Author Archives: Dan

About Dan

For a complete biography, stop by www.danmarx.org and click around for a while.

TC Sounds dB-500 Impulse Buy

I dropped by TC Sounds’ web site today and couldn’t believe what I read – they were doing a blowout on their dB-500 12″ subwoofer for only $75. Even though this driver is considered entry level from TC Sounds point … Continue reading

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Dilbert and Old Drivers

I read this Dilbert cartoon over the weekend and thought it was pretty funny. Not much else is going on with me these days. I’m trying to get Fedora installed on my PC and so far can’t seem to burn … Continue reading

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Custom DIY Speaker Stands For Less

After I finished building my 2-way bookshelf speakers, the Monitor DX625 made from a 6″ Hi-Vi Research W6 driver and Vifa DX25GT 1″ tweeter, I began looking for a pair of speaker stands to put the speakers on. They needed … Continue reading

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Poly-Quest 11.1V Lipo Rocks the Super Cub

The Poly-Quest pack arrived earlier this week and this weekend I finally got a chance to install the connectors, charge it up, and take it out for a few flights. Here’s how it all went down… Initial Charge: Discharge Details: … Continue reading

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AMD/Biostar/Corsair/Antec Make a Great PC

So the kids’ new computer is up and running great. I ended up returning the Kingston 2×256 RAM for a single stick of 512MB Corsair ValueSelect. I won’t get the benefit of dual channel, but at least now I have … Continue reading

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Cool New Heatsink Drops CPU Temps

In the process of building the kids’ new computer, I bought a new heatsink/fan for our P4 computer, along with a 320GB WD SE16 SATA hard drive. We were down to 1GB on the main drive, which amounts to 1% … Continue reading

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