Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Be careful with upsizing. I had 3 AC contractors come and size a mini-split for my shop. One recommended a 12K unit, another a 15K unit and the last an 18k unit. I went with the 15K unit and it is too large. Heats and cools fine, but it doesn't run long enough to control the humidity in the summer. I had to buy a dehumidifier to keep the humidity under control, which negates a good deal of the savings from the mini-splits. In hindsight I should have gone with the 12K units.

How many sq ft is the shop? My garage is 880sq' and might add a second zone for basement rec room of 1000sq.

 

[daugen]

Ted, I think they wobbled from the very beginning. Have watched Rainman Ray's video of changing ball joints.
if rusted a lot, what a hassle.

David, did you send this Pineapple Express to California? Maybe they were Oahu pineapples...

I look at my sister's long term weather forecast and I wonder when the whole development will slide into the sea.
You just have to love CA. Truly.

Buckeye, your cats adore you. You'll never have a cold lap.

had fun with this bass test. At 10hz a little hum, barely. At 15hz about the same.
At 20hz slightly louder. At 25hz, whooeee, everything in the room shook a little. What fun.
very interesting to hear the different bass sounds in 5hz increments going up.
This also shows how much low midrange is in the 70-100hz range.

popgadget, crank up one of your professional speakers please with this video some time.
I'm curious how low it goes, though that was never its reason to be.

I need to go back and test system again, and throw the phase switch to see if I can tell the difference.

if I found a high frequency sweep test I would probably be depressed over how little I hear any more.

off to downtown to come back flush with my powerball winnings, some ones in my pocket...
guess I'll buy another ticket since it didn't go off. Which of course is what they want me to.

 

[ronjhall]

Cannot let cats have all the lap time.

 

[IXLR8]

How many sq ft is the shop? My garage is 880sq' and might add a second zone for basement rec room of 1000sq.

Shop is about 530 sqft, std 8' ceilings, 2x4 fiberglass insulated walls, built in the early 90's I believe.

 

[m7040]

How many sq ft is the shop? My garage is 880sq' and might add a second zone for basement rec room of 1000sq.

I was going to install a Pioneer 12000 BTU DC inverter variable speed unit that should be able to turn down capacity and still cool enough to take out moisture. Got the unit with 25 ft lines and all the tools but will now use that unit in another locations after some healing of the shoulder strain

 

[buckeyefarmer]

And it’s the neighbor’s cat, but it is mommy to ours.
I should put a mini split in my garage. 2x6 insulated walls. 720 sf.

 

[Popgadget]

popgadget, crank up one of your professional speakers please with this video some time.

I actually use a dedicated hardware signal generator for testing along with a calibrated measurement mic. I have to do it outside because I don’t have a anechoic chamber, and the room plays havoc with speaker performance.
I actually design for a low end of 44hz or higher, due to what happens in the typical room below that. Even at 50hz, there are obvious nulls and peaks when you move around a room.

 

[Popgadget]

I was going to install a Pioneer 12000 BTU DC inverter variable speed unit that should be able to turn down capacity and still cool enough to take out moisture.

This.
Most modern, high SEER units use a VFD to control both compressor and fan speeds, both on the condenser and evaporator. This allows them to deliver more performance at low ambient temps, and still dehumidify properly. That is not the case with units that have a fixed speed compressor.

 

[rswyan]

44F and cloudy @ 14:30, heading up to around 46F for the high. Weather moving into a more normal range for the rest of the Ten Day, with highs in the 30's and 40's and lows in the 20's and 30's. Calling for some rain/snow but not a lot.

Got that last plant that was in the garage set out/planted in the second circle yesterday. Be interesting to see what it is when it comes up (lost the label)

Woman's little planting spade is MIA, checked out back and didn't see it, will need to check over in the barn.

Brought empty recycle bin in from the trunk of Woman's car.

Woman baked a chocolate cake day before yesterday, I was called in to make the icing (peanut butter fudge)

More cleaning sorting work out in the garage, high humidity and lots of condensation until I fired up the torpedo heater.

Making some progress on cleaning off the bench shelving on the north wall, almost half done.

Gathering up stuff that needs to go down to the basement.

Located a small container that had liquified MiracleGro of some sort in it. Woman used that to water Her hibiscus which She said needed fertilized.

More sausage dumplings and mashed potatoes for dinner last night.

Probably get back to working on the garage for the rest of the day.

Hope everyone is having a good Thursday ...

 

[daugen]

I do wonder what Popgadget models his speakers after. I'm going to guess a JBL monitor.
With a touch of Cerwin Vega.
I've seen them but never heard them.
inquisitive minds wonder how many watts RMS they can handle. What db output? Sensitivity?

asks someone with zero musical talent but enjoys the electronics part.

I also wonder, and this is way over my paygrade, whether my office sound system which is all digital and connected by USB except for the sub,
would using an external DAC improve the sound quality? In a pc your sound comes from your a/v card. Not much ever said about audio part so I have no idea
what specs are like there. Does the NVIDIA card in my pc, a good one, have a DAC in it already?
And if so, can you circumvent it, go straight line out somehow, run through the DAC, and then into my amplified speakers?

I paid extra for an 8k video card. But I don't remember them saying much about audio.

I'm assuming the pc is a pre-amp out in to my amplified speakers and amplified sub.
just not sure how the audio part works. Always seem to take it for granted.