Is this $40 card a SCAM? - "Audiophile" Power Filter

[@trinitite4617]

“Speaking of” *goes to skip* “I wrote a children’s book” *utter suprise*

[@archiveradiotokio]

peak bill nye the science guy

[@patrykjurkiewicz7638]

I watch this for years and I was convinced this is a joke

[@pespsisipper]

my genuine reaction

[@lunchbox1341]

Im also really surprised

[@universate5332]

Also lol same idk if im proud or just suprised

[@johanngambolputty5351]

"you can put it in a 4x or 16x slot", yeah you can even put it in a 0x slot (leave it on the bottom of the case) and it works just as well.

[@owenhorn7548]

Underrated

[@VaibhavHariani]

You could also just throw it outside and it'll work. Just needs to be touched by your fingers

[@annihilatorg]

Oh shit you mean it's WIRELESS?!

[@icediverfull]

Lay it on the case! lay it on your head! or just throw it into the trash!

[@zvxcvxcz]

Come on now, it won't work just as well. 100% of the functionality is RGB, so if the RGB doesn't have power then it can't be working as well :P

[@keoki82]

Best way to test would be to record the empty Line In jack in Audacity, both with and without the magic expansion card in the system, then boost the recorded silence by the same amount for both files (say, 500%). Then you should be able to clearly visualize and/or hear whether or not there is a difference.

[@KrzysiuNet]

Indeed. Hearing test like Linus did are the domain of "audiophiles" who buy 5000 USD cables. Let's do some real tests or at least get a proper control group.

[@taotie86]

Or reverse the phase of one of the signals and sum them up. If it's quiet, there's no difference.

[@joelr2214]

They weren't really trying to test it hence them dropping it and still testing it

[@michealpersicko9531]

@@joelr2214 LTT viewers are gamers for the most part are geeks/gamers and this shit is the kind of stuff that makes sense for audiophiles doesn't make a whole lot of sense for gamers to have and it's the kind of thing people would convince people who aren't that savy with building a gamming rig would be tricked into getting by someone because they were told that the reduction in electrical noise will make it easier for them to hear enemies' location. He tested it in a way that this video would be applicable and make the most sense to the largest demographic of his viewers.

[@sovietmaize8277]

But if you can't detect the difference while listening to a song is there even a point?

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Oddly capacitors can be used to clean up and smooth out signals, and clean up power sources. But not normally when used out of the signal chain, it's the right idea in the wrong place to be really effective.

[@supertim7722]

Ideally needs to be in the PSU XD

[@adriendecroy7254]

actually they need to be near the thing that is doing horrible power consumption, as that's at the end of the conductors pulling the current that is causing the voltage drop across the copper tracks etc.

[@youhackforme]

@@meowland8379 you have it the other way around. Capacitors are high-pass filters which allow AC to pass through and block DC signals

[@EmptyZoo393]

@@youhackforme Capacitors are high-pass filters when placed in the signal line, where they're often used for decoupling and dealing with DC offsets like different ground potentials. They've probably got those capacitors bridging the voltage rails and ground. In that position they'll act as low-pass filters, smoothing out higher-frequency noise. They're going to be too far away from the actual Digital to Analog Converters to do much good though. @Meowland "Real audiophiles are better off staying away from digital." So, you're saying that instead of mixing and mastering audio on a computer, bands and composers should be what, mixing using Vinyl records and painstakingly constructed analog circuitry customized for every task? Try telling that to Hans Zimmerman or any composer these days. Mixed analog/digital circuitry is nothing new, and noise isolation between those domains is a major task of circuit board design in those environments. There is absolutely nothing wrong soundwise with using high sample-rate, digital audio for the majority of your chain and finally converting to analog right at the driver stage. That way you can get all the power, signal to noise, transmission, and ease-of-use benefits of digital. Cheap mp3/wma/youtube compression that destroys sound quality? Oh, I'm right there with you. But there are lossless formats that preserve the original audio far better than any analog signal you can create and store.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

@@supertim7722 Either in the power supply, or inline to where that power is going.

[@KILLASAURUSFLEX]

"I wrote a kids book" well, I dunno why I didn't see that coming.

[@horusreloaded6387]

I hope he got professional help

[@JJCUBER]

@@topup246 Stop posting a video link under every single comment, nobody wants to see whatever garbage content you have to offer. We know that you are just an alt account of the video you are promoting so just stop.

[@omair.raza1]

@@topup246 Shutup

[@josiahbates8962]

@@JJCUBER you could ignore it :kekw:

[@freespam9236]

i heard it somewhere... BUT not sure where.... might been WAN show... might been That creative life podcast... not sure any more

[@mattdriver12]

I can't say I ever expected to see a book in the lttstore.

[@Kyle_AZ]

A kids book no less

[@SirNickyT]

You must not watch WAN show.

[@knopf44]

nice pfp!

