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Razer Tiamat 7.1 vs. Logitech G35

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radionerd:
This post was about headphones, not mice. It doesn't matter how beautifully constructed any piece of hardware is, or how many buttons are on it, or if it is made of plastic or metal. It comes down to the simple fact of "does it perform it's task?".

In the case of the headphones, it appears that no matter how small your drivers are or how they are positioned inside the cup, they cannot account for all variations of the HRTF. Every person perceives sound differently. The fact that Dolby and Logitech can create something that gives the listener the illusion of being in a larger space is remarkable. But not everyone will hear this. Somebody will probably come along and state "I just hear it coming out of the left ear cup" and it won't matter if they are using virtual sound field headphones, or multi-driver headphones. Having smaller drivers means your sound quality coming out of them is sub-par unless they are assisted by a larger driver. In some cases, it is better to simply have one large driver doing all of the work. This is true even for traditional multi-speaker sound systems.

As far as the mouse goes, or for that matter, any gaming peripheral, nobody can pick it up and just master it. It does take some getting used to. I use a Belkin n52TE in my left hand that has damn near everything programmed onto it. The keys themselves are bound to ALT-1 to ALT-5 and 1 to 0. I then bind the in game actions accordingly. I set them up in a natural way that is comfortable for my left hand and while playing any MMO, FPS, or RPG, my fingers are dancing across the keys in a natural way and I don't have to painfully stretch to reach something. I even programmed the second profile to use Aegisub. I'll bet tuning it for a strategy game wouldn't be much more. But here is the thing that I love about the n52TE; it fucking works and has never failed me. The Lachesis is an awesome mouse...when it works. It continues to switch profiles on its own without telling me. The n52TE has a visual hardware LED that lets you know which profile it is on. The Lachesis is supposed to have a queue on the monitor to tell you which profile it is set to, but it only flashes on the screen for a split second.
I have grown quite used to the shape and feel of the Lachesis and I simply wish that this shit was fixed on it. Otherwise I'll have to find another unihand mouse with two buttons on each side.

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