Can you hear it

GLaDOS · 19-06-2006 10:45PM

Ow ><

Heyes · 19-06-2006 10:49PM

Defo heard it, v pearcing sound ( 26btw)

r3nu4l · 20-06-2006 09:57AM

I've said this already but I'm not sure that this is the right frequency. Everyone I've played it for has been able to hear it, some in their late 30's.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687
Inventor Howard Stapleton, creator of the Mosquito teen repellent, says only a few people over age 30 can hear the Mosquito's sound.

Is this ringtone just a gimmick? Anyone know what the real "Mosquito" frequency plays at? Is the ringtone playing at the same frequency?

6th · 20-06-2006 10:13AM

i can her it and now i've a ringing in my ear, very annoying! ...i'm 29 soon so i feel good about it

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 20-06-2006 10:23AM

lazylad wrote:

check this site out.http://www.ochenk.com/entry.php?id=63

I could hear up to 20,000Hz ... but then I blame my speakers frequency response for anything beyond that

LoLth · 20-06-2006 10:30AM

annoying and I would say quite painful if you listened too long. Hope no scumbag decides to play this non-stop on a crowded bus.

How long before we have advertisements that parents cant hear? " hey kids, dont you want a Furby? if mommy says no, ask daddy, if he says no then they dont love you anymore"

or worse, TV with completely different dialogue for kids and grownups

tvbrat · 20-06-2006 11:02AM

LoLth wrote:

annoying and I would say quite painful if you listened too long. Hope no scumbag decides to play this non-stop on a crowded bus.

How long before we have advertisements that parents cant hear? " hey kids, dont you want a Furby? if mommy says no, ask daddy, if he says no then they dont love you anymore"

or worse, TV with completely different dialogue for kids and grownups

The Simpsons

Over 25 and can hear it
bit like the noise you can hear when a tv goes on

Alun · 20-06-2006 11:04AM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I could hear up to 20,000Hz ... but then I blame my speakers frequency response for anything beyond that

That's the weird thing, even though I'm an old wrinkly at 49, I can hear up to 19/20kHz on this test, but can't hear the original ringtone at all, even though when I've converted it to a WAV file and run it through a spectrum analyzer the high frequency peak is only at 15kHz, which I can hear quite clearly on the other site.

Here's the graphic of the frequency analysis, the red line's at 15kHz.

matu · 20-06-2006 11:08AM

I heard it fine, it just sounds like an old tv humming.

Dun laoire · 20-06-2006 11:27AM

I heard it. While we are on the subject is it just me or can any of you tell if a tv is on even if your not in the room and it's muted?

Example.

I came home from the pub the other night (not drunk) i could hear my tv upstairs in my room. Now it was on AV1 and it was muted but i could hear the same sort of sound as the one the op posted.

Pompey Magnus · 20-06-2006 11:36AM

I could hear it out of left ear but not my right, am I going deaf

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Shinners21 · 20-06-2006 11:53AM

I can hear noise..is that all its supposed to be or what? Not nice noise mind you!! Im 22!!

matu · 20-06-2006 12:05PM

Dun laoire wrote:

I heard it. While we are on the subject is it just me or can any of you tell if a tv is on even if your not in the room and it's muted?

Example.

I came home from the pub the other night (not drunk) i could hear my tv upstairs in my room. Now it was on AV1 and it was muted but i could hear the same sort of sound as the one the op posted.

Yep i get this too maybe we have super powers and our role in life is to fight energy crime and go around to peoples houses and switch any electrical goods they have on off.... well that is when they arent in, not using them or just being plain lazy.
Dun laoire join me in the Bat cave and we will ask the computer where the first crime is. ( cue music)

Plug · 20-06-2006 12:12PM

I can't hear it cause my sh!t computer has no speaker ports:( Tho everyone else seems to hear it.

Blowfish · 20-06-2006 12:29PM

21, and I can hear it painfully well, even with the volume on minimum on my laptop.

Dun laoire · 20-06-2006 12:53PM

matu wrote:

Yep i get this too maybe we have super powers and our role in life is to fight energy crime and go around to peoples houses and switch any electrical goods they have on off.... well that is when they arent in, not using them or just being plain lazy.
Dun laoire join me in the Bat cave and we will ask the computer where the first crime is. ( cue music)

Just gonna check to see if i still fit into my bat suit

bluto63 · 20-06-2006 12:53PM

Thats annoying alright. Only 16 though so id be a little worried if i didnt hear it:p

tSubh Dearg · 20-06-2006 12:58PM

I'm 24 and can hear the tone perfectly well though it does create a pressure in my ears too.

On the other pitch test I can hear up to 18khz, after that I can't hear it but I can feel the pressure of it on my ears.

Healio · 20-06-2006 01:02PM

I heard it alright :mad: - 20

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 20-06-2006 09:27PM

Dun laoire wrote:

I heard it. While we are on the subject is it just me or can any of you tell if a tv is on even if your not in the room and it's muted?

Yeah!
/me joins special hearing powers club

Alqua · 23-06-2006 07:40PM

16 and can't hear it! Should I be worried? Thought I felt something when I first opened it though. Can always hear the high pitched noises from TV's. Sometimes I hear high pitched noises at random times which gradually get louder and then fade away.

Edit: Turned up the volume and I can hear it now! Such an eejit!