LGR Oddware - Cooler Master Musketeer III
Added 2023-04-25 23:04:44 +0000 UTCFresh Oddware! And it’s another unusual 5.25” drive bay thing because these things are seemingly endless. This one in particular has been on my want-to-review list for years and I’m stoked to finally get to it.
The Musketeer 3 is a vacuum tube audio filter thing, intended to add “warmth” to your PC’s sound card output. Or something like that, probably. In the end who cares, it also has a VU meter and just looks neat!
And that’s the last video for April. Taking a few days off to visit family so no episode next week, but I’ll be back with something fun in May! Along with the next Wrap Up video for $5+ patrons soon. Have a good one and thanks for your support!
Comments
I agree, on aesthetic alone, this is a winner! I sometimes think Audiophiles are the smartest yet most gullible tech enthusiasts out there. There are SO many gimmicks in that target audience.
CubicleNate
2023-08-12 10:23:48 +0000 UTCWow, I never knew of a motherboard that shipped with a vacuum tube. That is gnarly.
SuperTekBoy
2023-05-10 04:48:10 +0000 UTCIs there a CoolerMaster case from that time that would match the aesthetic? Maybe a Praetorian or Centurion? Admittedly though, that could open a rabbit hole searching for other matching CoolerMaster drive modules and maybe even drives themselves?
Paul Butterworth
2023-04-28 20:38:22 +0000 UTCI love 5 1/4" Oddware. <3 Awesome episode. I only wished you'd had some nice candles and classic works of literature as set dressing in a dim room. That was Coolermaster's demographic, right?
Cyrus Nemati
2023-04-28 18:56:36 +0000 UTCVery well could be the youtube audio codec and my listening environment (several network switches in my office that have fans running constantly). I watch on PC with the audio going into a Pioneer amp and ho-hum bookshelf speakers that sound good enough for me - so definitely not an audiophile here either :)
Jason Wellband
2023-04-26 19:43:10 +0000 UTCInteresting! Quite opposite for me, the highs sounded less crisp and more dulled, especially with headphones.
LGR
2023-04-26 18:56:54 +0000 UTCIt sounded like the highs were more emphasized, just this side of harsh. Of course, Youtube compression and my speakers are a factor.
Jason Wellband
2023-04-26 18:38:18 +0000 UTCWhen you booted up the PC for the first time, I legit asked "did that thing just fart???"
Jason Wellband
2023-04-26 18:36:33 +0000 UTC12! I'm intrigued :D
Uncleawesome
2023-04-26 17:56:56 +0000 UTCThanks for the kind words on the setup, I'm really happy with it at the moment! And I hope you enjoy the coming drive bay project I have in the works. Imagine twelve 5.25" bays completely full of odd things installed. It's going to be quite the sight.
LGR
2023-04-26 17:07:27 +0000 UTCThe audiophile market and scams, name a more iconic duo
LGR
2023-04-26 16:54:20 +0000 UTCHa! Could certainly function as a horror sound generator in a pinch
LGR
2023-04-26 16:49:55 +0000 UTCAyyyy
LGR
2023-04-26 16:49:21 +0000 UTCIndeed, I quite enjoy a naturally glowing tube. It's hard to even see the glow on my headphone amplifier, it's quite faint.
LGR
2023-04-26 16:48:40 +0000 UTCThe bare minimum has been achieved wonderfully!
LGR
2023-04-26 16:47:48 +0000 UTCIt is eye-catching! I must admit I'm slightly irked by the mismatched brushed metallic finishes, heh. I may prefer it in a black case :)
LGR
2023-04-26 16:46:25 +0000 UTCI miss the ol' towers of power that had like 5+ 5 and a quarter inch drive bays for putting all this fun and ridiculous stuff into.
Honorary Octopus
2023-04-26 15:16:38 +0000 UTCWaiting for someone to mod it into a horror game ti generate demon noises for twitch donations.
Honorary Octopus
2023-04-26 15:10:18 +0000 UTCThanks: I stand corrected. This is only 99% scam garbage ;)
Jason Olshefsky
2023-04-26 11:25:51 +0000 UTCI miss the front bays you could install cool things into. Modern computers looks nice but, it's just fans with lights in front. Anyway, I love your studio setup now and the color grading. Such good quality and so esthetically pleasing. You look great on camera :)
Uncleawesome
2023-04-26 07:08:27 +0000 UTCToday I learned uninformed "audiophiles" being ripped off by PC component manufaturers is a lot older practice than I previously thought :D.
Adam Lynn
2023-04-26 06:23:54 +0000 UTClove the demon sounds.
eveningdreamer
2023-04-26 06:10:06 +0000 UTCWe've been bamboozled!
Garoninja
2023-04-26 05:57:18 +0000 UTCI honestly couldn't tell the difference between the audio on the tube and without it. It is EXTREMELY subtle and I am a professional music producer so... take that for whatever it's worth.
Alyxx the Rat
2023-04-26 04:14:02 +0000 UTCLow voltage tubes don’t get hot enough to glow during operation & this is a dual channel tube that can process a stereo signal. Waaaaay more interesting is that this thing is acting as an antenna for all of the high frequency signals in the machine, and they didn’t add a decoupling load or filter to it to compensate. Or like…shield it……. Huzzahhhh
Skoddie
2023-04-26 04:13:31 +0000 UTCYeah I saw you teased this on Twitter. This is gonna be interesting!
Alyxx the Rat
2023-04-26 03:54:00 +0000 UTCDon't do shit it was advertised to, but makes cool demon noises and looks neat, so technical net gain??? Maybe?
Valora Inverse
2023-04-26 02:52:09 +0000 UTCCame to say that same thing once I heard that. Should be "something" at least going on in there. And it was "Vacuum Tube Ready" so never was a tube powered device.
Matthew Taylor
2023-04-26 02:26:50 +0000 UTCSo the tube doesn't "light up"? No light = no "boiling" electrons = no tube operation: so it's not actually using it at all? And then there's a single tube for stereo: a mono-signal channel for stereo? Seems like absolute 100% scam garbage. I'd love to see the schematic for this. Edit: Skoddie points out that this is a low-voltage dual-channel tube, so it *could* be actually working as intended.
Jason Olshefsky
2023-04-26 02:16:11 +0000 UTCAlso I think Cool masters got confused when reading the 3 musketeers with HP Lovecraft if the startup sound of this thing is anything to go by
Hernando Heilbron
2023-04-26 01:16:00 +0000 UTCThe sarcasm is subtle in this video, almost as if it were run through a tube filter.
Steve Lovelace
2023-04-26 01:06:18 +0000 UTCIt took until now to realize we went a whole month without edutainment! Although to be honest I wouldn't be able to tell you when was the last time that was a thing
Hernando Heilbron
2023-04-26 01:02:49 +0000 UTCOpen high voltage circuitry. That's not sketchy at all. Cool but rather disappointing that you cant see the tube glowing.
Garoninja
2023-04-26 00:45:23 +0000 UTCI personally think it sounded better but so negligibly that it really is just for the looks like you said
james fonda
2023-04-26 00:30:32 +0000 UTCAt least its fun to look at!
MG42
2023-04-26 00:03:02 +0000 UTCI've never seen something do nothing and look so good doing it!
BatteryPoweredBricks
2023-04-25 23:34:57 +0000 UTCregardless of the negligable sound it looks killer in that case!
John Piscopo
2023-04-25 23:28:25 +0000 UTC
