Busy

I have not been posting lately due to the amount of things that I have had to deal with lately. I am going to be working on new things soon.

Some of which things include:

Cheaper Cards Better For Online Killing
G11 Review
And More

Sub-woofer Songs

I have been listening to more techno and rap because I have loved the quality of the bass that my headphones can produce. To give you an example, when I listen to songs with really high bass I can actually feel my headphones vibrating on my head. For those that do not know I am running Sennheiser HD570 off of my Creative Audigy 2. I also if I want to feel the bass run my 6” computer sub wile using my headphones, I can not hear the lower quality sounding bass but I can feel it more on my chest which is a really nice feeling.

My dad will not let me play around with his audio setup in his room. He is running a Sony AMP, 2 Polk Tower Speakers for Fronts, 12” 650 watt Klipsch sub. His Polk speakers actually have 10” passive subs built into them so there is a ton of bass that is capable of coming out of that system. However for the time being he has rewired it so that his Polk speakers are running off of his Phase Linear 500 amp and Phase Linear 5000 Pre-Amp. And has the sub going with the JBL speakers as rears and an unknown brand in the front but they are better quality then the JBL speakers.

Well I am starting to put together a list of tracks that I have found to have a nice clear sounding bass that would be good for testing out sub equipment.

Almost anything by DJ Quicksilver is good. However these tracks in particular stuck out for me.

DJ Quicksilver – Eye of the Tiger (Techno Remix)

DJ Quicksilver – Thunderdome Megamix Trance

Here are some songs that are good as well:

50 Cent – Just a Lil Bit (This song has very low bass some systems may not be able to take full advantage of its lower range)

Usher – Yeah (Instrumentals) (I personally do not like the rap lyrics all that much so I listen to the instrumentals, this is another song where I can hear the low bass on my headphones because they have a better range then my Logitech speakers so you need a good system)

I will update this list when I have time tomorrow at school.

Sold Computer

I sold a computer recenctly to Tyler, it wasn't a top of the line but it was still a great computer for the price.

Amd Athlon XP 3200+
Asus A7V-333 with Onboard 5.1
D-Link 10/100 Mbps
Sapphire X800 XT PE (520mhz Core 560mhz Memory)
2x512 Samsung 2700 (333mhz)

The case is what I liked the most. We took on of our server cases so it is an oversized case and stripped it down, then we painted the parts. We went with blue and black. The intirior I painted black aswell as the back pannel of the case. The exterior was painted blue and the drives I painted the face plates black for a really good contrast. It turned out better then I expected.

High-End Headphones = Rip Off?

I am starting to wonder if paying bigger and bigger amounts for headphones is worth it.

I bought some Sennheiser HD570 and I was looking at the HD595 because they are one of the highest class of audiophile headphones without an outrages. Then I started looking it the specifications between the HD515, HD555, and HD595. The only difference other then the stamp on it is the range of sound that it is able to produce. The HD515 and HD555 also have a <0.2%>

HD515 – 14Hz-26,000 Hz
HD555 – 15Hz-28,000 Hz
HD595 – 12Hz-32,500 Hz

Now with that in mind let’s look at the hearing of a human. There are sounds that we can hear and can not due to the level of frequency. The sounds that we can not hear are infrasound and ultrasound, infrasound is too low and ultrasound is too high. So what is the frequency range of a human?

Well there have been many studies on it here are the results of three and then we will average out the findings to have a semi accurate account assuming that the research they did is accurate.

Cutnell, John D. and Kenneth W. Johnson
Physics. 4th ed. New York: Wiley, 1998: 466.

They found that the hearing rage was 20-20,000 Hz

"Ear". Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 2000

States that the level is 15-18,000 Hz

Caldarelli, David D. and Ruth S. Campanella.

Ear. World Book Online Americas Edition. 26 May 2003

State that the level of hearing for a human is in the 20-20,000 Hz range.

So if we average out the three we find that the average lowest frequency is 18 Hz and the highest is 19,333 Hz.

With that in mind lets look back at the at the lowest of the three models its response is 4 Hz lower then human hearing and about 7,000 Hz higher. Thus with their lower model you are getting more then you can hear. So why should you pay more for sounds that you can not hear.

The MSRP for each of the products is

HD515’s $109.95 USD
HD555’s $169.95 USD
HD595’s $289.95 USD

So if the 515’s are already above my hearing then how do they expect me to pay an extra $180 for sounds that I can not hear?

If you know a scientist or a person who works with audio equipment and is well educated that would be able to give me facts about this and lead me in the right direction please let me know.

Aft3rM4th Is Back

Guess who is back, that is right, Aft3rM4th is back. With the switching of computer components I have needed to reinstall and I left best for last and I am reinstalling Counter-Strike Source. I have been playing F.E.A.R for my multiplayer fix of FPS as well as a little Call of Duty 1.

I have to say that F.E.A.R is really fun for the price, and that price was free. It is really fun and it runs really nicely on my computer. The graphics are interesting and for just getting into the game I am almost always in the top rankings on the server that I play on.

However, I want to get some CSS back in, there are things that playing in games brings to the table. You play one game and the skills that you use in the game end up transferring into the other games. So I want to work on putting together COD F.E.A.R and CSS skills. With the fast pace of FEAR and the COD style map strategy mixed together should bring my CSS game up to a new level.

I do however need to re-write all my binds and scripts.

I will post my binds and scripts and more information on how I try and give myself the edge.

Once I get the game going I will do a round, and take a screenshot of my frist round back sence I reinstalled.