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WAV (WAVE) is short for Waveform. It is a type of container file created by IBM and Microsoft to store digitized audio recordings. The essence of the WAV format is that the sound is stored in an uncompressed version, and given the fact that there are no formats for recording and storing uncompressed audio that can be played on almost any device without special programs, WAV is in a winning position in the field of professional sound reproduction.
The MP3 format is designed to record audio data with compression — the intentional reduction in sound quality in order to reduce file size. But if you carry out the appropriate optimization of audio data correctly, the decrease in sound quality will in most cases be hardly noticeable to humans.
If you have a lot of free space on your hard drive or removable media, then you will not have any problems. However, if you need to send files by mail or record them to CD, then the WAV format is not quite suitable for this. MP3 files take up much less storage space on your device. At the same time, they keep the quality at a fairly high level and you will hardly notice the difference.
In a perfect sidemount configuration, your tanks should sit slightly below your armpit to the middle of your hip. They should not cross behind your back (that’s a wreck entanglement nightmare), nor should they flare out to the sides like outriggers. When you look from above, your body and cylinders should form a single, slender oval—roughly 18 inches wide.
Recreational backplate divers love their continuous webbing—one piece, no padding, minimalist. In sidemount, you cannot simply thread the same rigid straps sideways. The human torso is conical, and your shoulder blades move. A poorly fitted sidemount harness will rotate tanks into your armpits, pinch your neck, and cause lower back pain.
The principle here is the "V" of the chest. Your two lower buttplate clips (or hip clips) should attach to a point that allows the cylinders to lie parallel to your torso, not splayed outward like a drunken sailor.
This is where recreational sidemount diverges from technical overhead diving. In open water, many instructors still teach the "long hose" (5-7 feet) stowed along the tank. While this is excellent for cave diving, in open water it creates drag and entanglement risk. Sidemount- Principles For Success
The principle of success for general sidemount is short, symmetrical hose routing.
If you feel a free-flow or a sudden pressure drop:
Practice this blindfolded in a pool. The moment you hesitate, you waste gas. The average sidemount diver has 10 seconds of panic gas before they start breathing water. Drills remove panic. In a perfect sidemount configuration, your tanks should
Your head is the rudder. If you look down, you go down. Look up, you go up. For sidemount, you must maintain a neutral spine. Imagine a laser beam shooting out of your sternum. That beam should be angled slightly downward—approximately 10 to 15 degrees. If your head is cranked back looking at the reef above you, your hips will drop, and your tanks will turn into anchors.
Sidemount exposes your sides. In a backmount rig, the tank and wing form a thermal barrier. In sidemount, your ribs are directly in contact with the water (and the cold tank). This leads to the most overlooked principle: hypothermia ruins trim.
A shivering diver cannot maintain neutral buoyancy. Period. Practice this blindfolded in a pool
The entire point of sidemount is reducing your profile. Yet, many divers turn their rig into a floating garage sale. Success is defined by what you leave behind.
The most common failure in sidemount diving is asymmetrical gas consumption. Divers will breathe one tank down to 500 PSI (35 bar) while the other remains at 2,000 PSI (140 bar). This is not just poor practice; it is a safety hazard.
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