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jsmthrowaway on June 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: An audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound

Sorry, "cans" is radio slang for headphones, from the can-and-string metaphor. I'll make that clearer.

cnvogel on June 26, 2016 [–]

Inside one of my Focusrite audio interfaces, the internal headphone-amp, and wiring to the headphone connector, is labeled "cans" ;-).

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