Good lord, reading some of the comments on this article made me lose braincells. Musk sure is owning the marxist libs with these fucking leaky refrigerators on wheels.
Idk, something just irks the hell out of me when people are like “50% battery is actually good bro, it’s the perfect storage level for lithium bro”. It’s not in storage anymore, it’s being delivered.
ICE cars are shipped with a quarter tank or less, but they are never delivered without close to a full tank. The fact that the Tesla dealer didn’t spend the $1 of electricity or the half hour washing it down is just plain rude. And yet, people are still defending this shit as if being abused by big daddy musk is their life’s greatest goal. Absolutely mind boggling.
The bushings on this derailleur are pretty worn, the clutch is probably 80% of what it used to be, and the B-bolt absolutely needs to be replaced. It just annoys me that the B-bolt is $30 for the X01 version and the bushings push it close to the price of an entire derailleur. It’s possible to reuse it, but after so many miles I think it’s finally earned it’s rest.
But even when it was performing it’s best I was always having to adjust cable tension or deal with problem gears. Probably my biggest issue has always been he lower limit adjustment, it always finds a way to need re-aligning and I’ve ruinied spokes with it jumping over. It’s just a very fiddly system, I’ve literally gone through tires before needing to adjust my derailleurs on my 2x10 road bike. I can barely get through a long ride without touching the barrel on GX. Even with a fresh hanger, chain, and cassette I could never get GX to the point where I could trust it like other groupsets.
Single speed would be nice, but I struggle with my local hills even with that big ol’ dinner plate of a 50t.
It would liven up the rear end of this hardtail quite a bit, and it’s definitely something I have in mind for the future. But for now, I’m kinda stuck trying to make the most out of this XD driver wheelset.
I’ve been lucky enough to demo box’s prime9 and absolutely loved it. It was only for an hour but it shifted great and I genuinely did not miss the extra gears. Idk exactly how reliable it is long term, but it definitely felt better than GX eagle.
The only thing holding me back from throwing prime9 on is that the cassettes are HG hub only, and this wheel is XD. When I got the helix I was so close to just swapping the entire wheel for an HG hub and going for box. It was just too expensive to swap so much of my drivetrain when the wheels and hubs are perfectly good. Hope you can find it in europe or demo a setup for yourself, if I could run box I absolutely would.
My take on this is no they don’t. As long as they are truthful they only report on the quality of the product and prevent many people of spending a lot of money from losing it by buying something that doesn’t work....
Doug Demuro goes over every single weird little feature in the cars he covers. What does he not fully understand? But I also don’t conder his videos true reviews, I’m not in the market for 90% of the cars he shows, and I doubt many people are. It’s entertainment, and for car enthusiasts it’s fun to see a breakdown of a cool car.
As for MKBHD, I would say his smartphone reviews are some of the only ones worth watching on YT. He uses them for weeks as his main device and I’ve never seen him shy away from speaking his mind. Again, he’s an enthusiast and his nitpicks are probably irrelevant to a lot of users. But that’s exactly why I like his reviews, it’s a different perspective that I wouldn’t get anywhere else. Low quality? My brother MKBHD puts more effort into his b-roll shots than most channel put into the entire review.
I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this but reviewing anything boils down to “how many things can I find wrong about this product”. If I want all the gushy features and crap I would just watch the press release.
It’s a reviewers job to be honest; if the product is bad I appreciate them calling it out, no matter how small an issue is.
I’m not going to defend YouTubers that don’t know I exist, and honestly I don’t watch Doug that often anymore. But from what I can see even the new vehicles he reviews are niche and/or expensive as hell. The VW ID4 starts at $40k for only ~200 miles of range. Compared to iqoniq, mach-e, or the new Chevy EVs it’s just a bad value all around. Also, I genuinely think a snappy infotainment system is a necessity. I won’t even consider a Tesla since it doesn’t support carplay or android auto. Do the majority of people hold that same opinion? Hell no, but I still think it’s absolutely relevant to a review. Now, I could totally see your point of a review killing a company/product if the reviewer has a larger reach than the company. An example would be LTT’s “review” of a super niche waterblock from billet labs. But if you think one review tanked the sales of a car from one of largest conglomerate of car manufacturers then you’re woefully overestimating the reach of YouTube videos and online media.
Now humane is a bit of a different story, and the negative reviews are certainly not helping sales. But MKBHD’s video is a very honest explanation of his experience, and it shows how many things were promised but not delivered. If they didn’t want bad reviews, they should have delayed the product until it was ready.
You have a valid point that clickbait articles do more harm than the actual reviews, but again, I don’t think it’s the reviewer’s fault or problem. Most of these sites are full of other clickbait nonsense, and just like NYpost I’m not going to them for factual information. If the general public are being swayed by these articles, I don’t think they were seriously in the market for whatever product is being dragged through the mud. Most of what MKBHD and Doug reviews are premium products with premium prices, in my opinion they should scrutinized accordingly.
