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I just found out that the sound you hear when the TV is on (that high pitched sound) is 15660hz. I felt an uncontrollable urge to find out, so I recorded the TV with a mic and did a FFT on it to find out the pitch. How bored can I get. LOL
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:lol:

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thought it was 15661hz but it seems I was wrong

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I've been accused of having too much time on MY hands... Welcome to the club, Ken! :lol:
Are we listening?..
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my tv used to make an annoying sound,but i found a tool to fix that.(a hammer)
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Post by Spirit »

That's interesting. I've often wondered at the varius picthes of the humming machines I'm constantly surrounded by - and whether are at particularly "bad" frequencies....
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With the same FFT method they find faulty rotating parts on engines etc. Each part resonates at its own frequency. Measured peak frequencies are then related to specific parts -this is often very fast trouble shooting.

No TV here either, garyb. Firstly I cannot spend my time doing nothing, secondly why pay to see commercials? :grin:

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[edit: replaced the hilarious TFT by more logical FFT]

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LOL, the "bad" frequencies tell you to buy stuff you don't need.
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Post by Herr Voigt »

Well, guys, if these 15660 or 15661 Hz are ennoying, our ears are healthy in spite of hearing loud music! So don't worry! :smile:
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actually I don't hear those 15 Khz anymore, or even 14.
That's why I like LoFi...I have to :wink:
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On 2003-09-16 13:37, at0mic wrote:
why pay to see commercials? :grin:
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This factor irritates me so much I can only very rarely go see a movie - I cannot stand to be trapped into seeing more ads when I have already paid to see the movie.
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On 2003-09-16 14:01, kensuguro wrote:
LOL, the "bad" frequencies tell you to buy stuff you don't need.
Gimme a break :wink: You know what I mean - whether in the high frequency realm there are also the "anxiety" frequencies etc
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TV's 15kHz is emited by high voltage generator - this voltage is required for the 3 electron guns that are bombing the screen to alow us to see the commercials :grin:
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On 2003-09-16 13:37, at0mic wrote:
With the same TFT method they find faulty rotating parts on engines etc.
Wow! So my display can be used for such complicated things :grin:
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"Planetarians disect the TV"
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Post by Counterparts »

On 2003-09-16 13:37, at0mic wrote:
...why pay to see commercials? :grin:
In England, we get the commercials for free.

You have to pay for the endless repeats of Dad's Army, though :-!

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On 2003-09-17 05:53, kensuguro wrote:
"Planetarians disect the TV"
What is disect? I can't find it in my dictionary :sad:
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actually spelled 'dissect',from latin 'dis',=-"apart" and 'secare',"to cut".

dissect your tv=disassemble it.
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