[@razerstv1377]

can say I never expected to see a book with the words Linus Sebastion on it

[@steviessteeds8478]

STONKS

[@WigWoo1]

The weird thing is is that the second speaker buzzing sound you showed as an example at the beginning actually happens when my computer is turned off. When I turn my computer on then the buzzing stop

[@m.sierra5258]

That's normal. It's called a ground loop. When the PC is on it drives the audio cable, when its off it just leaves it disconnected. Then, the wire acts as a capacitor, an "antenna" for lack of a better word, for the 50/60hz you get into your speakers over the power supply. If you unplug it from the computer, it should make the same sound. And if you then bridge the three poles of the connector with something like a metal paper clip, the noise should be gone. Just to demonstrate the effect. I actually thought to myself while Linus said that that his explanation is nonsense.

[@ForwardBias]

Hey, a hobkin. Cute. Seen my fair share on VRC :)

[@WigWoo1]

@@ForwardBias lol thankies. I love this model. I’m also the first to animate videos with it. They are surprisingly good to animate with just being VRChat models

[@ForwardBias]

@@WigWoo1 hope to see you around VRC sometime. Just checked your channel. Good stuff! I need to learn how to use my index for motion capping.

[@kimiyee3742]

same here lmao

[@douggabbard7220]

Playing Devil’s Advocate: Sort of hard to see how a power rail filter works without hooking up an oscilloscope to look for noise.

[@codeman99-dev]

I honestly doubt all of these capacitors are even getting charged. I mean, filtering capacitors are meant to be *directly* next to the sensitive, power hungry parts. While the flashy caps on this this are dead center of the board... for you know... looks?

[@codeman99-dev]

@@danjz0404 oh really? Frequency is indirectly proportional to distance of the trace.

[@user-sb8cs3le2j]

They are not supposed to just be near the power hungery parts, they need to be right next to the chip's pins to work. This is where linus was also wrong, they are in pretty much every circuit that uses chips

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

I also want to point out that he dropped it at the beginning. Who knows if it's even working exactly as it's supposed to after that.

[@nolanschaale1301]

Definitely, definitely...

[@RoximRox]

"Hey look, my graphics card!" "...the coil whiniest GPU we could find." "Oh." :(

[@x3mbr]

F

[@varshasamaiya3538]

F

[@qazip_redact774]

F

[@BroBrian_]

F

[@arandumbkid4818]

F

[@ryanhamstra49]

“This sapphire nitro plus 590 special edition...” *hey that’s my card!!!* “For maximum coil whine” *oh........*

[@juanmartindurisotti6185]

I was so excited, for like... 2 seconds

[@frisk8550]

Same

[@jessemwale6124]

Exactly my reaction

[@Null_Experis]

I have that card in my workshop PC and it has virtually no coil while. The case fans make more noise than anything, really.

[@mhh3]

have the same card and 0 coil whine

[@theclips2093]

07:12 "you can insert your placebo both ways" dude I couldn't stop laughing lol

[@jeffreyweng9326]

However you like*

[@apertureonfirephotography4795]

Not going to lie. Was waiting for the "FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!" when talking about AC to DC conversion lol.

[@himearikawa3130]

Now let's design!

[@astra1x999]

I'm getting too used to Linus's beard now i just can't imagine him without it

[@itsmikoton]

Beardless Linus merch images still exist look at the merch area

[@DementiaAcerbus]

It's way more jolting to see pictures of him clean shaven than manly now.

[@jogger22123]

Yes

[@edgedz]

What beard?

[@Mytube6138]

He's finally handsome

[@ZephyrEmbyr]

Linus you really missed out on a golden opportunity by not naming your shirts Linus Tech Tops

[@jakej8891]

Ohmygosh; you’re a genius

[@RobinDobbie]

And then Tech Tips could be reserved for a line of condoms.

[@FusionC6]

@@RobinDobbie sizes would be named after staff lul

[@ChrisDobson]

He should sell breath mints as Linus Tic Tacs

[@tedubadu2536]

@@FusionC6 "why do they only sell 'micro....?' "

[@gregorymaine9615]

I think perhaps the solution you're looking for is actually an in-line isolation transformer on your audio line out. I have a noise problem with some of my audio hardware when my laptop is plugged in, this was the ultimate solution to that problem. Basically, it filters out DC noise allowing only AC through (audio signals are very lower power AC waves). It is important to note that not all 1:1 audio isolation transformers are created equal, with the better sounding ones with the least loss of quality costing a bit of money.

[@formestaken]

Me: How many sponsors can you fit in one video? Linus: Yes

[@olivernoden-mayor2098]

Linus having a children’s book was the least expected thing I’ve heard today

[@sirankari2522]

okay but i want one for when i have kids

[@dizzypear]

He mentioned this on This Is

[@AKLS]

@@sirankari2522 Ikr I wanna buy one right now for my nephew!!

[@Doramius]

Did anyone else check the date of the video to see if it was an April Fools Day episode?

[@koilamaoh4238]

I don't mind books, I'm all for education and learning.

[@inventorllama0321]

Why is it "The ABCs of Gaming" and not "The RGBs of Gaming"?

[@matthew02006]

thats the special rgb lit version of the book

[@gk2011]

@@matthew02006 Sequels man

[@Usaji_]

Damm lost opportunity

[@JoshCartman]

@@gk2011 yup ya beat me to it. LOL

[@alejandrorojas0]

That's what iam talking about

[@GoodnotGreat88]

I love how LTT can get me to watch a review for product I've never heard of, and would never consider buying, and still make it entertaining and educational

[@emuguru]

“There was a time, when onboard audio was so bad....” sigh, thanks Linus, way to make me feel my age.... I still find it difficult to talk myself into using onboard audio thanks to having been here for the pc-speaker, and Sound Blaster 16 days of “audio”

[@gamernatemoore8029]

"I wasnt born yesterday" Continues to reveal a book for people who was.

