Queen Mattress

Queen Mattress - Your Guide To Understanding The Size and Dimensions of A Queen Size Mattress
Executive Summary By Mat Siltala

Here is a little more insight into a Queen Bed. When the time comes to choose a new mattress, size options are often a key concern. The most popular mattress size in the United States is the queen mattress. Exactly what is the size of a queen, though, and how does it compare to other mattress sizes?

What is the Size of a Queen Mattress?

Standard queen beds measure about 60 inches in twidh by 80 inches in length. For couples, this means nearly three feet of personal space in bed. A queen bed offers both singles and couples ample space in the bed, while not requiring the significant room space needed for a king mattress.

How Does a Queen Mattress Compare to Other Mattress Sizes?

Many people "upgrade" from a full mattress to a queen, while others are often left unsure of whether or not to invest in a king mattress or a queen mattress. In terms of sheer size, the queen mattress offers 30 square inches of additional space when compared to a full mattress. Many couples find a full mattress to be a bit too snug for two people, and opt for the added room of the queen size bed.

Compared to a standard king mattress, the queen sized mattress is the same length as a king. However, king mattresses are 16 inches wider than a queen. Because the size of queen bedding is standard - unlike other sizes, such as the extra-long twin or the California king - finding coverings and sheets for queen mattresses is usually quite easy.

Bass AMP

How to Get Great Bass Throughout Your Home Theater
Executive Summary By Steve Faber

It's one of the hallmarks of a fantastic home theater; great bass. What too many people get is either weak, anemic bass or boomy bass that sounds like mud. In many cases you'll have pretty good bass at one seat and little or no bass at other seats. Usually that makes the bass even more bloated and boomy. How can you get bass that sounds great for slam-bam action movies and also for music? Is that $800.00 subwoofer you got a total loss?

The good news is that you can get great bass in your home theater, and probably at every seat too! Your sub needs to be appropriately sized for its intended duty. If your home theater is larger, say 27' x 17' x 10', especially if it is a multi use room that is open to the rest of the house on one or more sides, you'll need a larger sub than if your room is small. To make bass you need to move the air in the room. If your room is larger, your sub must move more air to get the same effect as it would in a smaller room.

In the old days, when comparing subs from good manufacturers, you could just look at the size of the subwoofer cone and the power of its amp. Most subwoofers used similar designs, either a bass reflex (ported) or acoustic suspension (sealed) box. Most quality subwoofer drivers had somewhat similar excursion specifications. Now, with the advent of high power digital amplification and super long throw drivers, things are a bit more difficult.

Most manufacturers will have recommendations about which of their subs to use in a given room size.

Now for the biggest key to getting great bass in your home theater; use multiple subwoofers. According to some of the latest research, the way multiple subwoofers interact with the room is the single biggest factor in being able to get great bass in every seat of your home theater. One of the biggest problems in small room acoustics is caused by standing waves. These are created when the wavelengths (or ½ or ¼ wavelengths) of certain frequencies coincide with one or more room dimensions.

Standing waves cause certain frequencies to be reinforced and cancelled at different locations throughout the room. These problem frequencies are known as room modes. For even better bass and smoother frequency response throughout your home theater, use four subwoofers.

Using the correct subwoofers for your room and using multiple subwoofers with a good equalizer will help you get that spectacular bass your home theater has been missing.

Magellan GPS

Magellan GPS Sport Trak vs The Imperfect Storm
Executive Summary By Chris Campbell

To say a GPS saved my life, and the life of my family would be a lie. The perfect starter trip, presented itself, when two other family friends decided to take their two boats on a short weekend sail from Bayfield to Goderich Ontario. It's a pretty short distance. a couple hours sailing there on a Saturday, a stay overnight in different marina, and a couple hours sail home the next day. GPS And The Real World

The entire trip would be insight of land, and a GPS was probably not really necessary. The trip up took a little longer then planned, as the wind was of course very light, and not blowing the direction we were heading. All three boats arrived just fine. The GPS worked fine, and it was kinda cool seeing it track our trip over the lake. GPS Bread Crumbs

After a pleasant dinner and fun time in the Goderich marina, we headed of for sleep, with plans to head home early the next day. The wind picked up quickly, and pretty soon we were sailing in 20 knot winds with 3 to six foot waves. The wind of course blowing the opposite direction from where we were heading. A little rough, but we were managing, and we could easily find our way back home by following the shoreline, or our previous days trip, still stored in the Magellan GPS. Thinking smugly that we had avoided any storms I relaxed a little. A GPS Makes A Crummy Umbrella

The line squall hit us dead on. We furled our head sail, and sent the kids below for safety's sake (which of course sent one racing for the head to deposit her breakfast). Nothing but black. As one boating friend tells me, "In a boat, the land is not your friend". Fortunately, our GPS had our home port as a waypoint, and all we could do was follow it's course. Actually all three boats had their GPS set for the home port, and they were following their GPS heading just as we were. As the black dissolved, and the sun shone, our GPS had been true. Who says tech gadgets are just toys? My GPS was a real life saver.