP3 sound quality at 128, 192 and 320.

[MakubexGB]

You deserve it Tivon! Congratz! :clapping :luxhello :clapping

[zachig]

CONGRATS, Tivon!!! You really deserve it!!! :thumb

[habashy89]

HAHA... congrats tivon, I still cant believe saturn called it!

[Enigmachine]

Congrats to Tivon and Saturn2888! Maybe you should get a prize for guessing right despite the odds. Like half a headset or something?! :D

[viperman5686]

Tivon: Luck of the Irish? Go back to where you came from! You're taking all the giveaways! :Wink

[SAMSAMHA]

congrat man.

[Tivon]

Tivon: Luck of the Irish? Go back to where you came from! You're taking all the giveaways! :Wink

Yar... 3GM is me lucky gold. :KICKASS

[Tivon]

HAHA... congrats tivon, I still cant believe saturn called it!

Yup, he called it! :KICK ASS Glad to see I'm not the only one that does that sort of thing. :Wink

[tomato]

Congrats, Tivon! :)

[Saturn2888]

Congrats to Tivon and Saturn2888! Maybe you should get a prize . . . like half a headset or something?! :D

LOL :lmao :lmao Dude...

You know what, w/ all the work Tivon did w/ the Google videos, I'd kinda wonder if he didn't win. Tivon, all that work paid off man!

How many of these have you won anyway Tivon?
Actually, to everyone here, I'm gonna start an off-topic thread on this so you can vote in the poll or something. Lol! This should be fun.

[hytek9]

Congrats TiVon! Enjoy those, they look nice :Thumb

[Kindom934]

Hehe...out of all people, Tivon had to win....I'm suprised! :hail

You've earned the prize, now don't go deaf using it as we wouldn't want that, do we?

[Saturn2888]

Really? I thought it was quite logical. I dunno, maybe it's how I think about things.

[Tivon]

I think it's here!? Fedex dropped something off to me from UE Consumer, LLC. I'll open it when I'm dressed and ready. =)

[Saturn2888]

YAY! Can't wait. How'll you go about testing these again? Brother? I can't remember what you said.

[Tivon]

I'm stepping into music to never return..............

[Saturn2888]

I'm gonna start abusin' this emoticon: :camera

I think you know what I mean!

[Tivon]

Man! Yes, I got pictures. Will do a review for sure! :)

[zachig]

Looking forward to read your review soon!!! ;)

[Tivon]

Well... I've spent the better part of my day doing that small review of the earphones. Almost burned up my front panel trying to plug it in to the Audigy that I don't think works like that anymore...cough.

Then I plugged the front panel headset to the onboard sound. Come to find out that Cooler Master must have there heads on backwards because the heatset and mic are reverse. I'm looking at it right now and I see a pink connector over the headset letters and green over the mic...sigh.

There is also a ground problem with the onboard AC97 because I can hear noise when I move the mouse around. I wanted to do this to avoid reaching around the whole computer to plug in the phones to the card. Like it is now I can't use them with the computer very well and I need a new MP3 player because it's dead.

These earphones with an MP3 player would be KICKASS! It's funny how my Hiper PSU win was more fun for me because I got to build something with my computer. All the stress of almost buring up my case has given me the blues... The cooler master cent 5 was also cool because I got away from that nasty Antec SooNot-Again case.

I think I'll take these to work and see if the cable is long enough to reach the back of the computers. I guess that could be one more neg is the short cable, but in truth it is long enough for any Ipod or other MP3 player. Don't mind me, I just want to enjoy my new toy a little more. TIME TO WIN AN MP3 PLAYER!!

It was nice of Rodney and UE to give these sweet earphones away, Thanks! :)

[DragonMaster]

There is also a ground problem with the onboard AC97 because I can hear noise when I move the mouse around.

No, there is no problem, it's called an onboard AC'97 codec. The layout was made by a motherboard manufacturer (Cheapest as possible) and every motherboards are like that.

[Saturn2888]

What was all that about the Audigy front panel? Also, gosh darn, why did they mix up the colors? Better yet, HOW?

