Chopper silencers used to turn all surfaces stereo


	Chopper silencers used to turn all surfaces stereo

tabsey

1-11-2008 4:31 AM

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tabsey says:

Think of other surfaces such as toilet seats, the frying pan........

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it "SurfaceSound" and arranged for it to be crafted into Toyota
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material that did the opposite -- conducted sound," James Bullen of
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