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Old 04-23-2008, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ClieOS View Post
Those are the 'vent holes' for creating the bass. They do leak sound but no to any significant point. The main problem is they also allow noise to leak in, which is why RE1/2 only have very average isolation.
In that case they will be no good in totally quiet environments like a library reading room or the like where no noise is allowed ?
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