[Tivon]

I was looking for the pinouts for the Audigy to plug my front panel speakers wires into. Turns out... you can't do that. Might have sent 5Volts to the panel and could have killed it because I smelled it burning but was fast to turn things off. The outpart of the CoolerMaster has a mis label with the Mic and Headset reversed.

I've used AC97 before without those noise problems? I did get the board as a OEM Return however and that could be why I got it for so cheap?

[Saturn2888]

Yeah dude! We had like 2 forum discussions on it too. Really sucks. Stupid Creative (LEARN THE STANDARDS!). I keep getting Microsoft vibes from Creative.

Do you mean a refurb board? Well RMA it I guess or call them up. AC97's not supposed to have that noise. Maybe the headphones are so good that you can actually hear the noise from moving the mouse? loL!

[DragonMaster]

I'm just realizing it's better for me not to have won these headphones, I always put them too loud.


Geez, I can not live/go to a place without a computer. I mean...hey...this is why I lugged my 8 pound labtop in my backpack for most of my trip in Japan....and keep in mind we walked and went to different places over 4-8 hours at a time.

I even lugged my labtop to Las Vegas....at lease I left it in the hotel that time while we went to do our stuff.

...so in otherwords, I have a lot of memories of this labtop...I'm sure it traveled with me more then a few thousands of miles from the plane ride to walking/going all over the place in Japan. I'm suprised it hasn't die on me from all the rough handling...

It's hard during the first days, but if you don't use a computer for long, when you're back home you can't stand more than 15 minutes in front of your computer.

[Saturn2888]

Wait, so not using a PC for a while makes you not want one?

[DragonMaster]

Wait, so not using a PC for a while makes you not want one?

Yes, but it rarely happens that I'm without computer for more than 1-2 days.

[Tivon]

You just need something worth turning it on for. Perhaps a new game? :)

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, or like the internet or e-mails. Like, the big reason I like to use my PC besides NeoGeo stuff (easier than using the carts) is for e-mail, anime, music, and 3GM. Games are... I finally figured out how to use Oblivion again (corrupt save stopped me), but my PC is kinda... check another thread I posted.

[DragonMaster]

The thing is that I can't play a game for more than 15 minutes withouth getting bored. I bought a few Genesis and SNES games this summer, but found I'm not playing them. (Forget about Xbox(360), PS2, and NGC, a minute is enough)

When my computer has a problem I stay on it for long, but when I can't find what it is, I get frustrated...


I thought about starting to play PC games once, but when I see that a graphic card that can run with a new game flawlessly will cost as much as the rest of my computer, I wonder if I should really.

[Saturn2888]

Well I dunno. I hate playing games by myself. One of the few non-RPGs I played for a long long time by myself was F-Zero GX because the game really was great. It highly overshadowed its predecesors, had a strict arcade feel, and had a few enticing story behind all of the characters.

Well what I meant by that is that, I hate playing alone, and maybe that's your problem. I don't play much by myself which is why I stopped playing videogames during 2nd semester of college when my friend I was playing w/ got busy and why when I got back home I didn't play bc my best friend is in CA now. Think about playing Age of Empires III. I waiting so long for that game, obsessed about it, was the first person ever to pre-order the thing, and I played it maybe 6 times. It was all because the friend I played AoEIII w/ moved to CA. No more LAN gaming = no more playing. It's just the way it is I guess. Devs. don't seem to understand the novelty of multiplayer SINGLE player games (co-op). They think multiplayer should be competitive... Well that's good for all those guys that don't have friends and sit in their little corner at home, but I can clearly remember Perfect Dark for the N64 being one of my favorite FPSs because it was co-op. For that very reason it made the game better. Even poor storylines like Shadowgrounds for PC is completely overlooked and even humorous when there are others in the room which really make the game worth playing. Teamwork is a factor that makes the million WWII games rule, but people that play those don't seem to like teamwork which is why Battlefield 2 integrated that system where you have a main commander and a squad leader. It was great. Almost forced people into teams because if you didn't, well, you had a good chance of dying. I remember alwasy having a skilled chopper pilot or driving around someone would knew how to kill people while I was in a jeep. Still, it's nothing w/o others there that you know. That's what stopped me from playing Unreal Tournament 2004.