[@adili9427]

That was literally the wanted delivery

[@GifCoDigital]

I don't think you understand that meme.

[@basicallysubhuman8823]

Were

[@WINH4X]

>people who was I'm rolling.

[@swoops8659]

@@nathanddrews you'll have to wait til some production company puts it Into production, unless they decide to sell them themselves

[@hkscfreak]

better testing method: run the output audio through an amp and then to an oscilloscope/spectrum analyzer. If you don't have one, then record it with a good quality audio interface and open it up in Audacity to see the waveforms

[@peoplearemessedup]

This implies that Linus does scientific testing without mass comment outrage.

[@sjwright2]

No self-respecting audiophile would ever admit that electrical signals are susceptible to measurement or analysis. (Someone needs to point out that the act of recording sound with a microphone is itself the act of measuring sounds waves. And any property of sound that might exist in an audio recording can be analysed.)

[@anomuumit]

Or at least use powered speakers with a motherboard audio out that isn't well isolated from noise. I can hear my HDD and gpu churning away through my speakers just fine. It would be so much easier for the viewer to hear what electrical noise can sound like through speakers.

[@Dudonio84]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@gregoryp203]

Came here to say the same thing . He could have literally quantify how well it works . he should see youtubers great scotts Nd Marco reps video

[@NetRolller3D]

Gotta love that it has both an x16 and an x1 edge connector. As if an x1 wouldn't work in an x16 slot, especially one with _no_ actual PCIe lanes used.

"And I wrote a children's book!" was the most unexpected segway I've seen him do.

[@Welshmanshots]

Those headphones make linus look like he has wine corks in his ears

[@SB-hq3gb]

congrats on getting liked by the god himself

[@fourdoorsmorehoes]

they are actually made from hemp, that's why they are called the 420 edition, i think they actually cost $420 as well

[@bongobrandy6297]

He does have wine corks in his ears. Coincidence? I think naught!

[@CaveyMoth]

Grados are the ultimate reference headphones. (I guess he used them because they are very efficient and will thus have a higher noise floor?)

[@cram2688]

Kiyopon are you dumb

[@brianellis15]

“You can insert your placebo however you like” This man has absolutely no hope for this card

[@BarryTGash]

I replaced my neighbour's professional sound card with this $40 card from China, now I can't hear them at all!

[@anonymousthoughts1330]

and then says "I wanted to find a difference"

[@megamanx466]

@@BarryTGash I feel like that's a joke over many people's heads. Oh well, I guess it's better than Creatively Soundblasting a joke at them! XD

[@chipgoesnyoom5074]

Hey, I knew I recognized those headphones! Recently saw them on a Dankpods video, lol.

[@rjy8960]

"What made Elfidelity think that this was going to work?" - Making money from gullible people. ANY component that can be part of an audio system is ripe for the snake oil merchants - from stupidly expensive audio cables to mains leads and my pet hate - audiophile Ethernet switches. Yes - audiophile Ethernet switches. Utter bullshit. The solution here is flawed - for a filter to be effective, it has to be put between the PSU and device that you are trying to filter noise going into. This doesn't do that.

[@blanchbacker]

Yeah, I feel like that many caps could actually help with noise if they were spliced into the gpu pci power

[@Jkirk3279]

The only thing this can do is generate a counter wave to the noise. That has to be PRECISELY tuned to do anything. Which is why it’s added to headphones instead of speakers.

[@alliedawareness2202]

"Insert your placebo however you like." - Linus Sebastian 2020

[@dangs4m230]

...the manly way

[@vamwolf]

The rgb way

[@dilet1114]

@RITA , I LOVE SЕХ , WANT SЕХ !!! OPEN MY CANAL !!! Ok the spam bot in this context is actually kinda funny XD

[@alexthompson353]

@@dilet1114 yeah😂

[@alfredromero4228]

RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSxma14d5eUg7c 😋

[@Sparkette]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought this was some kind of "music box card" that had MIDI-controllable bells on it :P

[@Butterbean32]

That’s exactly what I thought as well

[@preacherdhm9765]

Same

[@tertin_studio]

yup

[@nikolausluhrs]

That would be pretty fun to play with actually

[@joshuagallahan7635]

Thank you Linus for doing what you do. Today is my birthday and I've been really sad for a while and feel really lonely. You keep my spirits up when I'm low and I'd really love to meet you 💓like today is my birthday and I worked and spent most of it alone.... your videos made me feel better and is going to do like every night and help me sleep. Thank you

[@KrzysiuNet]

I see your next birthday is soon. So, in advance: everything the best and take care of yourself, Joshua! Also, if I may propose - look for social events near you or if you can't find any, do one yourself. Like cleaning up park or something :) You'll meet a new people, maybe you'd find some sense in social work.

[@ruediix]

He's making me feel old by saying his first sound card was one that didn't come out until I was in college.

