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- From: faciane@huey.met.fsu.edu (Dave Faciane)
- Subject: Re: other strange things
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 12:43:32 GMT
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- In article <Bzuv9x.CKH@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
- (Jeff Morris) writes:
- >Speaking of strange things in Beatles records, what about the 15KHz tone
- >at the end of _Pepper_? I keep hearing that it's supposed to be above
- >the range of human hearing, and was put there for only dogs to hear.
- >Well, last I checked, human hearing range is generally accepted to be
- >20Hz-20KHz, so 15KHz IS in that range. I hear the tone myself, both on
- >the CD and the original LP. Do most people hear it, or am I the only one?
- >Why do they keep saying it can't be heard by humans?
- >
-
- Children can hear up to (and occasionally above) 20Khz. This ability
- diminishes with age and, significantly, exposure to loud sounds, such
- as SPLHCB with the volume turned to "11". A gradual loss of hearing
- acuity with age is natural.
-
- Eventually, the high end of the range decreases to less than 5 Khz or
- so, which is when you have to start speaking up for the person, since
- the hearing loss is beginning to impinge on the frequency range of the
- human voice (centered around 1Khz).
-
- I hear a crackly sound at that point on SPLHCB, but to hear the tone
- I used to have to slow down the LP just a little.
-
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