///M5

Two choices. Source each part separately or source them all from one source. The first is cheaper IF you are buying 1000 at a time. Units of 1 are not how any contract manufacturer is setup. If you follow the path of 1 without a true design you will end up with $500 into something that gets out performed by a $50 CL special. if you follow option 2 you will end up with a copy of a driver that is already on the market for more money than buying it. Again - if you have zero engineering capability the whole idea is way premature. Develop that first. If you read Vance Dickason's book and don't understand it what you propose to do is a horrible waste of time and money. I do shit like this for a living, but the only way I'd put effort into doing a design is if I were going to market it. I can EASILY find drivers on the market that do what I need.

Goals and design are where you start. If your goals don't make what is on the market obsolete the it is a terrible idea. Slapping together random parts will net you a driver that is super expensive for crappy performance. That being said if you are looking to improve on an available driver for a reason and understand mathematically how to resolve that concern then by all means. I can assume you have no idea though since you asked the question. If my assumption is wrong I apologize. Here is another hint. If you can't design a box by hand with paper and pencil and calculate port tuning, port velocity and such. The endevour you are pursuing is WAY over your head. Start with the box always!

Surprise visit from Jared ftw!

Ha.

ROFL. Nice post MK.

Being today years old blows my mind every today.

Lol, that was worth registering for. Post from 2017 in the hop

Love the name, can't wait to hear your reactions.

Is it too late for me?

Thanks J! I can finally dial in the setup now. I appreciate it brother!

No. Kept meaning to meet up with him. Know he is busy working now.

Defacto standard here is Monkey Blend from Sweet Maria's. I only drink espressed drinks, but that is partly because I only have an espresso machine. *not including my camping percolator which I lived off this past week.

In 15 years, my dad has worn out 3 roasters. 1 was shit to begin with. I buy something like 80lbs of coffee a year and he also does. My guess is 500lbs or so and the roaster is tired. Last time I bought green coffee it was $6.30/lb. Local roasted coffee is around $15-20. Roaster is $450. At a savings of $10/lb without counting electricty, time or effort it takes 45lbs to pay for itself. To be conservative call it 90. All that being said, do NOT do it for savings. Time is money. Instead do it for flavor. And there you can win big time. Even the local roasters can blow me.

About the most awful car I've ever driven

I've driven one

Don't. Will be bored of it day 2

Congrats on the baby girl. How old?

Not the audio I would choose, but works magically

I am back from canoe country. Woke up this am with 5mi of paddling and 5mi of hiking to where we met a water taxi to go a few miles across a lake to get to our car. Boys did killer for being so remote. My wife does NOT feel pampered right now.

What's UP?

My dad roasts mine on a behmoor. WAY, WAY better than what you can buy.

I could add the bakery serves coffee. Coffee and microbrews are definitely bike culture

I am open to change though

Getting drunk and exercise I don't normally consider logical. After, fuck yeah!