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It was time. I've been a heavy computer user for most of my life, studied computer engineering, programmed applications, owned a ton of laptops (many simultaneously), been referred to as the "reinstall lord" for constant Linux and Windows headaches that were just easier to solve through a complete wipe… but I'd never built a computer of my own. I decided to change that.
Sure, there are plenty of reasons not to build your own computer.
The primary one would be cost. Joe Schmoe purchasing parts, even from a cheap retailer like Newegg or Frys, just can't compete with OEMs that get millions of identical components directly from Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers. However, the added cost brings with it some benefits: OEMs like to cut corners as much as possible, often using subpar components (especially power supplies) that will fail much more quickly than a computer where the components have been hand-chosen to be compatible and come from name-brand suppliers whose primary concern isn't low cost but consumer reliability. While desktops have a lower failure rate than laptops, this recent study shows that even the best manufacturers' failure rates are less than stellar.
The other main reason not to build your own computer is that the responsibility for support lies squarely on your own shoulders. No making an (aggravating) call to a company's support line, no downloading all the drivers you need from their model listing. Of course, if you're willing to do the research and are knowledgeable about the process of building a computer anyway, you likely are just as capable of solving most of the problems you will encounter on your own, if a quick Google search doesn't answer it for you.
But I digress…
I set out to build a computer that would last me a long time. This meant I would be wanting some cutting-edge technology like USB 3, but I tried to keep things reasonable because the rate of technology adoption really negates any kind of massive spending in the here and now. However, I figured there was little point in building a midrange computer now because I could just deal with the headaches of an off-the-shelf computer and save a lot of money and get around the same performance.
What I Already Had
Before I checked out what I needed to buy, I took an inventory of what I had. I had been using a mid-2009 MacBook Pro 5.3 and using Boot Camp with Windows 7 most of the time. However, I had been using it basically as a desktop in Windows (hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard, and monitor) and using the better battery life of the Mac OS when I needed it as a laptop. Because of this, I only really needed to buy the components for the computer itself.
- The Primary Monitor: Dell U2410 24″ 16:10 monitor
- The Second (Sometimes) Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp 1504FP
- The Keyboard: Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
- The Mouse: Logitech G500
- The "Mousing Surface" SteelSeries QcK Mini
- The Speakers: Logitech Z-5500
- The External Hard Drive: Western Digital MyBook 500GB
The Parts
First off, thanks to the fine folks over at the buildapc sub-reddit for their advice and assistance on purchasing the correct components. I could have really gotten into some serious trouble (both with component compatibility and prices) if I had gone with my gut instinct. So here's what I ended up buying (mostly from Newegg):
- The Case: Cooler Master HAF-X
- The Power Supply: Corsair 850HX
- The Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E
- The CPU: Intel Core i7-960
- The RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Ridgeback DDR3 12GB
- The GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5870 1GB
- The Optical Drive: LG Super Multi Blue BD-ROM/DVD+-RW
- The System Hard Drive: Western Digital Velociraptor 600GB
- The Media/Backup Hard Drives: 2x Western Digital AV-GP 1GB
The Case (Cooler Master HAF-X)
On the surface, this seemed like a great idea. Plenty of cooling (almost too much with 200mm fans), lots of expansion bays, the ability to have no gaudy lights on (the front red LED could be turned off; I don't need random lighting effects coming out of my computer case), USB 3. Newegg users rated this beast five stars and it looked like it would be great. A word to the wise: this case is GIGANTIC. I hadn't built a computer before, so my experiences with PC cases was limited to the mid-size towers that manufacturers use. It barely fits under my desk. Everything else I ordered shipped in a nondescript cardboard box, but this thing came straight to my front door looking just as if you had picked it off the shelf… the UPS guy looked at it before handing it over and said, "Have fun." Leaving this at your front door after a delivery is just begging for it to be stolen; it's totally apparent what is in the box. Unfortunately, this case proved to be the cause of some serious issues down the road.
The Power Supply (Corsair 850HX)
I knew from reading around that it's a foolish idea to go with an off-brand PSU… they're more likely to fail early, have less stable voltage levels, and provide less amperage on the 12V rail. I didn't want to have to hunt around troubleshooting for problems when it was the power supply, so I just went with a reliable manufacturer right away. I chose an 850W power supply because I calculated the system I had to need about 600W and around 750W if I ever decided to CrossFire the GPUs in the future or get a better ATI card. Partly, the immense power requirements of the current NVIDIA cards like the GTX470 drove me away from them and towards ATI (or should I say AMD). Also, the modular cabling was a great asset. There's no need for me to have random 4-pin connectors plugged in if I'm never going to use them.
The Motherboard (ASUS P6X58D-E)
LGA1366 may be an aging architecture, but I have never used an AMD processor and I didn't want to start into new territory with my first build. I knew that the best manufacturers for Intel motherboards were ASUS, Gigabyte, and eVGA. I chose ASUS because they had recently updated their LGA1366 offerings by providing a refreshed version of the P6X58D Premium. The differences between the Premium and the -E are one less heat pipe and one fewer ethernet port, as well as an improved SATA 6Gb/s controller from Marvell. I didn't need any of the missing features and was glad for the price reduction on the newer board so I decided on the P6X58D-E.
The CPU (Intel Core i7-960)
I know, I know, I could have bought an i7 930 and overclocked it like crazy to get the same performance as a 960 for a lot less money. However, this is my first build and I want the performance without risking damage from overheating (as you'll see, I was right to be concerned!). If I had gone the 930 route I would have needed an aftermarket CPU cooler or some kind of liquid cooling and I didn't want to have to deal with the issues that might arise there. I guess I paid a price for security on this component, which was by quite a bit the most expensive I ended up putting in this beast.
The RAM (Mushkin Enhanced Ridgeback DDR3 12GB)
I'm still unclear on the whole issue with RAM timings, so I just looked for the lowest timings I could find at the highest frequency from a relatively large manufacturer and said "Be done with it." 12GB of RAM will probably never be the bottleneck in the system, but that was kind of my goal when I was choosing components so MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
The GPU (Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5870 1GB)
The more I hear about Sapphire's support the less I am impressed, but I wasn't seeing that before choosing this. I didn't want to go top-of-the-line with the GPU because these things get so out-of-date so fast it makes my inexplicably small head spin (30 Rock reference, anyone?). So I went a step down from the 5970, and then I had to choose between a reference card and another manufacturer. I eventually settled on the Sapphire because of the Vapor-X cooling. From what I read, it kept temperatures a bit cooler than the reference card and I wanted to care a little as possible about cooling issues so it became my GPU of choice.
