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Sunday

24Aug

Stereo Listening, Speaker Positioning.

Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 10:37PM

Three months ago I took the leap into the world of stereophilia. Ever since, I've been trying to find the best positioning for my speakers. I have a very small listening space and have a even smaller space to keep my speakers away from the wall. Here is what I've found to work.

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Friday

22Aug

What Denon really means by "Stereo", "Direct/Pure Direct", and "Bass Management".

Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:46PM

Note: This post is simply a set of observations I've made since I purchased my new Denon AVR, they are no way Denon-backed facts. I've tried to verify some of these things with them but no luck so far.

It seems by default, my Denon Integrated(Amplifier) seems to think that correct default settings for "Stereo" is, "Large"(for the Speakers, this is correct), "Yes"(for Subwoofer), "LFE+Main"(for Subwoofer Playback), and "40Hz"(for Crossover).

The problem here is that LFE+Main freakin sucks. Why do I want double-bass? Not to mention its coming from 3 directions in 2 different phases( the Subwoofer is usually set to phase 90) and 3 different distances/delays. All good quality subwoofers will provide High Level and Low Level input for Left/Right to use with the internal crossover. This works great, however the sub is creating audio based on the distance information for the Left/Right channels(if your Integrated AMP has distance delays)... thus creating a somewhat delayed/shifted bass stereo image because regardless of where the subwoofer is it cannot be in two places at once.

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Tuesday

17Jun

Perfect Safari Theme Setup FireFox 3

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 07:30PM

RE: http://macvswindows.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=472

First, go here and download the GrApple Yummy theme: http://www.takebacktheweb.org/
Next, install Fission, which copies the combined address/progress bar from Safari: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1951
Finally, install Stylish (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108) and then the combined stop/reload button style: http://userstyles.org/styles/10

I'll take this one step further. Type about:config in the address bar. Set the filter to 'browser.tabs'. Change values browser.tabs.tabMaxWidth and browser.tabs.tabClipWidth to 180 and 150 respectively.

Open 'Stylish' Add-on preferences and add