{"id":832,"date":"2017-11-22T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/?p=832"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:48:08","slug":"the-good-and-the-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"The good and the bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, all the acoustic treatment showed up\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gikacoustics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GIK<\/a> (Well, <em>almost<\/em> all, still waiting on one bass trap that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedex.com\/en-us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">FedEx<\/a> has&#8230; eh&#8230; <em>misplaced<\/em>.).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-833\" src=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_105339-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20171121_105339\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_105339-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_105339-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I spent a bunch of time unpacking and even placing a few of the easier to mount pieces<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-834\" src=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135707-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20171121_135707\" width=\"638\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135707-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135707-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135707-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-835\" src=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135715-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20171121_135715\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135715-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_135715-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedex.com\/en-us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">FedEx<\/a> was not exactly gentle with these things and of the 9 &#8220;Alpha 6&#8221; panels I ordered, 7 were broken and unusable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-836\" src=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_112242-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20171121_112242 (1)\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_112242-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_112242-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-837\" src=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_112253-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20171121_112253 (1)\" width=\"638\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_112253-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/jamespertusi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_20171121_112253-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So&#8230; Fuck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedex.com\/en-us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">FedEx<\/a> right in the fucking face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m sure the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gikacoustics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GIK<\/a> will be great about returns, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s still progress though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, all the acoustic treatment showed up\u00a0from GIK (Well, almost all, still waiting on one bass trap that FedEx has&#8230; eh&#8230; misplaced.). 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