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All Dark For your Windows 7

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 The Dark Calender
The Black Glass CPU Meter
The Black Digital World Clock
The Dark Notes

Surround Sounds

The applications of surround sound have expanded
to encompass much more than just movies. Digital TV broadcasts and
high-fidelity music, too, have evolved to take advantage of the dramatically intensified experience that multichannel audio provides. Literally and figuratively, surround sound adds a new dimension to home entertainment. You won't want to miss out on its many advantages... so let's get you up to speed.

HDTV surround sound: HD for your ears
The visual advantages of HDTV are so astoundingly apparent, it's easy to forget that HDTV offers yet another dimension of improvement over the TV experience to which we've become accustomed.

HDTV offers the capability to broadcast riveting 5.1-channel Dolby Digital surround sound. So not only can movies on TV deliver the same auditory impact as on DVD, but your favorite prime-time shows, concerts and sporting events can now benefit from the enhanced realism of Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

Dolby Digital 5.1 is also the industry-standard surround technology used for movies on DVD. You can learn more about Dolby Digital 5.1, and the equipment needed to reproduce it, in the following section.

Surround for movies
For most surround systems, Job One is the authentic replication of the cinema experience at home. Here, we'll discuss the most common surround formats for movies, and how they work to make movies come alive in your living room:

• 5.1-channel movie formats
• 6.1-channel "extended surround" formats
• 7.1-channel surround

Surround for music
With all the attention paid to surround sound for home theater applications, it's easy to forget that multichannel audio offers the promise of an immeasurably enhanced listening experience for music as well. While there are music discs produced using both the Dolby Digital and DTS technologies detailed in the "Surround for movies" section above, the most exciting advances in multichannel music presentation come courtesy of two high-resolution surround formats dedicated solely to musical applications:

• Super Audio CD (SACD)
• DVD-Audio

Hybrid surround solutions
As enthusiasm for home theater has spread, more and more people are replacing their old 2-channel stereo systems with full multichannel systems. Here, we'll discuss technologies that expand the usability of multichannel systems to enhance the experience of stereo music, analog TV broadcasts and other 2-channel media:

• Hybrid matrix-surround technologies
• About "simulated" or "virtual" surround

The nuts and bolts
Here's what you'll need to experience the thrill of surround sound at home, and an overview of adjustment options that let you optimize surround performance in varied environments:

• Hardware requirements
• System-calibration technologies

Set 'em up right
Proper speaker placement is critical to an immersive surround experience. Bearing in mind that most systems feature sophisticated electronic ways to compensate for the demands of your specific living space, here are the recommended setup patterns for various types of surround-sound speaker configurations.

• 5.1-channel speaker placement for movies
• 6.1-channel speaker placement
• 7.1-channel speaker placement
• ITU Standard (5.1-channel speaker placement for multichannel music)

The lowdown on the low end
It may have a funny name, but the role of the subwoofer in a state-of-the-art multichannel audio system is dead serious.

Sound by the numbers
Audio, by its very nature, is difficult to quantify. At its most fundamental, sound is nothing more than a physical manifestation of pressure waves moving through the air — but it is sound's power to move us emotionally that makes it compelling. In any case, the best way to judge any audio system is with your ears — the experience of "good sound" is largely subjective, and you should never let audio specifications (or the lack thereof) deter you from trusting your gut reaction. In other words, we encourage you to compare numbers and cogitate to your heart's content — but before you make a decision, visit a Best Buy store and listen carefully to the equipment you're considering. If it moves you, buy it. If it doesn't, then move on and find other stuff that does. It's out there, trust us.

That said, there are some established conventions for expressing characteristics of the audio performance of speakers and amplifiers. Understanding what they mean and how they interact with one another can help you narrow a crowded field of options — and give you confidence that you've found the right product for your needs.

• Amplifier specs
• Speaker specs

DirectX 11?

Gamers take note: Windows 7 includes a new version of DirectX, the software behind the eye-popping 3-D visuals and immersive sound effects found in many of today's PC games.

DirectX 11 includes numerous improvements. It's designed to be more efficient, leverage the power of today's multi-core processors, and provide support for sophisticated shading and texturing techniques such as tessellation. The result: smoother 3-D animation, and graphics more lifelike and nuanced than ever before.

Your Dream PC Case

Brand new case rev.2 with plexi window and place for watercooling with integrated phase change cooling on the bottom. Case support X-ATX motherboards (EVGA SR2) and all others dual CPU motherboards and 4 way SLI.
Case is made of Aluminium. Dimensions are W x H x D 650 x 690 x 220. On the top, is space for 4 X 120mm radiator with 25mm or 38mm thick fans. Watercooling pump can be located on the bottom where is Phase Change unit. Place/holles for reservoir is be located on the right side of the motherboard. In the front side is perforation for 140mm fan.

There are 4 slots for 5.25 and 5 HDD's.

Unit can hold 280W at -30°c.

Phase Change unit is made for 230V electricity.

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- PC Case with plexi window on the side with place for watercooling 4 x 120mm radiator on the top
     * space for 5 x HDD on anti vibration legs
     * space for 4 DVD's
     * space for PSU and watercooling pump is on the bottom
     * all screws for motherboard, HDD's, DVD's, PCI cards....etc
     * 2 illuminated switch for power on/off phase chnage and for starting PC

- Phase Change with NL11F compressor (Silent) cooler integrated on the botton tuned for 280W at -30°c
- 16 x 2 Blue LCD display on the front for showing evaporator/CPU temperature
- All isulation for motherboards and universal mounting for all sockets (939, 478, AM2, i5, i7....etc)

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USB 3D Sound Adapter-review

The Good:

• Very cheap
• Sound quality is good for its value
• No software/drivers (for Mac at least)
• Nice and small

The Bad:

• Poor case design (bends to allow two sockets at a time?)
• Red LED flashes even when there's no sound output, which becomes a bit irritating.

