The Sound of Sports
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The Future of Sports Sound
The addition of a microphone on the rugby referee opened up another dimension. Curling was introduced to the Olympics in 1988 when the Winter Olympics went to Calgary and the rest of the world go on curling. And early on we started putting microphones wireless microphones on the curlers. I believe that is the future of sports sound. Microphones on the athletes and players themselves. If you can persuade them to wear them.
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