My Elite gave me an E74 on December 5th, I shipped the console out on the 7th. and I didn’t get it back until January 7th… not only were they well past their “2-3 week” estimate it looked like someone played soccer with the case. The grill on the side was cracked in half the face plate had a crack across it and the door over the USB ports was missing.
I called them up and they told me I had to send it back again… though they said since I waited so long they’d send me a box this time… which is DUMB because I had a box perfect for it… the one they had just sent me with the broken console in it! So I had to wait until the 11th to receive the box and shipped it out on the 12th, pretty much wasting a week of my time. And now the console sits in “repair limbo” this is the step that took 3 of the 4 and a half weeks the last time I shipped it to them.
hopefully this time they’ll forget to kick it before they send it back.
Got my new JDM Kouki S14 Headlights in yesterday… shipped straight from a junkyard in Japan… they look oh so much better than my current headlights.
The Engine needs to come back out so the transmission tunnel can be hammered out more and the new transmission cross member can be fitted…
I’m sure most of you have seen this video:
if you haven’t… well watch it now
I’m looking for someone who can make up some stickers for me on the cheap…
I had an idea and I was inspired…
This was the result after spending 15 minutes capturing the perfect still frame and playing around with photoshop for a while:
I would love to have a dozen or two of these as stickers.
I’ve been watching eBay for a while looking for a Large format scanner for a project I’ve been getting ready for and finally picked up this used Mustek A3 USB. It can scan up to 11×17. New these go for $175 shipped on eBay but I managed to grab this one for less than half of that.
I’m fairly pleased so far…
Nubs cut off the transmission.
KA Harness Rubber
New Gas Pedal and TAC Module
Pedal on the left is for a 05+ corvette and connects to the ECM directly, pedal on the right is for a 97-04 corvette and requires a throttle actuator control module (TAC) that connectos to the ECM and electronic throttle. I bought the 05 pedal first before realizing it wouldn’t work with my 99 vette ECM so I had to get a new pedal and a TAC module.
On my old site I had posted up a little project where I created a custom case for my Killer Bunnies card collection. If you’re not familiar with the game you should check it out. Just about everyone who I’ve introduced to it has loved it.
Recently I discovered that Jeff Blankenburg had mimiced my project. I’m always happy when the stuff I do inspires people to go out and make things themselves.
I decided to move the project page over here to Solid-Orange since I plan on retiring web-nine in the near future. You can now find the Killer Bunnies Case on the Hacks page.
Someone requested these so…
My 2 pair of S305s from Cambridge Soundworks came in today. I always love when Ground shipping from Boston ends up being overnight.My plan is to paint these black to blend into the room, oddly enough looking at where the enclosure changes from black around the speakers to white on the outside it’s clear that it’s manufactured naturally black and CS painted it white after the fact.
My biggest concern is the grill material, I’m wondering if I can dye it, the next most perplexing part is the 3 way switch, particularly because the label is painted onto the enclosure as well.
One interesting thing about di-pole speakers is that they’re directional, notice this speaker is meant for the right hand side, the other included speaker is designed for the left.
Since I’ve replaced my home theater receiver I’ve begun thinking about getting some new surround speakers. I found a really interesting article comparing dipole surrounds to monopole surrounds. This and some other evidence has convinced me that I should be looking there for my surrounds.
I also began thinking quite a bit about speaker placement. My seating is a large sectional couch if you’re sitting on the center of the couch facing the screen the couch lines the back wall, and the left wall, and the right wall is completely open.
I also noticed that most dipole speakers recommend placment at 5-7ft above the floor… This got me thinking because at a larger height I would gain a much better sound scape with people more equi-distant from the speakers instead of sitting right next to one with another 10ft away.
I’m still worried about spacing from the wall, and particularly the open wall… I’ve considered both putting up a small partition wall to help enclose the area as well as give me a good speaker mounting location as well as placing the speakers up higher and angling them down slightly like they do in the theaters… though I’m not sure if this would disrupt the wall reflexting properties of most dipole speakers.
I know some of you out there are really into audio, if you have any advice… I’m all ears…
