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David L.

David L.

Joined on 01/16/05

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Most Favorable Review

Sounds Good

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion 70SB046A00003 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion 70SB046A00003 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

Pros: I owned a Platinum 2zs and sadly the front I/O bus went sparking on me one night, not sure why. I believe the PCI card was afflicted so I got this XFI and I am quite happy. Gaming sounds have improved and I think having that XRAM makes a difference. I recommend this card for some amateur DJ/Production because if the front bus expansion.

Cons: None so far except perhaps some weakness on the input line (rear). It does not seem to have a good gain so if you like recording mixes or audio from a mixer you will need to crank the mixer (it all depends on the mixer too).

Overall Review: I do gaming for fun and production and DJing and this product is good. I too miss my 2zs's fire wire port but then again I never got to use it. If you seem to have issues or the card does not work right, download the factory drivers, do not use the CD. Also when recoding live audio such as mixing, turn off EAX, Crystalizer and other fx to get real-time sound, otherwise you will have problems mixing.

Highly Recommended

Canon EOS Rebel XS Black 10.1 MP  Digital SLR Camera w/EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
Canon EOS Rebel XS Black 10.1 MP Digital SLR Camera w/EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

Pros: I been using the Rebel XS for a little while and I can't complain, eventually getting more lenses will give me more flexibility but, since I am amateur at dSLRs I still recommend this camera very highly.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Read the manual and do research lenses. Newegg has a great deal for this camera, take advantage of it.

Highly Recommended

Technics RP-DH1200 Circumaural Headphone
Technics RP-DH1200 Circumaural Headphone

Pros: Used other pair (Sony) for a while. They lasted me but finally broke. I got these next and I am very happy with them. Have used them in past occasions and now that i got these i am assured that they were worth it.

Cons: After 2 hours of using them for gaming (testing) my ears did hurt a little.

Overall Review: I am a DJ as well and over the last years I been using Sony but this is a very competitive item. Over all if your mixing these headphones don't hurt and much more cushion for comfort.

12/13/2008

Good Enclosure

BYTECC HD-201U2 (SILVER) Aluminum 2.5" IDE USB2.0 mini External Enclosure
BYTECC HD-201U2 (SILVER) Aluminum 2.5" IDE USB2.0 mini External Enclosure

Pros: Simple design, I thought it would be too simple and is because I've seen some very fancy ATA-6 enclosures but this one doesn't jiggle inside and is sturdy.

Cons: none

Overall Review: The leather case is large but once you want to store the cable and other accessories it really makes sense why is so big.

Good enclosurew

BYTECC BT-280SATA COMBO(S) Aluminum 2.5" SATA USB & eSATA External Enclosure
BYTECC BT-280SATA COMBO(S) Aluminum 2.5" SATA USB & eSATA External Enclosure

Pros: Excellent case, it does help to screw the HD on the board underneath and it also helps to put something to keep the whole thing from jiggling but it is a very complete set and e-SATA is a big plus!

Cons: none

Overall Review: get it

So far so good

TOSHIBA MK1237GSX (HDD2D62) 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
TOSHIBA MK1237GSX (HDD2D62) 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Very quick and reliable drive so far. I purchased an external enclosure for it and it all works good.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Use the cables that came with the drive, I been using my camera USB - mini-usb and that one can come loose and kill the drive otherwise keep a power adapter handy just in case.