[@DAngeloIzquierdo]

i’m 20 and i’ve never owned a internal sound card , nowadays they’re mostly all usb

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

How old are you? If you're over 45 then your getting pretty old. I'm darn near 30 and I already consider myself old

[@Nezuji]

"The youngsters out there might not remember this, but there was a time when on-board audio was so bad that a sound card was an integral part of any decent rig." TIL that the internal beeper apparently counts as "on-board audio".

[@imamalox]

now make the ABCs for PC enthousiasts "D is for DRAM cache"

[@juandiego2347]

A is for AMD

[@tedubadu2536]

L is for lttstore .com!

[@birdieman5640]

@@tedubadu2536 btw, llt store bottle at lttstore.com

[@SimonOpsi]

D could be "Don't drop it!"

[@cbaha4985]

C is for Crippling Debt

[@GameCriticNoob]

"D" Is for "drop the expensive component."

[@colemin2]

Let's see if a 3090 will smash my floor apart.

[@afariam78]

Lets see if that sex bot comes over here

[@alfredromero4228]

RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSxma14d5eUg7c 😋

[@TheEDFLegacy]

That was the most wholesome segue I've ever seen Linus do. :D

[@kaichuuuuuu]

2:02 I was so impressed thinking Linus was making the noises with his mouth but realized they were samples

[@sebastian52173]

Having a 450$ Motherboard from Asus which already has one of the best audio shieldings out there might not get the point. I have that board too, and it has one of the best voltage controllers from Asus. This board corrects all the noise all by itself easily. Maybe get a 50$ or 150$ Mother Board without great audio shielding and see if it helps there :)

[@SamsungS-or1qf]

Agreed, stupid test, start with cheapo motherboard.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

it still shouldn't do anything because its not sitting between your psu and the board. it can't filter anything really

[@Kalvinjj]

Like, if you're buying that thing to clear up your on-board audio, and NOT buying a not-trash sound card... I still don't see the point

[@Kalvinjj]

@@AsbestosMuffins aaaactually, it can. You should always place all the filtering as close to the drawing component as possible. Having extra capacitors that are literally physically (and electrically as well obviously) closer to the sound card, and I'm imagining someone plugging this right over/under a proper PCI/PCIe sound card, can indeed filter a lot more noise than if it wasn't there. It is true tho, that it's still too far from the components anyway, that should already have proper filtering anyway. It's rather pointless even if theoretically working.

[@istvandeak8232]

the answer is: "when you need to spit out videos every 5 hrs..."

[@ythro5829]

"R is for RTX" Your eyes isn't the problem.

[@disposable_hero1725]

N is for N00B. V is for Verge

[@wagfim]

Yes

[@bigdaz7272]

R is for Ryzen. RTX not deserving of the R. Yet!

[@sidewalk__]

why is there a thot bot spamming animal emojis in a tech channel

[@Jayce762]

Radeon

[@ClaraCl2005]

I am a drone pilot and I have built my own drones and tried diffrent things and can say with complete confidence that capacitors do make a huge difference. It all just depends where you put them. On my drones there is usually one big capacitor filtering directly from the battery and a few smaller capacitors filtering out the reverse signal coming from the motors. And on a computer I would say the best place to put any kind of filtering would be on the pins coming directly out of the power supply.

[@PexiTheBuilder]

Oh wow, few months not watching LTT, and Linus have finally reached puberty, good job! :D

[@buttersstotch2014]

1:34 FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER! ⚡️ 👊 🦸‍♂️ 👊 ⚡️ Where are my electoBOOMERS?

[@fss1704]

they're always there, damn you can't say FBR on youtube without a dozen popping up.

[@profess10nal0]

me are electroboom fan :)

[@jc.1191]

Butters!

[@rearmisser]

yessir

[@MsIndycar]

Fuuuuuuuuull bridge rectifiaaa

[@eljoz_coffek5789]

Me: Oh, here comes the sponsor... Linus: We made a gamer's baby book Me: Whaaaaaat thaaaaaaaa fuuuuuu...

[@inflammatorycommentswithno2407]

uhh ok?

[@stika1055]

ok

[@moranjackson7662]

I had a motherboard that made a huge noise on the audio output. So I aquired a 10€ USB Soundcard (TerraTec Chipset, I think) and the difference was like night and day. Since they don'T last longer than 3 Months (Solderings break) I got me an external Soundblaster "Card". So happy with it!

[@mattr8750]

It was only this year that I learnt that one of the points of optical audio (toslink), was that it doesn't create an electrical connection. So you can truly isolate your components.

[@jonah3487]

Linus: "That's where this, at least in theory, comes in" At least in theory it worked before he dropped it

[@kiyoshim9593]

I think that the card works if you have a bad quality PSU and/or non grounded lines.

[@matrixfull]

Just buy USB headphones and problem is solved. That's what I did for my old PC that had this issue. It has "driver" outside the PC, on the cable thingy.

[@willelliott2671]

@@WyvernDotRed unfortunately it never would. The problem is that you can't just insert a noise filter anywhere in the circuit and expect it to affect all elements. This is the equivalent to putting a water filter on your sink's drain and expecting cleaner water from the faucet.