The Optical Drive (LG Super Multi Blue BD-ROM/DVD+-RW)
While it's not strictly necessary anymore, an optical drive is still pretty useful for installing software and really it would have been too much of a hassle to rely on USB sticks and disk images. I've had a PS3 for a couple of years and so I have some Blu-Rays lying around that would be nice to play on something not tied to a TV. Little did I know how much of a hassle playing Blu-Rays on PC drives really is. It also has support for LightScribe, if I ever decide I need some gimmicky labeling system (not that I really burn discs anymore, I use UNetBootIn for Linux distros and that's about it).
The System Hard Drive (Western Digital Velociraptor 600GB)
Once again, I chose "old" technology rather than the fancy SSDs that grab headlines. There seems to be some sort of prevalent belief that people building PCs should buy SSDs, even though their $/GB ratio is way above that of hard drives, just so that the price eventually lowers and they can be used by more people. I'm not willing to sacrifice my money so someone else can get parts cheaper in the future (sorry). I chose a Velociraptor because of its high RPM and because I've never had a Western Digital drive fail on me (ahem Seagate). Also, it's a Velociraptor and just sounds epic. I'm using this for Windows and program files (anything that benefits from faster read/write times).
The Media/Backup Hard Drives (2x Western Digital AV-GP 1GB)
The rest of the things on my hard drives can go on these slower, but less power-intensive, drives. I have these in a RAID 0 configuration and am using them for media files (video, music) as well as backups from the C drive, supplemented by occasional backups to the external drive. Hopefully in the future I will get two more identical drives and then make this a RAID 10, which is a much more realistic backup system.
Experience with Newegg
For better or for worse, Newegg is the de facto place to order computer parts online if you're in the US. It's a great place to do comparison shopping and read reviews before you buy, but I think this experience has shown me that though it is a convenient place to buy parts, it may not be the best place.
I saved everything in my cart, had the guys over at Reddit look at it, and then was pulling the trigger when I was alerted that the GPU was out of stock. I decided it could wait the few days until it came into stock and bought the rest of the components. When it did come into stock 4 days later, I ordered it but by the time the GPU had arrived disaster had already struck.
I had heard that Newegg was fantastic to deal with when handling warranty problems, but that turned out not to be the case. I contacted them as soon as I knew a part was defective and they immediately passed me off to the manufacturer, saying the warranty was no good if there was physical damage. When I stressed that the damage was not my fault, they continued to send me away, saying that any physical damage at all meant they couldn't deal with the problem. What point is a warranty if basically any problem you have with the item voids it? I don't know who had dealt with Newegg in the past about similarly defective components, but their customer service was less than stellar and is enough to prevent me from using them in the future.
The build begins and… disaster strikes
Since I had most of the components, and I figured I was going to be slow assembling the computer as it was my first time, I decided to go ahead and start putting components in the case, testing as I went along to make sure that nothing was wrong.
First in was the PSU, which went in flawlessly and really never gave me any problems (as it really shouldn't). One interesting thing to note (at least for me) was the orientation of the PSU in the case. The HAF-X has a vent along the bottom and the PSU was able to be mounted either with its fan facing up or down. I ultimately chose the fan facing down (see vote here) because this would expose the fan to cooler air from outside the case and blow it out the back of the case.
Next, I put in the motherboard standoffs and the motherboard itself. This proved to be a bit more difficult than I had expected because there was a bent ring of metal around the keyboard PS2 port, which directly blocked the motherboard aligning flush with the cushioned backplate. You can see this loop below. The loop on my own motherboard was bent in half and curling back upward, which required a bit of work with pliers before being able to be aligned with the backplate.
I have since learned that the purpose of this loop is to provide grounding for the ports so that they are in contact with the rest of the case. My initial inclination that it was just a manufacturing defect and to just remove it was thus best left undone.
With the motherboard in place, I moved to putting in the CPU. This was relatively foolproof as there was really only one way to do it. The stock Intel CPU cooler gave me some pause, however. The shape or pattern of the thermal paste did not look like it would adequately cover all four cores, even when it was spread out when clipped over the CPU.
I figured Intel had their act together and went ahead and clipped the CPU cooler on and plugged in the fan to the motherboard. One complaint here is that the clipping system that the stock CPU coolers use leaves a lot to be desired. It seems it would be very easy for one of these clips to be less than stable and not leave the thermal paste in contact with the CPU.
Next was the memory. I had read that, in order for overclockers to have the most room for CPU coolers, ASUS designed the triple channel memory slots such that the primary slots were the three situated farther away from the CPU, giving an extra centimeter or so of extra space for a CPU cooler, so I inserted the RAM into the blue slots.
At this point I wanted to make sure nothing was wrong so I decided to power on the machine. I hooked up the motherboard to the power supply, connected the case's front panel connectors to the motherboard, turned on the power supply and pressed the power button on the motherboard.
I heard a small pop, smelled some pretty acrid smoke, and immediately knew something had blown out. I turned the system off and back on, but there was no additional evidence that something was wrong. A bit of hunting around found the problem: the motherboard's FireWire chip had clearly been damaged when I turned on the system; a couple of scorch marks showed on the surface of the chip.
As soon as I saw the damage, I began to go into the five stages of grief:
- Denial: "Nothing's really wrong with this, I could continue the build and install Windows and it will work just fine!"
- Anger: "Well ASUS used some poor quality component and now I'm paying the price!"
- Bargaining: "I just want to finish this build and see an awesome computer that I've built myself…"
- Depression: "Surely this is a statistical anomaly, why did this happen to me?"
- Acceptance: "Oh well, I can get a replacement board from Newegg and keep on building!"
The Quest for a New Motherboard
The next day, I contacted Newegg, thinking they would be able to help me out and get me a replacement motherboard. Boy was I wrong.
