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#1061 Unread post by JC Viper »

Ninja Geoff wrote:I just dropped $520 on brakes for the car. I can't seem to get away with spending less than $500 a time on either vehicle :frusty:

Now I'm going to take the car to Staples and see if I can't find a decent computer speaker set up. I'm sick of always having to wear headphones. The 5.1 was sacraficed to the HDTV gods.
The Creative Gigaworks T20 ($50 - 90) and T40 ($100+) are good speakers. I have the T20 and it gives me enough bass at lower volumes. Crank it up though and it'll feel almost like a bose 2.0 setup.

BestBuy has the insignia speaker set with subwoofers and it sounded pretty good when I sampled it for a week. It didn't last since I need one without a sub because I already have a 5.1 5300e from Logitech (imagine calling in airstrikes in COD4 with that sound system) and this was for my MacBook.
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#1062 Unread post by Johnj »

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Yea team! I got the XS750F running today. It was hit and miss there for a minute then it started spinning up. Still have some electrical gremlins to chase down. I do love the sound of a triple pulling hard from 4K to 6K.
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#1063 Unread post by ofblong »

If I buy home audio speakers again they will most likely come from SVS.
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#1064 Unread post by Nibblet99 »

ofblong wrote:If I buy home audio speakers again they will most likely come from SVS.
Must resist buying speakers...... I could quite happily spend a small fortune with JBL or Tannoy
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#1065 Unread post by Ninja Geoff »

I did my brakes today :twisted:
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#1066 Unread post by blues2cruise »

I rode home along the sunshine coast hwy, got on the ferry and then rode home in the dark. It was a very nice day for riding.
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#1067 Unread post by ofblong »

Nibblet99 wrote:
ofblong wrote:If I buy home audio speakers again they will most likely come from SVS.
Must resist buying speakers...... I could quite happily spend a small fortune with JBL or Tannoy
never heard of tannoy but I wont look at JBL for home speakers again.

with that said I started a dart frog terrarium. Just waiting for a Diamond bit hole-saw from glass-holes.com so I can drill a hole in the bottom pane of the 29g tank for a 1" bulkhead that will be used to drain the water.
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#1068 Unread post by Ninja Geoff »

I did this amazing route in the car over the weekend. All told, took me about 4 hours to do, including stops at A/E, B, and C on the map for a 15 minute cool down at each. I got stuck behind a string of car between Florida and North Adams though :frusty:. But the Petersburg Pass made up for it (between the two points marked on the map just after B.
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#1069 Unread post by NWTrtle »

Ninja Geoff wrote:I did this amazing route in the car over the weekend. All told, took me about 4 hours to do, including stops at A/E, B, and C on the map for a 15 minute cool down at each. I got stuck behind a string of car between Florida and North Adams though :frusty:. But the Petersburg Pass made up for it (between the two points marked on the map just after B.
That looks like a really fun route to do in your scooby! I have had an Impreza and an Outback wagon and really miss them. I may have to get one again someday.
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#1070 Unread post by ofblong »

Ok I made a small video of me drilling the bottom pane of my 29g tank. I have done the sides and never took a video. right now its 2 videos as half way through I had to change batteries. Second video is still uploading. If ANYONE would like to add music/combine them for me pm me. I know how to combine them just not add music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj4hSlc1Ak4

video 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLCM2IjeM0w

total of the 2 videos is about 6 minutes.
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