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To prevent pops and plosives, beyerdynamic built a pop filter into the M 70 PRO X with a foam layer to protect the capsule.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
This is because the G sound is plosive, a consonant that is spoken by stopping the airflow in your mouth.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 27 May 2020
The plosives and fricatives of a complex word, the specific place your lips meet or don't to shape and push out a puff of air that carries a sound.
—Julie Muncy, Wired, 5 Feb. 2020
There’s something about the sound of it that is sonically shocking — the juxtaposition of two harsh plosives in a string of so few letters.
—Jessica Bennett, New York Times, 2 June 2018
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
This is because the G sound is plosive, a consonant that is spoken by stopping the airflow in your mouth.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 27 May 2020
The plosives and fricatives of a complex word, the specific place your lips meet or don't to shape and push out a puff of air that carries a sound.
—Julie Muncy, Wired, 5 Feb. 2020
There’s something about the sound of it that is sonically shocking — the juxtaposition of two harsh plosives in a string of so few letters.
—Jessica Bennett, New York Times, 2 June 2018
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“Plosive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plosive. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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