At close range, the sound from these devices can be terrifying and painful.
To cover that retreat, the company trumpeted its Sonic Cruiser, a futuristic 250-seater jet that would fly close to the speed of sound and clip hours off long-haul flights.
Getting that sound means getting in close, which I don't mind doing.
"HD Voice, " also known as wideband audio, is a technology designed to make a caller's voice, and other noises, sound on phone calls as close as possible to how they do in person.
Or maybe even heard the sound of it if you live close enough.
The high, plaintive wail of the pedal steel guitar and the warmly rough voice that follows close behind it define Robert Randolph's sound.
This may sound a bit familiar to those paying close attention, but on November 22nd -- the year anniversary for the Xbox 360 -- Microsoft is announcing something fairly momentus, not for the gaming community, but for the CE industry.
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The collar emits a warning sound if the cat or dog gets too close.
The number of artist profiles tracked by Next Big Sound on Twitter has also risen, by close to 260 percent from early 2011 to now.
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That may sound cheap, but since most traders own contracts close to expiration, they incur such costs several times a year to stay in the game.
After the couple had gone to bed, he said he got up in the early hours of February 14 to close the balcony door in his bedroom when he heard a sound in the bathroom.
When brick-ends started hurtling perilously close to my unprotected head and to those of my cameraman and sound recordist, a police superintendant marched sternly towards us with a warning that his officers could no longer guarantee our safety.
The bass has fantastic oomph and the audio plenty of clarity and depth when you're holding the Jambox in your hand, pointed at your face, but it won't fill a large party room (or function terribly well outdoors, as we learned camping out for Black Friday) and still sound like something worth listening to -- and the close-set speakers don't provide much stereo separation to speak of, either.
Since the esophagus passes close behind your heart, the transesophageal transducer can produce better images than can sound waves transmitted through your chest.
Performers wore wireless microphones, not hidden inside their costumes, where the sound would be muffled, but outside, in full view, as close as possible to their mouths.
Unfortunately, Sony's screen was of the acoustic type, which allows sound through from the cinema's speakers behind, and which means our close-up images are riven with tiny holes.
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It was getting close to midnight in London, and there were no dancers, no waves, no Miami Sound Machine blasting through the August sky.
Any plane that flies past the speed of sound creates a sonic boom, which often results in a major noise disturbance over close-by areas.
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