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BrokenKnucklez
Apr 22, 2008

by zen death robot

Ferremit posted:

Pretty much. Only difference between the different models is presence of a locker and gear ratios. Toyota ran full floating axles front and back on the 40, 60, 80 and 105 series and then went the semi floating axles on the 100 and 200 series.

The Lexus 4wds are basically just pimped out landcruisers mechanically they are just about identical, it's the interior treatment that sets them apart. Not really relevant to the us market but the Lexus never came with diesels ether.

I can at least broaden my search between LX450's and Land Cruisers FJZ80's. The more I look at Land Cruisers, the axles seem to share a ton of similarities to Land Rover axles, transfer cases, and the ladder frame, etc. Except they might be a tad more reliable and piddle slightly less oil.

Thanks for the info.

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OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002
My 7 year old computer monitor is dying, not sure if I should head over to SHSC for recommendations, but I'm hoping to spend no more than $400.

Mostly used for gaming but i only end up playing 3-5 hours a week. 24" or 27/28".

video card is a GTX 760.

recommendations?

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

BraveUlysses posted:

My 7 year old computer monitor is dying, not sure if I should head over to SHSC for recommendations, but I'm hoping to spend no more than $400.

Mostly used for gaming but i only end up playing 3-5 hours a week. 24" or 27/28".

video card is a GTX 760.

recommendations?

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-E2414Hr-24-Inch-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B00FE8MKTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446225198&sr=8-1&keywords=Dell+24%22+LCD

mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008
I'm a big fan of my feel ultrasharps. The 23'' seem to go on sale periodically for around $200.

On the music front, I get it. I play violin and viola. poo poo gets expensive. A set of strings for either is anywhere from $50 - $100 these days.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe

BraveUlysses posted:

My 7 year old computer monitor is dying, not sure if I should head over to SHSC for recommendations, but I'm hoping to spend no more than $400.

Mostly used for gaming but i only end up playing 3-5 hours a week. 24" or 27/28".

video card is a GTX 760.

recommendations?

The monitor I'd suggest is this one. It's been serving me well for a while and I do just some light gaming.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

guitar (at least electric) is the worst

if you wanna upgrade beyond babby's first amp and guitar you're looking at like $2k total just for decent hobby-level gear

and then you can't even use most of the volume most of the time so it's a waste

i'll go weeks without practicing because of loving school, then when I do pick it up i'll practice a few days in a row before my tone starts grating on me, i gently caress with the settings trying to find something that sounds good, then just piss off and do something else

i mean at least strings are cheap but ffs

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
Friends don't let friends buy TN panels.

Buy the biggest Dell IPS you can afford and use Google to figure out what settings you should run for color accuracy.

Cage
Jul 17, 2003
www.revivethedrive.org

Enourmo posted:

guitar (at least electric) is the worst

if you wanna upgrade beyond babby's first amp and guitar you're looking at like $2k total just for decent hobby-level gear

and then you can't even use most of the volume most of the time so it's a waste

i'll go weeks without practicing because of loving school, then when I do pick it up i'll practice a few days in a row before my tone starts grating on me, i gently caress with the settings trying to find something that sounds good, then just piss off and do something else

i mean at least strings are cheap but ffs
Thats not really true. There are decent guitars starting at about $200. I've been playing 12 years and the most expensive one I have is $500, there's no need to spend a lot of money on something to get a good sound. You can find a guitar amp more than enough to practice at home with for $100 or less. 99% of these amps should let you plug headphones in if volume is an issue.

If you're not into it then you're not into it though. What kind of guitar do you have?

edit: This is mine. Schecter Tempest Custom

Cage fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Oct 30, 2015

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Phone posted:

Friends don't let friends buy TN panels.

Buy the biggest Dell IPS you can afford and use Google to figure out what settings you should run for color accuracy.

And big Dell panels are cheap and reliable. I've got 4 of them.

Previa_fun
Nov 10, 2004

Music chat

The main reason I want to get into a house is so that I can hit a drum again. Sometimes I'll pull out my practice pad and run through rudiments or dig through snare solos but I usually give up in frustration because I haven't played in so long my hands are retarded now. The last time I actually got to sit down at a kit my time was all over the place and my speed was probably half of what it was when I was playing every day.

:smith:

Let's not talk about costs associated with percussion. :suicide:

Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Oct 30, 2015

blindjoe
Jan 10, 2001

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-U2414H-24-Inch-Monitor/dp/B00GTV05XG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1446227760&sr=8-2&keywords=Dell+24

Id get a "U" monitor over a "E", the E ones are economy/bottom of the road, the P are a little better.

