[TheMarchingMule]

I asked many people in my life if they can hear that really high-pitched noise of a TV, esp. when it has just been turned on. I think in my whole life, only one or two said they could slightly hear it. I can hear it clearly, and it bugs me after awhile; in classrooms, sometimes the teacher leaves the TV on after a movie andwhile everybody is working, I'm trying to ignore that whine.

I'm just wondering how...sensitive (is that the word?) your ears are...

 

[ilikepie]

Yeah i can hear my mouse sometimes too

 

[spinali]

Yep. I think the sound is around 15-16,000 cycles (at least on my TV).

 

[lmilhan]

Yes! Both my wife and I can hear it, and it sometimes drives us apesh*t. Good thing my main TV is an HDTV (no whining due to a different technology).

 

[fierce_freak]

I can hear the whine...I think it's somewhere in the range of 15-16 khz. If that whine is ever absent in the future, I'll know I've got some hearing loss ;(

 

[TheMarchingMule]

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Originally Posted by lmilhan Yes! Both my wife and I can hear it, and it sometimes drives us apesh*t. Good thing my main TV is an HDTV (no whining due to a different technology).

LOL apesh*t...I love it.

Yeah, I guess we can all use a TV for our daily checking (not daily for me; I hate TV) of whether we are getting old or not

 

[lmilhan]

It might be fun for those who respond to this thread to post their age as well, since age seems to play a part (sometimes) in what frequencies one can hear...

I'm 36 and I can hear it.

My wife is 30 and she can hear it, although I have a theory that Women have vastly superior hearing when compared to men.

 

[hembergler]

I hate it soooo much. My TV is in the basement and I can still hear it. No one else in my family can. =/

 

[TheMarchingMule]

lol maybe this is a sign: If you can hear the TV, you're destined to be a Head-Fi'er!

Anyway, I'm 16. Crazy old, eh?

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

I'm 30 and it drives me apes*it as well....when I was a kid it used to drive me up a wall, I would be trying to sleep, and even when my parents had the sound low I could hear the high pitch

and to think all these years I thought I was crazy

 

[lmilhan]

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Originally Posted by hembergler I hate it soooo much. My TV is in the basement and I can still hear it. No one else in my family can. =/

My guess is because you are a young 'whipper-snapper', and the other folk in your home are quite a bit older...

 

[lmilhan]

maybe a TV technician will see this thread and let us know what the true frequency range of that pitch is... would be interesting to find out.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

meh, we can always scare the naïve into thinking they have tinnitus

 

[Land]

I can hear it off CRT's and TL's, it's usually pretty annoying. Although when I hear my TV I'm not really bothered by it, I think I've gotten used to it. The same goes for clocks that are ticking, I won't notice it untill I concentrate on it.

What does bother me though are TL's because it's more of a tinitus beep, The first time I heared it I thought I had tinitus from the day before..........untill I moved my head *phew*

The last time I tried my hearing I could hear between 20-19000Hz (age 18). When I get older I won't be bothered by it I think, it will be more like 20-13000Hz (at age 50).

When you're young you have good hearing but you can't afford high-end equipment. When you're old you can afford it, but you're hearing has gotten worse so you don't need high-end equipment.

Life is so unfair.....

 

[003]

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Originally Posted by AtheisticFreedom meh, we can always scare the naïve into thinking they have tinnitus

I actually got worried about that yesterday, I had left the TV on mute in the other room and forgot about it, and I kept hearing this nasty ringing, I was starting to get really worried, until I realized I left the TV on