[@megamanx466]

@@WyvernDotRed A lot of "ifs" in that statement. IF the capacitors are bad (cheap chinese quality and not good chinese quality), then you have a tech-looking thing in your PC... IF you put it in and leave it there. Most modern motherboards are made to fix many power alternating problems. A good external battery back-up prevents your PC from coming to a complete stop while running and a great one could likely fix your audio problems due to your building's current. A DEPENDABLE PSU in your PC is the foundation on which your PC sits and can not be understated, but many DIY PCs probably do. :)

[@ibfx7267]

matrixfull are there really USB headphones so good you could tell the difference in a modern build? Ignoring that the inline dac may be bad

[@Lenin95]

Linus pro tip: punch, slap, chop or tug on your components regularly for extended lifetime 1:51, 3:36, 4:59, 8:50, 9:34

[@Sammie1053]

Seriously. The way he _smacked_ that graphics card had me clutching my chest

[@aditjindal]

not saying "linus tech tip" was a missed opportunity

[@roeland8632]

top up This isn’t even related!

[@kumbaya69421]

Yeeeet

[@ehTRUONG]

Good thing he was court ordered to stop using his back hand

[@Pascal_Robert--Rc_Creations]

This card would now actually be usefull when the 3090 cards "kick in"

[@lunatick3628]

i will be ordering the book very soon. have an 8 month old daughter and son due in may so books for them are something we need. love you brother keep up the great work.

[@biglineman34]

"What made Ellfidelity think this was going to work?" They didn't drop their products before testing?

[@ezg8448]

What made them think it would work? Simple, the $30 profit per card tells them so!

[@blunderingfool]

They’re a Chinese company, scamming is the name of the game over there. You want the late-stage capitalism that idiots bleat on about in the west? Look to China.

[@morpheus636]

The writer tested it first.

[@IanHsieh]

@@blunderingfool Well... really, this is not about scamming or not... it's more about Linus and Gravity...

[@taibasarovadil]

@@ezg8448 40*

[@deveta7079]

3:14 Ladies and gentlemens, he did it again.

[@tacticalkyuubi8147]

It's what makes a LTT video certified memeage

[@Thomashj07]

R.I.P

[@UNINVITED66]

I remember my first 2.1 system and i take a new soundblaster sound card.. The bass and sound was next level . This was happening in 2002 !

[@chrispowder2713]

My first Soundcard was a Terratec Maestro 32/96 (Pentium 1 120MHz Win3.11) and my second, baught in 2004/2005, the Audigy 2, very good cards!

[@jbjefe]

"You can insert your placebo however you like." This killed me :D

[@DmanLucky_98]

That's what she said...

[@estiaanj8425]

"Speaking of which" --- I was so ready to skip the add "I wrote a children's book" --- "Okay, this one time I'm listening"

[@masonhand4382]

I didn’t skip your book sponser, that’s really cool :)

[@yasdevgroup]

Linus, connect cables from headphones to another PC's mic cables, and try recording in Adobe Audition and finding noise differences on the graph.

[@elliotrowley2311]

I was thinking the same....and pump it through the Amp stack into some large speakers to see if we could hear a difference.

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

I wouldn't use another PC but a laptop on battery power with USB soundcard that has stereo input, as most of the noise would be additional noise coming from connecting it to two different power sockets and having all sorts of ground loop issues. Either this or it's just me having shitty power grid at home and therefore bad experiences with it.

[@akiros6889]

Instead of spending 40 dollars on a sound reducing card, I bought an LTT water bottle and doused my entire system with water and eliminated all of the noise.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

LTTstoredotcom

[@thestrangler2688]

"You can insert your placebo anyplace you want" I'm deaddddd

[@anvitsinha1356]

This is the best comment. I looked for 20 minutes to find this comment 😂

[@yankesik5949]

Basically, this card is like a pill and suppository two-in-one.

[@Ilicet]

Furman makes excellent power conditioners. I don't really worry about electrical noise, but it's an easy way to protect your gear

[@TrevByTheTon300]

I've now begun making LTT memes and "its horrible" has made the cut.

[@sirmrmcjack2167]

2:01 I actually thought Linus did these sounds. That makes him 7 times more intimidating

[@liftbread]

I only now have recovered from a laughing fit due to those sounds coming out of his mouth

[@andrewhendrix2297]

@RITA 25 y.o , I WANT SЕХ !!! OPEN MY CANAL !!! Hush now, Linus is talking...

[@JoeyvanHummel]

I wanna hear the unedited footage 😂

[@MC-fv1hg]

went looking for this!

[@sirmrmcjack2167]

why are food emojis being texted?

[@Blade332]

"D is for Dungeon" You see, that's where lil timmy will be sent if he doesn't listen :)

[@r3strt]

Hol' up

[@Azylethe]

"D is for Daddy" - Picture of Linus

[@mizta6819]

The pcmasterrace dungeon

[@davidprock904]

D is for dongle! 🤣

[@Conundrum191]

No...This is Linus remember. D is for Dropping

[@RA-jr9jw]

You should have called this video. "Nothing happened! Come in to see why"

[@bobingabout]

I used to hear the CD drive activity coming out of the speakers on my first PC

[@heffaynekoguy687]

Oh wow that's super strange also I ur fursona is cute

[@NotATube]

I'd almost forgotten until you mentioned that(!), but one of my old PCs made a faint buzzing noise through the headphones whenever you moved the mouse.