So while this is all offtopic. Video/computer games should really start working more towards interaction and such. I mean, the X360 controllers work on PC, a lot of people have gamepads and even some (like me) arcade controllers or PS2 to PC adaters for DDR or just general play. Once companies realize that, they could have a product that really appeals to us gamers who are starting to get bored with the same 100,000 FPS games that are released (minus Metroid Prime).

[Tivon]

BAM! One time fix posted here for AC97 Onboard sound noise!



Turn up your speakers so it's really easy to here the interference.
Open up the volume control-->Options-->properties, then tick ALL of the drivers so that when you click ok theyt show up in the volume control mixer. Then mute all the devices (except wave and the master volume) and see if muting a specific device get rid of the interference!! Worked for me! Except mine was the line-in so god knows what I'm going to do if i ever need to use it!!!

(AC97 on board sound)
For me it was the AUX playback. Muted it... silenced my problem on my ASUS with integrated sound.

Enjoy! :)

[MaStA]

BAM! One time fix posted here for AC97 Onboard sound noise!



Enjoy! :)

I had to mute the PC Speaker on mine a while ago and that fixed the noise as well.

Jared

[Tivon]

Try these drivers and see if that fixes the problem?
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/action/r/http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dlac97-2.aspx?lineid=5&famid=12&series=8&Software=True

There must be more to this than just a ground problem...

[Tivon]

Really loving these earphones at work!
Been using:> http://www.pandora.com/

[Saturn2888]

Yeah, one of my friends got a T-shirt from them bc he told some 30 people about it :)

[DragonMaster]

Creative has the pinout of the front panel connector on their website. (Yes, it's true!)

Pandora doesn't sound all that great, if you want some really good sound, use kX drivers, go in the DSP window to get Wave Out directly to the front outputs, enable swap front/rear and plug your headphones in the rear outputs. Then, get foobar2k and the Kernel Streaming plugin, set the output to Kernel streaming, set output to either 16 or 24 bit, depends of your card, in Foobar's DSP set resampler to 96k high quality and add CDs to your playlist. I tried it this weekend and it sounds really great. Kernel Streaming bypasses the Wave volume control.

[Tivon]

I'll need to check those out... Why is that better than pandora?

[DragonMaster]

Because Pandora streams compressed audio, and with good headphones, there's more difference between compressed and non-compressed audio.

[Tivon]

Well... I'm using Pandora for it's easy streaming... and free music. Does this other program do the same thing? Looks like a audio plugin / player and that is only good if I already have the music. No room for MP3's or CD's at work.

[DragonMaster]

Foobar2000 is just a music player like Winamp, but better sounding. But since you use them at work, better stick with Pandora, online radios are often worse.

[Tivon]

Creative has the pinout of the front panel connector on their website. (Yes, it's true!)

Pandora doesn't sound all that great, if you want some really good sound, use kX drivers, go in the DSP window to get Wave Out directly to the front outputs, enable swap front/rear and plug your headphones in the rear outputs. Then, get foobar2k and the Kernel Streaming plugin, set the output to Kernel streaming, set output to either 16 or 24 bit, depends of your card, in Foobar's DSP set resampler to 96k high quality and add CDs to your playlist. I tried it this weekend and it sounds really great. Kernel Streaming bypasses the Wave volume control.

Dude... how do I get the Wave out to fronts in the DSP? I see lines all over the place... complex. :shifty

[Tivon]

Hmm.. dragged FXbus 0 and 1 over to the Epilog analog front left and right outputs... Not sure if that did anything though? Could not hear anything at first without doing the swap front/rear.

[DragonMaster]

Swap front rear is normally enabled per default, and is used to get the fronts to the better-sounding rear output, so when it's enabled, you plug the fronts in the rear plug.

Yeah, there are a lot of modules, but if you only use Wave or Midi, you can just keep FXBus and epilog. If you use games, you might want to keep Surrounder+ to send the 5.1 to your headphones, or something like that. There are some EAX modules, but I wonder if games really can configure these to work properly...

[Tivon]

I see what you are saying.. I've made a few profiles to switch from headphone and games on the system speakers.

I also see that this does something with AC97?