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[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Agreed, this is the largest I'll ever go and mostly because I usually wear a jacket or trench coat anyway. I don't need my phone to be a tablet. Heck, my "throwaway" laptop is just about a tablet.

I stuck to my S2 when S3 came out because I didn't want a lump in my pocket.

Going back to the size of S2 should be great. Phablets are for narcissists.

[synaesthetic]

The Xperia T has really bad power button placement. WTF Sony.

[Xefi]

bought this speaker yesterday on amazon: $139.99 no tax+ free shipping.
Creative GigaWorks T40

comments: i would have bought it as amazon's product for $129.99, but they stated it'll
be around 1-2 months for them to have it in stock...lol...no thanks.
i'll use these speakers for my super computer and when playing my ps3 games
on my Dell U3011 monitor. i have a really good sound card, so it'll be good with these
speakers. i'm not planning to blow the house down, so these speakers are good enough
for me. that and i dont want a huge boom box (bass) laying around. i preferred a somewhat
portable speakers. just waiting on these to arrive now...hopefully, this week would be nice.

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[synaesthetic]

Creative Labs... eeh. Not so sure that was a good deal.

[Xefi]

^ why, is it that bad? i read some of the reviews and thought it was pretty decent.
perhap you talking about the prices? i'm looking for speakers that are somewhat portable
with decent sound+bass without that fat bass laying around. i only found this one to be
good. i dont really like the Bose speakers much...overpriced and bad quality from what i
bought from them last time. >___>;

i'm still going to have to wait for these to arrive and then see them for myself if i really like them or not.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I stuck to my S2 when S3 came out because I didn't want a lump in my pocket.

Going back to the size of S2 should be great. Phablets are for narcissists.

I only have to keep it a year and I do get a turnaround in 30 days if I think its too gargantuan ... but yeah, I consider "phablet" an accurate derogatory term to describe the trend. OTOH, all the other attributes I love (takes an axe and readies to trim off half an inch when it arrives).

[Alchemist007]

Originally Posted by Xefi

bought this speaker yesterday on amazon: $139.99 no tax+ free shipping.
Creative GigaWorks T40

comments: i would have bought it as amazon's product for $129.99, but they stated it'll
be around 1-2 months for them to have it in stock...lol...no thanks.
i'll use these speakers for my super computer and when playing my ps3 games
on my Dell U3011 monitor. i have a really good sound card, so it'll be good with these
speakers. i'm not planning to blow the house down, so these speakers are good enough
for me. that and i dont want a huge boom box (bass) laying around. i preferred a somewhat
portable speakers. just waiting on these to arrive now...hopefully, this week would be nice.

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I use 5.1 for general use and gaming (and you know they're working when you turn around to make sure that sound didn't come from the dark open door behind you :P). I once thought about getting a sound card to improve them but that would only really matter to me when listening to music. Turns out the dac/amp I go pretty much overrides any sound card I would put in. Considering the time of night I listen to music, it turns out it's best to listen on headphones anyways.

[Xefi]

^ i've a 5.1 surround sound speakers from Logitech. i only bought these Creative Labs one
for the portableness. oh yeah, my 5.1 speakers are collecting major dust right now. the one
i have really have a huge bass. i just dont have any room to fit them anymore...

i'm also going to use that Creative Labs one for headphone usage as well since it does have
a headphone jack to stick it in. and you can contorl the volume+bass+treble on the speakers
while listening to the headphone. that's a really great deal for me right there when i was looking
to buy the speakers.

the sound card i have was a ASUS Sonar Essence one. it's pretty nice, but cost quite a bit of $
for a sound card.
http://www.amazon.com/Xonar-Essence-...nar+sound+card

[Vexx]

Creative Labs went through a "really bad period" of producing utter crap. I honestly don't know what the speaker tech specs look like these days. Typically, I repurpose home theater stuff if I'm not on studio headphones.

I find it annoying that it is rather hard to get useful data from product descriptions any more (like, most say 20-20K but response is never linear and they don't give any graphs now).

[Master_Yoma]

Big Bang Theory UNO cards
All with 11% of rebate
2 bags potting soil
3 bags of dirt
3 bags of red mulch

[Alchemist007]

Planning to bury a body I see.

[Xefi]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Creative Labs went through a "really bad period" of producing utter crap. I honestly don't know what the speaker tech specs look like these days. Typically, I repurpose home theater stuff if I'm not on studio headphones.

I find it annoying that it is rather hard to get useful data from product descriptions any more (like, most say 20-20K but response is never linear and they don't give any graphs now).

thanks for the info. i didnt notice that Creative Labs made a bunch of craps back then. i guess they
are doing ok now since i havent heard anything bad from their speakers...at least from reviewers.

cant really 100% trust reviewers, but they are something to think about. them speakers
were already shipped today, sweet. i'll be able to get them on Thursday 28th. if these
speakers turn out craps, i'll never buy another Creative Labs speakers ever again.

we'll wait and see. i dont think it's going to be that bad...hopefully.

[GundamFan0083]

Something for my computer/electronic repair side business.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEKTRONIX-71...51250299919%26

Spoiler for Always wanted one of these.:

[Tsundere Louise]

Originally Posted by GundamFan0083

Something for my computer/electronic repair side business.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEKTRONIX-71...51250299919%26

Spoiler for Always wanted one of these.:

Umm, that's an oscilloscope? It looks really old... O.o

[GundamFan0083]

Originally Posted by Tsundere Louise

Umm, that's an oscilloscope? It looks really old... O.o

YEP! It is the fastest analog oscilloscope ever made that is capable of reading up to 1 GHZ.
It originally retailed for $31,000.00 US in 1978.
It is perfect for working on VHS/VCR, Laser Disc, DVD, and even Blue Ray burners since the primary use of an oscilloscope is to test diodes and capacitors in addition to circuits.
I've used them (not this model) in the past for all kinds of modifications and repairs of high-end computer boards (like the D925CVX, Intel motherboards that were among the fastest Pentium 4 boards made).

As I said, I wanted it for my side business because it is a fully operation, and calibrated 7104 and that model (like all of the 7000 series) had a bunch of plug-in modules for a wide variety of uses. Ebay is filled with tested, working, and calibrated modules available for the 7104.

Needless to say, as a Machine and Electronic Geek, it is a sort of like people who prefer analog cameras for better control of their picture development. Digital is nice, but analog has its strong points as well even if it is considered "obsolete."

[Vexx]

We had these in my college electrical engineering lab and I used them when I was working support in a neuroscience lab. They are *fabulous*. I hate the new scopes - too few buttons with too many overloaded functions. This puppy you can take a picture of and have a record of the settings.

Dare I ask how much it set you back?

[Tsundere Louise]

U-Umm, I didn't understand most of that you said up there... I've saw something like that in my oniichan's school.

[GundamFan0083]

Originally Posted by Vexx

We had these in my college electrical engineering lab and I used them when I was working support in a neuroscience lab. They are *fabulous*. I hate the new scopes - too few buttons with too many overloaded functions. This puppy you can take a picture of and have a record of the settings.

Dare I ask how much it set you back?

I used them in the USAF to repair boards on the computational computers for the bomb simulators of the old B86 and B83 atomic bombs. I LOVED the 7104.
So far it's set me back only $600.00, but that's because I still have to buy the 1 GHz probe (another $275.00) and then there are all the plug-ins available (amazingly quite a few in excellent shape).

It is a great scope for computer work.

[Alchemist007]

[dukenukem]

Ditching virgin mobile and went with unlimited 4g with t-mobile on the lg optimus l9.
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