Two men, one hoisting a big camera and the other a sound boom, stood in a corner less than a foot from one another.

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Any plane that flies past the speed of sound creates a sonic boom, which often results in a major noise disturbance over close-by areas.

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It's not boom-heavy sound by any means, but the highs are definitely a veiled due to the bass emphasis.

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But somehow that analysis, in the last part of the boom, failed to sound an alarm.

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The boom mic produces better sound than the on-cord mic, as is standard, though the on-cord mic may be used for calls when using with your smartphone.

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Spreading the area of air pressure over the jet staggers the sound waves and decreases the intensity of the boom.

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It would make sound business sense for operators to interlink their systems too: "The big boom in SMS usage was when the operators opened up the gateways to other carriers, " he said.

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