Learned'd 3 - The Legend Continues - NSFW

[PEZi]

how are we still on this page?

[Otto.]

[Otto.]

[Otto.]

[PEZi]

lol

[Otto.]

*Ahem*... uhh, problem solved.

[Dattebayo]

Finding rare parts for cheap blows. Now I remember why my last S12 got annoying...

[Razi]

Sup hoez?

[PEZi]

hai

i go sleep

bai

[Razi]

[marlin29311]

monday mourning.

[AppleBonker]

Werd, got something to show you, Lou.

Morning anyone else who will walk in shortly.

[AppleBonker]

Alright, got it squared away. Had to send pics from the cell to my PC (no usb cable on me at the moment). Sorry for the quality.

I have a whole wall now completely dedicated to A/V gear:


And the 11s are decently larger than the 3s:

[RobPaulson]

mornin bishz

nice setup bonks

[marlin29311]

Alright, got it squared away. Had to send pics from the cell to my PC (no usb cable on me at the moment). Sorry for the quality.

I have a whole wall now completely dedicated to A/V gear:


And the 11s are decently larger than the 3s:

Me gusta mucho....sans your center channel. It's placement still bothers me.

But otherwise, you hit a nice pickup right there

As for me, I ran 20 miles. Yuck.

[AppleBonker]

Yeah, size constraints have limited the center channel placement. It does image well from down there though. Hell, I wish the surrounds were in a better location to, but I guess all of that will have to wait until I get a house and a legitimate home theater area.

Also, I royally borked'd my HTPC trying to get everything setup. I am not a happy camper about that right now.

20 miles is definitely 19 miles too far to be running. Any joint/muscle pain today?

[marlin29311]

Hips are a little sore, but otherwise I'm not doing too shabby in the muscluar department. The rest of my body feels like s*** though...stomach, bowels...it's all crappy right now lol. Should have taken today off, but oh well.

What did you do to the HTPC?

[Dattebayo]

You people and your acronyms! Hello.

[RobPaulson]

so who else is at work today? i feel like i got shafted having to come in . . .

[Encryptshun]

I'm here. Columbus day is for p*ssys. I want Viking day.

LOL @ Tyler's new avatar.

What's up, bishes?

[AppleBonker]

Sorry about the nerd acronyms, Dave

Hips are a little sore, but otherwise I'm not doing too shabby in the muscluar department. The rest of my body feels like s*** though...stomach, bowels...it's all crappy right now lol. Should have taken today off, but oh well.

Hope you feel better soon!

What did you do to the HTPC?

Long story, kinda. I've got the Monitor 3s connected to the Zone 2 output of my AVR. The AVR can amp them and use the input of any of the sources. The problem is that it will NOT amp audio from a digital source, the input has to be analog. Up until now, the audio from the HTPC to the AVR has been optical (with an HDMI running directly to the tv - no more HDMI inputs on the AVR). So I connected a mini-to-RCA converter to the front speaker output (analog) on the PC and ran it to the corresponding input on the AVR. No audio. So I tried unplugging the optical cable and still had no audio. Once I got this far, I realized I was not getting digital and analog audio out of the HTPC simultaneously (Linux can be a pain sometimes). Finally realized the audio drivers were a bit old, so I updated them. In doing so, I completely busted the stock audio mixer on the HTPC (it wont load because it is older than the drivers and doesn't recognize them) and I now have no audio output whatsoever - digital or analog. I now need to try installing the updated mixer which may require compiling my own kernel (and I've never done that before). This may very well lead to many hours of tinkering. OR, I might just try to upgrade to the latest version of Ubuntu (which was released yesterday) and see if that works any better.

For reference, my desktop PC is not outputting digital and analog audio simultaneously either (it's only connected analog right now, but it's pretty easy to tell visually if the optical is running).

Anyway, the temporary workaround is to connect my netbook to the audio input on the AVR and stream audio over the network to it. So I was able to get tunes rocking in the bedroom, but the setup is far from perfect at this point. Also, the 3s are sitting in the corners of my bedroom and seem a bit boomy due to corner loading. May need to tweak that a bit as well.

I hope all that made sense to you, Lou. Lulz.

[Encryptshun]

Words words words words monkey on a tricycle oooh look a flower! Daa Da DA Da Da Da Da Katamari Damacy

[AppleBonker]

Yeah, that post was loaded with nerdery. But A/V stuff is so much fun I couldn't help myself. Lou might be the only one in here now that appreciates what I'm doing (and how annoying the HTPC issue is).

[Encryptshun]

What receiver do you have, Adam? I need to upgrade at some point and am looking for suggestions. Right now I have a Harmon Kardon AVR245, but I'm not pleased with the output.

[AppleBonker]

I'm a big fan of both Yamaha receivers and Denon receivers. Marantz makes some decent stuff too, but I would put them in third.

I currently have the Yamaha RX-V1800 which I believe was recently replaced with the Yamaha RX-V1900.

Those two are probably a bit pricey for most people, but I needed that number of HDMI inputs (as well as total number of input sources) and a number of other features. At the time, anything cheaper only had like 1 or 2 HDMI inputs. I also wanted analog to digital upconversion. For most people, something like this would probably suit their needs (and be far cheaper): Yamaha RX-V567

[AppleBonker]

Wow, that was painful. Damn the hosting company to hell...

[Dittoz7]

Srsly to many connections! ARGGG

Also found another guy selling some PBM coils. Hopefully he won't go flake...

[AppleBonker]

In the NICO downtime I took an enjoyable dump. It split in half about mid-log. The toilet (to my amazement) took both chunks side-by-side. It was like watching Kobayashi cram down dogs (not the buns) during a Nathan's 4th of July hot dog eating contest.

[Encryptshun]

Fack, Adamn. You are REALLY into home A/V....no foolin'.

$1400 for a receiver -- wow.

I think I paid like $300 for my HK.


Edit* Adamn -- lol. That's your new name.

And I believe you -- no pics needed on the flushing story. DO NOT WANT

[Dattebayo]

Fu*k. Today is Columbus day? I need my paycheck to come in, and it's been one fu*king delay after another. Now it's a fu*king holiday? YOU KIDDING ME?

God damn it!