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How to blend stereo subwoofers seamlessly
The first step is to locate the best position for your seating and for your subwoofers. The main issue, after finding where the subs work best, is getting them to blend seamlessly with your main speakers. This tip assumes that you've already located the best position for your main speakers and that you are voicing the subs for the overall combination of best blend and best bass.
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How to find the best spot for your equipment
If you have your speakers on the short wall, it's more convenient to get up and take a few steps to the sidewall than to make the trek all the way over to components located between your speakers (unless your speakers are on the long wall and your components are on the short side wall). Plus, there are at least three significant performance advantages to locating your components on the sidewall.
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How to dress up your room so your wife is cool about it
I don't know any wives who want their husband's music listening area to look like an over-damped hi-fi shop. By the way, WAF in audiophile-speak is an acronym for Wife Acceptance Factor.
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How to install a wooden floor to improve your sound
If your listening room is on a concrete slab with wall-to-wall carpeting, before spending lots more money on new components, the chances are that you can transform the sound of your system for a modest investment.
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How to setup iTunes for ripping CDs
If you are building a library of music in iTunes, it's important to setup the CD transfer (RIP) process just the way you want. iTunes default setting is to compress the music you copy from a CD using their AAC encoder at 128kbs. Many of us building music libraries do not want to compress the CD because of the loss of audio quality.
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How to build a $1500 music server
A music server for around $1500? At that price it's hard to imagine that it's even worth writing about but, in fact, you can build one for that price and it is one of the better music servers available today regardless of price. We'll show you how.
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How to add internet radio to an Apple TV or iPod
Apple products such as their Apple TV and iPods do not support internet radio unless you know a few tricks. Here's how to add internet radio to the Apple TV or Apple iPod Touch remote control software.
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How to build a sand vibration free platform
Here's a way to make both a sand AND air isolation platform for audio gear that costs less than $4.00.
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How to install a Soloist in-wall conditioner
The PS Audio Soloist is the world's first and only in-wall power conditioner offering full AC filtering, surge and spike protection. They are not dificult to install and can make a world of improvement. In this How To article, PS customers explain in great detail their experience with installing a Soloist and the results they got once installed.
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How to place a video subwoofer
Placing a video subwoofer is sometimes a bit more challenging than an audio subwoofer because in a home theater setting, the system is typically required to be both a music as well as a video setup.