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

@@NotATube I hear that from my PC as well. The noise is still there, even with different mice. I can also hear when the computer is under load cuz the noise changes

[@GrackAlaciN]

I just realized how young Linus actually is, when he mentioned his first sound card.

[@nathangoddard8115]

Yeah sometimes his references really date me.

[@DoctorX17]

I remember a sound card being needed _to have any sort of sound_

[@mwwoggy]

yup, PC speaker beeps, then adlib, then sound blaster, followed by sb pro, then sb16, then the AWE32, then the Audigy - damn, those were the days!

[@douglas8568]

yeah, like saving money to buy a multimedia kit for the computer with cd drive, sound card and speakers. good old times

[@DoctorX17]

@@douglas8568 then there was before hard drives XD

[@charles3840]

"Speaking of born yesterday..." Man, I don't know what I expected from that segue, but certainly not that.

[@FennecTECH]

I could DEFINITLY see this improving overclocking as well as underclocking

[@Marquploads]

THANK YOU! You're the first one that brought acknowledgement and a good solution for my problem with my tiny 3W (RMS) Loudspeakers that i have solely for the purpose of cheap bass woofers (via software equalizing i can achieve them to play only below certain frequency). Basically i'm on a very cheap laptop, it's not a problem with headphones but it is a big deal when using those kind of cheap loudspeakers, the electrical noise is so disgusting - The Hard Drive writing and reading while i'm copying a file from my main drive, my cellphone when i'm copying a file from or to it even my MOUSE MAKES THOSE SOUNDS and it's pretty annoying. Thanks to you i finally figured out why that happens and i can finally search better ways to fix it without building another system (which, ironically i can't afford although i have invested quite a lot on sound).

[@black_platypus]

Linus "I can't find a problem. Now let's see if this card solves it!" ^^

[@iota-09]

Card that he just dropped, heavily. I mean to be honest, if there's no problem to fix its existence is not needed regardless, but it's not like there was any other possible result given that information.

[@user-wv5je2er4b]

YES

[@Sebastian198910]

Depends on what the card should solve. There was also a chance that this card inserted causes issues which would fix the „Can’t find a problem“ part. :)

[@InfernosReaper]

@@Sebastian198910 If I'm not mistaken, it's a series solution trying to be operated in parallel, so it's never gonna work even if there was a problem.

[@ootdega]

"We built a worst case scenario!" No...no you didn't, Linus. Come back when you have a PC where you can hear the mouse move through the headset. It's maddening. This video is dumb.

[@Shadow-ig3hf]

Linus: "What made Elfidelity think that this was going to work?" Elfidelity: 'How many do you think we can sell before they figure out it doesn't"

[@99Duds]

Right! There are plenty of fools waiting to be parted with there money.

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

Kinda the audio version of those fake wish graphics cards.

[@SteffenHansen1973]

@@99Duds Those same people are buying $10.000 Vodka DIRECTIONAL ethernet cables *head explodes*

[@99Duds]

@@SteffenHansen1973 Again, fools being parted with there money.

[@mwwoggy]

your company bought 1, didn't it?

[@DJHYTEQ]

You will mostly find the audio wine or buzz when using active speakers (POWERED) I suffer from this issue with my onboard sound card driving my studio monitors, but not my gaming headphones. I purchased an internal soundcard with TRS out going to an external active Motu soundcard for my monitors and just run my gaming headset off the onboard sound card. This has fixed my issue. We hear in Australia don't have as much issue with brown power as you may, as all of our power outlets GPO's are Earthed! I have noticed that the sound can come from USB devices too, as you could hear the noise change when moving the mouse.

[@lk0stov]

DJ here! This card does make some sense...and also doesn't If you want good audio u always go the usb audio interface route. Yes usb can cause problems, but they are purely DIGITAL, meaning it's usually sound stopping or some weird artifacts happen. The most common fix is to get a usb cable with a ferrite filter. I believe this card is aimed at some very specific use case, but I can't quite make up what it would be.

[@XOIIOXOIIO]

Lol, what? That book idea come out of nowhere. "R is for REKT" "P is for PLEB" etc. Sounds good actually.

[@OurNation]

"N is for NOOB"

[@soeasyastonercoulddoit]

G is for GG

[@PieterZijerveld]

The L for 1337

[@dusk5485]

Jesse r is for RTX

[@kryten1826]

3:12 ......The King does not disappoint

[@mick2d2]

8)

[@jimbo386]

LDT

[@BaciuRobertEmilian]

linus drop tips at it's finest :)

[@indianboy0453]

I can sleep now knowing that a part 7 is possible...

[@Roaether]

That is a good point you bring up at 9:36: Most built in sound cards have this that is enough for basic speakers, and if you are like me where you have a more advanced sound system hooked up (I run a vintage pioneer SA-8100 and use a Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum), you're going to have a dedicated sound card with built in power conditioners. Point is, if you have a sound system that is powerful and clean enough to pick up "dirty" power, then you likely are using a dedicated audio card with these features built in.

[@matthewmaxwell-burton4549]

Here's how they isolate signals from the mains in a lab setting, use two pm motors linked together with a massive flywheel. Thus no electrical noise from the grid.

