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Experimented with various approaches, looking to replace an older Pegasus set of 6 drives and a file server.

Unraid just worked. Lots of support and tutorials to get started. Look up Spaceinvader on YouTube as a starter

Have you checked that all your speakers are in phase? Specifically that the positive on amp cable goes to the positive connect on on the back of the speaker?

If your system is otherwise matched especially the left/centre/right then it should function.

Depending on your surround sound amp/processor some of them can get stuck in stereo vs surround.

A quick test is here.

Verify the dialog with a well mixed movie or dvd though that adds another level of possible issues. (most appletv stuff works as expected)

Good luck with it.

Yes it’s dynamic range but the most common cause is listening to a source that’s been mixed for a centre vocal speaker.

It will play on a stereo (Left and right speakers only) but you will have very little vocals and lots of special fx.

This is also completely ignoring the us lack of lufs standards for advertising (apparent loudness.)

Not necessarily the end users fault. If the wrong audio source is selected/streamed then you are stuck. There are workarounds but no real solution

If you use real aka crunchy peanut butter rather than smooth heavily processed, the butter makes it easier to spread

Sky news in Australia is far worse than Fox in the US. It’s little more than a shout box for small minded racists.

A couple of things to think about as there are a few factors to consider as to what makes a good pair. It's quite individual and subjective as it's not only headphone frequency response but also how comfortable they are for long periods on your head. Considering "sound staging" which is quite affected by your DAC (Digital Audio Converter) and Amplifier (these can be the same thing or not) and a microphone and it gets complex.

The best option is always to have a seperate headphone dac/amp and this gives a lot of flexibility and longevity. Even the cheapest dac and or amp will be better than the 0.5c part in the headphone cable for a converter.

Yes you can also get fancy gaming headphones that try and provide surround sound. These work to some degree but it will depend on your head shape, OS & Drivers and whether the game is able to provide suitable audio output tuned for them.

AKG/Sennheiser/Beyerdynamics are all good headphone options.

TLDR: Ideally go and listen to a few and figure out what you like and what's comfortable. Depending on your budget you can add more stuff or maybe this is your entry in. For mic testing, they should be able to plug into your phone, try them with a test call in teams/zoom/discord and hear what your voice sounds like.

I found this super helpful... https://github.com/WeLackDiscipline/BulkKindleUSBDownloader/blob/manual-login/end-all-guide.md

I am getting prompts from the script for “Your Amazon Oath”

Any idea where I can actually find/download this ?

I found it painful keeping track of what cable could do what and some screens/drives were picky.

I have nothing to do with it this but bought one. (I also have a cheap one that’s more generic but doesn’t give anywhere near the same amount of information on cable health.)

Seconded. Mint with Timeshift setup. Ideally separated drive dedicated to this but you could make a partition.

With auto daily/weekly/monthly options and versioning you are pretty safe unless she has an axe.

I would also setup RustDesk so you can help if needed. But visits are nice depending on cookies and distance

If you want to do the learning and the work then unraid is a pretty sweet solution. It will be as good as your hardware and has lots of apps and decent forums.

Appreciate the clarification. I am not getting time to play for a few weeks yet but was trying to get something for my brother as he was deeply into the game a few years back but didn’t want to come back till it “was done”.