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That's very possible indeed. I remember when I was a kid my grandparent's tube TV was making a high-pitched sound that was figuratively driving me insane (maybe
by simias 7y ago
That's very possible indeed. I remember when I was a kid my grandparent's tube TV was making a high-pitched sound that was figuratively driving me insane (maybe generated from the HSYNC frequency, now that I think about it). I couldn't understand how they could bear it but of course when I told them they didn't get it because it was probably way outside of their hearing range. I'm fairly sure that now that I'm in my 30s I couldn't hear it either.
- BorgHunter 7y agoTypically a high-pitched whine from a CRT is from the flyback transformer. I found, when I was a kid, that sometimes a well-placed whack on the CRT's cabinet could temporarily fix the problem. Nowadays, I have no idea if I can hear that whine anymore or not, as CRTs are quite uncommon. Probably not. Much for the better, as it used to give me headaches.
- h2odragon 7y ago15Khz colorburst whine. Its amusing how many audio recordings even today show a notch filter used at that frequency, years after there were no CRTs anywhere in the recording process.
- hunter2_ 7y agoThere are recordings that really should have had it! https://open.spotify.com/track/3B4q6KbHbGV51HO3GznBFF?si=FgyYetBTSUGzQGG8i2kywQ https://open.spotify.com/track/3B4q6KbHbGV51HO3GznBFF?si=Fgy... https://open.spotify.com/track/6PsISpFaCEKwysPfwO9SfC?si=NQar6jiKSpOU5hlzUsO7PQ https://open.spotify.com/track/6PsISpFaCEKwysPfwO9SfC?si=NQa... (Or if these whines aren't CRT related, I'd be curious to learn the source).
- LocalH 7y agoFlyback, not colorburst. Monochrome sets should exhibit the whine as well.
- hunter2_ 7y agoYou might still be able to hear it. https://youtu.be/8XzNh5U8Jzw https://youtu.be/8XzNh5U8Jzw https://youtu.be/rkEQ0b35nzw https://youtu.be/rkEQ0b35nzw
- papln 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito > The Mosquito or Mosquito alarm is a hand wound machine used to deter loitering by young people by emitting sound at high frequency, in some versions so it can be heard mostly by younger people. > The sound was made into a mobile phone ringtone, which could not be heard by teachers if the phone rang during a class.
- song 7y agoAt 35, I'm still deeply bothered by that sound. Slightly related but in a lot of parts of Ginza in Tokyo, they use a similar sound for repelling rats that I find extremely uncomfortable...
- Crinus 7y agoI have read this many times online and i think i must be the only one who for some reason liked that CRT sound :-P Though it might be that since i really loved computers, i associated it with computers and liked it via association.
- mark-r 7y agoI was quite surprised as a young adult when one of my ears couldn't hear cricket chirps anymore. If I laid with one ear against the pillow I could hear them, but if I turned over it was silent. A hearing test confirmed that one ear was deficient.
- LocalH 7y agoI'm 39 and I can still hear 15kHz flyback. Not as loudly as I used to be able to, but it's still there.