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Maybe for northern rural homes only - with mics on the outside , speakers on the inside, volume control , noise limiter.
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No I want this in the city, I love all the city sounds!!!! |
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This is interesting. It might be possible to implement using triple-pane glass: use the outer pane as a microphone, isolation provided by a (relatively thick/dense) middle pane, and speaker formed from the inside pane. |
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You can have it in the city - Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Stockport, Blackburn, Newcastle, Hull. They're northern, and almost rural. |
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Hull seems to be attempting the transition from "rural" to "maritime" to "marine" to "sub-marine" .... |
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I live by the railway and have incredibly well soundproofed walls and windows. Maybe I could get a feed from outside your window? That would be better. |
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It would be fun to be able to hear what people were talking about, outside in the city. I wouldn't want all the traffic noises though; any way to filter those out? |
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A directional boom should suit your purposes. I've seen things in articles and TV shows which do just that - check out your local spy store. |
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Open the window? It's very cold outside. But then, there will not be so many birds, in winter. Definitely might want to select your 'outside' over a menu of Web feeds. |
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Described in -'piped in nature -' |
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A giant pinna on the outside wall of your house then ? |
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I like it but...my dog would probably lose her mind. |
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You can always give her yours, you don't need it ..... |
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What this needs is a good neologism. How about 'transsonant', with a nicely venomous hiss in the middle? |
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Just because I am not currently using it doesn't automatically indicate a lack of need. |
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You can have the extremely loud frog who starts his mating song at dusk and carries on into early morning, outside our loungeroom door. It's nature, but at about 95 decibels. |
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// Just because I am not currently using it // |
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The case for the prosecution rests, M'Lud. |
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Wouldn't a double-glazed screen-door be cheaper than all this microphone malarky? |
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I made a 4 layer polyethelene door, each layer 3/4" apart, stretched taut around an inner then outer frame of 5 cm dia. PVC pipe. That's when I got hip to the outside sounds while still enjoying decent insulation.
But a lousy see-thru. |
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When it opened and closed it made a nice toooonngg.
And the rounded edges were welcome. Why aren't doors made with soft rounded edges? |
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Bird crashes into the window, wakes the dog, who runs howling through the polyethylene screen door. |
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