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| Thread ID: 73596 | 2006-10-25 22:26:00 | Hummmmmmmmmm | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 494350 | 2006-10-25 22:26:00 | Well apparently mystery noise is bugging a few Aucklanders read here (stuff.co.nz) I played the sound link on my browser (at the bottom of that page) and could hear it quite well, which is a bit suprising as i thought it was only the young ones who could hear the higher and lower sides of the sound spectrum thingie Can anyone not hear it? as every one here can |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 494351 | 2006-10-25 22:36:00 | Tried it, couldn't hear anything even with the sound up high. Plugged in the 6.1 speakers, and it was pretty easy to hear. My neighbour also heard it, and made no bones about just how loud it was initially. (Make mental note, adjust volume before changing speakers in future.) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 494352 | 2006-10-25 23:04:00 | On cheap headphones, I can hear it. And I can understand that guy wanting to destroy his ear drums. Bloody annoying if played constantly. Though it sounds like more of an engine than pipelines. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 494353 | 2006-10-25 23:31:00 | I can hear it - with no fancy sound card - through my headphones. Are we to take this as some kind of hearing test. saving on doctors? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 494354 | 2006-10-26 00:05:00 | Well apparently mystery noise is bugging a few Aucklanders read here ( . co . nz/stuff/0,2106,3840478a11275,00 . html" target="_blank">stuff . co . nz) I played the sound link on my browser (at the bottom of that page) and could hear it quite well, which is a bit suprising as i thought it was only the young ones who could hear the higher and lower sides of the sound spectrum thingie Can anyone not hear it? as every one here can We have the same noise here . . . especially at a few intersections in my area where it is very noticeable . Or not . It is an ultra secret, non-existant ELF antenna that is emitting the non-existing noise that doesn't exist either . The frequencies stated are the same as this one that doesn't exist here either . It is used by the non-existant US Navy for talkiing to non-existant submarines thru the earth to deliver non-existant messages to same non-existant vessels not existing below the ocean to or at extremely low non-existant speeds, as high frequencies are gobbled up by existing ground-effects and signal/wave propagation . We never talked, nor do I know you or if you even exist . I do not exist . This communication never existed . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 494355 | 2006-10-26 00:09:00 | It's not the simulated noise in that link, which just about everybody can hear, even me and my hearing is shot. It's the noise that only a very small number of people can hear that is the issue. The latter can't be "heard" by the vast majority of the population, and instruments don't record it either, hence the simulation. I investigated a similar issue some years ago for a client claiming to be an ex CIA operative. All the fancy instruments in the world couldn't detect it, and Fourier analysis of the background noise levels didn't show it either. His wife was equally freaky, and after he finished showing me his guns and telling me a few tales I decided he was a client I didn't need. Ever since then I have followed the debate about "Taos Hum" with interest, and the most credible answer I have heard to date was from a medical specialist in hearing disorders who said that it was most likely a known variation of tinnitus, which actually oscillates the eardrum (at low frequency) to the point that the sound can actually be heard emerging from the ear. Sort of an aural nervous twitch you might say, which would also explain why it comes and goes and is heard at varying intensities. Bah humbug Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 494356 | 2006-10-26 00:35:00 | I can't hear it D: | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 494357 | 2006-10-26 01:43:00 | It's not the simulated noise in that link, which just about everybody can hear, even me and my hearing is shot . It's the noise that only a very small number of people can hear that is the issue . The latter can't be "heard" by the vast majority of the population, and instruments don't record it either, hence the simulation . I investigated a similar issue some years ago for a client claiming to be an ex CIA operative . All the fancy instruments in the world couldn't detect it, and Fourier analysis of the background noise levels didn't show it either . His wife was equally freaky, and after he finished showing me his guns and telling me a few tales I decided he was a client I didn't need . Ever since then I have followed the debate about "Taos Hum" with interest, and the most credible answer I have heard to date was from a medical specialist in hearing disorders who said that it was most likely a known variation of tinnitus, which actually oscillates the eardrum (at low frequency) to the point that the sound can actually be heard emerging from the ear . Sort of an aural nervous twitch you might say, which would also explain why it comes and goes and is heard at varying intensities . Bah humbug Cheers Billy 8-{) :xmouth: Nope . . . this sound even comes out of AM radios when they are near the sites that many have complained of the "feel" of heavy - low vibrations . I cannot receive any AM radio signal at all in my house . . . I have to use a streaming site to hear KFI-640 if I want to . KFI is the largest (50,000 watts, clear channel) AM radio station supposedly in the West US . It can be heard all over the state and into Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada . I once was digging with a Bobcat and a 911 backhoe attachment in a friend's yard after "Dig-Alert" had signified the site to be free of buried things like high voltage, gas and water lines . I hooked into a 6 inch diameter, braided stainless steel cable that hummed in my hands and was warm to the touch . I re-buried it immediately . I never said this . This is not me talking/posting/writing . I am not here . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 494358 | 2006-10-26 05:53:00 | Hmmm... or should that be Hummmmm?, you're not here a lot SurferJoe, oh and I didn't see you :D Tried the stimulation and cranked it right up, but didn't hear anything. Funny thing is that maybe 10-15 years ago I lived in Browns Bay and the hum drove me nuts some days (but usually evenings). I used to joke to my flatmates that it was all the 'up tight' suburbanites using battery powered devices at the same time. :stare: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 494359 | 2006-10-26 08:24:00 | I cannot receive any AM radio signal at all in my house... So, how far do you have to travel from your house to where any or all broadcast stations can be heard? Do you hear normal background noise (hiss) or is the whole band muted as if there was a strong carrier present? It is extremely difficult to block am broadcasts by distant means, in fact it is so difficult that outright jamming has been the only successful method (used in the past by the USSR, China and other totalitarian states) but that makes a hell of a racket, no way is it silent. I have to use a streaming site to hear KFI-640 if I want to. KFI is the largest (50,000 watts, clear channel) AM radio station supposedly in the West US. It can be heard all over the state and into Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada. At 50,000 watts we should hear it here in NZ at the right time (darkness over the pacific path) with a good narrow-band receiver provided it isn't co-channeled with a strong local station, even then we'd probably hear the heterodyne. What frequency is it on? Sounds like 640 kHz would be a good bet. Might wind up the trusty comms receiver and see if I can get it one night. In fact if it is jammed by a signal that strong, I'd probably pick up the carrier. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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