Re: (idm) 24bit 96kHz format

From Andrew Hime
Sent Fri, Feb 19th 1999, 07:29

> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, public anemone wrote:
> > below the actual tone...i.e. a 30khz tone might give off some low volume 15khz
> > harmonics, which you can hear if you have good ears...to see if you can
> > actually hear 20+ k tones, you really need to listen to them on good
> 
> A decent and easy test is whether you can tell if the TV is on in another
> room with the volume off.  TVs produce a tone around 15KHz I think.

Hmm. Can't everyone do this?

> OK, closer to IDM content:  At the end of Ryoji Ikeda's +/- there is a
> tone which supposedly a listener becomes aware of only when it stops.
> Well, I can hear it the whole time.  (Hint: wear earplugs at concerts!)

Nah, gotta be hardcore and go deaf.