She can view the samples before approving the final product.

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There are a handful of samples kicking around, none of which the final version, but the characteristics listed above are common to all, (s)he said.

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Created through exhaustive processes testing countless samples and configurations, the AR1 and AR2 loudspeakers feature a final front cabinet baffle laminated to a thickness of 50 mm and 40 mm respectively from hand-selected maple cultivated from Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, whose cold climate produces maple of a tight grain, contributing markedly to the R's beautiful sound.

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Among the effects found in Scott's tent were 35 kilograms of geological samples which had been faithfully carried for hundreds of miles from the South Pole to their final resting place, only 11 miles from One Ton Camp.

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