Topic: Who all's got the V3 optical mod?

[F.O.Bean]

yeah, i sent mine friday priority, so hopefully it makes it there on time, i should have it back mon/tues of next week id think

[Brian Skalinder]

get it to them by monday, they do the mod tuesday, bench test till thursday when they ship it, then they ship it fedex ground i believe

To clarify, they actually perform the mods ON Tuesdays (maybe rolling into Wed), it isn't a one day turnaround from whenever you happen to get your V3 to the shop.  So, for example, my understanding is if your V3 shows up on a Wed, it'll wait til next Tue before it gets modded.

[jcaledun]

i'm gonna call them this week and have mine done

[F.O.Bean]

im so happy, i sent mine out friday from wash, pa and it got to boulder today

[caymanreview]

mine is officially in the mail for the mod! im excited to ditch the hosa box!

[sickrick43]

Made my appointment the day the mod was announced.  Picked it up while in Co.  Tour of Grace Facility on my website.

Works great, never looked back.  Didn't sell the Hosa's, in case I ever have to patch (like an SBD Daisy-Chain situation, though I usually get folks to let me run the V3 at the head of the chain anyway).

Creative has a new(er) PCMCIA Soundcard (Audigy 2 ZS Notebook) that has an optical in and does 24/96.  Thinking of picking one up to check out.  Is considerably cheeper than my CoreSound CFAudio card (that has NEVER WORKED), and puts me in the V3->Lappy zone with the Opti-Mod V3...

Rick

[Craig T]

Is that creative pcmcia card available yet?  haven't seen it fs anywhere.

[sickrick43]

Is that creative pcmcia card available yet?  haven't seen it fs anywhere.

CDW is showing 4-6 Days, TechData (wholesale distro) is showing arrival on the 24th...

This place sez they have them, not a bad price either: http://www.nextwarehouse.com/prod.cfm/138596/CREATIVE_LABS/70SB053000000/2_NOTEBOOK

Rick

[F.O.Bean]

JUST opened my v3 box w/ the opti mod, damn this thing is suite, the optical mod fits tightly w/ my optical cables which means its not movin when the cable is placed in there

[caymanreview]

JUST opened my v3 box w/ the opti mod, damn this thing is suite, the optical mod fits tightly w/ my optical cables which means its not movin when the cable is placed in there

so it was mod'd tuesday,a nd you have it back at your place all the way across the u.s. by saturday... sweet

mine should have arrived there at grace today to be mod'd this tuesday... im in no rush to get it back, cause my new stand, shock, kwon bar arent here, so its impossible for me to tape as of yet

[F.O.Bean]

JUST opened my v3 box w/ the opti mod, damn this thing is suite, the optical mod fits tightly w/ my optical cables which means its not movin when the cable is placed in there

so it was mod'd tuesday,a nd you have it back at your place all the way across the u.s. by saturday... sweet

mine should have arrived there at grace today to be mod'd this tuesday... im in no rush to get it back, cause my new stand, shock, kwon bar arent here, so its impossible for me to tape as of yet

dustin, if you thought the v3 was cool before, you just wait, its a whole nother coolness level now

i have my rt angle sp optical in there, and i nylon tied it to my cage so it isnt coming out of the v3 anytime soon

i may forget about the phoenix gold cable and buy another sp rt angle one, because the nicest thing about the sp ones is, on the toslink end, the head of it rotates 360 to fit your/my needs perfectly

[krebsy]

I just figured out a few weeks ago that the ra toslink on that cable rotates.  I thought I had broken it at first.  That was my cool discovery of the week.     Makes a great cable that much better.

[F.O.Bean]

I just figured out a few weeks ago that the ra toslink on that cable rotates.  I thought I had broken it at first.  That was my cool discovery of the week.     Makes a great cable that much better.

agreed

[Brian Skalinder]

the nicest thing about the sp ones is, on the toslink end, the head of it rotates 360 to fit your/my needs perfectly

Huh.  Whaddya know.  I had no idea.  Thanks, Bean!

[F.O.Bean]

the nicest thing about the sp ones is, on the toslink end, the head of it rotates 360 to fit your/my needs perfectly

Huh.  Whaddya know.  I had no idea.  Thanks, Bean!

no problem