Sound In
I haven't tried it in Windows yet, but in Mac it requires no drivers and appears as an extra Output in System Preferences -> Sound. As is the way with a lot of Apple machines, mine has no built in microphone socket, only a Line-In (which requires a more powerful signal, usually through a Pre-Amp). Therefore this USB card makes a perfect solution for adding a low-quality microphone.

Sound Out
When I played some music through it using Spotify (~128Kbps) it didn't sound all that bad. You could tell it wasn't quite as good as the on-board sound card, but you could still enjoy the music. I then tried out my (ancient) Creative headset. Unfortunately, the 3.5mm jacks were too close together, so you feel like you're actually going to break it under the pressure of plugging both plugs in.

3D SOUND AMG!!?!1
I think it's also be possible to use it for surround-sound, as the microphone socket is supposed to act as the rear speaker out (Hence "3D SOUND").

ConclusionIt's great for use with a headset for Skype etc, where quality isn't a major issue. If you're about to buy a USB headset, you could try one of these first.


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History of the CD

The Compact Disc is a spin-off of Laserdisc technology. Sony first publicly demonstrated an optical digital audio disc in September 1976. In September 1978 they demonstrated an optical digital audio disc with a 150 minute playing time, and with specifications of 44,056 Hz sampling rate, 16-bit linear resolution, cross-interleaved error correction code, that were similar to those of the Compact Disc introduced in 1982. Technical details of Sony's digital audio disc were presented during the 62nd AES Convention, held on March 13–16, 1979, in Brussels. On March 8, 1979 Philips publicly demonstrated a prototype of an optical digital audio disc at a press conference called "Philips Introduce Compact Disc" in Eindhoven,Netherlands. On March 6, 2009, Philips received an IEEE Milestone with the following citation: "On 8 March 1979, N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken demonstrated for the international press a Compact Disc Audio Player. The demonstration showed that it is possible by using digital optical recording and playback to reproduce audio signals with superb stereo quality. This research at Philips established the technical standard for digital optical recording systems."

Sony executive Norio Ohga, who later became the CEO and chairman of Sony, was convinced of the format's commercial potential, and pushed further development despite widespread skepticism. Later in 1979, Sony and Philips Consumer Electronics (Philips) set up a joint task force of engineers to design a new digital audio disc. Led by Kees Schouhamer Immink and Toshitada Doi, the research pushed forward laser and optical disc technology that began independently by Philips and Sony in 1977 and 1975, respectively. After a year of experimentation and discussion, the taskforce produced the Red Book, the Compact Disc standard. Philips contributed the general manufacturing process, based on videoLaserdisc technology. Philips also contributed eight-to-fourteen modulation (EFM), which offers both a long playing time and a high resilience against disc defects such as scratches and fingerprints, while Sony contributed the error-correctionmethod, CIRC. The Compact Disc Story, told by a former member of the taskforce, gives background information on the many technical decisions made, including the choice of the sampling frequency, playing time, and disc diameter. The taskforce consisted of around four to eight persons, though according to Philips, the Compact Disc was thus "invented collectively by a large group of people working as a team."

The first test CD was pressed in Langenhagen near Hannover, Germany, by the Polydor Pressing Operations plant. The disc contained a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie (in English, An Alpine Symphony), played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.^[ The first public demonstration was on the BBC television programTomorrow's World when The Bee Gees' album Living Eyes (1981) was played. In August 1982 the real pressing was ready to begin in the new factory, not far from the place where Emil Berliner had produced his first gramophone record 93 years earlier. By now, Deutsche Grammophon, Berliner's company and the publisher of the Strauss recording, had become a part of PolyGram. The first CD to be manufactured at the new factory was The Visitors (1981) by ABBA.^[14] The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony's CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan. Early the following year on March 2, 1983 CD players and discs (16 titles from CBS Records) were released in the United States and other markets. This event is often seen as the "Big Bang" of the digital audio revolution. The new audio disc was enthusiastically received, especially in the early-adopting classical music and audiophile communities and its handling quality received particular praise. As the price of players gradually came down, the CD began to gain popularity in the larger popular and rock music markets. The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits, with its 1985 album Brothers in Arms.^[16] The first major artist to have his entire catalogue converted to CD was David Bowie, whose 15 studio albums were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four Greatest Hits albums. In 1988, 400 million CDs were manufactured by 50 pressing plants around the world.

The CD was planned to be the successor of the gramophone record for playing music, rather than primarily as a data storage medium. From its origins as a musical format, CDs have grown to encompass other applications. In June 1985, the computer readable CD-ROM (read-only memory) and, in 1990, CD-Recordable were introduced, also developed by both Sony and Philips. The CD's compact format has largely replaced the audio cassette player in new automobile applications, and recordable CDs are an alternative to tape for recording music and copying music albums without defects introduced in compression used in other digital recording methods. Other newer video formats such as DVD and Blu-ray have used the same form factor as CDs, and video players can usually play audio CDs as well. With the advent of the MP3 in the 2000s, the sales of CDs has dropped in seven out of the last eight years. In 2008, large label CD sales dropped 20%, although independent and DIY music sales may be tracking better according to figures released March 30, 2009.

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