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The secret of a moose's exceptional hearing is down to its antlers, apparently. Scientists have discovered that those cool, gnarly things that look so fabulous perched atop the furry freaks act as amplifiers, allowing Mr Moose to be able to hear things up to 2 miles away. Added to the animal's already acute hearing—it's to do with its large ears that rotate in almost every direction, apparently—antlers improve the beast's audio capacities by as much as 19 per cent.
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Scientists Discover that Moose Antlers Act as Amplifiers
The secret of a moose's exceptional hearing is down to its antlers, apparently. Scientists have discovered that those cool, gnarly things that look so fabulous perched atop the furry freaks act as amplifiers, allowing Mr Moose to be able to hear things up to 2 miles away. Added to the animal's already acute hearing—it's to do with its large ears that rotate in almost every direction, apparently—antlers improve the beast's audio capacities by as much as 19 per cent.
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home entertainment
Hovland Stratos Amp: Sell Your House, Kids and Organs for Rock'n'Roll
To the un-rock'n'roll like me, the object above looks like a TV cabinet, or a disco oven - but, like I said, I've never had much of a fever for cowbell. This is the Stratos from Hovland, an amp that was 20 years in the making. And this is the price: $50,000. More on what it has and what it does (and doesn't) after the jump.More »
portable media
Pioneer Car Audio Collections
It's a Pioneer Christmas for the car audio world today, as Pioneer has announced a boatload of new speakers, amplifiers and subwoofers. The TS-A line of speakers start at $65 and are optimized for compressed audio like MP3. In the amplifier realm, the new GM line (GM-3300 through GM-7300) are priced from $100 to $200 and promise strong audio, while the PRS line is a bit pricier ($200+) and uses ICE technology to maximize efficiency and decrease power usage and heat generation. Two new subwoofers, the PRO line TS-W3001D4/2 and TS-W2501D4/2 are 70% smaller than previous generations but pack more beat than ever. All this gear is used by Pioneer's record-breaking audio teams that have pushed over 180dB out of their vehicles. Their moms must be proud. More »
gadgets
Zvex Nano Head: Tiny Tube Amp Packs Punch
The Zvex Nano Head is the world's smallest tube guitar amplifier, bound to be a favorite of electric git-box pickers and grinners all over the guitarisphere because of its unique distortion characteristics. More »
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More Vacuum Tubery: Vincent Audio Headphone Amp
Far be it from me to question all the rampant vacuum tubery that's been going on in the past few weeks, but companies keep making 'em for a reason. Vincent Audio is the latest such company to subscribe to the theory that "vacuum tubes = sales" and have released a headphone amplifier employing the outdated technology. Sure, they expect you to throw down nearly $800 to amplify headphones, but at least the company promises "audio bliss." Audio bliss... Hmm, I wonder if that's anything like being told that your gal's pregnancy tests came back negative? More »
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