 Tisjokar
Male, 18-29, Australia
 991 Posts
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Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:14:20 AM
im 94 and i can hear it |
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 aseirinn
Male, 70 & Over, Europe
879 Posts
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Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:09:25 AM
i hear it...im 72 |
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 Northernwolf
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
305 Posts
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Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:02:13 AM
I can hear it and I hate it. |
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 Fojos
Male, 18-29, Europe
146 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 11:45:27 PM
I can hear it, but unlike most, the sound has never bothered me much. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23998 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 11:07:44 PM
Thats old news, its known as the mosquito sound! |
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 savoytuffle
Female, 18-29, Canada
75 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 11:00:45 PM
OWW WTF |
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 0Sigma0
Female, 30-39, Eastern US
515 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 10:21:26 PM
I've always been able to hear the teenager tone, and I'm 41. I just tried that scaled test and could easily hear 22.
This makes no logical sense considering I've blasted music my entire life and been to hundreds of concerts.
Maybe it can be an inherited trait or something... |
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bryantm3
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
168 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 10:21:20 PM
i can hear up to 19 on those, but the ones past it (20, 21 and 22) are making noises that to *my ears* sound lower than the one at 19. like they either are not pure frequencies or my speakers can't pick them up. but 19 i can hear pretty clearly. i think i need better speakers. |
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 koffymasheen
Female, 18-29, Western US
97 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 9:43:53 PM
When I was in high school, my economics teacher used to play this sound (or a one like it) to get us all in order when we weren't paying attention. |
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 genericuser
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
319 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 9:36:55 PM
@Altaru - I could hear all of those, including the 22khz one.  Is that usual? |
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 eskimo9
Male, 18-29, Australia
710 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 9:20:02 PM
good link Altaru. I got somewhere between 15-16kHz - 15 was clear as, 16 i could sort of 'feel' it, but equally, could be my brain playing silly buggers. What's the average (average being a very broad term) frequency response for a)a laptop's sound card, and b)cheap headphones? |
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 Altaru
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
3498 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 9:16:16 PM
Here we go...
This linkhas a scaled test from 8khz to 22khz.
And it's not specifically teenagers. It's meant to say people over 25.
I'm pretty sure Oatmeal played something in the 13-14khz range, which is still audible at slightly older ages.
15 is usually the cut-off for people over 25.
But, as with everything is this crazy, messed-up world, there are exceptions...
As for me... I can hear up to 16. Used to be able to hear up to 19, I think, maybe higher, but I started listening to my music at pretty high volumes almost 24/7... |
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 xhaseox
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
514 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 9:16:02 PM
I was expecting to have to rip my headphones out but I listen to music louder then this |
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Altaru
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
3498 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 9:07:04 PM
Okay, to all the nay-sayers...
I know this frequency, and this is the first time I have to say the Oatmeal did it wrong. He didn't use the right frequency.
Let me see if I can find a more accurate test, with multiple levels. |
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 green_batman
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
730 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:54:09 PM
That was actually a rather low-frequency version of the test. I've heard much higher before. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
26254 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:49:06 PM
48 and I heard it... okay, i had to turn the speakers WAY up... but I heard it! I'm still young dammit! I'm not useless |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8949 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:47:20 PM
Actually, I did a spectrum analysis on this, and it's a different sound from the one posted last year. It still has a peak at around 13KHz, but there are a lot more lower-frequency tones mixed in to make it sound all gnarly. |
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OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8949 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:34:26 PM
Too much rock 'n' roll and firearms for these old ears. I did drop it down an octave so I could hear it, and it's pretty annoying.
I put up a pic of the wave form for this sound when Fancy posted it a year and a half ago. My original reply is here. |
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 coedog
Male, 30-39, Southern US
256 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:30:36 PM
I'm 32 and have hearing loss from years of listening to music way too loudly, but I heard it clear as a cricket on meth. |
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 ScrubsFoLife
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
4 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:22:06 PM
I can hear it.
Kinda painful.
I'm 17.
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 Zepher
Female, 18-29, Western US
418 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:19:58 PM
gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh 1 that is not that high pitched, 2 gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh |
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 PinkAndGreen
Female, 13-17, Southern US
917 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:12:08 PM
16, and half deaf in my left ear since I was born, can't hear a thing. Dragged my little brother in my room to hear it and he started flipping out, while I'm like "So it DOES work then."
If I put my ear less than an inch away from the speaker, I heard the faintest squealing type noise, but it's so light that I can't figure out if I'm imagining it or not. |
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 haf2001
Female, 18-29, Canada
529 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 7:19:29 PM
i'm 27, have been working around jet engines for the last 3 years..and i can hear it just fine. i don't find it that annoying either. |
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 Cartunze
Male, 60-69, Western US
755 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 7:12:21 PM
Okay. I heard it on the second try when I turned the volume up a couple of clicks and I am old (58). Did not bother me though. |
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 tlshaman
Male, 13-17, Western US
379 Posts
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Friday, August 20, 2010 6:58:25 PM
yay! im not deaf |
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