The diary entries of a little girl who is now 30! ~ Part 2 - Page 397

Originally Posted by jgray91 

My review sample of the RHA MA350, and the recent talk of IEMs made me feel flippity-floppity with IEMs purchase again. Suggestions for a few IEMs around the MDR7550 price max.


IDk why I keep doing this and never am going to buy any. :\ I guess my disinterest in audio is a thinly-veiled lie I made to myself.

Originally Posted by Mimouille 

I really don t care much about gender here...the more interesting question is which phones are male or female ? I think my Miracles are female.

I totally relate to the whole IEM thing. On top of the arguments you mention, one is key for me : the miniturization and concentration of technology. I think IEMs are much more fascinating objects than cans.

Originally Posted by MuppetFace 

 

 

Shhhh!

 

 

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

 

 

 

 

 

When I first joined I mentioned being a girl in my profile, because I also had a huge list of gear I owned and wanted to make some kind of statement or something silly. Like, "hey girls can be into this stuff too." I honestly didn't expect anyone to even notice or care on a headphone website (unlike, say, xbox live or something). Since then I've taken down any such descriptor along with my list of gear, because the random comments and PMs get to be a little much.

 

I learned back in high school that mentioning your gender / sex in certain places online resulted in a lot of unwanted attention. Most "gamer girls" for instance were either a.) bored guys or b.) girls who wanted attention more than anything else, even if it came in the form of sexual harassment. Of course you also had your gamer grrrrrrls who were very vocal about being proud of their gender. They'd brag about kicking the asses of male players. But in those cases you'd damn well better be a skilled player, because those male players were going to go out of their way to target you as a result of being emasculated. Some folks would like nothing more than to embarrass someone like that. Most female players just put male on their user profiles to go under the radar.

Originally Posted by 333jeffery 

Alert! The greatest pc game ever made is being re-released tomorrowin an improved/polished/fit-for-Win7 version: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/13/many-questions-system-shock-2-comes-to-gog/
You can't call yourself a true gamer unless you've experienced the awesomeness that is System Shock 2. If you liked Bioshock/Mass Effect/whatever, now is your chance to see their progenitor in all it's horrifying glory. Enjoy!

Originally Posted by Idsynchrono_24 

... That's not how you spell Planescape Torment

Originally Posted by ardgedee 
Now you've made us all feel self-conscious about posting here.

Originally Posted by warrenpchi 

Okay, so you have 10 ball bearings that look and feel identical.  They all weigh the same, with the exception of one, which is of a different weight than the rest.  However, you have no idea whether that oddball bearing is heavier or lighter.  All you know is that it does not weigh the same as each of the other nine.  Using a simple balance scale (two-sided scale with no markings of any kind) - and only three separate weightings - please isolate the ball bearing that is of a different weight than the others. 

Originally Posted by Coq de Combat 

http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/

 

Pick your poison. 

 

Though, it sounds like there should be additional rules to your question. Like, you can only weigh 3 balls on each side at a time, or you have to do it in a specific amount of times or else the time bomb explodes, you're in a movie and that oddball bearing is the key to unlock riches beyond your wildest dreams so you get an adrenaline dump that immobilizes one hand and so on.

Originally Posted by MuppetFace 

I've got that T-Peos thingamajig here. Dunno what that retails for, but I'll be giving it a listen soon before sending it on its way to someone else.

 

All my favorite IEMs seem to be around the $400 mark lately... namely the Heaven VI and Flat4. If you're patient you should wait for the new Ocharaku entry-level IEMs to materialize. Those hazelnut / atom bomb looking ones.

Originally Posted by MuppetFace 



I've got that T-Peos thingamajig here. Dunno what that retails for, but I'll be giving it a listen soon before sending it on its way to someone else.

All my favorite IEMs seem to be around the $400 mark lately... namely the Heaven VI and Flat4. If you're patient you should wait for the new Ocharaku entry-level IEMs to materialize. Those hazelnut / atom bomb looking ones.

Originally Posted by jgray91 


Sounds like one of those "giant killers" thing again.

 

Originally Posted by MuppetFace 

 

 

Shhhh!

 

 

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

 

 

 

 

 

When I first joined I mentioned being a girl in my profile, because I also had a huge list of gear I owned and wanted to make some kind of statement or something silly. Like, "hey girls can be into this stuff too." I honestly didn't expect anyone to even notice or care on a headphone website (unlike, say, xbox live or something). Since then I've taken down any such descriptor along with my list of gear, because the random comments and PMs get to be a little much.

 

I learned back in high school that mentioning your gender / sex in certain places online resulted in a lot of unwanted attention. Most "gamer girls" for instance were either a.) bored guys or b.) girls who wanted attention more than anything else, even if it came in the form of sexual harassment. Of course you also had your gamer grrrrrrls who were very vocal about being proud of their gender. They'd brag about kicking the asses of male players. But in those cases you'd damn well better be a skilled player, because those male players were going to go out of their way to target you as a result of being emasculated. Some folks would like nothing more than to embarrass someone like that. Most female players just put male on their user profiles to go under the radar.

Originally Posted by warrenpchi 

 

Thanks, I always forget that second silent j whenever I spell his name!

 

 

I'm still in that phase where my journey is one of discovery, and not a desperate attempt to claw my way out of a pit of headphones (or IEMs) that are unable to distinguish themselves from one another.  Unlike many of you, I have the wonderful advantage of coming to this hobby rather recently.  As such, almost everything is new to me.  And being in no particular rush helps me pace myself.  I guess you could say that, in some ways, I've got virgin earholes paired with the innocence of a noob.

 

 

If you're really lucky, you just might get the apology.  But I highly doubt they'll give you the stand.

 

 

LOL, I'm pretty sure Silent is not female... but I'm also pretty sure that DubstepGirl and roma101 are.