0. Vol39n3 of the BAS Speaker has been
published. It contains the writeup of the BAS Amplifier Test Clinic
with PowerCube results. Also reminiscences of Peter Aczel (The Audio
Critic) by David Moran, Bob Carver, David Rich and Steven Stone.
1. VocalZoom has a microphone which uses
optics instead of sound vibrations through the air. It is essentially
unaffected by high ambient noise. An infrared beam detects skin
vibrations of a person speaking. This is most apparent around the
throat, but much of the face provides sufficient feedback for the
sensor. Electronic Design Fe2017
2. At present I am listening to an audio
book of Musicophilia by the late Oliver Sachs. He was a neurologist
and it is case histories of people struggling to deal with auditory
neurological conditions, from the man who was struck by lightning
and suddenly was inspired to become a pianist, to people with amusia,
to whom a symphony sounds like clattering of pots and pans, to a
man whose memory spans only seven secondsfor everything but
musicto people with nonstop musical hallucinations. It's all
interesting, but neurology has little to help these people. It was
a free download through my public library, from overdrive.com.
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