Thursday - 05-13-04
I've been doing research for In-Dash Receivers (car decks) for about 2 weeks straight so far. Jen owes me $300 for stealing my old Kenwood stereo system, so I have a nice batch of cash to spend on. As usual, I'm stingy as fuck, so I do my research to find the best deal I can anywhere (typical Asian tendency). I also read reviews and compare modifications and specifications on everything. I'm sure I covered all details. With that said, I decided on purchasing the Sony Xplod CDX-F7700.
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Modifications
XM Ready -- Flip-down detachable faceplate -- 52W x 4 high power -- Aux Lite auxiliary input -- Drive-S -- 8fs, 1-bit D/A converter -- 45 degree install -- CD-R/RW playback -- SSIR-EXA tuner, Station Memo -- 18FM + 12AM memory presets -- Aluminum faceplate finish -- Red key illumination --
Specifications
Maximum Power Output -- 52W x 4 Power Ad Hoc -- 23.3W x 4 Speaker Impedance -- 4 - 8 ohms Preout Voltage -- 4 Volts Preout Impedance -- 220 ohms Frequency Response -- 10 - 20kHz S/N Ratio -- 120 dB Stereo Separation -- 85 dB THD -- 0.01% Digital Filters -- 8fs D/A Converter -- 1-bit FM Usable Sensitivity -- 9 dBf Selectivity -- 75 dB (400Hz) S/N Ratio -- 67 dB (Stereo) Frequency Response -- 30 - 15kHz Stereo Separation -- 35 dB AM Usable Sensitivity -- 30 µV Weight -- Approx. 1.2 kg (2 lb 10 oz) Dimensions -- 178 x 50 x 178 (mm) (7-1/16" x 2" x 7-1/16")
Bubba called me a couple days ago and wanted to go deck shopping. He knew to go with me cuz I'm usually on top of things with technology, and could probably help him bargin. I guess he knew I wanted to get one too, so it was a perfect situation. Plus I haven't hung out with the big white guy in a longass time. We decided on Thursday cuz he didn't work.
School was the slame (same + lame). After school was cool though. I got to hang out with Tiff and Chris cuz they were planning on going to the mall with Kim, so I took us (Tiff, Chris, and myself) to Denny's for lunch. God damn the food was good; we devoired literally everything on our plates.
After eating, we headed back to Tiff's to relax until 3:00pm cuz we had to wait for Kim to get home. Tiff and I napped until about 2:30pm before she got ready, and we left. We had to wait a little bit for Kim cuz she was a bit late, but she came about 5 minutes after we arrived, so I dropped them off and headed back to Tiff's to borrow the phone from Fifi to call up Bubba cuz I forgot which door it is exactly to his town house.
I drove up to his place and luckily knocked on the right door, so booked it right away so we can make all the places on time. We took Bubba's car cuz he wanted to get the deck installed today. We stopped by Car Toys, Best Buy, and Magnolia Hifi. We got hungry after going to all these places and not being successful. Nowhere had the deck we wanted. Of course I wanted the 2004 models, and most places didn't even have them yet. We wanted to fiddle around with the deck to see if we really like the layout and and how it worked. No success, so we went to go eat.
We stopped by Mc Donalds to grab some quick cheap food. I only had $1, so I ordered the Double Cheeseburger from the $1 Menu. Bubba's crazyass ordered hella shit: 2 Double Cheeseburgers and a Chicken Sandwich from the $1 Menu. I asked for a cup of water to fill it up with pop (told ya I was stingy). We stole some napkins before leaving. Food was good and fast.
We drove up to Seattle cuz that's where Car Stereo Warehouse is. Kim gave us directions. We still got lost, so Bubba decided to drop by his dad's place to ask for directions. His dad was gone, but his stepmom/dad's girlfriend was there. She invited us in, and we looked around. The place was hella big and nice. It's 3 stories tall and has a sickass balcony that has a wicked view. She popped open a bottle of Sparkling Cider for us and we talked for a bit while chugging it down. We had to leave after awhile cuz it was 6:30pm-ish. She gave us the directions to get there, so we left.
We found the streets she told us really easy. She did a good job directing us, but we still didn't find it. We pulled over on 137th on Aurora (which is what Kim told us it was at). We called her and the place, but no luck, so we pulled out and took a right, and it was right in front of our face. lol we felt so stupid, but it was humorous, well until we realized the place was already closed. We headed back home after realizing how stupid we were. Good times.
On the way home, we took a wrong turn, and it was a one-way road, and there were freakin' plastic tubes that are built into the ground so people can't jump 4 lanes to get to the freeway. Bubba's crazyass thought it'd be fun to mow down the plastic things so we didn't have to go around in a circle 2 more times. When it was clear, he floored it and mowed down the damn things. It was hella funny cuz the cars around us were like, "what the fuck?" We flew home pretty damn fast. One point on the freeway, Bubba decided it'd be nice to floor it in his car; we hit 100mph before he let off the gas. It was fun stuff.
I got home and talked to Tiff on the phone before bed.
Friday - 5-15-04
School = slame.
Hung out with Tiff, Chris, and Kim in the lounge before my assessment. Sting and Rachael arrived later to hang chat a bit. After the doors opened, I headed over to the Tech 215/217 lab to work on the assessment. Took me about 2 hours to, both, type things up and do it. Doing it always takes like 5-10 minutes to do, but typing it up and getting it corrected takes forever.
After finally getting it done, I took Tiff to Denny's again cuz we were both craving it. We went back to her place to nap before she has to go to work; it was her last day. It was so freakin' hot for some reason, but it was still a great nap. I took her to work after, even though it was a bit late cuz I was trying to help her mom with their speakers.
I came back after dropping Tiff off at work to help with the speakers some more. The speakers are awkward. They all work, but when you plug them into the correct holes, they don't work. If you plug the center speaker into the left speaker jack, it works, and vice versa. She just decided to forget about the center speaker. After helping her organize things, I left for Fry's to look at the deck I want. Surprisingly, they had it, so I got to fiddle with it and see if I liked it. I was very pleased by the options and whatnot.
After messing with decks for awhile, I headed over to Ryan's to meet up with him and Hines. We hung out for a bit until he had to go to work, so Ryan and I dropped him off. We headed over to South Center to see what Victoria's Secret had. They had a bigass grand re-opening. The store looks really really nice. It was too crowded, so we went over to Suncoast to check out stuff, then Spencers, and Fye. We left with these $5 170-CD Holder Towers. It was a freakin' steal, so we both bought one.
We headed back to Ryan's to wait for Hines to get done, so we hung out there for a bit. We picked up Hines later where he worked, and headed out to Applebee's. I ordered 10 Bufflao Wings, and god they were great. I was so hungry.
I got home and talked to Tiff on the phone before bed. It's easier to sleep talking to her before bed. Even though we talk usually until 3-4am.
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