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12 kHz, but whyyyyyy?

My phone whines at 12 kHz.  All the time.  This is tinnitus-range.  Anyone else?  And have there been any reported self-inflicted deaths?

Running Linux and want to test your hearing?  Beep!  Try:


beep -l 10000 -f 12000

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:09:12 -0500
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3 Responses to “12 kHz, but whyyyyyy?”

  1. Jordon Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 10h02

    That freaked out my roommate (and me, when I couldn’t get it to stop). Should have read the man page first!

  2. Joshua (Site Owner) Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 10h23

    Sorry, Jordon!

    But at least you have good hearing.  :-)

    Invite your friends who say CDs are lossy and play them a tone of 22050 Hz.  Ask them if they can hear it.  Then ask them just how fast they think a mechanical stylus can shake.  With a great D-to-A, CDs kick the collective ass of vinyl any day.

  3. Joshua (Site Owner) Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 13h01

    Must be something in the environment.  I just turned on my Geiger counter and it whines at 12 kHz als…

    (thud)

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