Mini-review of Truthear x Crinacle ZERO: RED in-ear monitors

Back in July, I bought a set of Truthear x Crinacle ZERO: RED in-ear monitors. I received them in early August and quickly discovered that none of the included ear tips were comfortable for extended wear (15 minutes or more) for me.

I ended up purchasing a pair of SpinFit W1 ear tips. First, I purchased the M size and discovered that they were slightly too large. I then ordered the MS size, learned they were an excellent fit, and returned the M size without any problems.

The ZERO: RED IEMs are much more comfortable for extended wear with the SpinFit W1 ear tips than with the ear tips included with the IEMs.

I may try my hand at a longer review at a later date, but I’ll briefly say that I love my ZERO: RED IEMs. Songs like Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Jacob Collier’s Hideaway sound fantastic and showcase the IEM’s wide soundstage spectacularly.

These IEMs are also fantastic for gaming, especially competitive first-person shooters like Overwatch where audio with excellent imaging provides and advantage.

I discovered that one’s own voice reverberates in one’s own head while wearing IEMs. That’s not a flaw in the product, but rather something to be aware of. For playing games while chatting on Discord, I still prefer my Philips SHP9500 open back headphones.

In short, I love my Truthear x Crinacle ZERO: RED in-ear monitors and highly recommend them. Preferences for ear tips vary from person to person, but if you decide to pick up a set of ZERO: RED IEMs or any other IEMs and find that the stock ear tips aren’t comfortable, I also highly recommend a set of SpinFit W1 ear tips as well.

Recommendation for entry-level audiophile headphones

I bought a pair of Philips SHP9500 headphones after extensive research in November 2022 and I still love them.

I’ve since picked up a Fosi Audio SK02–a USB digital-to-analog converter (DAC)–as well. Add in a shorter 3.5mm male-male audio cable (a 4 ft. Anker brand audio cable is perfect for my desk) and a subscription to a music streaming service that offers high-fidelity music and it makes for a wonderful listening station.

If you’re a fellow aspiring audiophile, I invite you to check out a playlist I compiled based on found articles and my own listening adventures: Soundstage and Imaging Testing

TIL there’s a Super Mario Bros. Wonder Elephant Mario plush set to debut in January 2024

In related news, I recovered my old Play-Asia account, so here’s an affiliate link to something I would actually purchase myself if December hadn’t hit our wallets so hard: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Plush

Importing this plush from Japan wouldn’t be cheap (current price is $21.99 USD and Economy shipping to the US would add another $17.90 USD) and there’s a possibility that the same or a very similar plush will be made available on the North America My Nintendo store early next year.

But this plush was just too cute not to post. :3

Recommended tweaks for iPad Air 1st gen running Chimera iOS jailbreak

AltList (required for 3DAppVersionSpoofer)

Source: https://opa334.github.io/

libhooker version 1.6.9 (required for 3DAppVersionSpoofer Settings menu preferences)

Source: https://repo.theodyssey.dev/

libCSColorPicker (required for PreferenceLoader)

Source: https://creaturecoding.com/repo/

libCSPreferences (required for PreferenceLoader)

Source: https://creaturecoding.com/repo/

PreferenceLoader version 2.2.6 (required for 3DAppVersionSpoofer Settings menu preferences)

Source: https://repo.theodyssey.dev/

3DAppVersionSpoofer version 1.1.4

Source: https://github.com/0xkuj/3DAppVersionSpoofer/tree/main/packages

NOTE: Download to device and share to Sileo to install after prerequisites are installed.

AppStore++

Source: https://cokepokes.github.io/

Filza File Manager 64-bit

Source: https://tigisoftware.com/repo/

RocketBootstrap

Source: https://repo.theodyssey.dev/

Soundcore by Anker Life P3 Noise Cancelling Earbuds at lowest price ever on Amazon

Last September, I spent more hours than I care to admit researching wireless earbuds, checking sites (mostly RTINGS.com), saving the names of a few top picks to a Google Keep note, and setting multiple price alerts using camelcamelcamel. Two months later, I discovered that the Soundcore by Anker Life P3 Noise Cancelling Earbuds were on sale for $59.99, which matched the previous lowest price ever. (I would have received a price alert email from camelcamelcamel, but I hadn’t set up the price watch correctly.)

After waffling back and forth, I bought a pair, received them a few days later, and loved them. They’re comfortable, the sound quality is great, and the noise cancelling features are fantastic. I’ve even used them with noise cancelling active and no music playing to dampen the sound at very loud events.

I’m confident that more expensive earbuds would likely have better neutral sound or would be better for working out, but I feel like the Soundcore P3 earbuds hit the sweet spot of quality and value for the money.

Why do I mention this 6 months after I bought them? Because I still love them, I still use them when working out, and they’re on sale for $59.99 again today.

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How to suppress PHP warnings generated by Piwigo when running PHP 8.x

Are you running Piwigo on a server running PHP 8.x? Is your error_log file in your gallery quickly filling up with PHP warnings? If so, follow these steps to suppress those warnings:

  • Log in to your Piwigo gallery.
  • Click Administration. (This guide assumes your account has Webmaster rights.)
  • Click Plugins on the left-hand menu.
  • Click Add a new plugin.
  • Click in the Search field, type “localfiles” (minus quotes), and press Enter.
  • Under the LocalFiles Editor result, click Add.
  • Click Plugins on the left-hand menu.
  • Toggle the LocalFiles Editor plugin on if it isn’t already
  • Click the Settings button under the LocalFiles Editor item.
  • Copy and paste the following code into the local/config/config.inc.php file:
$conf['show_php_errors'] = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING;
  • Click Save File.

Original source: https://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=31875

Making PowerShell talk

Here are a few basic lines of PowerShell code to get your computer to talk to you.

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.speech

$speak = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer

$speak.Speak("Hello world")

It’s simple code, but it makes my children smile.

You can quickly launch PowerShell on most Windows computers by right-clicking the Start button and clicking Windows PowerShell.