The Newegg support chat transcript
The gist of what Newegg told me: Since there was any physical damage, even if it was not my fault, they were going to send me to the manufacturer rather than deal with it themselves. So much for the great customer support I had heard about!
I then contacted ASUS to see what they could do. The results this time were just about as bad as they had been with Newegg.
The ASUS support chat transcript
Basically, ASUS was telling me here that the $220 motherboard I had just purchased a week ago and that failed on its first power-up was going to have to be replaced at my own expense for over half its original cost. That's just great. I also appreciated being quoted parts of the same wiki page that I had found the chat link on. Of course, persistence is a virtue, and so I decided a phone call would get my point across better. I called ASUS customer support in Indiana (not India!) and had a totally different experience. This customer service representative was apologetic and said of course there wouldn't be a charge, and set me up with an RMA. He was a bit reserved, saying there was always the chance that techs would determine it was user error and I would have to pay at least some repair fee, but nowhere near $120.
So I shipped my motherboard off to California and waited… and ASUS delivered, repairing the motherboard (actually giving me a new/refurbished one, by the serial number and wear marks around the screw holes) and getting me back on track.
Meanwhile, having to replace the motherboard meant I also had to re-do the CPU cooler, as the stock thermal paste was no longer usable after having been spread around while removing it from the motherboard. I ordered some thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5) from Amazon, and after seeing that the HAF-X had an empty slot for a 200mm case fan, I added in an order for an Antec Big Boy, the only 200mm case fan I could find that wasn't equipped with some crazy LED.
Meanwhile, in Finland I had received the GPU and it fit had no problem fitting into the case. Of course, there was no motherboard so I was just testing dimensions at this point.
A couple of days later, I received the replacement motherboard from ASUS and could continue building the computer.
But wait… there's more!
Luckily, I didn't continue building the computer because I would have been out another motherboard. Going on a hunch, I asked on the Toms Hardware forums to see if anyone else had similar experiences. Sure enough, they had. Apparently, the FireWire blowout was not the fault of the motherboard but rather faulty wiring of the front panel on the HAF X. Toms Hardware user Stile posted the incriminating evidence: he had used the HAF X with another motherboard and had suspiciously similar scorch marks on his FireWire chip on his first power up.There was no reason to overthink this (Occam's Razor): the case is at fault. Upon further review, Stile found that the front panel power switch for the LED case fan had a wire that was punctured by the close proximity of the FireWire pins on the front logic board. If the LED was turned on, it would short the Firewire port, travel through the cable and blow out the FireWire chip on the board.
So I was free to continue building the computer, as long as I didn't put on the front panel and connect it to the motherboard.
Building the open-case PC
Since I now had the thermal paste and the replacement motherboard, I set out to put the CPU cooler back on. I cleaned off the original thermal paste from both the CPU thermal cap and the heatsink with isopropyl and a coffee filter, and it all seemed to come off relatively easily. Now, since I had never used thermal paste before, I followed Arctic Silver's "line method". By this point I had installed the GPU and figured I might as well see what the BIOS had as the core temperature. The results were not impressive. At idle, all the cores were around 60C, far too high for what they should have been, but I was counting on the paste wearing in and them dropping after some time. I put in the hard drives and went on, continuing to install Windows and verifying the readings by running RealTemp. Again, the readings were all around 60C. I installed Battlefield: Bad Company 2, went to the main menu, and watched the temperatures spike to 100C idling at the menu. I knew something was wrong.
It was time for a different thermal paste application. When I removed the heatsink, it was apparent why the temperatures were so high. When clipping on the heatsink, I had left the paste lop-sided (roughly in the shape of a distended 8 ) by pressing on one side before the other. When I tried to remove the Arctic Silver, it became apparent just how much higher quality this was than the stock Intel thermal paste. Trying to remove the paste only led to it filling in the microscopic grooves in the heatsink and thermal cap of the CPU, leaving them looking dull but much better at conducting heat away from the CPU. I decided to try a large (probably too large, in retrospect) blob of thermal paste, about a half a centimeter across, in the middle of the copper part of the heatsink, and applied this to the CPU. The difference was remarkable. Where the core temperatures had been 60C at idle and 100C under load, they were now 40C at idle and a maximum of 70C at load.
The GPU was also running similarly cool, idling at 35C and running in-game at around 55C.
At these temperatures, it became apparent that I wasn't going to need the Antec Big Boy fan after all. That's good, because apparently (though it's nowhere to be found on the product page), the fan only works with Antec cases. Also, it is only meant as a replacement, and doesn't include any screws for mounting. How useful. Luckily, Amazon is AWESOME (take a hint, Newegg), paid for the return shipping and gave me a prompt refund. Now that's customer service.
The computer runs great. Everyday computing (programming, e-mail, browsing) is obviously not a problem. But this thing is also a gaming monster. I've run StarCraft II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Company of Heroes, Oblivion… everything runs silky smooth on max settings at 1920×1200. I couldn't ask for more. And the best thing is when this can't handle something in the future, I can just swap out some components and keep trucking. Take that, laptop!
Other issues
Now that Windows 7 was installed, though the case was still open to the elements, I began to run into some issues.
First, I had no network connectivity. In my haste to build the computer, I hadn't considered the fact that I would need a ~50-foot ethernet cable to connect to my home network, and so I needed to get a wireless card. I wanted to use the only PCI-e 1x card slot on the motherboard for this, since I saw no other uses for this, and found the ideal candidate in the D-Link DWA-556. I ordered it from Amazon, plopped it into the case, and didn't even have to look for a driver. Windows 7 proves its mettle once again.
Second, the Blu-Ray drive from LG came with a crippled version of Cyberlink's PowerDVD. First, and perhaps only annoying if you're as OCD as I am, is that it will not allow you to remove its icon from the Start Menu. Oh sure, you can try, but restart Windows and it's back, taunting me. Additionally, it is an old version, and doesn't allow for surround sound playback. Seriously? It forces you to purchase a ~$100 upgrade to get surround sound playback directly from the disk. I think not. Instead, I found MakeMKV, a brilliant shareware program that extracts only selected audio and subtitle tracks into an MKV that can be played through VLC or Media Player Classic, neither of which forces you to pay for surround sound.
