Just stoppin' in to say Hi. Been away for a while. Lots been goin on.

Got the car smashed back in April. Wife and I were sitting at stoplight when some dude not paying attention in the oncoming lanes crossed the line and hit us relatively head-on at ~40mph. We got messed up pretty good. Got a new car, out of it, though! Still hasslin with insurance. Picked myself up a bike, 2001 Buell Blast; lovin it.

Marriage has gotten quite rocky, divorce on the horizon. Oh well, crap happens, eh? No kids, yet, so it wouldn't be a terribly difficult process.

Ain't got to do really anything with speakers. I competed locally in SPL soundoffs, all 1st places with a Digital Designs 9515 with two M1a's (150.1db in the Suzuki Reno, NO treatments) then switched to a 3515 with the PG X600.1 and got a 146.9db on the dash.

Working hard, drawing for an architect. Draw Wal-Mart, Sams Club, 7-11, Papa Bellos, Autozone, Pollo Campero, working to get Target, etc.

Ah well, I'll try to stop in more often.

-Lee-

Hey Jet!
just stopped by out of the blue and saw your post
hope everything works out. Life is always an adventure

Hey Lon its been a long time, sounds like a new adventure for you as well.

My life never stops being an adventure, good thing I like roller coaster rides lol.
Gex

:)

I'm still here !
Nice to see you guys back.
I won't even try go to through what has happened since ~2006 for me...

Sorry to hear about.

Time heals. After the  three years or so I had before my wife's death I felt as if nothing would ever be bright and shiny for me.  But within seven months the sun started shining and now I'm applying sunscreen.  Keep your chin up, I know you can. . . .

musgofasa your post made me homesick. Like my long lost brothers.
It certainly would be nice to get together and relax and listen to tunes and tell stories
Adrian! long time no hear. I guess I should be one to talk eh?

Panic attack Hah let me tell you about Panic attacks well I remember one day when ( just kidding) Ya been there once for too long.

You gotta roll with it and feed your body good food can't stress that enough. I made some lifestyle and attitude changes and life seems simpler somehow. It takes much more effort to grind me into the ground. LOL
Can't lie dude! life can really suck, I just seem to have more fun with it.
Your quality of life can be reflected in the people you surround yourself with and your in good company here.

I don't hang out much because other things take precedent now. I also have some really sweet equipment from oply baffled. I do not want for anything. but I miss building HMMM I think I have a pic somewhere of my latest invention that lee and musgofasa might get a kick out of. I guess I did build something in the last year.

http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img3476fj0.jpg

I know most of you will see the Decware in it. It goes under the rear Van seat and is tight against the floor and the energy is transmitted right into the van body. It works fantastic! surprised myself even. It uses a ten inch sub
My wife would not allow to me to use any cabin space and I didn't. I left it raw because I doubted that it would work but it did.

Nice dropping a note to you all.
Lee and all of you for that matter feel free to drop me a line/PM anytime

Heck it is good to see all of you on the board. I been doing my usually hovering but little posting.

Sorry to hear about you trouble JET. All you can do is when you get knock down come up swinging.

HT-EXT

Yikes Jet!

Sounds like an episode of "House".

Hope they get it straightened out man. I know how medical scares can put things in perspective. Take care of yourself first and let us know how it goes.

Take care buddy,
Robert

Well, I've had a lot of opportunity to learn a lot more about medical matters than I wish. . . .

One thing I've learned is that things are not always what they appear and are not always what some physicians think they are at first.  And that things aren't always THE WORST they can be.

It would not at ALL surprise me if the diagnosis, when finally reached and treatment begins, is not as scary as one might fear!

Here's hoping!

Jet, please don't kill yourself on your motorcycle!  I have one, I love it, I try hard NOT to kill myself!

Well, sounds as if you have troubles, but you're beginning to know what they are medically at least. Keep your chin up and focus on getting well!  PLEASE!

I didn't mean I literally tried to kill myself, guys. I was having fun on the bike, cruisin with friends, and almost lost control cause I wasn't paying enough attention. I guess you could say I went above my skill. Most certainly not intentionally trying to kill myself. If I wanted to really kill myself, I've guns...but no, not taking that road, never even thought about it.

I'm not depressed by any means! I'm loving life right now! lol!

As far as pills are concerned, the doc gave me Atenolol for the high bp and Meloxicam for the discs, for now.

Oh!
well then that's good then.  ;D

My living on the edge is having a crazy jack russel terrier puppy to raise, without kids and house getting chewed to pieces.

Having a bike puts me at risk and way too many people depend on me to stay all in one piece, but still miss it.

Glad your head is doing OK sorry about your pain.

I have been there as well. I have some nasty back problems that put me behind a desk and keeps me pretty mild now. I was told that surgery that should wait until I was non functional and loose bladder control. Now I can walk just fine and I havent pissed my self yet so I figure I am doing ok.

Sorry for thinking the worst Jet.

Gex

Well Jet, be careful!  I've been on cycles on and off since 1978, on and off the road, have had Hondas, BMWs and Harleys and currently have a Harley, a Fat Bob (in the Dynaglide series).  I think I would think twice about riding a bike at speed with a back as bad as yours, and all the troubles you face.  But I know we're all different. Please, just be careful, don't get "carried away!"

Lee, great to hear things are BETTER.  And will (I think) continue to be so.

Well since this has turned into a class of 06 reunion I thought I'd drop in and mention I'm still alive.  (I checked my stats and except for a couple random posts in 07 I haven't been around since July 06 - wow.)  This place is where it all started for me and we had some good times here, and other than a couple of people MIA (in this thread, I mean - JohnINCR and BobInStLouis) the gang is all here so I had to say hi.

First off, good luck, best wishes, and all that to Jet and everyone else, but especially Jet in these trying times.  Lon, I was shocked to (just now) learn of your wife's passing, condolences to you.

Nothing interesting in my life, but I can't seem to shake this audio bug.  I've built a few things, a set of BIB's, a pair of frugal-horns, put some performance grade Hawthorne SI's on baffles, more experimentation with OB bass, bult a fan subwoofer almost to completion (and then abandoned it), and most recently I decided to try again and made a tapped horn (some of you may remember my first attempt almost 3 years ago), fortunately with the benefit of simulation software this time.

I also got myself a nice tube amp and with Thuneau's Allocator I now have 4 way active xo (up to 42db/oct), including 4 (+2) bands of parametric eq per leg, although I haven't actually used it for more than 2 way yet.  Still have the same crappy listening room though, so I finally started measuring my frequency response to fully realize the potential of my xo/eq software.

For an example of my latest work, here's a groundplane (outside) measurement of my new tapped horn.  It uses a single tang band 6.5 inch woofer in a box roughly 15.5 x 9.25 x 44.5 inches.  As shown it's slightly overstuffed.  When placed in room in a corner of my small(ish) listening room, this thing is very close to adequate SPL on it's own.  2 would be better, but overkill in a room this size.  Please note that I have 4 of these drivers and have only built one box so far, the next try won't have that big dip in response at 90 hz.  Also, for this measurement voltage is unknown, so the numbers on the left have no reference (it's not 1w/1m in other words).



Anyway, I'm interested in what you guys are up to as well, so anyone who has posted in this thread is welcome to email me if you like (I'm not likely to be posting here much).

Bob,

AC?  Not sure what that is.

I post a few other places, mainly jazz boards and one Harley board (weird place, that one!)

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"AC" = AudioCircle.com