Recent content by desiibond

Check Topping L30 or E30 at least. HD650 is a beast and it is as good as the amp/dac. People often use amp and dac with this and it responds really well to tubes. GO through subReddits to know how people are using it.

Look for iFi Zen DAC V2 on sale (desktop amp). If you can get from states, check https://jdslabs.com/product/atom-amp-2/ for desktop or the atom dac 2 if you want it for phone (both need power source)

My suggestion is to go to audiophile subreddit. I dont think Moondrop Dawn Pro is goo for HD650 which has massive 300 ohm impedance. Redditors there should be able to help out. You may have to up the budget to 15k for amp if you really want to get the most out of HD650s. If you are not really...

This has to be one of the cleanest reviews of the MacBook Air. And oh btw, it stings a good number of people. Pun aside, loved the way Thurrott covered the review. There are no benchmarks, there is no talk about lighting zones or display under microscope or ‘look ma, I am trying to bend my...

Option 1: sell pixel 8 pro and get screens replaced. Option2: wait for next Fold. If you cannot wait and don’t want to fix fold 2, get the Oneplus Open.

I think you missed what I said. "I said that even without memory on SoC, Dell XPS matches Mac's memory performance or is at least almost as fast as Macs. If PC SIs can make use of bandwidth offered by memory on SoC, they will make Macs look slow." At this time, Neither Apple nor PCs can make the...

ASUS is pushing BIOS updates to their Z790 boards. It makes the CPU stable but chops off performance.

I doubt if any SI/OEM will bring such mini PCs till platform matures (2-3 years at least). A lot is hinging on Microsoft right now. If they mess it up again, ARM on Windows is dead forever.

This is from the same video. M2 after run 8 of Cinebench is faster than M1 at run 1 of Cinebench. I am not sure what made you say that m2 'clearly' scores less than M1. Now, can we please get back to Snapdragon X Elite. I would suggest you to go to an Apple Store and try out Air. Try out the Pro...

Please stop falling for 'This CPU throttles because it cannot run Cinbench multiple consecutive runs'. That my friend, is clickbait. The same will happen for Snapdragon X Plus as well. If it works without a hiccup, reviewers will go on and on and on about how good they are for video rendering...

Even I hate an 8GB memory Mac. It is preposterous to even think of 8GB memory in today's laptop. I just mentioned that it is due to this architecture that Apple is able to twist the narrative. Here is my M2 Pro MBP memory usage. Even if you take out 4GB of cache, I am at 8GB when I am just...

No, it is not that simple. Unified memory is not just same memory for CPU and GPU. From I remember, in a Mac SSD and memory controllers are on the SoC. Memory is on the SoC, right next to the CPU and GPU cores. SSD and SoC are connected via high bandwidth channels. As SSD can deliver data...

Very good. This thread too has turned into 'Top 10 reasons to hate Apple, number 4 will blow your mind' mansplaining thread. To those who think those who buy Mac are idiots, we buy Macs or iPhone because we like them and it fits our needs. You have to come out of this mindset that people should...

I think he is talking about fully powered down laptop. Depends on battery size. Even if you turn off every feature related to instant wake, quick boot etc, you may see 4-5% drain per day.

I purchased about 500$ worth MS and Qualcomm shares, going to put another 500$. I am using M2 Pro MacBook Pro and if MS gets it right with emulation, battery life is not even the best feature. Shutdown/Hibernate is history. I have Dell Wintel work laptop and MBP. If I put both to sleep at...