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I’ve been planning on building a new PC this year and have been looking at cases over the past 3-4 months. In that time I’ve seen an increasing smaller number of cases with 5.25” bays and I don’t recall seeing any that were clear on the front. I too like the 5.25” bays but they are aren’t what...

With UPS power supplies, eventually the capacitors will dry out and affect performance and lead to a failure. It’s hard to say how many years a UPS will have but capacitor failure eventually plagues all electronics.

When I’m done caulking, my cheap approach is to grab a plastic bag and tear off a corner. I then empty some caulk into that corner, squeeze the bag to further wrap it around the caulk outlet. I just let this dry. Usually when I want to use it later, pull off the “caulk” cap, clear out the tube...

This is an old thread, but using a cleaner like Deoxit will work to clean the potentiometer (volume control) if turning the control back and forth doesn’t clear up the issue. In the 80s my dad had a high end Sony amp in our basement and based on the humidity in the air the volume control would...

Thanks for posting this. I’m in the market for a new monitor and am considering an ultra wide. Haven’t seen many good deals lately on monitors.

I find it is hard to change everything at once. If you can make changes things one at a time, that helps ensure the changes are ones you can live with and continue. It’s hard work, but so worth it!

The Sonos Connect I mentioned has been replaced by the Sonos Port: https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/port.html or, you could put a Sonos Amp in each Zone https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/amp.html

If you are in the construction phase and you have the ability to run wiring, there is a lot you can do. The big question is if you need surround sound. If you don’t need surround sound, you can utilize a multi zone amplifier. These are made by companies like Nuvo, Russound, Monoprice even has a...