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Re:An audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound by jsmthrowaway on Sunday June 26, 2016 @12:46PM (#11981502)
Sorry, "cans" is radio slang for headphones, from the can-and-string metaphor. I'll make that clearer.
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Re:An audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound by cnvogel on Sunday June 26, 2016 @03:52PM (#11982368)
Inside one of my Focusrite audio interfaces, the internal headphone-amp, and wiring to the headphone connector, is labeled "cans" ;-).
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