Well got sucked into Google Play's offers and ended up buying "Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?"
3 manga and 1 light novel... ($30 - $26 = $4) Great deal! Except... Now I have to complete the series someday?! Need to wait for another deal...
While not really for Xmas, near the end of November I broke down and spent $50 on a phone game... Galaxy Legend. A friend teased me into spending, not realizing I would actually do it xD (It was the last 2 minutes of the sale... lol) Guilty use of money x)
And finally the huge gift that'll set me back for a while...
A new pair of
Sennheiser HD 650 headphones! (reference class!)
...And a very special Schiit for Christmas. Limited edition black!!
Yes, that is our name. Shih-tah. It's a proud German name, host to a long line of audio engineers who slaved away in crumbling Teutonic fortresses as lightning lashed the dark lands outside, working to perfect the best amplification devices in the world...
Or, well, no. Yep, Schiit is our name, and it's pronounced, well, like "hey man, that's some really good Schiit!" And now that we have your attention...
Sorry, hard to avoid the company joke lol. (Despite the pun, they are very good...)
What I got was a headphone amp and a DAC from the company Schiit.
The
Jotunheim and the
Modi 2 Multibit.
... Now the big question.
Was it worth spending a saved up $1k~ on headphones and related accessories... D:
Yeah. I think so. I mean sure I could just use iphone ear buds and call it a day... Or spend that money on nice speakers for everyone. But, instead I got a desktop setup that will be primarily used by me...
Crazy, yes I agree. I almost went for VR instead with the HTC Vive. But, think of it like this:
Let's say everyone is used to watching youtube at 640x480. It's fine. You can watch just fine.
But spending about 200-300 gets you 1080p HD youtube. It's slick. You see a lot more detail that was fuzzy before.
But HEY why stop there. Let's go crazy and spend $1k~... and now we can watch 4K videos on youtube.
Maybe we were fine with watching videos on the phone, but we longed for the big screen that looks almost real.
And that's basically what I think of these. It just... sounds better. Instruments sound oh so detailed. Bass and impact are there. Also there is a width and depth from where the instruments are being played that I didn't have with my Sennheiser Momentum's. Instead of mashing everything together, you could attempt to close your eyes and point out exactly where the musician might be. Oh, and these are my first open-ear headphones btw. Liking the open style, although now I hear the PC fans clearly...
Anyway, I don't want to overhype it, because while it *is* very good, it's not perfect. (Then again, I see people get crazy and have many pairs of headphones and amps/DACs to achieve just the sound they want depending on the occasion...) But I can turn up the volume without any noise floor and hear the slightest of details (gotta be careful, at least with TVs, you won't lose your vision by turning up the brightness... lol) But, this is a price level that I feel is still plausibly acceptable. It can go way up from here... (The next big step up could be about... $4k~$5k!) And to get a comparable speaker system... will likely cost off the charts!)
Don't think I noticed a difference with Cave Story's music, but Axiom Verge is incredible. Listening to Star Wars or Jurassic Park is tear worthy. Pop artists are hit or miss... But everything is just a lot clearer. I'm already used to it X_X
Hearing doesn't get better over time (
not yet anyway...), might as well enjoy it while I can hear more of the spectrum than I will later on~ Just gotta take it in moderation
), this one seems to look neat and change color to the music. Fun! But again, not really my style.
), a hand stapler and a surprisingly decent looking hat. Practical, good stuff!
