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Shure SE 425 These are passive noise-canceling headphones; they block out noise with sound-absorbing material rather than creating frequencies.
A New Sound Up There 2011
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Mr. Smith said interviews will also happen in the area, which features banquettes in bronze, aqua, celadon, pecan and sandalwood hues; paintings by Thomas Hart Benton and Rockwell Kent; Mr. Smith's own art books; energy-efficient TVs; bottles of water; a hibiscus bamboo floor lamp; a sound-absorbing cork floor; battery-operated votives no lit candles allowed! and, just to make even Nicole Kidman feel at home, a calming bowl of lemons.
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One draw of Palio d'Asti, for those who hold meetings over lunch, is the old-school décor of carpets and sound-absorbing ceiling tiles.
Palio d'Asti 2011
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The whole busy room was noticeably quiet owing to the editor, during his first weeks in office, having had the last of the crash-tinkle tap-tap typewriters pensioned off and the squeaky functional vinyl flooring covered in dark blue sound-absorbing carpet tiles.
The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010
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Most of the walls are painted deep purple and covered with sound-absorbing foam.
Muslim radio show talks up the taboo Raja Abdulrahim 2010
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Staff recording engineer Dann Thompson showed us around and explained various aspects of the studio, like the adjustable acoustic system, achieved using sound-absorbing panels on the walls and ceiling of the stage that are extended and retracted to change the reverb time.
Archive 2010-06-01 Mike 2010
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This was no doubt aided by the venue, which lacked the usual sound-absorbing walls of a rock club.
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Staff recording engineer Dann Thompson showed us around and explained various aspects of the studio, like the adjustable acoustic system, achieved using sound-absorbing panels on the walls and ceiling of the stage that are extended and retracted to change the reverb time.
Visiting Pixar: Stories & People —Part I Mike 2010
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In this fiendishly basic design, the interior of the flat-bottomed muffler tube is coated with sound-absorbing foam.
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But surprisingly, sound masking beat out the sound-absorbing treatment.
Dr. Michael J. Breus: The Sounds and Sleeplessness in the ICU--Part II 2009
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