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Laptop/monitor chat:

Dell finally replaced my laptop... what do I do with 3840x2160? :D

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
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Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
Pimper of meats: some people locally are somehow impressed with my awful detailing pictures and want to throw money at me. I think I should pick up a 5" backing plate and some 5.5" pads and restock up on some light polishes (only break out the UC if an area is really bad).

I'm not going to touch the interior, what should I charge? $300?

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Jul 11, 2006

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Phone posted:

4K VR Source Film Maker porn

That's specific.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
Craigslist is a godsend for musicians. New gear is outrageously expensive and for the life of me, I can't figure out why anyone buys new gear. I got my full bass stack for under $900, including the bass itself. Gallien-Krueger 800RB, Mesa/Boogie 1x15 and 4x10, G&L SB2. Blammo, all off ebay and craigslist and it sounds just as good if not better than people with the latest-and-greatest from designer shops. It's the same stuff as audiophile nonsense as far as I'm concerned.

mungtor
May 3, 2005

Yeah, I hate me too.
Nap Ghost

blindjoe posted:

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-U2414H-24-Inch-Monitor/dp/B00GTV05XG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1446227760&sr=8-2&keywords=Dell+24

Id get a "U" monitor over a "E", the E ones are economy/bottom of the road, the P are a little better.

I'd get the high res over the 1080.

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-24-Inch-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B005JN9310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446229394&sr=8-1&keywords=U2414M

The 24" models come in 1080 and a 1920x1600 version.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

Cage posted:

Thats not really true. There are decent guitars starting at about $200. I've been playing 12 years and the most expensive one I have is $500, there's no need to spend a lot of money on something to get a good sound. You can find a guitar amp more than enough to practice at home with for $100 or less. 99% of these amps should let you plug headphones in if volume is an issue.

If you're not into it then you're not into it though. What kind of guitar do you have?

edit: This is mine. Schecter Tempest Custom



i've got an ibanez gio i got off loving myspace classifieds for $100 and a crate V18 amp. hosed up thing about it is, the headphone jack doesn't shut the speaker off. you can unplug the speaker, but last time I did that it fried the drat circuit board, i'm talking arcing from the tubes.

i guess my issue atm is that im unemplyed so $500 and $5k are equally unattainable for me.

tbh tho my main thing is that i wanna play wiht other people but i have horrible social anxiety, plus most metalheads tend to be awful people of the sort i no longer want to be around. and all the postings around me are looking for SERIOUS MUSICIANS BEEN PLAYING 70 YEARS WHO CAN GIG EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, no dudes who just wanna chill and jam some metallica or w/e.

playing at home alone only goes so far.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:

Enourmo posted:

guitar (at least electric) is the worst

The worst 'instrument' is a PA kit. I'm about $12k in and it's had a dozen or so sessions. :v:

mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

scuz posted:

Craigslist is a godsend for musicians. New gear is outrageously expensive and for the life of me, I can't figure out why anyone buys new gear. I got my full bass stack for under $900, including the bass itself. Gallien-Krueger 800RB, Mesa/Boogie 1x15 and 4x10, G&L SB2. Blammo, all off ebay and craigslist and it sounds just as good if not better than people with the latest-and-greatest from designer shops. It's the same stuff as audiophile nonsense as far as I'm concerned.

I wish I could buy things off Craigslist but everything in there is trash for me. They call them VSOs, violin shaped objects. They're poorly constructed and sound awful. String instruments keep their value and depending on the maker, can appreciate in value.

That said, you could spend $1k - 2k for decent student instrument and be okay for most situations. Unfortunately, I'm not normal and am getting an instrument made for me. :smith:

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Phone posted:

Pimper of meats: some people locally are somehow impressed with my awful detailing pictures and want to throw money at me. I think I should pick up a 5" backing plate and some 5.5" pads and restock up on some light polishes (only break out the UC if an area is really bad).

I'm not going to touch the interior, what should I charge? $300?

Don't worry about breaking out the UC early. It really is cheating... it will work as a product of various abrasion levels, depending on how you lean on the machine. It is a good post-clay cleaner that can really do some correcting if you need it.

That said, I've never done detailing professionally because I'd never be able to make money at it. If you can "know when to stop," $300 would be fair for a clay/UC/2-stage polish of your choosing, with wheel buff up and such.

some_admin
Oct 11, 2011

Grimey Drawer

Enourmo posted:

"fried tube amp when disconnecting speaker"

Yep, you got it, don't disconnect the speaker on an amplifier with a tube output section. Get or build a power soak out of resistors, plug this in instead of the speaker, live happily ever after.
(alternatively, consider a muff for the front of the cabinet)

I have very nearly furnished an entire project studio from craigslist.
guitar, bass, bass amp, guitar amp, saxophones, cornet, trumpet, cello, drum set, microphones, limiters, mic stands, curtains, monitors, LCD monitors, power amp, headphone amp, etc.
It took almost 12 years, but I have only got about ~%20 if it's value invested in it.
Smug from the good deals helps to compensate for the anxiety over lack of talent.

