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On the way to Wichita. The roomates trucks AC is busted so rocking out with the windows down.

Another step closer to getting my table saw.

Its weird to be addressed as Mr. Benteman...

I want a Detroit Diesel 4-72 or 6-72 in a '50s Chevy truck.

Get to pull and replace the steering column in the roommates truck this weekend.shouldn't be to hard.

I think this is the first crackberry posting for me actually.

Posting from the bar in the old Chicago here in town. Sam Adams summer ale currently

Looking for an electric fan setup Tom?

Mmm, donuts and coffee.

watch your ass at Arizona watering holes... Yeah I read that too. That sounds brilliant. I don't see a problem with this. Its still illegal to be intoxicated and carry, it doesn't mean someone is going to strap up and then go try to pick a fight in a bar. But now someone who carries can do so going to lunch in a place that serves alcohol and not have to leave the gun in the car/whatever or carry anyway. Is it still illegal to carry in places where liquor sales make up more than 50? percent profit though? Some states it is flat out illegal to carry anywhere that has a license to sell alcohol, doesn't matter the time of day. I didn't know about it being illegal to be intoxicated and carry. makes sense, I've just not been exposed to it. And you have to realize that not everybody is as good and disciplined with their concealed carry as you. Definitely not all gun owners are, but the good majority, if not almost all of people who legally carry are. I don't know the numbers off the top of my head but the number of people who have their permit pulled for abusing it is in the fractions of a percent. There is also zero credible research linking law abiding citizens carrying and more crime. Well maybe my problem is that all of the violent crimes I've been exposed to or hear about happen at bars. The only two shootings and two stabbings that I've ever heard about in Lawrence happened outside of clubs. I realize that those weapons could have very well been inside cars and pulled out, not conceal carry (In fact I know one was because it was a drive-by shooting in front of a club). But that's just the only information I've been exposed to, so to me violence and bars go hand-in-hand. The media fails at mentioning the lawful citizens and seems to forget them. I also do not know of any concealed carry permit holders who will carry into bars in the evenings when drinking and the drunks are out, its just stupid. The argument isn't really about bars in the evening, that is such a small part of places that serve alcohol, think of all the places other than fast food that you eat at that serve alcohol. People seem to make a big deal out of being able to carry into bars in evenings and some people seem to think that the streets will flow red with blood. It just doesn't happen though, people who lawfully carry aren't out for that and don't desire to kill someone, don't want to, but people who carry have realized that it might be necessary to stay alive.

What does this all mean? Its from the Zaph site for the ZA-SR71 kit I gather that is a 4th order slope, but the two curves share no likeness (or symmetry) to each other; might look 'funny' just graphing the curves of the crossover but works with the driver choice. Then again, maybe I have no f'ing clue what I'm doing.

The local stealership wants 214$ for a set of plug wires for my car, no friggin thank you. I'll go with a AC Delco set for 75$

Once again, I fail at reading comprehension. Didn't see that it was under your nail. That nail is probably going to fall off.

So?

the dcx looks like one sweet unit. way more than I think I could ever hope to need/use for just sub management. If I understand it correctly though it would be an amazing tool to use as an in home active cross over, am I correct? That would be fun to use as a project for a really impressive 2 chan in the living room. When I move into the next house I hope it will have a true dedicated HT room. I would love to build a completely active enveloping experience, and maybe even go as far to build each speaker myself. Hidden huge speakers with an 18+ for bass on each chan, with extremely clear mid and highs. :floats off into deam theater land: I would probably end up listening to most 2 chan music with that set up however anyway. <-- would rather run passive at home, but can surely see the benefit of using the 2496 for "trial" crossovers You beat me to it, I take to long to post I guess.