Third, the surround sound did not work immediately. This didn't come as a great surprise to me, since I had seen these problems in both Windows and Mac with the mini-TOSLINK optical port on the MacBook Pro. On this computer, I tried TOSLINK and coaxial, with many of the same results. Only pre-recorded surround audio (like movies) would output correctly, while dynamic audio (like games) would output in stereo. I began to get discouraged, thinking the Realtek chip wouldn't be able to do surround sound to output to my 5.1 speakers. Surprisingly, I didn't notice the massive array of analog ports that eventually accomplished this. After plugging in to the black, green, and orange ports and connecting to the Z-5500 and selecting 6-channel direct input, surround sound was no longer a problem. However, using the 6-channel direct input pre-empted the stereo output being upmixed to surround with Dolby Pro Logic II, like I had experienced with optical connections. The solution to this was a setting called "Speaker Fill" in the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Finally I can use these ridiculously powerful speakers to their full potential when hooked up to something other than a PS3.
All in all, I'd say these issues have been pretty minor and the results were well worth the effort that I had to put into them.
Back to the "case" (har har) at hand
So, I was going to need some support from Cooler Master. This adventure started out well enough, but unfortunately is still ongoing. I contacted support to ask about getting a replacement case. Our first chat established that they would indeed send me a replacement part, and I wouldn't have to send them anything. Great! This was on August 19, nearly two weeks after starting this build. I was getting tired of leaving the computer open and having to deal with the after effects of a manufacturing defect.
The first Cooler Master support chat transcript
I sent in the part request and waited. I checked almost daily to see if the part request had been updated… nope. So I contacted Cooler Master again on August 25, nearly a week after the part request had been sent in. So apparently Cooler Master had the part in stock, but were waiting a while to send it to me… gee thanks. But at least I was going to get the part eventually, right? I mean, a Cooler Master rep had found another discussion of the problem and admitted it was their problem. Shouldn't be an issue to send me a replacement part, right? It's supposed to ship on August 30th at the latest.
The second Cooler Master support chat transcript
On August 31, the part request is still "pending." I guess it hasn't shipped. I send an e-mail to Cooler Master. I get no response. Ever.
The Cooler Master support e-mail
The part request is "pending." Still. I know at this point I won't get the part from Cooler Master, even though they have damaged my motherboard and caused me a lot of hassle. That's some classy customer support right there. I do product support for software programs I've developed, and I'm personally embarrassed if I don't resolve support issues after at most a day.
I gave in, unplugged the firewire cable from the front panel so no short would travel to the motherboard, threw some electrical tape over the affected area and put the case together. Nothing gets blown out when I turn on the computer, but it's like a ticking time bomb. I don't know if or when anything bad will happen.
The completed PC (and yes, that is a Firefly blu-ray on top ):
The resulting lair:
Lessons learned
- Use Newegg for comparison shopping, not for purchasing
- Amazon is awesome (more a reinforcement than a lesson)
- Only get the HAF X if you're willing to inspect for manufacturing errors
- Don't count on Cooler Master support
- Building your own computer may be challenging, but in the end it's a great experience
Note: The names of customer support representatives have been changed to protect the innocent/guilty. Unless there really are support reps named "Jimmy Dean," "Frodo Baggins," or "Leeroy Jenkins" at Newegg, ASUS, or Cooler Master. If that's the case, props to you guys for having awesome names.


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Gio hopes to continue Nats' strong pitching vs. Padres
Rookie Smith trying for first big league win after rocky debut
Just about everything worked out perfectly for Gio Gonzalez in his last outing except the most important thing -- earning the victory.
Gonzalez took a perfect game into the sixth inning of Sunday's start against the Cubs, before allowing just two singles and one walk in seven innings. Also striking out six in the contest, it marked his first scoreless outing since his season debut on April 3 against the Marlins.
However, the Nationals bullpen couldn't hold a 1-0 lead and Gonzalez took the no-decision in an eventual 2-1 loss to the Cubs.
"I thought he pitched well," Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki said after the game. "He was aggressive, threw a lot of strikes with his fastball, got his curveball working early on in the game, changeup middle parts of the game, and at the end, he had everything working, so it was a good outing by Gio."
Since allowing a leadoff home run on May 5 to the Pirates and loading the bases with no outs, Gonzalez has allowed only one run in 13 innings.
He'll be up against Padres right-hander Burch Smith, who is making just his second career start.
While he tossed a 1-2-3 inning in his first career inning against Tampa Bay last Saturday, he surrendered six runs on five hits in the second inning without recording an out.
Throwing too many fastballs in the start, Smith said he plans to throw a few more breaking balls in Friday's contest.
"Mistakes are going to get hit at this level. I [need to] mix it up a little bit better," Smith said. "I'm always going to be a fastball pitcher, but I'll also need to throw some offspeed [pitches] in certain situations, too."
Nationals: Ramos placed on DL
• Washington placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the 15-day disabled list on Thursday with a left hamstring strain and recalled catcher Jhonathan Solano from Triple-A Syracuse.
Ramos re-injured the hamstring Wednesday night against the Dodgers after he singled in the fourth inning. The hamstring started to hurt him two innings earlier after he doubled off Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke.
Ramos will now go back to Washington this weekend to be re-examined by the team's doctor, Wiemi Douoguih, and is expected to get an MRI.
• Nationals left-hander Ross Detwiler had an MRI on his lower back Thursday after hurting it Wednesday night against the Dodgers.
Padres: Two players improve in rehab
• A pair of Padres took important steps on Thursday in their road to recovery.
Center fielder Cameron Maybin hit in the cage for the first time since injuring his right wrist on April 15, and infielder Logan Forsythe took batting practice at Petco Park for the first time since he had the protective boot removed from his right foot.
"I'm excited," Maybin said. "It's tough watching, but it's also been great watching how great the team has been playing. I'm eager to get back in the mix."
Worth noting
• Carlos Quentin was out of the Padres' lineup for Thursday's game against Washington because he was at the hospital for the birth of his first son, Clark. Quentin's wife and son are in good condition after the birth.
• Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth was scheduled to play for Class A Potomac on Thursday, but he went to see his doctor in New York instead because of tightness in his right hamstring. Werth isn't likely to rejoin the Nationals until the club travels to San Francisco for a series with the Giants beginning Monday.