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002
Thanks for the monitor suggestions, going to pick up a VG248QE from bestbuy (amazon price matched) on the way home today.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
Everyone said to pick up a Dell IPS so you bought an Asus TN.

This is why the answer to "Hey, what type of _________ do you recommend?" should always be met with "I don't know, go ask someone else".

ilkhan
Oct 7, 2004

I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

BraveUlysses posted:

Thanks for the monitor suggestions, going to pick up a VG248QE from bestbuy (amazon price matched) on the way home today.

Yeah that's not a dell IPS screen.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe

Phone posted:

Everyone said to pick up a Dell IPS so you bought an Asus TN.

This is why the answer to "Hey, what type of _________ do you recommend?" should always be met with "I don't know, go ask someone else".
I didn't! :haw:

I'm not a graphic designer or any other job that requires my monitor to display the most accurate colors, I just want my video games to look cool, and 144hz certainly fits the bill.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
Yeah, neither do I; however, I do want to be able to not have to stare at my screen within an acceptable 10 degree viewing angle and have blacks that are actually black.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe

Phone posted:

Yeah, neither do I; however, I do want to be able to not have to stare at my screen within an acceptable 10 degree viewing angle and have blacks that are actually black.

The monitor's about 2' from my face and it works out okay. It's honestly not as bad as I thought it was going to be, and I'm willing to sacrifice the less-than-perfect viewing angles for "holy crap I don't need v-sync anymore wahooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002

Phone posted:

Everyone said to pick up a Dell IPS so you bought an Asus TN.

This is why the answer to "Hey, what type of _________ do you recommend?" should always be met with "I don't know, go ask someone else".

Scuz recommended it and the 144hz sealed the deal for how cheap it is. I really only end up using my home computer for gaming a few hours a week, viewing angles have never been an issue for the 7 years I've used my samsung monitor.

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011
Goon in a well, goddamn. Even with the justification

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Y'all, it's just computer monitors, jesus christ. I spent maybe a hundred and twenty bucks total on both of my monitors last year, and I use them every work day for at least eight hours. I don't even know how to spell what looks like "ƛ0C". Whatever BraveUlysses got is fine!

mafoose
Oct 30, 2006

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I spent $50 on my 24" HP something or another as it was surplused from my work.

It does just fine for gaming and CAD.

the spyder
Feb 18, 2011
If anyone in PDX want's a cheap 24", let me know. We're surplussing like 30.

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002

the spyder posted:

If anyone in PDX want's a cheap 24", let me know. We're surplussing like 30.

Email address? your PMs are turned off

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

mafoose posted:

I spent $50 on my 24" HP something or another as it was surplused from my work.

It does just fine for gaming and CAD.

Most GPUs only render at around 60-80h FPS anyways...

the spyder posted:

If anyone in PDX want's a cheap 24", let me know. We're surplussing like 30.

Can you ship?

I got serv....oed:

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
I spent like 50 bucks on all of my monitors combined. Which is why I had to recap most of them and they are all ancient.

I also don't give a gently caress, all I do is CAD work, web browsing, email, SSH (which requires a truly amazing range of colors and brightnesses) to servers, and occasionally watch a movie streamed over the internet.

the spyder
Feb 18, 2011
No time to ship. Locals can email me @ fd3sengineering@gmail.com We're also getting rid of some last gen i7-2600 workstations.

mafoose
Oct 30, 2006

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How much are the workstations going for?
Anyone local to the spyder willing to coordinate shipping?

I'm supposed to go pick up the newly painted 635CSI from the painters and it refuses to start now... Motherfucker.

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Jun 18, 2008

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Enourmo posted:

guitar (at least electric) is the worst

Yeah, acoustic is a completely different beast. I started on a cheap Yamaha but now I've got a low-mid range Taylor and the difference is astronomical in quality. Under $500 is generally for a beginner to see if they want to keep playing an acoustic, then move on to sub $1500 for a good acoustic that will last a while and sound and feel good. When I have the cash I can finally move onto the sub $5k professional range with Bourgeois and Thompson and other high end hand made guitars. Thompson makes pre war style dreadnoughts that sound and feel amazing. I never thought there was that big of a difference between my $1500 Taylor and the more expensive acoustics but after playing for 15 years I can tell the difference pretty quickly.

I mean feel and sound from a player perspective, I doubt I could tell much difference just listening to them all.

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