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koinsatx:
Paul,
Quick question, are the speakers your using shielded? if not are they far enough away from the monitor so not to cause and problems?
ratzz:
--- Quote from: koinsatx on September 13, 2008, 12:24:11 pm ---Paul,
Quick question, are the speakers your using shielded? if not are they far enough away from the monitor so not to cause and problems?
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That's NOT going to be an issue ...
paulscade:
That *was* a consideration when I picked-out and purchased the speakers. I really couldn't find any "cool looking" shielded speakers... so I took a chance. I haven't seen any issues yet... but I haven't actually hooked everything up yet either. I would think that unshielded speakers would cause the most problems when there's a varying magnetic field (i.e. they are on :) )
paulscade:
Project Status:
I'm now 104 hours into the build and the project has come to a screeching halt. <not by choice>
I have to decide on a theme/graphics.... at least for the Control Panel.
I'm at the point where I can't mount controls on the control panel and begin wiring... unless I have a CPO. The CPO will be sandwiched between the wood CP top and the Lexan... which is held together by the buttons. I'm not about to unmount everything to get the CPO on after it's all wired up.
I have a few themes in mind:
- Space (lots of free, high resolution photos available)
- Star Trek (humm... not real original... my wife’s vote is for this one)
- Alien (the HR Giger Alien)
- Alien vs. Predator (my wife hates the idea)
- Dueling Dragons (from the roller coaster at Universal Studios in Orlando FL.)
Depending on what I hear back from a local artist... I'm leaning towards dueling dragons.
Check out the attached photo. My neighbor has this painted on the wall of their son’s bedroom. I think that (or similar) would look really cool on the sides of my cabinet. I'm waiting to find out if the artist is interested in doing the work... and at what cost.
Meanwhile, I've tried creating a few different CPO's in Photoshop (Space Theme). I'm no artist. I've created "decent" looking composites... but nothing that I'm happy with just yet.
Until I get this solved… I’m on hold. :(
Artist Credit: Rick Froehlich
paulscade:
I just got word back from the local artist... no go. :(
He's busy working on other projects.
I'll need to go to Plan B. Once I figure out what that is... I'll post an update.