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My daughter was playing in a First Tee tournament today. I pointed out this guy and said, “Look, that guy looks just like Micah Morris.” My daughter said, “Yeah, I could see it.”

About 4 holes in, someone in our group said, “Why is there such a big crowd following that group?” Another caddy said, “Oh, that’s the Micah Morris group.” I laughed and said, “I said the same thing. He looks just like him.” The other caddy said, “No, it’s actually him. I saw him sign in.” “Oh. Cool.” I guess he has a relative in the boys 12 under group he caddies for.”

Anyway, my daughter had 6 three-putts and still managed to shoot a 78. She took 2nd place and 1st place in season points.

I posted here a while back troubleshooting a pair of Overnight Sensation speakers that are causing my Loxjie A30 to click and go into what appears to be overload/protection. I'm still lost after constant testing, I purchased aLCR meter and a better soldering iron because my 30w Radio shack iron from 1996 wasn't giving the best looking joints.

Here's everything I've tested so far: I'm a novice at speaker building and never had to troubleshoot a build so most of my tests were found via search and/or AI suggestions.

Rundown/Equipment/setup

• I have a pair of C-Notes that I built previously. They work perfectly on the same Loxjie A30.
• I built a pair of Overnight Sensations for my son.
• Both Overnight Sensations cause the A30 to click and shut down/protect when connected.
• I use the same speaker connections/cables for the Overnight Sensations that I use for the C-Notes.
• Swapping Channels, connecting both OS or one OS and one C-note result in the same. C-note works, OS clicks.

Testing the Overnight Sensations on another amplifier

• I remembered I had an old set of powered computer speakers in the garage.
• I disconnected one of the computer speakers and connected the Overnight Sensations to the computer-speaker amplifier.
• Both Overnight Sensations work normally on that amplifier.
• This seems to indicate that both speakers are capable of producing sound.
• This was discovered after all the following testing, and all joints were re-soldered.

Crossover component testing
disconnected from the amplifier I tested the components individually.

Capacitors:

• 0.22 µF → 0.21–0.22 µF
• 1.5 µF → 1.5 µF
• 2.2 µF → 2.14 µF
• 6.8 µF → 6.66 µF

I lifted one leg of each capacitor before measuring it and resoldered the leg afterward.

Resistors:

• 6 Ω / 10 W → 5.8 Ω with one leg lifted
• 10 Ω / 10 W → 8.8–9.0 Ω with one leg lifted

Inductors:

• 1.1 mH → 1.1 mH
• 0.35 mH → 0.35 mH

The inductors also showed DC continuity:

• 1.1 mH coil → 0.5 Ω
• 0.35 mH coil → 0.7 Ω

Drivers

• connected the amp direct to the tweeter and woofers. - all 4 work when crossover is bypassed.

Crossover resistance/path testing
With the crossover disconnected from the amplifier:

• IN+ → IN− initially measured 7.3 Ω, later 7.6 Ω, and after resoldering/testing settled around 7.1 Ω
• W+ → W− → 6.7 Ω
• T+ → T− → 3.8 Ω

I also checked these paths:

• IN+ → W+ → 0.7 Ω
• IN− → W− → 0.1 Ω
• IN+ → T+ → 7.1 Ω
• IN− → T− → 3.7 Ω

The IN+ to IN− resistance stayed around 7 Ω while I gently flexed/wiggled the crossover wiring, so I didn't see an intermittent short there.

AC voltage testing
I used an AstroAI AM33D multimeter for AC voltage (my good meter died) and a Proster BM4070 LCR for component testing.

The AM33D was set to V~ 200 V, which is its lowest AC-voltage range.

With the Overnight Sensation crossover disconnected from the amp, I measured approximately 0.4–0.7 V AC directly at the Loxjie speaker output while music was playing.

When the Overnight Sensation crossover was connected to the A30, the meter showed 0.00 V at:

• the crossover input
• the woofer output
• the tweeter output

I also measured directly across the A30's speaker output while the crossover was connected and got 0.00V. As soon as I unplug the crossover, the Loxjie output across the + and - immediately jumps to 0.4-0.7V and back to 0.00 when connected to the crossover

I realize the 200 V AC range is very high for measuring a speaker-level signal, so I'm not sure how much weight to put on those 0.00 V readings.

so:

The A30 works perfectly with my C-Notes using the same connections.

Both Overnight Sensations work when connected to the old computer-speaker amplifier.

I've individually tested all the crossover components I can identify, and the measured values all appear reasonable. Both drivers also measure normally.

Yet when either Overnight Sensation is connected to the Loxjie A30, I get a click and what appears to be the amp going into overload/protection?

What am I missing? Is it possible the boards are defective?

My 15-year-old daughter had her almost-new Vokey SM10 54° stolen out of her bag.

She currently plays a Vokey 50° and 58°, and we were already planning to reshaft all of her irons and wedges after a recent fitting.

The reason I’m asking is she gets 40% off TaylorMade, so the choice is basically between buying a brand-new TaylorMade MG4 54° or finding a used Vokey 54.10S for about the same money.

Anyone have mixed wedges? Is there any real issue other than looks? She does compete so i wouldn’t want the mismatch to be an issue for her but we are also working with a basically non-existent budget so cost is a factor as well.

There will be a brand-new 9 iron included. TaylorMade is currently sending a replacement.

The shafts are mismatched but very similar. Originally the set had Fujikura Speeder NX shafts. The 7-iron head separated from the shaft last year, and TaylorMade replaced it with a KBS Max 65g shaft because they no longer stocked the Speeder. More recently, the 9-iron head separated from the shaft at a water range and was lost, so TaylorMade is sending a brand-new replacement 9-iron, also with a KBS Max 65g shaft.

My daughter has outgrown these clubs and is moving into a completely new setup. TaylorMade has offered $450 as a trade-in. Before I go that route, I wanted to see if there’s interest here and whether the market value is higher than the trade-in offer.

Photos in comments

Not sure if this is odd or if anyone would be interested, but I figured I’d throw it out there.

I need to buy a set of P770s for my daughter and have them re-shafted at KBS. I’d like to recover a little of the cost by selling the stock shafts that come with the irons. I’ll ask TaylorMade not to install them, but I’m not sure they’ll do that.

TaylorMade currently has free upgrades on most iron shafts. Is anyone looking for a specific shaft and willing to work something out ahead of time? I can place the order with the shaft and specs of your choice.

Wasn’t sure what price to use so just put $300 to satisfy the rules.

Not sure if this is the right place, but are there actual college golfers in here or mostly people who follow/talk about college golf?

My daughter wants to play in college, and her freshman year of high school was tough to balance between school, golf, training, and life in general.

We’re trying to build a better structure for next year and would love to hear what a typical day/week looks like for players currently competing in college golf.

If anyone would be willing to share:

1. Daily schedule/routine

2. How you balance school, workouts, practice, recovery, etc.

3. What your practice structure looks like

That would be super appreciated .

Right now we’ve started organizing practice into block practice, random practice, and skill-based work, but structured training is still pretty new to us since she doesn’t really have a full coaching team, just a swing coach and dad. She also let golf get in the way of grades and is now crunching to get everything done by the end of the year.

Appreciate any insight from players, parents, or coaches here or advice on a better place to post.