We should mention that we were shooting with one of 11 prototype RX1's in existence -- though, given the quality results we obtained, it's safe to say that production RX1's will give you the same picture quality when they go on sale in December.

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The corps would want to identify objective, measurable standards, so as not to engage in subjective judgments, and might identify a few objectively verifiable aspects of the performances to measure and thereby assure that quality performances were being obtained.

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It's great for vocal recording and other musical applications, as well as podcasts, lectures, and more, and it enables better quality recordings than can be obtained with a mobile device's built-in mic.

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Thinking it might be the (poor) quality of the data, we obtained a large sample of similar data from a different source: supplier contracts.

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But Sheehan says it's possible to make a distinction between the quality of a piece of science and the ethics of how it was obtained.

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