welcome

big thanks for accepting me to my new guildy home... hope to see you guys on sometimes soon

Have you tried going to a full on 2.1 hi-fi stereo setup? Use a hi-end sound card with an optical out that then goes into a regular, for argument purposes, say an Onkyo or Yamaha amplifier/pre-amp then shoot the signal into a quality set of 2.1 (non-pc) speakers. I know it costs a bit most more but the sound results are amazing.

I know from experience, sound is by and far, one of the weak links for a comp. On-board integrated sound can and often is pretty frightening. With the above setup, you're essentially ripping the codec from the source and sending to a hi-fi system. It's like night and day,

Welcome to the guild Twofaze! May the shwartz be with you!

Well, I already have a optical one, 5.1 Dolby Digital PrelogicII / THX / dts96-24, from Logitech. I didn't get extended warranty though...
My other p/c I have seperate speakers, a set of JBL's amplified of course, had a friend who worked for the company

Grats to Left4Dead2 / Alex, twofaze & IrishGoddess69 / Sarah a.k.a. Goddess for Mq'n & Gp

I failed door 2, yet again

Sarah got one nice well, rest of us kinda failed

Gnite all or maybe a movie...

*~~~ Wooohoooo! HUGE CONGRATS to MARK for 300 GPs!!!! ~~~*

You're an amazing slasher (and an awesome friend, fyi) Mark ~ way to go! {{{BIG HUGSSS}}} ^^


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Welcome to PvM, twofaze!

It was fun slashing and welling with you tonight. Let's keep it up!




I failed 2nd door also but I got a level 20 dagger with 113ee tonight, one of my best wells in a loooong time. I'm happy. Does anyone need this before I put it on the MP? Let me know.

I also went on a glyph spree with Malte again (after welling) and now have a bazillion kick-ass glyphs to use on everyone in our runs! Let's do so many runs that we use them all up in less than a week!!! We need some more passes here, PvM....well, *some* of us do, others can calm down on those passes so the rest of us don't get discouraged or jealous or violent....*cough*James*cough* Juuuuust kidding, James, we wub you, pass champ or not.

Gnite all, off to Sleepyville for me.

So you tried a non-pc setup I take it? Just keep in mind that THX certification is purchased more so than "earned" - think licensed "fees". klipsch PC speakers are a good example of this. While they make exceptional home systems, their PC systems are anything but desirable, even THX certified systems. I bought klipsch PC speakers ProMedia 2.1 with less then expected sound quality. While the base is good, the satellites sound "tinny" and cheap. I ended up using a good pair of Sennheiser PX 100 head phones. They were pricey, but far better then the klipsch system.

For a top tier PC sound system, I would try something like such: Sound Blaster X-Fi PC Sound Card. Optical out is best, but not required. Take the signal from that and run it through a home Hi-Fi system of your choice and budget. Boston Acoustics may work with their full range satellite speakers and a sub-woofer.

Another thing to keep in mind, when possible, attach the optical disk (DvD/Blu-Ray) directly to the sound card. Nowadays, with serial cables, the sound is channeled though the CPU to the integrated on-board system. It's a tricky thing to get the sound dialed in with a comp without spending a small fortune.

BTW PvM, I'm into all sorts of things. One of those those things is linguistics - how words are used by the subconscious to convey how we see the world around us. It's a very interesting topic to delve into when one opens their mind and puts the ego aside.

The web bot made by "Cliff High" has some very interesting perspectives on this very topic. Funny to listen to him speak, when he states that some of the lower level computer programming languages are C++. Some of the more advanced languages are pro-logic based that can actually recompile themselves to "learn".

Yet another snow storm looms for tomorrow. One thing is for sure, I wouldn't integrate into the Eskimo way of life very well. Note: "very well", meaning that it wouldn't be impossible, but it wouldn't be my preference of living.

Anyway, for those who may be interested in such things: http://www.youtube.com/user/webbotforum

welcome to pvm.... twofaze.... pvm is a great guild....good peeps in here


congrats mark... hell of a slasher and friend i agree.....

This post was edited by ES_TRAPSALOT on Jan 23 2011 01:50pm

Thanx Sarah, James and Blueberry

Nother 2nd door fail for me. I keep knocking on that 2nd door and it just hasn't opened YET!

3 mules a wells and nothing but a couple interesting drops that i actually got.

Angelic silk padded robe
Level Req: 15
Physical Defense: 0 to 16
Magical Defense: 14 to 36

+27 Intelligence
+1 to 6 Mana per Attack
+5% Damage Return
+1% Power Shot

Magical tintitanium polearm
Level Req: 50
Damage: 279 to 746

+144% Enhanced Effect

This post was edited by ultram2 on Jan 23 2011 02:14pm

Congrats on items. Sdf for me last night but a fun run.

This post was edited by twofaze on Jan 23 2011 04:45pm