I think bad products fail on their own and the reviews and media accelerate that failure. I’m not saying it’s a good thing, but blaming the media for a company’s bad decisions solves nothing.
VW has always underestimated their efficiency, even on gas/diesel cars imo
Maybe they underestimate the MPG rating but did you forget the massive diesel scandal? They lied about the efficiency of their engine and exhaust system to the point where they had software counteracting testing procedures.
Do you own an id4 or something? Like why do you care about the public perception of a company? People who actually are in the market for a new car are bound to test drive it first, and they can decide if the infotainment system is good enough for themselves. My point is: lots of talk from people who are nowhere near buying any car let alone a $40k+ id4. If I purely listened to the internet’s opinion I wouldn’t own half the shit I enjoy on a daily basis.
MKBHD and his team are by no means perfect, watch their podcast and you’ll quickly see the gaps in their knowledge. If you haven’t watched him in awhile I can understand you position a lot better. He’s come a long way in the past few years, and while I never found his reviews to be bad, his current work is top quality. For instance: a lot of his smartphone reviews revolve around the camera performance. At the end of the year he does a big comparison between a bunch of phones. Between that and the yearly smartphone awards, I think he does a fine job at summarizing the software improvements over the first year of ownership.
Of course every big content creator has a legion of annoying fans, again LTT almost killed a 2 man company from a single botched video. I’m not here to defend any community, just that these two reviewers that you seem to have a gripe with do better work than 90% of others.
but almost the entire automotive industry engaging in similar tactics, but that was not nearly as widely reported.
This is straight up false. Yes most, if not all diesel engines were found to be out of regulation especially at idle. It’s a bad regulation and needs to updated, but of course lobbists have put a stop to that.
The major difference was that VW group was using arrestor devices to skirt the testing even on the highway. It’s why they paid the heftiest fine over all the other manufacturers. It was very purposeful, not saying the others are saints but there is a difference between neglecting to adhear and intentional deceit.
they were very hard to find and most peoples orders had not yet been delivered. It definitely hindered sales and was totally blown out of proportion.
Do you think that maybe, possibly, that it could be a variety of factors that led to id4 orders being cancelled? And also, if it was a commercial failure I can almost guarantee the model would have been killed off rather than being updated into a 4th year. Not being able to test drive a car I’m spending a significant chunk of cash on is a way bigger turn off than a YT video and some stupid articles.
Like seriously, if you didn’t have the luxury of a very nice VW dealership, would you still have ended up with an id4? How do rekon availability and crappy dealerships didn’t play a bigger role than Doug? Idk what to fucking tell you bro, people don’t treat reviews as gospel, and if they do then they are most likely children and/or completely unable to afford the thing being reviewed.
If you have an amp: Modhouse Argons. The Fostex t50rp is built like a tank, and while it’s not the most resolving planar in the world the sound signature is just a ton of fun. I’ve had various t50rp mods for 15+ years, none of them have broken and the argons are in my top 3 of all time. But they really do drink about 1 watt per channel, so if you’re not already in the deep end, just avoid jumping in altogether.
No amp: KSC75/porta pros are pretty bassy, they just lack sub bass. Plenty of impact though, and for most music it’s all you really need. Pick youself up an $10 apple dongle (apple sucks but their dongle dac is legitimately a great value) and you have about 90% of what an audiophile spent thousands to achieve.
Another no-amp option could be Monoproce retro headphones. It’s sort of like an akg 240 clone but fully closed. The stock pads are terrible, but with some xl leather pads they become very comfortable and super bassy. The pads and cans are like $25 each; it’s a pretty unbeatable value. But they are also a bit of a one trick pony, if you’re looking to daily drive something the akg K371 would be a better rounded option.
Using a headphone in production =/= a good headphone.
Cans for mixing have a compleptly different sound signature than for music enjoyment. Unless you just love trebble, stuff like beyerdynamic and m50x are atrocious sounding.
They are a resolving headphone for sure, and very well built. They’re not a bad headphone per-se but for normal folks they really need to stop being recommended so much.
Stuff like the Philips shp9500 and akg K371 are way more enjoyable, cheaper, and still pretty much indestructible. But the true advice is that audio is subjective as fuck, try out some stuff and find what you like. Trust your ears, not some dude on the Internet
So, I have always wanted to do multi filament printing. The thought of doing multicolor or washable supports has been such a cool idea and I tried to make that a reality all the way back when I bought my Geeetech A10M… And oh boy did I hate it. (Don’t do single extruder multi filament kids, it ain’t worth the headache.)...
I know this thread is a bit old but I want to rant a little about my experience with the 2T Prusa XL. Hopefully this helps your decision a bit.