Quinn Roberts is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Phoronix: HDA Intel Audio To Improve A Lot In Linux 3.9 Kernel
With we are only about half-way through the development of the Linux 3.8 kernel, there's already exciting features beginning to enter the development spotlight for Linux 3.9. One of the features coming to the Linux 3.9 kernel will be grand changes to the very common "HDA Intel" audio codec drivers...
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HDA audio drivers seems indeed to need some improvements, and my intel E5 workstation HDA chip is not recognized yet. The audio side of linux could use some serious tightening up, and the people at LAD (linux-audio-developers) seem really sloppy.
I do believe making a professional DAW sequencer, coud help tighten things up, and I have 20 yrs experience with them.
Please read my software ideas, if you think you have the experience to contribute to such software. I have already written most the DSP, and you would have to write the sequencer and mixing engine, but I can supervise. Ultimately it would be good to reconcile the different standards and paradigm/sofware/solutions for audio, into one amazing package.
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Glad to hear there's a test-suite now, even if it is only rudimentary. At least theres SOME way of testing for regressions at this point. Glad to hear that theres now a generic driver to handle most cards, its kind of necessary with a monolithic kernel really because its not like windows where if we dont have audio at install-time we can just go out and download an .exe package to install the driver.
I do care for quality, so I bought a dedicated sound card for my desktop. In addition, there are some more devices attached to it for different purposes. But I don't want to carry around extra devices with my notebook, because mobility deceases...which beats the actual purpose of a notebook, doesn't it?
Still, Intel HDA stinks so much, that I bought an external USB device for my notebook.
For most people the sound quality is fine. There are still the speakers to be considered, and if they're not very good then even a fantastic sound card won't make high-quality audio sound good.
I have a pretty good sound card in my desktop, but if I'm on my laptop it's because I want to sit in the lounge or in the pub more than I want the best quality sound or best graphics performance.


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Posted 13 February 2013 - 12:13
Oh for crying out loud, another think-i-know-it-all loudmouth.
"When big guys join up (like Opera now) and hopefully Mozilla and Microsoft everyone would be contributing to the Webkit/Chromium code (whichever it is)."
Ever actually looked at what data chrome sends back to google about what you do?
Also please show me where the phasing out of other competition has ever been a good thing? (I'll save you some time - it hasn't)
Posted 13 February 2013 - 12:39
I'm pretty sure you're switching everyone working on a standard with everyone working on an open source project. It's going to create the same mess, with each company forking it for their own purposes. Except now, it's even worse. They'll still be arguing over what should be the standard behavior. The result is:V8 and Webkit based Chromium are simply the most advanced browser/VM today.. and instead of everyone peddling their own things they should all work on the same thing.
The situation is not any better since WHATWG split with W3C.. now they'll be pushing new features that are not really a part of the standards until W3C takes another decade to evaluate and try to make them standard if that happens, in the meantime you will see the same things happening as they have in the last 5 years with HTML5 (wild wild west). Promise of ubiquity that just works that is clearly pure BS and is still nowhere near ready for prime time.
Posted 13 February 2013 - 12:47
Not great news. The less competition the more we end up with sub-standard standards implementation and propriety hacks. As much as i currently love WebKit, it's well on it's way to becoming the next IE6.
Posted 13 February 2013 - 12:55
FANTASTIC NEWS... my dream of unified web where we don't have to write 15 CSS lines and use polyfills for a single thing and tons of libraries to make stuff look the same across browsers is coming true.
Hopefully Mozilla joins Webkit train and finally we will have Microsoft forced to switch as well..
If this happens then we can truly start phasing out Flash as building for web will be beautiful. Not to mention that the tools we will get will be as good as Flash professional as there won't be compatibility issues due to unified rendering engine and spaghetti code for 5 different browsers. This fragmentation has been destroying web for a while now. And companies can contribute with cool features like Adobe is doing with CSS3 Shaders, Blend modes and so on and it can be quickly implemented on all browsers.
THEN, we can truly say open web and browsers offer now truly unified rendering and all the cool features Flash has now and that we can't (or have hard time) doing in HTML5/JS/CSS will be implemented in Webkit.
The dream.. is just a bit closer.
Posted 13 February 2013 - 16:39
Nah, Mozilla wants an open, standards based web, and even Microsoft seems to want a standards based web now, which is seemingly more at odds with WebKit's "do whatever and get web authors to rely on it" attitude.
WebKit is the new IE6 now.
Posted 13 February 2013 - 17:45
I wonder, since they've mentioned Chromium, if they'll base the next Opera on that rather than WebKit2? It sounds to me like they're going to fork Chromium.
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Having the power of flight for a month would just make me sad when it was gone. Is the $100,000 tax free? I'll take it.
I went with the power of flight. I wouldn't add 5 years to my life, because I assume by the end of my life those 5 years wouldn't be the most fun. If I could add them to the middle of my life (aka 5 healthy years) I'd do it. New life doesn't appeal to me. $100,000 certainly is useful and I would think about it. Being able to fly for a month would be an experience no one else would ever have, so I'd have to go with that. Hopefully I'm able to breathe no matter what, so I can fly above the clouds. Even moderate level flying would be awesome though.
Winning $100k would pay off the house thereby adding 5 years to my life. Bonus.
It occurs to me that, for $100,000, I can buy a helicopter and pay for some flying lessons...
If I could gain the power of flight and it would be gone after 30-31 days, I have to admit that I would probably be pretty darn sad afterwards. I think I'll go with $100,000. Even if it were taxed, that's a lot of things to worry about lifted right there - which just might add 5 healthy years to my life.
MattCortese wrote:I wouldn't add 5 years to my life, because I assume by the end of my life those 5 years wouldn't be the most fun. If I could add them to the middle of my life (aka 5 healthy years) I'd do it.
Agreed. To quote the great philosopher Sugar Daddy Solomon, "the last years are the crappy years anyway."
While we are making wishes, why not make it $100 million.
I really like this poll. There should be more like this.
I picked flight. I assumed that would be a super power of flight -- no plane needed. Soaring over some of the amazing places on this earth would be so cool. 5 years added would be my second choice. New life..... I've earned what I've learned. Don't want to give that up. money ? meh. Although it's always nice to have some extra green. In the end, it's just paper.
aboteler wrote:I really like this poll. There should be more like this.