[@NealMiskinMusic]

As a professional audio engineer, I can say for sure that the external audio interface is the way to go. Make sure to get one that has its own power adapter and doesn't rely on bus power via USB, as that will often carry the same noise from the motherboard to the interface. Other common causes of noise include: having devices plugged into different circuits from each other, having A/C power cables running near your audio signal cables, having strong RF signals near your audio cables, having electrically noisy devices on the same circuit as your audio setup (e.g. fan, heater, florescent light, vacuum cleaner, etc.).

[@arthurmoore9488]

> having strong RF signals near your audio cables Which is why front audio can be stupidly noisy on some cases. Unshielded cables that sometimes have to run right by (electrically) noisy components.

[@leafsoup]

Balanced cables also help. I had a ton of noise from my Scarlett and I didn't realize I wasn't using balanced cables. When I switched it was barely a tiny hiss with my speakers at FULL volume.

[@LRM12o8]

Lol, yeah I was totally confused as a kid, when I bought a small USB-powered external soundcard for my PC and was hearing the GPU's massive coil whine in my headphones through the USB soundcard. ^^ I also did the "having devices plugged in to different circuits from one another's" thing (apparently, though they were in the same room) and got a really loud hum on my stereo which I used as PC speakers through it's line in. A groundloop filter worked fine and eliminated the hum entirely. Later I added another input through a splitter cable and connected an older 2.1 PC speaker system, that I got as a gift to the headphone output of the stereo in order to replace its shitty speakers. That setup had me using three groundloop filters to make it work, but it was practical and did sound really good XD

[@NealMiskinMusic]

@@leafsoup Yeah balanced cables help a LOT. Onboard PC audio is never balanced, I don't know why, probably to keep manufacturing costs as low as possible.

[@vergyltantor3211]

Don't you need a balanced signal to gain any benefit from balanced cables? And is a balanced signal normally available on a PC let alone an inverter (op-amp or equivalent) on the receiving end to flip the polarity on one of the signal wires and balance the load on the two signal wires?

[@jasoonpittard9900]

Linus: Do you hear that crackling? Me cooking eggs while watching this video: Uh huh

[@ithaca2076]

Underrated comment 😂

[@PremiumWithout]

Are you watching on your fridge?

[@loadnabox1943]

Your heat is too high if they're crackling

[@ithaca2076]

@@loadnabox1943 my butt is crackling

[@bravicimo]

that self sponsor was the last thing i expected today

[@jimrhea5484]

One sure fire way to get background noise from your soundcard is to make sure the gain in the mic input is set to high (in the Windows Sound Mixer). If still don't hear it, but you have the option to playback 'whatever you hear', turn that on. That makes sure the high gain noise from the mic input gets heard at all times.

[@Samcraft108]

I cannot believe the merch has spread to the children's book industry

[@IndianTelephone]

Linus wants to make sure that our kids become a nerd gamer like us all!

[@ilikecarrots7209]

@@RTXTI-bj5es what

[@winnieid2727]

How desperate this rtx guys to get a view.

[@mikethewordsmith4263]

"It fell pretty flat, it's probably fine." Linus, shortly after the birth of his children.

[@turboprint3d]

I made a power filter aka a bunch of caps hooked up to the 12v and 5v rails , as a big buffer . More to smooth out the power when things start drawing power quickly .

[@afelias]

Yes, in theory you could make a power-supply-cleaning PCIe card, that could straighten out at least the voltage line sit has access to, by presenting a new parallel load to the line that re-aligns impedance seen by the supply. Though, with how power is drawn from this voltage line, it would probably need some sort of active feedback as well. Maybe not this card, but maybe someone else out there has something for PCIe that works much better.

[@hi_its_jerry]

we've gotten so used to seeing Linus with a beard now

[@mrmcfezz2727]

i prefer bearded linus lol

[@mrsai4740]

Quarantine beard

[@dr_ghost_007_6]

I looked a old video and i thought he looks childish without a beard

[@JennyJewels]

Who is this we you speak of?

[@Jorkofvich]

Looks Boss as frig now.

[@hackysmack]

9:45 I feel so old that I remember when PCs didn't come with any onboard audio aside from a beeping speaker. Wing Commander with beeping speaker vs SoundBlaster was an even bigger change than this youngster is talking about.

[@MrBonesawzall]

My tiny mind exploded when I heard real audio through a pc speaker for the first time with Star Control 2.

[@MC_Papphead]

May I just humbly count myself to the ppl that remember such stuff aswell, despite being only 26 years old? I grew up with Windows 3.11 and a built-in pc speaker that made the sounds. And the turbo button!!! From 22 to 28 MHz! :D

[@ChristopherHailey]

I remember putting in a sound card and a CD player to make my machine "multimedia". The CD player was 2X which was awesome then.

[@FusionC6]

@@MC_Papphead Funny thing, turning 'on' the turbo button actually slowed down your PC and turning it 'off' had it run at its normal speed. Sometimes it was the opposite.

[@deusexaethera]

Well *_I_* remember when my family didn't even _have_ a PC. Wing Commander with a beeping speaker vs. an empty desk was an even bigger change than _you're_ talking about.

