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  1. Clemmaster

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    QD-OLED? If yes, how is that working out for you?

    Bought the AW3423DWF a month ago but returned it within a week because text was horrendous on it…
    I thought those comments were overblown and only a fraction of the population would care. I guess I’m in the minority :confused:
    It doesn’t help that I have a window right next to the monitor* which I can’t fully black out and clearly stress the (shitty, let’s be honest) anti-glare coating and, of course, the lack of polarizer destroys the black level.

    (*) from the rtings ambiant light test, it seemed like there would need quite a bright light to reveal those issues and I didn’t expect my room to stress it so much :(
     
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    Yep, it's the AW3423DWF. I'm loving it. At default the text fringing was a bit off, but BetterClearTypeTuner worked a treat to hit settings I was happy with. I also tend to work in dark mode (doubly so now with burn in a potential factor) where it is much less noticeable than black text on white.

    The thing that bugs me most is the teeny bit of coil whine. It's less noisy than the hum/squeal from the crappy Kanto speakers, and obviously can't hear it with headphones on.... but when music/sound is turned off, the whine is more audible than the entire silently idling PC.
     
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    It's not even funny how much difference there is between the samples, I'm gonna go and guess that
    Sample 2 is with the Daking, leaving Sample 1 for the stock MOTU
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    Sample 2 had a bit more nasality and took in way more of the room around you, the other had a much smoother tonality overall with better presence on the headstage, more organic sounding if muffled by comparison. High whirring fan noise was more a bother on the room-prominent one but was definitely present on both.

    Add: somehow get the feeling distances were different between takes? Listening back with fresh ears I think Sample 2 still sounds the more natural to me in terms of how it presents your voice, just with a bit more proximity effect engaged maybe — there's definitely more separation between you and the room here.

    The tonality of Sample 1 still seemed a bit too forward and nasally, not particularly pleasant to me, but maybe I should have read more into how much of the room was being picked up.
     
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    Desk setup needs some extra work to be clearner, but I need to decide what items to remove. Fun times ahead....sadly......
     
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    sample1 is higher fidelity, there is more information. i can hear the room you're in. i feel as though i can hear the room's size. sample2 is very impersonal, sounds like a headset mic in comparison. amazing that it's the same mic.

    one could argue that sample2 is "smoother". this can often mean "pleasantly noisy and lacking in detail", making it easier on the brain. this could be euphonic and preferable for some. but sample1 wins in terms of information transfer, by a mile.

    it sounds like you recorded your voice from a different distance from the mic potentially in each take. if you didn't, and were the same distance, i'd be Really impressed. but it sounds like you were moderately farther away in sample1, which is allowing more room sound into the mic.

    sample1 is probably daking/symetrix. sample2 motu. or, i'd like to believe that anyway. that way i could beat the motu offering with some thrifty/knowledgeable purchases.
     

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