It'll hurt WAY less Agreed.

the dcx looks like one sweet unit. way more than I think I could ever hope to need/use for just sub management. If I understand it correctly though it would be an amazing tool to use as an in home active cross over, am I correct? That would be fun to use as a project for a really impressive 2 chan in the living room. When I move into the next house I hope it will have a true dedicated HT room. I would love to build a completely active enveloping experience, and maybe even go as far to build each speaker myself. Hidden huge speakers with an 18+ for bass on each chan, with extremely clear mid and highs. :floats off into deam theater land: I would probably end up listening to most 2 chan music with that set up however anyway. Now keep in mind I've never claimed to know what I was doing... Advantages of using a DCX unit -Can easily change slopes, crossover points, eq, etc, etc -Ease of prototyping -Save multiple presets and change between them easily -Can hook up to a computer to change settings -Works well -Run 3-way active Disadvantages of a DCX unit -Need 3 amps for 3-way, more money, cables, mess, power, etc -You end up having a lot of money invested in equipment for something that once you figure out you won't change -Not exactly set up the best from the factory, can mod, huge thread on diyaudio.com about it -No true 'volume' on it, can change though with modding -If you want to move speakers out of the room, you have no crossover since you were running active I think a DCX is best used to get the crossover figured out, then build a passive to match and be done with it. With low signal levels it does do funny things with crossover slopes and what not too so you want to keep the levels up higher. It is a nice and fun toy to have, but by no means is it a necessity. My way to get around not having it in the house? Full range and a receiver.

Hugely off axis? Oops, Didn't see off axis.

Why the hell can't anyone make what I want? Is it to wrong to want shit that works?

I need to find a case that I like for this damn phone.

Going to making another entertainment center for one of the guys I work with. Should look pretty damn good by the time its finished.

Knocked a key off of my crackberry today, putting it in the damn factory slide in holsters of all things.

I like their DCX 2496 unit, their Tube preamp and CX2310? crossover unit kinda suck though. They work (most of the time), but thats about it. Definitely not something I would consider unless you are on a uber budget or just need something occasionally.

Borrow mine . B&K though not that cheap stuff. Really, what do you want to measure? I will measure later I have a feeling in room it's going to be a nightmare. That unit(the MIC2200) is just to have a HPF and some EQ capability, it's not an actual MIC ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 2-Channel Tube Microphone Preamplifier/Line Driver/DI Box Features Discrete mic/line input stages with soft mute +48 V phantom power Ultra-wide bandwidth from 2 Hz to 200 kHz for open sound Two fully parametric EQ’s with adjustable center frequency, bandwidth and level Built-in high-quality vacuum tube for outstanding, ultra-musical tube sound Fully tunable and switchable 12 dB high-pass filter Phase reverse switch per channel Level conversion (-10 dBV to +4 dBu) and DI box functionality The MIC2200 is the ideal extension to your console, MIDI setup or hard disk recording system. Its integrated parametric EQ’s give you extra sound-shaping power, while its built-in tube adds warmth and transparency to your signal. In addition, the ULTRAGAIN PRO features direct injection and level conversion functionality. If you just need a mic amp, I'd go a different route. If its anything like my cheaper Behringer crossover and the preamp I have from them I wouldn't buy again. They 'work' but little quirks that randomly appear piss me off. If you just want a crossover and some EQ I'd probably look elsewhere, although I really can't point you in a direction right now.

Borrow mine . B&K though not that cheap stuff. Really, what do you want to measure? I will measure later I have a feeling in room it's going to be a nightmare. That unit(the MIC2200) is just to have a HPF and some EQ capability, it's not an actual MIC ULTRAGAIN PRO MIC2200 2-Channel Tube Microphone Preamplifier/Line Driver/DI Box Features Discrete mic/line input stages with soft mute +48 V phantom power Ultra-wide bandwidth from 2 Hz to 200 kHz for open sound Two fully parametric EQ’s with adjustable center frequency, bandwidth and level Built-in high-quality vacuum tube for outstanding, ultra-musical tube sound Fully tunable and switchable 12 dB high-pass filter Phase reverse switch per channel Level conversion (-10 dBV to +4 dBu) and DI box functionality The MIC2200 is the ideal extension to your console, MIDI setup or hard disk recording system. Its integrated parametric EQ’s give you extra sound-shaping power, while its built-in tube adds warmth and transparency to your signal. In addition, the ULTRAGAIN PRO features direct injection and level conversion functionality. If you just need a mic amp, I'd go a different route.