He puts his left arm around my seat, and starts whistling, a soft pulsing sound that calms the heart and flows into the chaos outside.

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They make up for their modest technical gifts with a soft, breathy, sensual sound and persona.

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If you're listening closely, you'll notice that songs streamed over Bluetooth sound a bit flat and soft around the edges.

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He could not make out the individual footfalls, the great velvet paws landing one in front of the other, only the over-all sound of it, a soft, travelling thump.

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Oddly, I found the sound via headphones to be too soft in some cases, though voice calls were clear.

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Similarly, the tweeter consists of a custom-designed soft dome design for negligible distortion and smooth, natural sound.

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The technology would enable a person talking to someone with a loud, high-pitched, rapid-fire voice to sound similar even if his actual voice was soft, low and slow, for instance.

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You get three earplugs made of soft, hypoallergenic silicone, with tiny filters to temper the sound, and a small cylindrical aluminum carrying case that fits on a key ring.

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Madlener explains that, depending on where you're sitting in relation to the sound source, it's either too loud or too soft.

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Sound quality matters most for headphones, but we won't lie: we've got a soft spot for a slick design.

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