I agree. It's a good philosophical question and surprisingly not the usual shallow Woot-crap. I expected the $100,000 to be the most popular for what I consider logical reasons but probably not mine. The last 5 yrs of life usually aren't quality years, one month of flying makes less sense than a tattoo (a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling) and since I remember past life experiences I expect I will have another and another, etc... I can see how a "One lifer" might find starting over attractive.
$100,000 can buy one almost all of the other things on the list. The true question is would you rather have unlimited happiness (but also destitute) or unlimited money (but also unhappiness).
With the power of flight, you could easily get $100k in sponsorships, TV deals, etc. Plus, how cool would that be?
While it's true money can't buy happiness, it makes being miserable a lot more tolerable. I'll take the cash.
Flight would be cool and I might be able to make $100,000 (or more) in a month... I might have to go with that. I couldn't leave my kids and wife so a new life isn't necessary, 5 years - I suppose it depends on when my time came, though when it comes it comes. It is certainly between paying off bills and flight. If I had no morals flight would make me well over $100,000 and thus my debate.
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I'd have to be really careful if I picked flight. Knowing me, I'd be 100+ feet up at the end of the month, having forgotten what day it is considering how much fun I'd be having. In that case, I wouldn't have to worry for too long about missing my special flight powers.
I went with the money. I'd feel pretty bad if I lost the ability to fly. Think of how Superman would feel if he couldn't fly. I already live my life the way I want, so the new one doesn't appeal. And like others have said, the $100k would take enough stress off of me that by de facto, I'd live another five years anyway.
I feel like if I had the power of flight for a month, I could make way more than $100,000 in just that one month.
I'm amazed, and saddened, by all of the responses saying "Think of how sad you'd be when you lose the ability to fly!" Eventually, in every human's life, our ability to do things which we had previously been able comes to and end; the argument that one should therefore not do awesome things seems incredibly shortsighted. tl;dr - It's better to have flown and lost than to never have flown at all.
Interesting choices, all which come with questions. Is my power of flight silent or does it make noise? Because if it is silent, I could easily use it to make well over $100K in the month I had it. With a little foresight, I could use it to set myself up with a larger income to cover me for the rest of my life even after the power was gone. Forget the 5 years, I'd rather add quality than quantity. A whole new life...do i get to keep the knowledge I amassed in this one? If not, there doesn't seem to be much point. And do I have to start over in this time period? Because I wouldn't want to deal with the inane school systems we have now for 12 years. Besides, I don't have many regrets anyway. So no to this one as well. Flight looks to be he obvious winner here to me anyway. I can get most of the benefits of the other choices by judicious use of this one.
I wouldn't want to start a whole new life. I love mine now...finally. I took the money. I nust had a baby and if he wants to go to college in 18 years...he can pay for o e semester with 100 grand
I took life, but actually I think I'd like to be in a world of magic and joy where people can fly.
If i had the power of flight, no one would catch me after i robbed a few banks; therefore bringing in more money than $100K, duh.
Start a new life with all the knowledge I have today? Easy choice.
Come on people! Those that chose $100k have no imagination. I choose flight ONLY IF I can take one other person with me each flight. I'd charge a fee to take people and make more than a $100k in a month and then have enough for all the rest plus some. But if I CAN'T have anyone else with me................well than yeah, I'll take the cash.
I would just be frustrated when my flight time was up. The cash would pay off student loans, put a decent down payment on a house, and have a good chunk in savings.
With flight you could easily make more money than $100k through criminal or legal means. Experiencing something like that would also be far more interesting than another 5 years. Who would want to live through high school again? Definitely flight.
Now, that's a great poll question!
Yeah, a new life would only be worth it if you get to keep all the knowledge you gained in the old one.
Really? Did you listen to yourself on this one? Adding "another 5 years to your life" does just that. It doesn't really matter where you add them. You just live 5 more years than you would have. So make the current 5 that much better. Then you can use those last 5 you added on to think back on all the cool Hershey's Kiss you did in the middle. Duh.
benjaminobed wrote:With the power of flight, you could easily get $100k in sponsorships, TV deals, etc. Plus, how cool would that be?
My logic exactly.
Yes, let me sit around in adult diapers while pooping myself for five extra years! You know, $100k will buy a lot of adult diapers...
100 grand really isn't much. A month of flying at my age isn't a big deal. (I used to work for an airline, flew everywhere.) Five more years of life is considered only if they are healthy. A whole new life with no repercussions? Repercussions? I don't really understand the usage there. Is this like Witness Protection, or start over from the beginning as a baby? If I carry over my life knowledge, and start over and not make all the stupid mistakes, life would be different. Better, maybe, but I wouldn't end up were I am now, and I like me and where I am.
I picked power of flight for a month. I figure with that power, I would get a lot of national attention and a lot of talk shows would want to talk to me. I would easily make more that $100,000 doing my circuits through talk shows. With that extra money, I could afford those things that could add 5 years to my life. At that point, I wouldn't want to change my life.
jeparz wrote:I agree. It's a good philosophical question and surprisingly not the usual shallow Woot-crap. I expected the $100,000 to be the most popular for what I consider logical reasons but probably not mine. The last 5 yrs of life usually aren't quality years, one month of flying makes less sense than a tattoo (a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling) and since I remember past life experiences I expect I will have another and another, etc... I can see how a "One lifer" might find starting over attractive.
Wait a minute, you remember past lives?
curtisuxor wrote:The true question is would you rather have unlimited happiness (but also destitute) or unlimited money (but also unhappiness).
Interesting question. The problem I see is that I don't think unlimited happiness is possible while being destitute, unless you are mentally disabled in some way. After all, how can one be completely happy while simultaneously wondering if you were going to be able to eat today? And if you are guaranteed that your basic needs will be taken care of (you will have basic food and shelter, etc.), then you aren't really destitute, are you?
Can't believe power of flight is the least popular. People are a bit short-sighted I think. If I could fly for a month I would get sponsored by Red Bull, write a book, shoot a documentary, make a movie, and become an instant Hollywood sensation. Think those things might pull in a bit more than 100k... More work? Of course! But awesome nonetheless.
myrddinemrys wrote:It occurs to me that, for $100,000, I can buy a helicopter and pay for some flying lessons...
