Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[Gopher Gary]

I passed the spelling and grammar quiz that is part of the proofreading course. One hundred questions, phew!

 

[Genesis]

I passed the background check, so I'm 100% hired... just need to inform them of my availability needing to be part-time.

[Gopher Gary]

I realized I'm not only on time, but also within budget.

[DirtDawg]

I realized I'm not only on time, but also within budget.

Two things that do NOT normally coincide.
 

Today, I finished my "H" frame Open Baffle subwoofer. I used two 15" Jamo drivers, juxtaposed. While the JBL drivers play a little deeper, the Jamo drivers sound more "fast" to me, resulting in not as much over ring with the bottom octave after massive excursion.

I've had it ready for testing for a couple of weeks, but by "finishing,"  I mean paint. I painted this one white to match my other Open Baffle speakers in my listening room.

Obviously, one can not just have one subwoofer when running a stereo system. I plan to get another built before winter is over.
Little tough to do any sawing with my ribs yelling at me. Preparing surfaces, removing the drivers and painting was no trouble at all.

[Gopher Gary]

I realized I'm not only on time, but also within budget.

Two things that do NOT normally coincide.
 

Especially when I'm in charge.  Now I don't have to leave the house for a month. 

[DirtDawg]

Wouldn't THAT be nice?!?

[rock hound]

Nice day, got two good walks in and will do a third after Carla gets up from he nap.  Also got the "Steve's Mighty Meat Loaf" prepped and ready to cook.   

[odeon]

This was yesterday, my stepdad who's 80, was playing golf at Collie golf course and got a hole-in-one on the 7th hole. He won a cash prize (I don't know how much) and I'm really happy for him because that's a huge achievement. In the past he has pared (sp) the course which is pretty good too.

He's a pretty good golfer, then. The HIO may be just luck but a par is impressive for most of us hacks.

[odeon]

I passed the spelling and grammar quiz that is part of the proofreading course. One hundred questions, phew!

Congrats, great!

[Parts]

Starting to feel better after a couple of days of yuck after getting my latest booster shot

[renaeden]

I passed the spelling and grammar quiz that is part of the proofreading course. One hundred questions, phew!

Congrats, great!

Thank you! Now I'm actually proofreading course essays. It's challenging because I have to use the Chicago Manual of Style to back up the changes I make. And realize (as an example) has to stay realize, not realise. I downloaded a list of American/English differences and there are a lot.

[DirtDawg]

Starting to feel better after a couple of days of yuck after getting my latest booster shot

I have not had the latest booster, but I did go in for the standard flu shot which I get every year.

[Gopher Gary]

When I got home, I found they guys had put up the Christmas tree for me.

[DirtDawg]

You win!

[DirtDawg]

I have my second "H" frame subwoofer almost ready for paint.

On my first one, I have pulled out the old JBL drivers and replaced them with two 15'' Jamo drivers designed for infinite baffle use, made in the '90s before Klipsch bought and dismantled the company.

I know, that sounds like blasphemy to me too, but I think these specialized drivers might work in this application quite well. They have much higher Qts than I have been able to attain with the vintage JBL motors.
I built the JBLs up as OB compliant about twenty years ago and I do not have as much incentive to rebuild them again as I used to have.

We'll see how the Jamos work. These are old and well broken in, from a "friend's" old install, I traded for.
They sound pretty good so far.