Computerpro3
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Tomorrow for my public speaking class we have to give a speech about something we are "expert" on. I figured I could do it on either baseball, piano, computers, or audio. I chose audio because I think it's the most universal theme; EVERYONE likes music and can relate to love of it, and it lends itself to visual aids nicely (RS-1's, SF5P's, portable amp, etc).
The speech has to be seven to fifteen minutes long. From my past experience, about 12 to 13 is about the perfect length in terms of attention span.
Right now I plan on starting with the basics; I don't want to make this sound like voodoo, these people think Bose is good. I'm going to approach it from a logical standpoint; explaining that we can hear from 20hz to 20000hz, and that Apple's ibuds simply don't let us do that - you're not hearing all of the music. I'll explain that once you hear music through a good system, you're in for a lifetime of enjoyment that you just didn't even know existed previously. Then I'm going to go into the three different parts of a system that can achieve our goal - the source, an amp, and the headphones. I'll explain that Bose doesn't quite reach our goal, and I'll also talk a little about the good budget stuff as well as the high end stuff, explain the concept of diminishing returns. I'll explain the difference between open and closed, as well as buds and true iems. As for the required audience interaction, I'll have someone from the audience come up and listen to a Binural recording off of the Ultrasone track and I'll ask them where the sound is coming from - every time I've done this with someone before they usually grin and can't believe it.
What else should I talk about? We already gave speeches about ourselves, and nearly every person in the class mentioned music as being a big influence in their lives, and most of them care enough to buy cans that they think are good (low end sony and phillips stuff), so it should be a receptive audience. I think as long as I don't make it too technical and keep it personal it will go over quite well.
Any other ideas?
The speech has to be seven to fifteen minutes long. From my past experience, about 12 to 13 is about the perfect length in terms of attention span.
Right now I plan on starting with the basics; I don't want to make this sound like voodoo, these people think Bose is good. I'm going to approach it from a logical standpoint; explaining that we can hear from 20hz to 20000hz, and that Apple's ibuds simply don't let us do that - you're not hearing all of the music. I'll explain that once you hear music through a good system, you're in for a lifetime of enjoyment that you just didn't even know existed previously. Then I'm going to go into the three different parts of a system that can achieve our goal - the source, an amp, and the headphones. I'll explain that Bose doesn't quite reach our goal, and I'll also talk a little about the good budget stuff as well as the high end stuff, explain the concept of diminishing returns. I'll explain the difference between open and closed, as well as buds and true iems. As for the required audience interaction, I'll have someone from the audience come up and listen to a Binural recording off of the Ultrasone track and I'll ask them where the sound is coming from - every time I've done this with someone before they usually grin and can't believe it.
What else should I talk about? We already gave speeches about ourselves, and nearly every person in the class mentioned music as being a big influence in their lives, and most of them care enough to buy cans that they think are good (low end sony and phillips stuff), so it should be a receptive audience. I think as long as I don't make it too technical and keep it personal it will go over quite well.
Any other ideas?