First off if you’re gonna buy it, build it yourself. 100% anecdotal but the people I’ve seen with crashing tool heads and major issues all have pre-assembled units. Maybe something happens to the frame in shipping, but my semi-assembled unit hasn’t had any tool crashes or serious flaws… yet
Secondly, the price is much higher than the website tells you. Prusa doesn’t secretly overcharge you, but they also don’t include many things I feel should be at this price point. The lack of enclosure being the most egregious to me, but I also would like a camera or at least support to add one. I’ve had to spend an additional few hundred dollars getting more nozzles (seriously, fuck 0.4mm on a 360³ build plate), an enclosure, and even another peice of extruded aluminum so this thing doesm’t rattle itself to pieces. It definitely feels more like a ‘first gen’ product more than anything I’ve had from Prusa in the past, but I do think the platform has a ton of potential.
So far performance has been good, not great like I expected out of Prusa. Mainly; it’s a bit slow for a coreXY, and I’ve had some adhesion problems even with pla on a textured plate. I think I solved the adhesion issue with an enclosure, it’s in my garage so the temperature varies a ton. Still, keep in mind since they do not even give you the option to buy an enclosed XL.
Multi color and material has been where this printer really starts to shine, I would argue that the single tool head isn’t even worth producing. The filament waste is negligible and tool changes add very little time to the print (about 12 minutes per 100 changes), although I have had some issues with z shift after a tool change. It’s impressive to watch it change extruders effortlessly, and probably the only part of this printer that I would say was worth the price.
If I had to do it all over again I probably would have just cancelled my pre-order. Seeing printers like the peopoly magneto at a similar price really drives home how long this printer was delayed. It almost feels outdated upon arrival, especially since the XL still has a lot of software features missing.
TL;DR it’s a good printer, but not as good as I expected out of Prusa. Compared to truly state of the art printers it seems overpriced, and unless you plan on exclusively printing multi-color or material you will be better served by other products.
No problem, I hope you find something that works for you. There’s definitely a ton of money to save if you forego a lot of the cutting edge features of the XL. I just feel jaded about waiting for years and still having a product that feels unpolished.
Went with the Arctic P12 Max because they are incredible for their price. Went with the white version because it has better bearings making it even more quite. Didnt care how it looked but it actually doesnt look bad at all imo...
Honestly it’s still an absolute pain in the ass but it’s come a very long time since those dark ages.
For my last build I bit the bullet and got a leakshield from aquacomputer. It keeps negative pressure in the loop so if there is a leak, it sucks air back into the tubing instead of letting water out. It works like a charm, it’s just too damn expensive to recommend for non-workatation rigs.
But I can pull 1000w from the wall and still have my system under 30db, so that’s nice.
I've been biking for a number of years, primarily single track XC or gravel riding. I do adventure racing, which is incredibly tough on the bikes, but am hoping to improve my bike life....
It will depend on how many miles you ride in a week but waxing my chain has simplified my bike maintenance a ton. I only ride about 24km a day though, so it takes a bit to get to 300km and need to re-wax them.
I also ride my MTB in very sandy and gritty dirt, the wax sheds this off and improves the lifespan of my chain. I needed to constantly clean the cassette and chain when I was using "dry" lube. It definitely is a pain to re-wax, and it's not a perfect solution for everyone, but if the dirt you ride is sticking to your chain/cassette, it's the best I can recommend.
I would also recommend keeping your fork and/or rear suspension maintenanced professionally. I will sometimes do a 6 month service myself, but sending my fork in every 100hrs of use has kept it buttery smooth. Some shops will help get you the optimal performance for your body weight and riding style too, you'd be surprised how much speed can be gained with a tune.
Other than that, blead brakes if they're hydraulic, check tires and sealant, and if you run carbon parts it's always a good idea to check for cracks or rock strikes. Carbon is strong until it isn't, and no one wants to end a race because of a broken part.
Sorry for the long ass comment, hope this at least helps
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So, it’s about time to replace this derailleur, it’s served me well but honestly the problems never really stopped with GX eagle....
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My take on this is no they don’t. As long as they are truthful they only report on the quality of the product and prevent many people of spending a lot of money from losing it by buying something that doesn’t work....
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So, I have always wanted to do multi filament printing. The thought of doing multicolor or washable supports has been such a cool idea and I tried to make that a reality all the way back when I bought my Geeetech A10M… And oh boy did I hate it. (Don’t do single extruder multi filament kids, it ain’t worth the headache.)...
Finally got rid of the loudest component in my PC: The original fans of my KFA 2070 Super (lemmy.world)
Went with the Arctic P12 Max because they are incredible for their price. Went with the white version because it has better bearings making it even more quite. Didnt care how it looked but it actually doesnt look bad at all imo...
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Read all about it at the above link. There’s way too much to process here. This is going to be wild.
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I've been biking for a number of years, primarily single track XC or gravel riding. I do adventure racing, which is incredibly tough on the bikes, but am hoping to improve my bike life....