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Ways of Hearing 3 – LOVE

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

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The Sound of Your Voice on the Phone Has Gotten Worse With the Switch to Digital Communications

"I don't talk to many people on the phone all that much, and I've gotten to the point where people call me. It's one of the rare pieces or the designed object where the quality is so much worse with weird latency issues," Roman says. The miniature mics in our cell phones are much more sensitive than the ones we used in our big old analog phones. But no matter how close we hold them to our mouths, there's no proximity effect on a cell phone.

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