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derek92994 · May 1, 2013

Hey guys

I heard of this forum on Tapeheads.net and have decided to join. The tape/audio obsession has really taken off with me in the past 6 months (although I never really stopped, just slowed for a while, it all started with a t-rex tape when I was 4 years old) anyways back in full swing and its good to see such a wealth of information out here on the forums and such friendly/helpful people. Vintage audio is still very much alive.

Cheers :thumbup:

Elite-ist · May 1, 2013

It's great to have you aboard, Derek. Once you are in a forum with like-minded enthusiasts, it's difficult not to return back to what you once had so much fun with.

Nando.

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

Elite-ist said:

Well I spent about 18 months doing hardcore PC gaming until I woke up and went full steam on audio again, its going to be a life long thing for me. It always was, I just stalled for a bit, these forums are good encouragement and make it easier to overcome hurdles you may have with the hobby, its great to put our heads together and work as a team. Had I known about these forums earlier things might have been much different. Moving forward now :happy5:

BlazeES · May 1, 2013

Hey Derek! Welcome to PHX.

What games were in your hardcore repertoire and I take you have some type of really, blown out PC rig?

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

BlazeES said:

Colin Mcrae Dirt 2, Dirt 3, F1 2011, F1 2012, Borderlands 2, Serious Sam, FarCry 3. Pc: Core I7-2700k@4ghz, 16 gigs G-Skill 2133 DDR-3 Ram, Liteon 256gig Solid state drive, Western digital Raptor (10,000rpm) HDD, Caviar Black (7200rpm) HDD, Asus Nvidia GTX 570/GTX 680 Direct CU2 Video cards, 3x Viewsonic 27 Inch Full HD LED 1ms response monitors. Enough power for a few years.

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

BlazeES said:

And another important tool was the logitech G27 steering wheel. I wore out my first one in 12 months (a driving force gt). 2000+ hours in dirt 3. I do more audio than anything now, still drop in to visit the gang and have a quick race from time to time.

BlazeES · May 1, 2013

Oh Wow! You are some serious PC power monger! (<<<<<- compliment!) and a man after my own heart! A 4 GHz club member I see.. :salute:

Yes I would agree, you're set for quite a while with that set up.
Thanks for posting up all the pix dude!

Played many of those same games and absolutely LOVE Dirt and Dirt 3 ///Dirt 2 not so much/// and play them still albeit I prefer driving games on the trusty old PS3.
I also love WD drives and have 'Raptors in every rig I own... stripped raid 'Raptors are some serious bad-ass!

derek92994 said:

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

BlazeES said:

Thank you sir, yes I really like the driving simulation side of pc gaming. I really hope that the next dirt series is not too "arcade" like as that is not what simulation is about. Grid 2 is coming out soon that will be arcade-ish but will be more about having fun. PS3 is great for just throwing the disc in and away you go. Pc's forever need tweaking and everything has to be just right, software bugs are much more common too

. Much nashing of teeth to get it right sometimes, I guess you could call it part of the fun, just like audio.

BlazeES · May 1, 2013

derek92994 said:

Absolutely! :bounce:

And back to driving simulators, if I was set up with a tri-monitor arrangement like you have, and the wheel/peddles, I'd prefer that experience over a console any day!

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

Triple Monitors are also handy for Forums, video/sound editing and many other tasks, because you have so much real estate to work with and don't have to minimize/maximize windows so much. I dedicate 1 video card to the two side monitors and the other to the center monitor. I would never go back to 1 monitor (but when I had a single monitor I didn't know any different). There is also a small color lcd screen on my keyboard which displays temperature/network/cpu/memory load so that frees up screen room as well. Even if you have 2 or 3 monitors which are different sizes (which is how I started) it still works well for applications and general windows use. Mind you most video cards these days will do 3 monitors for general use, you don't need a powerhouse to achieve this.

frhodes · May 1, 2013

Good to see another player. I'm into flight simulator (plus FPS games).

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

frhodes said:

VIEWSONIC!!! Ahhhh water cooling, very very nice, I take my hat off to ya :thumbup:

What system specs?

frhodes · May 1, 2013

derek92994 said:

Lets see if I can remember it all: I7 920 @3.8 GHZ, ASUS P6T Deluxe ver 2, 2 X ATI RADION 5970 Crossfire, 12 GB MEM @ 1864 Mghz, 2 X 30 gb OCZ SSd's, 1 X 60 GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2 X 30 gb Raptors, Danger Den watercooling and KingWin Mach 1 1220 Watt power supply (and I need all 1220 Watts)

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

frhodes said:

Very nice, that's what you call future proofing

Any trouble with water cooling? Some people use non conductive cooling fluid. I was told by an expert to keep an eye on "seeping" o-rings.

frhodes · May 1, 2013

derek92994 said:

Never had a problem with the water cooling. (Fluid is due for a change). I use the non conductive fluid. I just discovered Dangerden is going out of business. Too bad I have used them for a decade now and their products have been fantastic.

laatsch55 · May 1, 2013

Hi end gaming I see has a language all it's own..

Welcome to PHX Derek

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

laatsch55 said:

Thank you. I started playing with IBM Pc's when I was 10 (I'm 34 now), my first Pye Shoe box cassette deck obtained when I was 2 years old, then came the ghetto blasters. First computer was a Commodore VIC 20 with a data cassette deck for storage at age 12. I still have the tape with all my programs on it (TDK D90).

laatsch55 · May 1, 2013

You have that---" Can't throw it away " disease also, not disease I guess, more of , can't affortd to replace that stuff. I have sheds full of that kinda stuff.

derek92994 · May 1, 2013

laatsch55 said:

I wish I still had the computer. Earliest piece of gear I have is a Genexxa Graphic Equaliser I obtained at age 14. As for tapes, I still have my first two (T-Rex best of and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts I love rock n roll) both play perfectly. I threw out a lot of stuff recently due to space constraints, but nothing overly precious went, mainly stuff that would turn into a money pit restoring that I would never really use to its potential. Gotta have some space or it gets uncomfortable. As for tape decks, I think I have around 12 of them, amps about 5 of, record players 3 of. I can see tape decks getting out of hand, I just cant part with most of them, vinyl takes up a fair bit of space (700 X 33's, 600 X 45's), cassettes are somewhere between 800-1000. Still plenty of junk up stairs I could get rid of. As long as there is room for a guest to stay that's fine :toothy10:

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