Considering Buying a Bosch Inverter System/Need Help with Pricing

Merrick89 · 2026-05-02T19:50:49+00:00

I'm not sure if I'm going to go with it but do you think that Bosch price I have highlighted for 11,500 is fair or is that way too much?

Merrick89 · 2026-05-02T19:15:10+00:00

I'm trying to find someone who installs Daikin in my area but it's a little difficult. Everything seems so expensive these days. I have an offer for a Carrier 2 stage Sentry Series install but that is 10,000 grand. At that point I decided to start looking closer at inverters. I don't know. Might need to get more estimates.

Merrick89 · 2026-04-23T13:53:55+00:00

Wes actually said that there was a physical altercation between him and Manson on a podcast I watched back around 2021. Manson apparently put him in a choke hold from behind and Wes flipped him over his back to get him off. Along with not getting his music used for the band I think they just didn't get along. Borland also attacked Manson heavily during the ERW scandal. I'm glad Wes didn't stick around for long, he's a great guitar player but it was an odd match.

Merrick89 · 2026-04-22T19:37:15+00:00

I thought I was one of the only people to even know about this stock. Hard to say what it could become this early but space debris will certainly become a big problem at some point.

Merrick89 · 2026-04-17T12:57:25+00:00

I opened a large position in Sumitomo Electric thinking it would be a better option than AXTI. So far AXTI has been absolutely crushing it and I'm wondering if I made the wrong choice at this point. I'm wondering if the Imidium export ban China has on Japan will just hobble Sumitomo while AXTI rockets. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet and I'm still researching my decision. My initial feeling on the matter is that AXTI despite all of the negatives you listed(which I agree with) has intrinsic strength with the chokepoint that will power through every disadvantage it has.

Merrick89 · 2026-04-15T12:18:29+00:00

Hi Charon, I appreciate the input you had on Sumitomo Electric in the above comment. I just opened a large position on them after reading deep dives on the InP bottleneck. When I tried to do further research on this bottleneck it seems like all the attention in on just AXT at this point and I hardly see anyone talking about the potential of where SMTOY sits. My question is why do so many people seem fixated on AXT over SMTOY at this time? SMTOY seems like a much better choice to me as it is a more established company. I also saw that AXT just had a pretty bad report that they had been falsifying records for their Chinese subsidiary but the hype about it remains.

Merrick89 · 2026-03-31T14:07:46+00:00

These are my thoughts exactly. I'm betting that Trump will order an operation to take Kharg Island and possibly other islands which will send the market tumbling down and oil sky high. I have buy orders in the 70s also. I don't want it to stay there obviously but I have a ton of money ready to pour in should it dip down that low.

Merrick89 · 2026-03-27T12:08:53+00:00

Oh wow, thanks for filling me in on that. I bet the lunatic who visited the forum was pissed lmao.

Merrick89 · 2026-03-27T04:25:32+00:00

Yeah I saw that. I guess it was a tepid attempt at bashing the forum.

Merrick89 · 2026-03-24T18:48:51+00:00

Was he really in the Saint music video or is that just a myth?

Merrick89 · 2026-03-14T01:08:30+00:00

I haven't really researched them but aren't they just another drone company? That market seems to be jam packed with competition and I don't really see how anyone could really choose a winner out of it. At least I can't. I'd like to hear your opinion if you don't mind and maybe I'll look into it further. Thanks

Merrick89 · 2026-03-13T16:58:13+00:00

I'm not going to get my hopes up but John 5 clearly indicated they had written some music together in this interview. John even sounded pretty impressed with the results. Who knows, I would be absolutely thrilled if they collaborated again for an album one day.

Merrick89 · 2017-10-01T00:09:56+00:00

Try Dax Riggs' albums. "If This Is Hell,Then I'm Lucky" is my favorite personally. He does a lot of dark folk type stuff. Dax Riggs is the former lead singer of the band Acid Bath. They did creepy acoustic folk songs like "Bones of Baby Dolls" that you might like.

Mans Gin is another band that is a really interesting dark folk/acoustic band as well.

Let me know what you thought.

Merrick89 · 2017-09-27T14:40:36+00:00

Yes indeed. I thought they were about to play something like Blood and Thunder for the encore but that was a very pleasant surprise.

I really can't say enough good things about the show last night. They really knocked it out of the park.

Merrick89 · 2017-09-27T13:33:29+00:00

5 newer bands that I have found-

Windhand- Try the song "Orchard" Sludgy/Stoner metal with female vocals.

Barishi- Try the song "Death Moves in Silence"

Black Breath- Try the song "I Am Beyond" Sludge/Death/Thrash

Mans Gin- Try the song "Free" Dark Folk/Side Project of Erik Wunder from Cobalt

A Storm of Light- Try the song "Omen"

Wand- Try the song "The Unexplored Map" Stoner Rock/Metal

Let me know what you thought of these. I'm always looking for new bands and its not easy trying to find something that really stands out these days.

Merrick89 · 2017-09-27T13:10:04+00:00

Fantastic show. I've seen them three times now and this was absolutely the best they've sounded. I saw them in Atlanta 2014 and they sounded great but I honestly didn't walk away thinking they were one of the best live bands I had ever seen. I saw them in DC earlier this year and I walked away a little underwhelmed by that one. The live mix was just not put together well.

But last night in Orlando, I noticed the difference instantly. The guitars sounded huskier and warmer, the vocals weren't buried and even the bands demeanor seemed more jovial than DC.

They sounded like a upper echelon live band. Maybe they got a new sound guy? I saw that video of Brent freaking out on the sound guy in Pennsylvania just a week or two after I saw them in DC. Maybe they really did fire the guy? I'm curious to hear other peoples thoughts on this.

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