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Katie D.

Katie D.

Joined on 10/06/07

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Most Favorable Review

Gave me surround sound in my home office

StarTech.com ICUSBAUDIO7D 7.1 Channels 16-bit 48KHz USB Interface Audio Adapter External Sound Card
StarTech.com ICUSBAUDIO7D 7.1 Channels 16-bit 48KHz USB Interface Audio Adapter External Sound Card

Pros: - Works out the box with pulseaudio on Linux - Drives my existing 5.1 speaker set

Cons: - An 8+ channel 24 bit 192kHz option around the current prices would be nice... not that my ears could tell the difference.

Overall Review: - Yeah, anyone with existing analog surround sound that doesn't go down the PCIE audio card rabbit hole should like this. However too many of those folks want bluetooth audio - Yes I'd buy another when the prices go down

Most Critical Review

They don't work.

Athena Power AP-MFATX35 350W Mini ITX / Micro FLEX ATX / ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply for many HP Slimline System Upgrades/Replacement
Athena Power AP-MFATX35 350W Mini ITX / Micro FLEX ATX / ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply for many HP Slimline System Upgrades/Replacement

Pros: All the connectors were there.

Cons: Fails miserably to sustain power when the 12V connector is connected the system. Another 350W Power supply works fine. ANother 300W power supply works fine.

10/28/2014

Worked for half my monitors

Mount-It! VESA Mount Adapter Plate Conversion Kit | Convert VESA 75x75, 100x100 to 200x200, 200x100 mm Patterns
Mount-It! VESA Mount Adapter Plate Conversion Kit | Convert VESA 75x75, 100x100 to 200x200, 200x100 mm Patterns

Pros: - Did great with a 15lb 40" TV to adapt it to a 100mm vesa stand

Cons: - Plate was 1-2mm too wide and too tall to optimally fit a 30lb 43" display. It was secure... just needed spacers on the bolts. Didn't matter because the stand was not up to the weight.

Overall Review: - Probably recommend to others because seems less of a PITA than the small strut adapters - Well, I did buy a second one and it didn't quite work. And I fully expect to end up with something it works on.

Let me reduce the home network pieces to being on one UPS

48V 08A Gigabit PoE Power Adapter Supply Injector with AC Cord IEEE 8023afat Compliant for IP Voip Phones Cameras AP and More
48V 08A Gigabit PoE Power Adapter Supply Injector with AC Cord IEEE 8023afat Compliant for IP Voip Phones Cameras AP and More

Overall Review: Let me put the Passive Optical Network to Ethernet transceiver on the same UPS rest of the home network. I recall this was the only one that 1) Didn't force me to have yet another wall wart 2) gave clear specs on what power it could provide. So it's great for that... I wish I didn't need it... I'm grateful their implementation has been so reliable.

Relegated to be the task light for the bar area, didn't fit underneath the keyboard or stay attached to the server monitor

Clamp Desk Lamp, Clip on Reading Light, 3000-6500K Adjustable Color Temperature, 6 Illumination Modes, 10 Led Beads, AC Adapter and USB Cord Included (Black)
Clamp Desk Lamp, Clip on Reading Light, 3000-6500K Adjustable Color Temperature, 6 Illumination Modes, 10 Led Beads, AC Adapter and USB Cord Included (Black)

Pros: - Solid mechanical switch design - Came with USB wall-wart - Reduced my injuries making gin and tonics - The plate to turn it into a table top lamp is a nice touch

Cons: - And the brightness on the rocker switch is backwards from the labels - It absolutely refuses to remain clipped to the battering ram I use as a monitor for my servers - Shipped by that logistics/public cloud company and newegg still thinks it hasn't been delivered

Overall Review: - This is the sort of product where you hope folks don't recommend against it. And I won't recommend against it, I will double check use case - We'll see if it's still around when the failures of other things means it has a place - Improve the clip so it plays nice with OLD flat screen monitors. The other lamp I recently reviewed has a much better clip. And well this Scandinavian company did the inexpensive goose-neck lamp that is the greatest of all time.

Works well at my digital audio workstation

Clip Light Reading Lights -  24 LED Clamp-on Desk Lamp with 3 Color Modes and 10 Brightness Dimmable, 360 ° Flexible Gooseneck Book Clamp Light for Video Conference Lighting Headboard
Clip Light Reading Lights - 24 LED Clamp-on Desk Lamp with 3 Color Modes and 10 Brightness Dimmable, 360 ° Flexible Gooseneck Book Clamp Light for Video Conference Lighting Headboard

Pros: - Clamps to the wall tracks for my keyboard arms - Runs fine from the powered USB hub I use for MIDI and doesn't cause bus events when I power it on and off - And fits almost flush underneath the keyboard on the top rack - And the light is quite nice for reading notes and sheet music

Cons: - The goose neck doesn't like it when I bend it a little past where I need it and then slide it up against the keyboard. It's still better than the ones that just droop down when I look at them cross-eyed - Shipping updates are broken. They use that logistics/public cloud company everyone complains about to ship. And they got here fast. And newegg's system still doesn't think they're delivered a week later....

Overall Review: - There's this really small window between when someone says "I need a cheap tiny USB powered task light" and when they start doom scrolling. I doubt I'll recommend it because I doubt I'll have the opportunity - Yeah, I'd probably buy it again

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You may be dead before the product arrives

Ordered in June. Their shipping stuff indicates it arrived in the US in early July. Still hasn't arrived. Newegg's tracking indicates it was delivered. Their tracking indicates it hasn't. Contacted them back in July and just got a "wait." Marking as "Not as seller" described because a big nothing is not what was described.

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Better than expected...their tracking numbers are glitchy.

Yes, I'd recommend them to others Their tracking numbers aren't accurate. They provided a tracking number indicating the order was shipping from China a day or two AFTER the product was delivered. And the tracking number they provided was delivered to a location nowhere near me. So... it's a good experience when everything goes right... and probably an awful experience when it does not. Product was shipped fast and packed properly... and delivered before they provided a tracking number. Packaging and delivery were fulfilled by a newegg competitor, keep that in mind if you were trying to avoid that newegg competitor.

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