Sounding off

Life has been ok. Nothing too interesting. Although recently I have been developing a new interest. I'm in love with trying to blow my speakers with bass heavy songs. Actually its more of a lame excuse for me to give to myself to get a new set of speakers. Hah. About time I guess. My current speaker is an old Sonic Gear Evo III. Bought it for around RM90 about 2 years ago. It still works and with the right settings it can still sound pretty if the volume is kept under 40%. Though since I've developed an interest of blowing them to bits, naturally I put them over the optimal limit and it sounds flat. Struggling like an animal being chocked to death. Morbid I know. I also notice with songs that are heavy with the bass, the sound is just muffled and doesn't sound like bass anymore. It just sounds like its all made of one low note even though they were actually many. Since I also game, a good speaker can be essential in having the most immersive gaming experience. This is most apparent in Dead Space. All of the ambient and necromorphs that come outta no where has to be heard in order for me to be able to react to them accordingly. Also a good pair of speakers just increases the possibility for me to shat my pants as the developer intends to.

Daaaaamn yooouu Dead Space!!!!!

I have also developed an interest towards Electronica and House music. The beats of it, the bass of it, the combination of all of them, shake 'em all good and you got yourself some sweet tunes. I'm particularly in love with deadmau5. Their music has to be heard to be believed. Listen to some of their singles in Flac with a good pair of speakers (or headphones, whatever floats your boat), and you're in for a treat. These kind of music just begs to be turned on loudly. That'll shake the foundation of your building real good. But hey as much as I like loud music, I don't turn 'em on loudly when there's people around. I just cannot go a day without listening to deadmau5. My favorites particularly are Raise Your Weapon, Ghosts 'n' Stuff, Sofi Needs A Ladder, I Remember, just to name a few. You know it, why don't you go and have a listen to their song yourselves. You might even like it. Make sure you have a good pair of sound devices to properly enjoy their music.

Best mouse ever since Mickey

In order to cater to my new hobbies, I have taken the plunge to actually get myself a good pair of 2.1 speakers. I'm not really into the 5.1 bandwagon since I live in a small room and I don't really have the space to accommodate all of those speakers. After extensive research and a reasonable budget, I got the Logitech Z-2300 THX certified speakers. Yeap, this baby can actually produce sound the quality of George Lucas' standards. The subs on this thing is 7 inches and it resonates at the power of 200w on average. A typical PC speaker is usually <10w average. Imagine the power. Not exactly over 9000 but say, enough to shake up the rooms of the whole building. I realize these are actually older speakers. The successor to it is actually the Z623 but personal research has shown that the successor is actually just half as powerful as the older brethren. I paid good money for this, I ain't gonna sit around being skimped for the money I forked out. Got a hold of these (limited) units. Haven't actually unboxed it yet. Going to do so after the CNY holidays since I'm going to Penang. Can't wait.

Shake it!!!

P/s: Attention neighbors who like to max out your cheap speakers, get ready for some serious firepower.