[BC] interesting audio

[Steve]

Mark....it like to knock me across the room. Then again I have good hearing 
(for some reason) I can't believe I do with the headphone levels I've run 
over the years.

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark W. Croom" <markc at kjly.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] interesting audio


> Oh, this story. I heard this on a national network yesterday, and it 
> caught my interest then.
>
> I definitely can't hear 15khz like I used to, no doubt about it.
>
> I loaded your mp3 in Adobe Audition, normalized it to -.1, and cranked up 
> the headphones. Sure enough, it was there. But BARELY, to my ears.
>
> I also ran a frequency analysis on it in Audition, which is where I 
> learned that it really was 15khz.
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only guy who has known some people in radio who 
> cannot hear high enough frequencies to even know when their digital watch 
> alarm is beeping. Personally, I can't imagine being that deaf (though I 
> suppose it'll happen in enough years). I try to be very cautious about how 
> much I crank up those headphones on a routine basis.
>
> Mark
> MN
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
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> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] interesting audio
>
>
>> At 12:18 PM 6/12/2006, Mark W. Croom wrote
>>>Looks like something like 15khz tone, though I'm sure you have a story to 
>>>tell--some kind of odd oscillation you found in a piece of gear or 
>>>something.
>>
>> A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
>> By PAUL VITELLO
>> For classrooms where cellphone use is forbidden, students
>> have found a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html?th&emc=th
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