Used a cheap tarp once and it shredded after one trip to White Mountain

I always thought a tarp is a tarp, but after my $8 blue tarp ripped apart in a moderate breeze near North Conway, I switched to a 10x10 Kelty. The fabric is way thicker and the grommets haven't torn out yet. Has anyone else found that paying $30 or more for a tarp is actually worth it?

4 comments

4 Comments

shanes665d ago

Spend the money, really does make a difference.

noahwood5d ago

$200 headphones versus $50 ones. The difference in sound quality is night and day. Cheap gear makes me listen to the flaws instead of the music.

troyc175d ago

Dollar for dollar the real game changer is how well headphones pair with your specific music library, not the price tag. My old Grado SR80s from 2006 run circles around modern $300 studio monitors for punk and lo-fi recordings because their bright treble actually brings out cymbal crashes and vocal grit those cheap sets smear. But put on some modern pop production and they fall apart completely, way too harsh on the highs while my buddy's $50 Audio-Technicas handle it smooth as butter with their rolled-off top end. The idea that any single headphone beats everything under $100 is a myth, you gotta match the gear to the genre and even the specific mastering style of your favorite albums. Have you ever A/B tested two budget pairs against your specific playlist rather than just comparing them to the expensive stuff?

dylan_ward5d ago

Actually I've found some of the best audio comes from mixing cheap gear with a simple equalizer app. I run $30 Koss ear buds through a free parametric EQ on my phone and can dial in way more detail than my friend's $200 Sennheisers. @noahwood might be missing the fact that most of what you hear is just frequency response, not actual detail retrieval. Have you tried EQ tweaks on those budget sets?