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    LEAK: Project Natal Shipping in November 2010 with 14 Games for Under $80?

    Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"

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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/11/09

    In reply to LEAK: Project Natal Shipping in November 2010 with 14 Games for Under $80?
    I wonder what color that led turns when this thing kicks the bucket? I'm sure they're sick of red. #projectnatal
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    11/11/09

    @chauncy that billups:
    BLOD: Blue LED of Death. #projectnatal
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    11/11/09

    @vlatro: Or if you do well in the game it could give you the BLOW: Blue LED of Win. #projectnatal
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    11/11/09

    In reply to LEAK: Project Natal Shipping in November 2010 with 14 Games for Under $80?
    They are sure dead on with the impulse buy, especially with Amazon's instant buy -- what a clever devil those Amazonians #projectnatal
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    11/11/09

    @BergenCountyJC: They also have good fundamentals. They are good at Snu-snu. #projectnatal
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    11/11/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking: Mmmm death by Snu-snu. #projectnatal
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    Image of ichiban1081 ichiban1081
    11/11/09

    In reply to LEAK: Project Natal Shipping in November 2010 with 14 Games for Under $80?
    So this is going to come out for a rumored reasonable price while the Wireless N adapter comes out for $100? For under $80 I would definitely give this a try but MS needs to alter their pricing on the HDD's and wireless adapters. #projectnatal
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    11/11/09

    In reply to LEAK: Project Natal Shipping in November 2010 with 14 Games for Under $80?
    If this isn't an indication that this really is a project funded by the military/NWO wing of Microsoft to body scan people so they can send the terminators /drones/cruise missiles to kill us selectively, I don't know what is.

    This is why I buy Apple products. Steve Job isn't Illuminati and/or a Free Mason Eugenicist. #projectnatal
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    Image of Daver73 Daver73
    11/11/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking: That's what he wants you to think. #projectnatal
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    11/11/09

    @Daver73: Oh you mock, but wait, you'll see. The time timetable has been set. It'll happen on a holiday when people are traveling. Microsoft will say the XBOX user accounts have been compromised, and in order to use the XBOX and it's network, you have to do a full body scan and biometrics read to log into your XBOX live account and/or play games. And who will have access to all this information? The Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA. The secret government. That's when they shut down the internet for everyone else and only let "confirmed" Natal users access the WWW. Making them the chosen ones, but because they are scanned, they are marked. By the beast! #projectnatal
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    It sorta looks like it wants to get it on with a piece of fruit... #yeti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    "Four patterns (Omni, Cardioid, Stereo, Bidirectional) for incredible versatility and superior results in any situation"

    Omni, check. Cardioid, check. No hypercardioid? Hmmm. Is "bidirectional" teh stoopid translation for figure eight mode? The product page has frequency response from 70 Hz to 15 kHz instead of 20 Hz to 20 kHz...very suspicious. #yeti
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    Image of Purple Umpteenth Purple Umpteenth
    11/10/09

    @johnnyabnormal: this mic, like the Snowball before it, probably wasn't built for instruments. so not really suspicious at all if you're looking at the range of human voice modulation.

    when you run into a human outputting 20 Hz or 20 kHz of audio, then it'll be a problem. #yeti
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    11/10/09

    @johnnyabnormal: Why go down to 20 Hz anyway? All recording engineer highpass anything below 50-75. Eliminates muddiness. #yeti
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    11/10/09

    @Purple Umpteenth: I'll output both at the same time by thumping my chest and making a "sssssss" sound. #yeti
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    11/10/09

    @John: Well, I guess it's not "all" engineers, since I don't high-pass anything below 50-75 kHz unless I'm carving out space for other instruments in a mix. #yeti
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/11/09

    @johnnyabnormal: I've heard it both ways, so I wouldn't say it's the stupid translation. #yeti
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/11/09

    @thebigcheese: I've never heard it that way, but that's the least of my concerns. If any manufacturer...speaker or microphone...doesn't accurately represent a 20-20 frequency response, it's a huge red flag. It immediately makes one think, "What are they hiding?" #yeti
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/11/09

    @johnnyabnormal: Uh... as someone with experience in recording, I can tell you that you will be hard pressed to find many mics that accurately represent that range. Most don't even cover that full range. It's unnecessary a lot of the time and the "inaccuracies" are the reason some mics are much more coveted than others. #yeti
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    Didn't these guys get the memo that THX certification automatically allows you mark the item up a minimum of 1000% #yeti
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    Image of Dizznizzle Dizznizzle
    11/10/09

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: and means very little in the scope of actual sound quality ... #yeti
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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    If you're doing music recording with a USB microphone, you probably don't want to spend $150 on it. Unless you have money to completely burn and realllly care about your garage band pre production. #yeti
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    If you wave your hand at Lucas, he will grant you THX certification. #yeti
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    Image of mgpcoe mgpcoe
    11/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I suspect you probably have to do something else to Lucas to get THX certification... #yeti
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    11/10/09

    @mgpcoe: Search your feelings, you know it to be true. #yeti
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    Blue makes some AMAZING microphones. I have a snowball and it is well worth the money. Very clear, no distortion.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    Not questioning the mic's quality here but... is it the first THX certified mike because THX just created that category, or is it because THX has such ridiculous standards that only now they found a microphone up to it's standards?

    And if the second is truth, with what were they recording the THX stuff up 'till now?

    I mean, I'd understand the whole deal if the THX standards were just recently created, but it has what? Over 5 years now? #yeti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone"
    How cute - it even looks like a little droid.... #yeti
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
    Hopefully he won't copyright this and oblige people to charge Monster grade prices on it.

    I mean, it's interesting and all, but truth is, it'd do almost nothing for me. For my living room alone I have 3 power strips to attend all my plugging needs...

    Would be nice for my kitchen though... the only problem is that I'd need a hole in the wall deep enough to fit the entire contraption.
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    Edited by Bokusatsu_Tenshi at 11/09/09 2:19 PM Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D

    And here I thought the whole point was to not do something like this... #artlebedev
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    Image of D0rk D0rk
    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
    Cute concept, won't physically work or be practical though. It can't even support one wall wart thanks to the fact that the plug's are recessed. #artlebedev
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    @D0rk:
    Take a closer look.

    Those sockets have two round holes. Given that they're also a recessed circle, that means they're Type C plugs. In other words, they're supposed to be recessed. All plugs meant to work in type C sockets have an extruded circle meant to fit in that kind of socket, wall warts included.

    Beyond that, there's nothing inherently bad about his design. Whether or not it can support the weight of a bunch of wall warts might be a concern, but a sliding mechanism isn't in itself a bad idea.

    This isn't just a concept. This is a schematic that can be made into a functional prototype. Art.Lebdev Studio does its research. #artlebedev
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