I take it you have not shopped for a helicopter recently.
Get flight, charge people thousands of dollars for rides, have fun while making millions of dollars in a month. Beat the system.
Darn, I mean power of flight. You could easily make 100,000 doing a movie or something.
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Hey! If they'd had that umbrella before, they might have scared that giant panda off- I wonder if there are giant eyes painted on top of it?
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love this shirt but everyone knows true Seattle-ites (or PNW'ers) don't use umbrellas.
booksrule9 wrote:So true.
True, but only tourists go see the landmarks too. And it wouldn't look as good with a giant parka.
I love Seattle, but now that I'm living nowhere near it anymore I definitely have to have this shirt to remind me of home.
If only the space needle was replaced the the Transamerica Pyramid building I would buy 3 of these without thinking. Amazing design!
Tman2088 pushed for this shirt to be made on zkelvin's behalf. Well done sir, well done.
I recently moved from Rochester, NY to Seattle. Which makes me one of the very few who moved to Seattle to get less rain. Bring it on.
its 4:20pm and raining in Seattle as I type this this shirt is on topic
Josephus wrote:Doesn't it rain a lot in Texas, for example?
Not this year. Plus, Texas is huge... so it varies. When it takes at least 14 hours of driving to get across the state, you get a few different climates. I grew up in the Houston area and we used to frequently have thunderstorms with serious rain on most afternoons in July and August. I've been in San Antonio for 5 years now and I've missed regular rain that I used to see in Houston... it's extremely dry. Texas has been hurting for rain this whole summer. When one of the tropical storms had the potential to hit the Texas area, many people said it would be worth the damage of a category 1 or 2 hurricane just to put a dent in the drought.
booksrule9 wrote:Washington better be the bluest state on that map by the end of the day tomorrow.
Well, it looks like Washington and Oregon are doing pretty well! The thing I'm confused about is Vermont...
Next time I'm in Vancouver, I will make a point to drive down to Seattle to see if the city picked up on the Idea... or at the very least spot someone wearing the shirt. That would be pretty epic.
As a Seattle resident, I vouch that this pretty much sums up daily life here. I wouldn't be caught dead using an umbrella, but I sure as hell would wear this shirt.
larzlarzpantsonfarz wrote:whoa whoa whoa! Why does Seattle get one and Portland doesn't?!?! This is ridiculous!
Because Portland is a worthless excuse of a city, and any shirt that identifies Portland would not only have to be covered in hippie, but made of some sort of hemp based fabric, lest the hippies get all bent out of shape and start protesting or levying a tax against Woot? Oh, and Seattlites use umbrellas....when it actually rains. It just so happens that it only really "rains" a few times a year (today was such a day). Umbrellas are useless when it's just a mist. And yes, I'm a local. Which is also why I can't buy this shirt. You can't live in Seattle and wear a Seattle shirt. I'm pretty sure there's some sort of law against it.
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Narfcake wrote:There's sunshine in Seattle? That's almost as foreign of a concept as rain is here in SoCal.
Hey! We had 9 sunny days in a row with temps over 80° this summer! That was about it for summer. Now it's late fall, heading for winter. :-(
mrmcmac wrote:Hey! We had 9 sunny days in a row with temps over 80° this summer! That was about it for summer.
It's raining here today in SoCal, and my morning commute took 70 minute (for 20 miles), because folks don't know how to drive when it's wet outside. Next week, it's supposed to be 90+ again. Ugh.
Yeah! I want one with some bridges! I did send a shirt to my moving-to-Seattle-soon comrade,though.
Revvy wrote:Only tourists use umbrellas in Seattle. The rest of us have hats, hoods, or a lack of care.
Yeah but it'd look good underneath my shell, like an ironic statement about our disdain for umbrellas. And the tacky tourists who tote them. And the duck.
mousefinbutt wrote:I live in Seattle and today definitely embodies this. The gray of this shirt matches the gray of a stormy overcast day, as well as the melancholy I feel in my soul. I call it "lets-jump-out-the-window gray." I find this is more effective at dissuading people from moving here than telling them it rains a lot.
So true - it's not the rain that gets us native Seattle-ites down (like others have said, it doesn't really rain like many other parts of the country), it's the soul-sucking, neverending gray skies. That said, this shirt perfectly captures both the rain and the gray very well, and I may have to get it.
Snipes wrote:Yep, totally true. Here in Seattle you can tell if someone is either a tourist or a wimp if they use an umbrella. Love the design though!
Because Seattle is known for it's tough guys..
itsdeanna wrote:HOW DO I BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!..?
The shirt has been reckoned and no longer in print. Try teetrade.org, wootswap.com, or the random shirt trade center in the Shirt.Woot forum. You might get lucky and find it there.
smallville824 wrote:The shirt has been reckoned and no longer in print. Try teetrade.org, wootswap.com, or the random shirt trade center in the Shirt.Woot forum. You might get lucky and find it there.
thank yoooou!!!!!!!
thaskaman wrote:its 4:20pm and raining in Seattle as I type this this shirt is on topic
Was excited when I ordered this, but less than impressed when I received it. Design was great, but the shirt itself was constructed poorly. Runs at least 2 sizes smaller that most brands I've worn (yes, I did check the size chart). The logo sits at a slant like a backslash; my best guess is a fault in how the body and sleeves were put together unaligned, as the whole thing feels off. Disappointed in the American Apparel shirt, I hope future orders don't come in the same quality.
nickm07 wrote:Was excited when I ordered this, but less than impressed when I received it. Design was great, but the shirt itself was constructed poorly. Runs at least 2 sizes smaller that most brands I've worn (yes, I did check the size chart). The logo sits at a slant like a backslash; my best guess is a fault in how the body and sleeves were put together unaligned, as the whole thing feels off. Disappointed in the American Apparel shirt, I hope future orders don't come in the same quality.
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Is it too much to ask for this shirt to be reprinted somehow? Maybe in a 'weather' collection...? I grabbed The Umbrellas long sleeve from the Spring Has Sprung collection (http://shirt.woot.com/offers/the-umbrellas-long-sleeve-tee) and would love this shirt to add to my own personal Seattle collection. I am a devoted Seattlite and would love to own this beautiful shirt!
