A decidedly low-tech solution may be moving the speakers in relation to where you sit, so you’re not getting too much sound from a too-near source.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/26/why-does-music-volume-get-loud-when-watching-tv/

After the lines were redrawn during the redistricting process that takes place every 10 years, District 41 is decidedly more rural.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/charleston-republican-state-senator-gets-challenger-from-gop-right-flank-over-abortion-ban/article_fba9076a-4680-11ee-9ffb-b35e243cb8d5.html

Although considered heroic by Conservative commentators, a fair verdict is surely that the record of his efforts in this regard is decidedly mixed.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/08/labour-still-in-thrall-to-low-tax-regime-championed-by-my-friend-nigel-lawson

Americans are decidedly more pleased with fiber internet service than other internet connection modes.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/americans-still-hate-their-internet-service-providers/

And even though “The Rescue” is decidedly engrossing and one of Parker’s sharpest thrillers yet, he says he is content with it being a stand-alone novel and not the first in a new series.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/books/story/2023-04-23/the-dog-days-of-t-jefferson-parker

And his welcome at the White House was decidedly low-key, with minimal pomp and ceremony.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67699957?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

And it’s no wonder that people are so stressed out: Humans have finite mental resources, and they’ve been decidedly depleted by years of dealing with COVID and its fallout, plus economic woes and worries about geopolitical upheaval.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/11/07/opinion/opinion-contributor/covid-pandemic-stress/

Arriving at the palace in an array of grey and black outfits, decidedly more demure than their usual provocative look, the girls lined up and were each presented by smiling Charles with their medals in the 1844 Room.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12783503/BLACKPINKs-Jennie-shows-Honorary-MBE-revealing-huge-honor-receive-King-Charles-attend-state-banquet.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

As is always the case across Wall Street, sell-side analysts are decidedly bullish when a red-hot stock leads the pack.

Source: https://247wallst.com/investing/2023/12/16/6-reasons-to-avoid-nvidia-stock-right-now/

Behind this magical self-checkout experience lies a decidedly low-tech solution – radio frequency identification chips (RFID) that are embedded in every Uniqlo price tag.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonpicoult/2023/12/21/a-self-checkout-that-customers-love--this-company-created-it/

Birnam Wood has grown into a thriving (if still decidedly loss-making) project, whose aims are to grow food and flowers while operating “as much as possible outside a capitalist framework”.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/26/birnam-wood-by-eleanor-catton-review-the-root-of-all-evil-luminaries-booker-prize

But it is, decidedly, a tradeoff.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/10/12/this-better-be-islanders-title-window-with-cap-toll-coming/

But some experts say his legacy is decidedly mixed.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tory-legacy-sex-scandal-1.6753164?cmp=rss

Despite being a beauty editor for nearly a decade, with a makeup collection that often baffles my friends and family upon entering my apartment, I am decidedly not great at applying foundation.

Source: https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/revlon-foundation-application-tips-49260257

Edulis, the couple’s intimate and incomparable 24-seat room, is a mix of those worlds: grand and somehow humble too, fancy but decidedly fun.

Source: https://macleans.ca/culture/food/the-best-places-to-eat-in-canada/

If the fifth movie wants the same net profit as the fourquel, it'll need to make $1.1 billion worldwide - which is a decidedly high bar for the installment to reach.

Source: https://screenrant.com/indiana-jones-5-budget-problem-franchise/

In a pivotal mythology episode where alien hybrids multiply, tearful hospital bedside scenes with a fading Penny and terrified Scully are decidedly human.

Source: https://collider.com/the-x-files-best-scully-episodes-ranked/

In a world where just seven nations — basically the U.S. and the communists — allow abortion throughout all nine months’ gestation, it is decidedly not Republicans who are “extreme.”

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/94114-why-do-democrats-hate-babies-2023-01-12

Inside, by contrast, the atmosphere was decidedly staid.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/supreme-skepticism/article_6d2bfdfe-c242-5517-a281-8267682ca59b.html

Instead, you will find lots of industries with a decidedly 20th-century feel: oil, tobacco, banking.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gqg-co-founder-rajiv-jain-is-creating-an-investing-empire-in-florida-3803105