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The only places I've been where my affluent American self would have expected hot water and it wasn't there was Asia. Nepal, India, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, etc. Even the cheap places in the UK (even Scotland!) had warm water at the bathroom and kitchen sink. Mostly...

Not ordered yet, I was going to give it the weekend for someone here to provide a reason not to ;). 24" simply isn't enough for 4K unless you are doing some crazy level of scaling.

Hello, beautiful.

Indeed. Fortunately they make you enter your vehicle specs in the order form, so they contacted me as soon as they saw the conflict.

The cat is included in the downpipe, which is why it costs $800 and the entire TBE is only $1300.

I run a lot of Synology units, but I don't know the first thing about Linux file system tools. When the drive fails I just replace it and let the system re-replicate to the new drive. You were running in RAID1, yes?

If they are using electric I'd assume tankless is the norm? They have the little ones that fit under each sink and heat the water to a specific temp...

Awesome. And leave it sitting on the floor? Or put a bottom on that part of the cabinet as well?

After some back-and-forth with their head tech, it turns out that their current exhaust does not work with AWD cars. They are working on one, but don't have it out yet. They do have a 3" downpipe available (same as the Golf R). Previous order cancelled. New order: 3" Downpipe Carbino Intake...

Fine from here @ 5:30GMT

That Fahrenheit number could be positive and it would still suck. ;)

Gotcha. Well, the location is certainly fixed. With that in mind, I'm not sure what would be done with even a store-bought unit to "fit" that location.

At the moment I was planning on the former, but eventually will want something bigger, and was considering the latter.

How about the space for the Sub? I've allocated a cube 24" wide, 24" deep, and nearly 30" high with almost the entire front open (covered in speaker fabric). At the moment I only have the entry-level Polk sub (PSW10) to toss in there. Should I worry about reinforcing the sides? Sealing it...

Good to know. While I could have replicated the shape, not having to makes it way less awkward. Shape really doesn't matter? Even funny angles and stuff? I've read speaker design summaries talking about 45-degree this and that...

It is floor to ceiling and 2' deep but only 17' long (room is 33' long). I could easily reproduce the shape and volume of a standard wall cavity if that is what the speaker has been optimized for.

That actually is the eventual plan, already done in the master bedroom. Next up is the living room.

Polk looks tempting. If I am building them into the cabinet instead of a wall cavity, what can I optimize? Rigidity of the enclosure? Cavity volume/shape? Front ports?

Nice audio. The room is not a HT, just a living room with many sub-optimal features. These speakers would probably spend more time playing background music to someone 20' away off-axis who doesn't care than playing movies, but I want the ability to be there. $3k would be the top-end of what I...

I had a while ago. Not entirely sure who the players are in that segment.

Yeah, I won't be able to do that. Filling the area around the speakers behind the screen with absorptive sound treatment is totally possible, but the rest is shelving and cabinetry.

So choosing a kit of speakers/electronics that are already known to work well and then building it in wouldn't be that hard? I'm thinking back to your earlier comments about putting speakers in small cubbies having a negative effect, would it be more beneficial to have the speaker enclosure...

I'm actually pretty happy about Disney picking up the Star Wars franchise; now the question "Who is your favorite Disney princess?" has a good answer: Leia!

Since I'm having all this cabinet work done anyway, should I consider building the speakers into the space? I'm currently using SolidWorks to design the woodwork, and the guy I'm working with has the woodworking skills to fabricate whatever. I know enclosure design is a bit of an art, but it...

The price I saw (after posting) was $38k/pair. I think I'll be looking elsewhere. I'm so in love with the sound from the A8X at work I might just get a pair of those and an A77X for the front. But I'm sure there are better deals at that quality level if I can lean on the amp in the Denon...

I'm really leaning towards the acoustically transparent screen and putting the speakers behind it. This cabinet needs to exist for many other reasons (hide the rack, store many larger items that currently don't have homes, house the bar, etc) and with the cabinet in place there is really nowhere...

