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It's one of those annoying things where the breville looks + feels pretty crap compared to the three brands you questioned, but the…

I bought one of these as an alarm clock and it's the worst alarm clock i've ever used. It's slow and buggy, and has one fatal flaw: "OK…

I use that plugable cable to connect to my M32U and have no complaints with it. A friend also uses it for his M28U and is happy with it.…

I'm also playing at 3440x1440 and yes this is performing well in modern games, but the R9 390 performed well at this resolution as well and…

The whole point of these really fast gen 4 SSDs for gaming is that they (will) need to be able to transfer massive texture files directly…

I had the previous version with the same form factor and it worked fine plugged straight into my front USB ports for years.

How exactly do you think displayport cables work?

Its not ideal but it makes more sense than traditional 5.1 / 7.1 stereo downmixing. Because the sound sources are positional, it can…

Pretty much perfect resolution & size to use as a giant computer monitor tho

Anything will work, I think. You want foam dense enough that the speakers don't sink into it, but the point of the foam is to isolate the…

In exactly the same boat, except that I ended up returning the 8gb and purchasing the 16gb upspecced model. I've still hit red memory…

Be careful with boosting levels in software. At best it reduces the dynamic range, at worst it causes compression artefacts and clipping.…

EqualiserAPO and PeaceEQ together are a very powerful equaliser for Windows. I haven't looked into it for a while, but EQMac used to be…

I've been knocked back in the past trying to price match the samsung education store at JB :(

Decent sports watches with music support are probably out of your budget. The Garmin Forerunner 245M is probably what he was referring to.…

Of all the specs to lie about, why would they lie about one that anyone can measure with a ruler?

The Tri bundle is only $385 - exactly the same watch but comes with two heart rate straps included. Absolutely worth the extra 16 dollars -…

The headphone side connector on the Clear is 3.5mm, not 2.5mm, so be careful of that. Otherwise, I've also been looking at these Hart…

I am aware that the 650 and 6xx sound different to the 600, but from my listening (and also Drop themselves) the difference between the 6XX…

Oops, not sure how I've missed that, I've spent enough money there! And yes, definitely not cheapest all time, but if you're in the market…

Drop (formerly Massdrop) have finally started directly shipping their Sennheiser HD 6XX headphones to Australia directly, as their…

Well, they're fantastic obviously. Stock 3.5mm cable is almost as bad as the stock elear cable, but the 6.35mm cable is nicer. Having said…

I've already received mine, but I ordered on Thursday night.

They're completely different use cases. This one should sound better, but it's wired and the opposite of noise cancelling. The XM4s are…

Quality open-back headphones from Beyerdynamic, usually sell for about $800 for local stock. $468 + tax at Newegg. Essentially the…

More relevantly, A2A haven't had it in stock for months and have no ETA available.

I wish :( Focal products sound good and feel very high quality but they do charge out the arse for everything.

And it's 71 times the number! That's gotta count for something.

Quick price comparison: Focal headphone pad replacements sell for about $200 US but aren't readily available in Australia Focal Clear…

And the e30/l30 stack is an even more budget alternative that still works fine for all of these.