What Grinds my gears archive B

[Easy-X]

[stinkwheel]

Aye, I blew a whole £60 on the wheel and £25 on a used tyre. Mr spendy me.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Bought an expensive set of Sony wireless earbuds and, like the cheaper wired pair I bought years ago, they still ‘protect my hearing’ by limiting the volume. Good sound but wank. Back to the wired Sennheisers and IMores.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Yeah, these are the -XM5’s and a stupid amount of money but I’d sold ten items I no longer use on Facebook Marketplace and thought I’d treat myself with the takings. I was swayed by the reviews too but I’m not even impressed with the sound-cancelling feature, though I haven’t tried them on the bike in place of ear plugs yet. Not sure I’ll bother. Feel like a mug.

[Easy-X]

Flat-response, open-backed studio headphones or don't bother.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[RhynoCZ]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

I had a pair of Bose overeat cans that I can’t remember the model of and I swear those were the best earphones I ever had. My full cans are Bang and Olufsen H9’s that replaced the H4’s I had.
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PAST: 2009 Kawasaki ER-6F. 2021 Zontes ZT-125U.

[P.]

[Easy-X]

Depends on your budget. RhynoCZ's suggestions are at the higher end so I'll suggest a budget pick with AKG.

Sound quality is good, build quality pretty awful but they are cheap as chips. I have the K245 model at the moment and the earpads disintegrated with a month! I got some replacements on AliExpress and they've lasted pretty well. The leather headband's starting to go now so I might try one of their other models.

Whatever brand/model you go for look for a mini-XLR socket. It's nice to get a cable of an appropriate length and I've had fixed, moulded-in cables (or ones with a proprietary connector) fail with the cans probably being perfectly fine. You can also get mini-XLR/microphone combos if you desire your Zoom/Teams meetings with the best audio
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[RhynoCZ]

Sennheiser HD600 are still being considered the entry level ''audiophile'' headphones to get.

Once you start trying different headphones, you'll figure out what you like. I very much enjoy my HD660S that some say lacks sub-bass performance, but as I've mentioned before, I don't consider bass heavy sound to be something I'd appreciate.

AKG also makes nice entry level ''audiophile'' headphones, Audeze seems to be winning awards all over the world.

It is worth knowing, that once you get over a certain price point, the differences between the products are very minor. The same goes for DACs, AMPs and all that.
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'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I found that the iPhone ‘Sounds and Haptics’ ‘Headphone Safety’ setting was limiting the volume. Better now.
Edit: still not as brilliant as hoped though. One of my favourite YouTubers The Charismatic Voice recommends Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro Open-Back Studio Reference Headphones but I’m not sure I can justify the cost.

[Easy-X]

[RhynoCZ]

Well, yes. Also, most of the ''audiophile'' headphone companies rarely change the shape of the ear cups, so the same pads would sometimes fit 20 years+ of various models of the same company. HD580 (released in 1994), HD600, HD650, HD6XX, HD660S, HD660S2 (released in 2023)... all use the same replaceable ear pads and replaceable cables as well.

I don't know about other manufacturers, but I'm gonna assume, that they pretty much do the same thing, having the same shape of the ear cups and cables over their headphone line up.

So, IF you really do not want to invest a lot, for your first ''audiophile'' headphones, you could try used market and buy some fresh brand-new ear pads to get that nice, brand-new feel. After all, as the ear pads age, they do influence (degrade) the sound performance of the headphones.

Also, if your computer (and other playback devices) does not have enough power at the headphone out jack, any of the USB dongles would do for most of the headphones on the market. I had to buy one of those dongles, as I switched to a new smartphone that has got no 3.5mm jack.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[Nobby the Bastard]

So the little bastard has been diagnosed with ADHD and is seriously at risk of being expelled at age 7.

I've managed to get an appointment with his paediatician within a week(!) and today he got a prescription.

I went to 3 different pharmacies and got told the same thing. They don't have it, the supplier can't even tell them when they can even think about getting a supply.

Rang the paediaticians office with a view to changing the prescription and they said it's happening with a lot of medications.

This country is fucked. Absolutely fucked.
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Sprint ST 1050

[MCN]

[stinkwheel]

[A100man]

[Skudd]

Got a dripping boiler, its been crap weather all week. The sun is shining and its just right for a bike ride, the engineer is due between 12 noon and 3pm. Bastard will turn up at 4pm and take two hors to do a ten minute job.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Robby]

[Nobby the Bastard]

A variation of, yes. But capsule, not pill, so not easily split.

The prescription will be sorted.The father in law ambushingme the day before will take longer. The little bastard is really on board and is unhappy with how school is but cannot control himself. As soon as the appointment finished he was asking whether he could go to school yet despite he's basically in isolation the whole time.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[Easy-X]

[hellkat]

[Skudd]

I need to stop being a nice helpful person. Lent neighbour a battery from spare vehicle as an emergency for his daughter whose car kept on going flat battery. Only supposed to be for the weekend while the alternator was checked out. Turns out it is the battery. Neighbour says he offered to buy daughter a new battery (£150) but apparently she is too proud to accept his offer. He asked if she could use the battery for another week while she got the money together. Now he thinks he can give me £50 for my battery and give me the knackered battery while I scrap the car or push it onto a potential buyer I may have. Bugger also conned me out of my battery charger.
I like the guy and he has been helpful in the past, but he does try to take advantage over things. Typical give an inch and takes a mile.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".