[@emberZemian]

Okay, I know this channel is RIDDLED with adverts, but that book is adorable.

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

"The youngsters might not remember a day when onboard audio was horrible" I remember a day when computers didn't come with audio out of the box and not a single machine had onboard audio. :P

[@thoughtlesskills]

I feel the old system speaker( the one that beeped on startup) counted as onboarding audio.

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

@@thoughtlesskills It's called a Piezo Beeper and yeah I do suppose early IBM and Tandy machines used those but they didn't have dedicated audio cards and it's not quite the same as a Sound Blaster. lol They were primarily there for diagnostic reasons.

[@camemino8231]

I can't wait for the review of the 3070, 3080 ...

[@AKiwi]

Floor Gang bruh i literally just watched that

[@tharungiridhar4788]

Good of you to assume there will be a 3070

[@titang9878]

Can't wait for news about a 3060 or even a 3050ti xd

[@camemino8231]

@@RTXTI-bj5es im waiting for the Linus tech tips one :)

[@GyliuDot]

@@tharungiridhar4788 tf does that mean? They did announce it

[@lasersimonjohnson]

"Coil whine" isnt electrical noise. ! Its audible noise created by loose windings in coils much like how a speaker works.

[@St0RM33]

Glue them down with epoxy..unless they are loose internally meaning you'll have to replace them

[@DDMultitracks]

I was gonna like this comment. But it’s at 69 likes and I don’t want to be “that guy”

[@leo1fun]

"Coil whine" can be generated from vibrations caused by unwanted harmonics coming in the power line to the rotating motor, that cause it to "shake" in certain directions. In very high frequencies, it generated a bit of a whine, as well.

[@120poundsound2]

My psu does it even when it's off. Super annoying. Hopefully my better psu coming will solve it 🤞

[@override7486]

@@120poundsound2 Well, it means it's not off, right?

[@sroberds640]

I run a DJ rig and learned by accident that the best power conditioner is a Battery Backup unit. All other power conditioners are crap and do nothing. I bought what were supposed to be rack mounted power conditioners, well they were rack mounted and had power outlets but did nothing as far a conditioning. So the accident I am referring to happened like this. I was setting up a Studio card and I was plugged into a circuit that also had a refrigerator plugged into as well, every time the fridge compressor started it made a popping sound through the computer which wasn't an issue, I was just testing hardware. One day I got a used Battery Backup and just wanted to see if it worked, I was over joyed that it held a charge and functioned properly. While I had it plugged in I heard the fridge fire up but then immediately noticed zero popping sound coming through the computer, 100% gone and I cranked up the volume to 100% just to be sure and nothing. I ran the system for a week straight and played around with it and never heard the pop again. I now run the DJ Rig at all times with a backup Power Supply plus it keeps spikes from hitting it as well and no abrupt shut downs when we trip a breaker. If you use any kind of coax or RCA cables and want to get rid of fan whine through the speakers you need to use 100% foil wrapped cables, braided cables are only shielded by about 40% to 70% and use as much balanced cabling as possible.

[@BrownianMotionPicture]

Should have tried recording, that's where the noise floor can be a problem, not to mention being able to view and compare waveforms.

[@hydroidtech892]

"L is for LTT store .com" Genius advertising Linus

[@helstromh]

A - is for AMD B - is for Bright RGBs C - is for CPU ... I - is for Intel ... N - is for Nvidia

[@dilet1114]

A-Z are for RGB. Improves FPS by 100 and gaming skill by 9000.

[@daniyalvemuri]

Considering it looks like a xylophone, I'm going to go with y e s

[@sneakyear171]

@@RTXTI-bj5es u good?

[@bavarianbanshee]

You're probably thinking of a glockenspiel, but the point stands.

[@mchenrynick]

@7:16 "..so you can insert your placebo however you like..." He's already admitting that it's not going to do anything LOL!

[@leschaelli9485]

Electromotor propeller (rotation)cooling radiator- cooler to CPU when the next TV programms will be show for your topic or discussing

[@FlameSoulis]

I just use a USB ground loop isolator. That solves most of my issues since my soundcards are USB based.

[@hulkwarrior]

same, paid maybe 15 bucks for it years ago

[@MC-fv1hg]

this is news

[@SirGingerOfKnight]

aaaaaaand there's where i'm going wrong

[@davidjohansson1416]

Just using usb should solve it, since usb is digital. Optical would also solve it.

[@PredatoryQQmber]

@@davidjohansson1416 And AC ripple in USB's power line isn't.

[@sherlockmaverick]

7:31 Appreciate the editors for the stereo test tone. Was having headphones on, pleasant surprise!

[@Nick_1911]

... and its only the first part of the tone , you cant hear the rest cuz it on the other side of the Linuses head :D

[@akshdesai04]

Taran is one of the best editors I know...... #macroKing 😂

[@MrDegsy69]

Fit a pci slot plate optical toslink socket to the digital out pins then connect to the optical in on an external dac. As you are streaming pure pcm binary data through a non electrical connection there will be inductance or capacitance distortion through ground loops of radio frequency switching effects from components inside the case.

[@Henry-tw4mt]

In my htpc with 1070 Gigabyte this miraculous filter card increased the coil wine, sold immediately!