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While doing some research, I stumbled across something remarkable that I just have to share. It's an interactive frequency chart published by the Independent Recording Network. What's it good for? Anyone who's looking to educate their ears will find it fascinating, and it should be of special interest to tweakers who are planning to equalize
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Getting ready to build or upgrade a home theater system? Here's a handy guide to dozens of articles and videos to help you choose, install, tweak, and enjoy: Plan Your Room The components you need for home theater Choosing your TV's screen size and placing your TV in a room Choosing a wall-mount for your TV Find a TV to fit your cabinet or a
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Are you a neat freak? Then you'll love Cable it , a kit that makes it incredibly easy to wrap and organize cables behind your home theater components or home office machines. Dig the video: Crutchfield offers Cable it in in 8-foot, 16-foot, and 50-foot lengths, and two colors: white and black.
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What do you do with your home network? Provide Internet access throughout your home Share a printer Listen to digital music files, Internet radio or a music subscription service, such as Rhapsody, throughout your home View photos or videos stored on your home computer on a TV in your living room Stream movies from Netflix to any TV in your home If you
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The house I recently moved into has a nice screen porch and a patio, but no outdoor speakers. I have a long list of home improvements to tackle, but since it's the season for outdoor entertaining, installing outdoor speakers just might rise to the top of the list. I've never installed outdoor speakers, so I thought I'd start by reading by
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For some time now, we've been offering two tips to people who want to get great sound when they connect their iPod to a home audio system: Import (rip) your music at a higher bit rate , preferrably in the Apple Lossless format. Bypass your iPod's built-in digital-to-analog converter (DAC), by means of the Wadia 170iTransport . It's the only home dock
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Yes, you can store more music files on your iPod ® or other MP3 player with more compression, and they'll sound OK when you're listening through earbuds. But you lose some high- and low-frequency information when you compress your music, along with some of the details that make your music interesting. And, on a good car audio system, you can really
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In our recent Mini Poll, we asked respondents to tell us where they do most of their listening. We intend to use the poll results to help us focus on the solutions that matter most to our readers. Asked how frequently they listen in the car, 420 people responded: Daily 73% Often 22% Seldom 4% Never 1% Turns out the car is by far the most popular listening
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In our recent Mini Poll, we asked respondents to tell us where they do most of their listening. We intend to use the poll results to help us focus on the solutions that matter most to our readers. Asked how frequently they listen at the office, 375 people responded: Daily 26% Often 22% Seldom 23% Never 29% Does listening to music at the office make
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In our recent Mini Poll, we asked respondents to tell us where they do most of their listening. We intend to use the poll results to help us focus on the solutions that matter most to our readers. Asked how frequently they listen at the gym, 359 people responded: Daily 10% Often 25% Seldom 17% Never 48% When I go to the gym, I see an awful lot of people