What has brought you joy?
Companion to the last question :)
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Formerly steam deck, now unseated by my AYN Thor. It can play 70-80% of the games the deck can in a package that fits in your pocket.
My breville coffee maker and bratza burr grinder. It makes the best coffee and doesn’t complain.
Also, my dolphin pool cleaning robot. Vacuuming a pool manually is such a hassle. Outsourcing that to a bot is truly amazing.
Anything that buys me back my time.
I recently got an AYN thor. What sort of things have you been playing on it? I’ve not ventured too far into a gaming library yet and was wondering how others are using it.
Installed my huge emulator library, but GameNative is where I spend the vast majority of my time. It runs PC games from basically any online market (Steam, Epic, Amazon, etc).
Plays 2d perfectly and most of my games are indie titles.
Great “pick up and play” format.
I love my modular synthesizer, although the cost of it is not good value for money so probably can’t count as my best tech purchase.
My sim racing rig has the same issue, it’s bought me thousands of hours of joy but is prohibitively expensive.
My ergodox mechanical keyboard is a solid contender. The original model, Hand built, cherry MX clears. It’s lasted easily 10 years and I hate typing on anything else.
But I think it’s probably my headphones. Beyerdynamics DT770 pro’s. They sound great, they’re super comfy, and not terribly expensive. I’ve had them for probably 10 years and I see no reason I won’t have them till the day I die
Nice, I also mentioned my DT770s. They’re basically invincible.
Edit: I also had the original ergodox with mx clears, sadly I never could get used to the layout so I passed them on to a friend.
Xreal One Pro head-mounted display glasses. They’ve really changed how I watch TV shows and movies.
I’ve been curious about them in the past, what’s the quality of the picture on the?
Picture quality on the One Pro is amazing. Crisp and clear. Sound is really good. Image is stable, but reacts weird in moving vehicles when using the body anchor mode since it can’t know about the motion of the vehicle. I wish the fov was a little wider, but it’s one of the best in the industry, so I’m nitpicking. My biggest complaint is that it gets a little warm, and has to rest on your forehead for the best view. But it’s effectively replaced my TV in most cases.
I also have a Viture One. Image quality on it kinda bad - it’s lower resolution and the chromatic aberration is pretty severe at the edges. Also, the way the screen prisms are set up also gets you a reflection of your shirt. But it feels sturdier and the proprietary cable is easier to attach in the dark so it’s nicer for travel.
