The Geek Thread

[Adam Stryker]

This thread is to sort out all the talk about tech in other threads and we can talk about it here.

Geek stuff excluding Video Games

I will start.

What are those operating systems you people run?

 

[MadTinus]

Windows 7.

I follow the herd.

 

[Adam Stryker]

Same Windows 7 its the sex and win.

 

[Animaltracks]

windows 7 as well

 

[xX M i A s M a]

Also Windows 7. Does anyone not? Linux users, raise your hands.

 

[stefan86]

windows 666

 

[vikk]

i have dual-boot, win7 and Ubuntu 12.04

 

[DarkGift]

windows 7 64-bit, professional ofc

 

[stefan86]

HEHE

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Win7.

What sound system do people use? Speakers, amps, stereo turntables etc.

 

[Belac]

Yup I use Windows 7 too. It took a long time for me to leave ol' faithful Windows XP, and Vista definitely WAS NOT the answer. Windows 7 I tried in beta and it was already more stable and more efficient than Vista was with a service pack behind it. And for sound systems are we talking for your PC or are we talking living room speakers?

For PC:
Sound card - Auzentech X-FI Prelude (By far the best sound card I've ever had, outshines almost all consumer level sound cards and has a gaming mode to get uber-realistic surround sound and atmosphere + entertainment and audio creation modes)
Speakers - Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers (http://reviews.logitech.com/7061/224/logitech-z-5500-digital-5-1-speaker-system-reviews/reviews.htm)
Headphones - Sennheiser HD 555 - Great for Gaming and Music both. They are starting to get a bit old but they still kick ass...(http://www.sennheiser.ca/live/senn/produit/en/104/160)

For living room... I spend my money on computer stuff I don't have a second sound system!

 

[Adam Stryker]

Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System

 

[Belac]

^Those are the exact speakers I had before these. Honestly they had a better balance of treble/bass than my new ones . These ones I have to turn the bass to the minimum to get a reasonable sound quality. It's killer once you do that but otherwise all your hear is bass, and I don't like Hip Hop, I like a variety of sounds beyond "boom boom boom".

 

[Adam Stryker]

I freaking love em I can crank them all the way up and they don't distort like some high end home theater systems. I wanted to get the set you have but I didn't have toslink connections and I bought those. My neighbor hate them LOL

 

[isolation_years]

i use two speakers, i got them when a friend was moving out of the place they were abandoning. they happened to be in one of the rooms where a guy had already taken off, so i took them.

that was 5 years ago