First of all, we published a huge site update last night. JDS Labs no longer relies on the PayPal shopping cart! We’ve been testing and revising the new site for 2 months. If you see anything out of place, do not hesitate to send us a note. ODAC Backorders Short Story: ODACs began shipping at […]
Author: John Seaber
Endplate Experiments & RCA Jacks for ODAC
** Scheduled Maintenance: We’re moving our server tomorrow night at 1:00AM CST, Saturday, July 14th. Anticipated downtime is 1-4 hours. JDSLabs.com may be difficult to access in some parts of the world for the next 24-48 hours while our new IP address propagates. ** CNC Experiments Nick has spent the past three weeks making noise, breaking […]
Setting Up Shop
Each Friday I realize how much we’ve accomplished over the week, and wish I had more time to share the news. This entire month has been huge. In trusty bullet point format, we’ve recently: Moved into a new 900 sq. ft. office in Glen Carbon, IL Shipped several hundred ODAC preorders Hired ‘Jimmy’, a new […]
Challenge Tanzania 2012 – Charity Raffle
This week I was asked if we could provide support in raising donations for a charitable cause in Africa, Challenge Tanzania 2012. Filling ODAC orders and moving into our new office made this past week by far the busiest of the year, so I flagged the email when it came in on Tuesday morning. Flagged […]
Preparing for May – ODAC and New Office
ODAC Progress Those seeking to retrofit their O2’s with an ODAC can now preorder the O2+ODAC rear endplate for the Box B2-080 enclosure: Not sure why this rendering is so dark (Nick?!). They’ll match our O2 Front Plates. We’ve switched to a specialty machine shop based in Silicon Valley. Artwork on new endplates will be […]
On the ODAC, and Recent Reviews
Okay, this post is in reply to our full email inbox this morning. Regarding NwAvGuy’s upcoming ODAC: JDS Labs is an official distributor of the ODAC An ODAC preorder page is live ODAC production began late last week in the USA, and will take about 4 weeks (release = May 2012) NwAvGuy has not released specific information […]
Sticky Bumpers
I bought a birthday card this weekend for my grandfather. When I handed the card and envelope to the cashier, he said “Thanks for doing that!” I asked, ‘Sorry, what do you mean?’ “You placed the barcode face up.” He shook his head and explained that not many customers realize the time he spends flipping cards […]
A Busy Start
This won’t be a typical post. There’s nothing new to see here, just a reflection of our progress. We posted a short year end summary after 2010, at which time I drafted a few goals for 2011. The year turned out nothing like I’d planned…
Cyber Monday – O2 Front Panels!
It’s doubtful I can convey anything more worthwhile than the pictures, so here’s this week’s big news: Looks amazing, doesn’t it? Nick had a difficult time stepping away from the 3D model: Our JDS Labs branded O2 front panels and fully assembled O2’s are available now for preorder. c421: Quality Inspection 3 Continuing from our last update, the third batch of […]
O2 Boards, c421 Reviewed
It’s time for a few short updates. First, we’re helping out with NwAvGuy’s do-it-yourself O2 project. Bare O2 circuit boards are in stock: The O2 has created a stir in Head-Fi.org’s do-it-yourself community. After posting one too many “objective” (or possibly stubborn) comments, NwAvGuy found himself banned from the forums. He proceeded to design O2 for […]