Thanks for that. If I'm getting another screen, I'm tempted to get a retractable and use the space behind the screen to hold other stuff as well as the speakers. The smallest retractable Seymour sells is the 085 (97.5" diagonal) that looks like it would be about $2k...probably not happening.

I like this idea a lot. The screen is only about 87" wide, is that enough to get decent stereo separation? Who's screen material should I be looking at?

Just in case your Star Wars collectible set wasn't big enough....

The more I look at this the more tempting it is to put all the speakers in the ceiling. How bad would that sound?

They don't. Let's say we scratch the Adams for now....how about the size? Are there plenty of good options that would fit in openings 10"x24" (landscape for center, portrait for L/R)? The listening space isn't that large; the couch is 6-8 feet from the speakers and the back wall is only 12 feet...

Now that the kid is starting to walk, it is time to lock up the server rack. Doing this right is complex; the plan is to build the rack into cabinetry that will cover 20' of wall and include the projector screen and front three speakers. I'm not ready to purchase the speakers yet, and haven't...

All I care about is that 49 days from now I can go back to normal for another 306 days. In this Dec-Feb window is: Wedding anniversary, Christmas, Father-in-law's Birthday, New Year's, Wife's Birthday, Sister's Birthday, Mother-in-law's birthday, Valentine's Day. Pretty much every other week...

Found this picture on the downpipe page.

That is the hope. If it can keep me from buying a Model S for 2 years that would save me a ton of cash.

It isn't entirely obvious, so I've sent them an e-mail asking for clarification.

The thing I am most interested in is torque from 2000-3000RPM. (+75lb-ft@3000) The peak numbers are +71 HP @ 4,250 RPM and +87 TQ @ 4,200 RPM. I have mostly identified the problem (coil packs/wires/battery) but haven't put into place permanent fixes yet.

The fuel pump might happen at some point. I've decided to learn more about cars by doing the work myself (with guidance). The jack and stands arrived today, I think I already own the other tools I'll need. I'm starting with what I would consider one of the easier jobs (second to the intake) and...

I was under the impression that the turbo-back included the down pipe? can't check on my phone...

APR Turbo-back exhaust ordered. Plans for the intercooler, intake, and stage 2 ECU. The Tesla can wait ;)

Not sure where the bar is for "very expensive", but Crucial offers a 2x 2GB DDR2 kit for ~$55.

Perfectly respectable. I'd sacrifice some speed for more capacity, but I'm not familiar enough with the competing products in that range to make any recommendations. 60GB should be enough if you are diligent, but 80GB means you wouldn't have to worry as much if you leave some large media files...

And a big thank you to Merc and mubs for actively contributing to this community long enough to accumulate 18,000(!) and 4,000 posts, respectively!

I'm unlikely to get mad at anyone...not in my nature ;) That wasn't intentional to show the mixed light, it was just a candid during dinner, but I did not bother with any setup or light adjustment. I normally get my white balance from an expodisc, and have been really happy with the results...

This is of course going to be an issue. At only 5500m (18,000ft), the volume of the lifting gas needs to be double what it is at sea level. In order to make a quick stop on top of Mt Everest would require a volume three times larger than sea level. The durability/reliability I want pretty much...

Example of mixed lighting in case someone doesn't know what I'm talking about. Large amount of natural light from the left side, halogen lights on the right.

How sensitive are you guys to making sure all the light sources in a shot are the same color temperature? Trying to deal with multiple different artificial lights as well as trying to integrate with daylight. I have all the sources in the master bedroom set to within 200k of each other, and are...

To paraphrase: This guy has captured my attention... ...he has lost me. I hate "feature"-ridden crap. That is not something I can explain to my clients. "It sucks unless you jump through all these hoops" can be shortened to the first two words.

Seconded. Their cost is probably pennies as the goods (particularly gift certificates) was donated. Even the vendors are happy with the arrangement; they get a deduction of the full amount while likely 50% of the certificates will go unused and another 30%+ will generate additional revenue. If...

AKA, supervolcano ;) Edit: sorry for the redundancy, didn't notice the conversation had already gone to a new page...