the wave shield and the motor shield
both of them are in my cart now at adafruit.com - thinking i might pull the trigger
looks like the wave shield comes unassembled but the motor shield looks assembled. i'm pretty good with a soldering iron and have put together some project boards but i'm not sure i can design one that combines both shields - but we'll see
like someone said, maybe i'll put both boards side by side, run the pins to a bread board and see where i end up for the time being
thanks for the help guys
-Mario