Once she became of marriageable age, her father sought to secure her a sound financial match.

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The craggy Charles Bronson vaqueros, Hispanic cowboys with their fancy rodeo shirts and Stetsons, and the Tejano bands playing the mix-and-match sound of chilli: shades of country and western, mariachi, blues - even a dash of Bavaria with the accordions.

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Finally, an algorithm was created to match the sound of the headphones to the sound of the studio as closely as possible.

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Although this may sound like a perfect match - it takes only a few years of it for women to face the reality that this situation is irritating, frustrating and down right belittling.

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Sony has always been committed to extraordinary sound performance and together with Simon Cowell, Sony sound engineers were able to deliver an unprecedented level of audio performance to match Cowell's high level of excellence for finding the right sound and style.

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Different pickup cartridges produce different types of sound, and some audiophiles like to match their record players' arms to different genres of music without going through the hassle of swapping cartridges.

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Clarke was in extremely sound form before his lay-off and can give anyone a match even with his B game.

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