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Much better than other subwoofers Written By Audio Nut, Woodbine, Maryland on Sunday, March 18, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Ease of Use Sound Quality Value The Polk MM1040 subwoofer is better than the $1000 24" unit I had previously! It hits much harder, and goes as low. I have two of the MM1040 in my sound room, and one in my car, and may yet get another for the TV sound - it is that good. In rock music I can hear differences in how the drummer strokes the drum, how bass guitarists make short distinct fast runs of notes, and in little "pre-notes" that precede the main bass note. In some current pop music I can hear differences in the synthesizer bass as it changes character during the course of a song. I have heard improvement even on ancient 1950s blues music! The technical explanation for this is that the speaker has a Qts of 0.45 with a very small Vas of 18 liters, which is difficult and expensive to achieve. This allows it to be placed in a small pre-made 0.85 cu Ft box (Parts Express) and stuffed with 1.75 Wal-Mart fiberfill pillows to achieve an ideal Q of 0.577 for the entire system. The result is very low, hard hitting, and tight bass. A smaller box will increase the Q above 0.577 and change the rolloff that must be compensated.I have achieved flat bass, using a signal generator, to 24 Hz in my 2000 Explorer due to the "room gain" of the cabin. I can only discern pitch to about 27 Hz; below that it is mainly a shaking feeling. Pros: With some boost I could get to 18Hz (lower limit of generator), but it felt the same as 24 Hz. There was no buzzing, doubling, or any other sound than what was coming from the generator, and things rattling in the glove compartment. In my listening room, I added bass boost to compensate for the predicted rolloff, and achieved equally low bass, which rattled the window springs! Cons: It should be noted that the lowest pitch of a standard bass guitar is 40 Hz; drums are about 28Hz, the lowest 16' organ pipe is 32 Hz, and a (rare) 32' organ pipe is 16Hz. Most synth pop music goes no lower than 30 Hz. So this subwoofer in my car covers all notes except maybe 32' organ pipe. I would try to use this subwoofer . The larger models also have a low Qts, but a larger Vas, which will require a bigger box to achieve the ideal Q of 0.577.
AWESOME! Written By Anonymous, Dothan, Al on Saturday, March 17, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Ease of Use Sound Quality Value This sub is simply amazing in every way from the sound to te construction, wouldn't change anything about it , awesome buy! Pros: everything Cons: none
Great Sub Written By Buzr, AK on Saturday, February 25, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Ease of Use Sound Quality Value I bought this to put in a MTX Thunderform and it is amazing. It handles and sounds like a dream. It goes much lower than I thought it would and the form factor makes it a perfect fit for a MTX Thunderform for smaller trucks. I'm used to two 12's or two 10's and this one 10" sub is on par with what I used to run. I love Polk and this is a truly great sub. Also - my experience with Crutchfield was my best customer experience with any vendor in as long as I can remember. They answered all of my questions before I purchased my items and followed-up multiple times after. It seriously doesn't get any better than this in terms of customer experience. I'm so used to companies that don't care, and this goes for any type of store, but Crutchfield is in a world of it's own. Pros: Size, sound, quality, design. Cons: Wasn't free
Amazing Sub Written By Steve, Macon GA on Monday, March 21, 2011 Bought just 1 MM1040 for my 2001 GMC extended cab truck. I am driving it with a Lightning Audio LA-600M mono block amp. Even though amp is rated at 400 watts in mono block,and the speaker is only rated at 350 watts, I've had no problems what so ever. The sound is incredible. This one sub sounds better than many 2 sub systems I've heard. Hits really hard with no distortion. I've got it in a small non-ported wedge box under the back seat. Still can't get over the power of such a shallow sub. I'm so impressed, i'm going to get two of these and a 1,000 watt amp for my Mustang convertible.
These 10's Really Lower The Boom! Written By Ronny, Lexington, KY on Monday, February 14, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This particular subwoofer, the 10" Polk Audio MM1040, is rated to handle up to 350 watts RMS. They have a relatively high SPL, 91dB, and their excursion (Xmax), 25mm, is more in line with 12" or even some 15" subs. These subs can really move some air! At the time of purchase, I was considering Alpine Type R's, Rockford-Fosgate P3 shallow, and Boston Acoustics G3's, along with the MM1040's. Because they would have limited airspace and mounting depth, neither the Type R's nor the G3's would fit, leaving it between the Rockfords and these. Both were on sale so the price would be about the same. Listening to these and the P3's at a local car audio shop, there was no question about it. The Polks sounded so much better. They go lower without a hint of distortion. I've owned Alpine, MTX, and JL Audio subwoofers that cost more but don't sound as good as these. For the price, you'll really be challenged to find a better subwoofer. You may find ones that have better specifications on paper, and some that claim to handle more power. Certainly you'll be able to find subwoofers that cost less. But the Polk Audio MM1040 will likely have better sound, better quality, and better reliability.
Polk Audio MM1040 Written By matt, Houston, Tx on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Installed in F150 in custom downfiring box. .65 Paired with polk amp. Great for all types of music. In case anyone was wondering the xmax is 1 inch, a full inch! This caused some problems with the sub bottoming out on the floor when it hit.
2 thumbs up Written By charles, Hawaii on Friday, January 23, 2009 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I'm very pleased with these polk mm 10 incher. It does not have the output of a JL 10w3 and the sound quality is similar to a IDQ10. Overall its a great sounding sub and it is nicely built and priced right. The shallow mounting depth and a .66cuft sealed enclosure is a plus! I have this powered by a C2k amplifier. Oh and I just ordered another. Thanks Crutchfield!
one of the best! Written By Chad, Wrightsville, Georgia on Monday, January 12, 2009 I reciently installed this sub with an Alpine 300 watt mono amp under the rear seat of my F-150 in a down fire sealed custom enclosure. All I can say is wow! I wanted a sub with more sound quality than just boom; but, I GOT BOTH! I must admit one of the main reasons for buying this sub was for its thin profile. (I have read some negative things about the sound quality of shallow mount subs, and wanted to avoid a true shallow mount.) I have installed audio systems in my vehicles for since 1992, and these subs are by far the best I have owned. I can only imagine what the Polk SR series sounds like.