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CK exploding Rode mic is going viral again, bc it's wrong. More absurd CK theories go more viral. It would take less than an afternoon to demonstrate the theory, Jon Bray has been promising to do a simulated test of his theory for over 6mo. Where's that at? Shaped...

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