Silent Ring Tone - wtf! lol, who can hear it? Options

[amysmojo]

Why didnt anyone tell me about the silent ring tone? Does anyone have it? Hmmmm I heard that people 20 & over cant hear it....I'm gonna try & download it cause im curious to know if I can hear it or not

Here is a chart showing the different ages & frequencies....

[hurley97]

my boss was playing that at work. he couldn't hear it so he kept playing it and it was driving me nuts! lol I didn't know what it was so I finally went over and asked what the noise was and he started laughing and explained it to me.

I'm 19 but I don't think my hearing is all that great (all that damn loud music ) but I heard it loud and clear

[JonMarkos]

This same technology is being used by stores that have a problem with teenagers loitering outside and causing trouble. They play a loud annoying sound in this frequency range and it gets the kids to leave while not bothering the paying customers (who are usually older). damn kids, stay off my lawn

[Supersprynt]

Looking at the chart, it looks like nobody will be able to hear the sound over 18.

[mzztoyota]

I've heard about this in a science class...we lose some hair cells that let us hear when we listen to loud music, but certain types just die with age, so over time you can hear less and less frequencies. Apparently this frequency is one that the cells die off for before 20...

interesting, but I really have no use for a cell phone that rings without older people hearing, that's what vibrate is for...

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

lol in skoo we got a ringtone teachers cant hear, i got the sound file on my computer.

all i need is an mp3 phone and im set lol

[azian_advanced]

where can i download this ringtone? this sounds soo tempting to bug my parents with

[amysmojo]

lol in skoo we got a ringtone teachers cant hear, i got the sound file on my computer.

all i need is an mp3 phone and im set lol

Yeah thats the same one im talkin about haha.

I think it costs money to actually buy it but here is a link to see if you can here it, I can woohoo! But most of my co-workers cant:

Silent Ring - TEST

[spunky393]

interesting, my cat was going crazy, actually, she was just getting pissed

[nader]

ouch that was harsh on my ears ><

[orvillescelica]

ok, im 25 and i just listened to the test. i heard the sound, but wish i couldnt! its annoying.

[mzztoyota]

i heard it too, it made my eyes water a lil, friggin annoying...

[jayi12-15psi]

I'm 22 and I can hear it.

[devilsden97]

yeah wtf ouch.

[S_C_M]

28 here and I could hear it too.

[MaskedMan]

haha we were all at my friends house when we saw a commercial for this and no one could hear it. My friend would be like, "hey did you hear it!?" and im like, "hear what?". Haha i didn't even know what was going on at the time, but i could hear the SILENT RING-TEST on the link here.

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

the mp3 i have is more higher pitched, so yeah, mines works better.

ill post it up in a min.

mines is 17 KHz the other one must be lower.

This post has been edited by XS4lv1Truch0x: Oct 13, 2006 - 5:26 PM

[amysmojo]

haha we were all at my friends house when we saw a commercial for this and no one could hear it. My friend would be like, "hey did you hear it!?" and im like, "hear what?". Haha i didn't even know what was going on at the time, but i could hear the SILENT RING-TEST on the link here.

I saw the commercial too, they dont actually play it on the commercial....they want you to text their number so they can send it to you & charge you $$$$$$$$$$!

I wonder how many people get this ring tone mixed up with the ACTUAL silent ring tone found here:The Silent Ringtone I guess its for assigning to people you dont wanna hear from lol

[MaskedMan]

haha we were all at my friends house when we saw a commercial for this and no one could hear it. My friend would be like, "hey did you hear it!?" and im like, "hear what?". Haha i didn't even know what was going on at the time, but i could hear the SILENT RING-TEST on the link here.

I saw the commercial too, they dont actually play it on the commercial....they want you to text their number so they can send it to you & charge you $$$$$$$$$$!

I wonder how many people get this ring tone mixed up with the ACTUAL silent ring tone found here:The Silent Ringtone I guess its for assigning to people you dont wanna hear from lol

yeah haha, they charge you for the ring tone and then they charge you like $26 a month after that haha.

And as for the silent ring tone i've never heard of it before! thats pretty cool actually, i wish i would've known about that about a year ago though haha.

[CelicaBuddy]

OMG that sound SUCKS!


>_< my ears....

[creis]

my mom cant hear it.

[Jen]

OMFG. OUCH. It gave me a headache almost.

[malpaso]

something is wrong... I can hear it too

p.s.: there are few questions... like, what about volume? What about frequency range of speakers? I tried that few months ago. I had that in my cell phone as ringtone. When I played it and turned volume to the max, everyone I asked heard that . And when I lowered volume level just a bit, they didn't hear that at all

[Consynx]

something is wrong... I can hear it too

p.s.: there are few questions... like, what about volume? What about frequency range of speakers? I tried that few months ago. I had that in my cell phone as ringtone. When I played it and turned volume to the max, everyone I asked heard that . And when I lowered volume level just a bit, they didn't hear that at all

bingo in regards to the freq. range of the speakers
that's why i scoff at the commercial
SCOFF I SAY!!!!
although i'm sure most phones can hit the frequency, i just find it kinda stupid.

btw, i can't hear it on the tv, but i def heard the mp3

This post has been edited by Consynx: Oct 14, 2006 - 1:51 AM

[Predator]

i found this site to see how much i could hear, think my speakers is f-d up after 19khz though, they give a weird sound that doesnt seem too high pitched to me

edit: forgot the link , 10-22khz

This post has been edited by Predator: Oct 14, 2006 - 5:51 AM

[DomGT]

I'm 24 and I could hear it. I'm going to try it with my parents later.

edit: LOL My Dad can't hear it. He had his ear almost touching my laptop speakers.
edit: Mom can't either, hehe.

This post has been edited by DomGT: Oct 14, 2006 - 8:16 AM

[Yellow94GT]

lol in skoo we got a ringtone teachers cant hear, i got the sound file on my computer.

all i need is an mp3 phone and im set lol

Yeah thats the same one im talkin about haha.

I think it costs money to actually buy it but here is a link to see if you can here it, I can woohoo! But most of my co-workers cant:

Silent Ring - TEST

I think that's cool, although you might want to do a hearing test for each individual teacher. I can hear that tone. I'm a teacher and I'm 44.

Perhaps frequencies above 17kilohertz would be harder for older teachers (like me) to hear.


Yellow94GT

[amysmojo]

that's why i scoff at the commercial
SCOFF I SAY!!!!
although i'm sure most phones can hit the frequency, i just find it kinda stupid.

btw, i can't hear it on the tv, but i def heard the mp3

The commercial doesnt play it silly boy they tell you to text to see IF you can hear it haha

[Consynx]

weakzors!

[Akimbo]

I think I have really good hearing. I can hear TV's in other rooms, just teh electricity buzz. It could be muted but I'd know if it's on because I can hear a high pitched noise. Same goes for my computer monitor and pc itself. it drives me nuts, to be honest.

[MaskedMan]

i found this site to see how much i could hear, think my speakers is f-d up after 19khz though, they give a weird sound that doesnt seem too high pitched to me

edit: forgot the link , 10-22khz

woah haha, i can only hear up to 19 faintly. anything 20 and over i hear nothing at all haha.

[Predator]

I think I have really good hearing. I can hear TV's in other rooms, just teh electricity buzz. It could be muted but I'd know if it's on because I can hear a high pitched noise. Same goes for my computer monitor and pc itself. it drives me nuts, to be honest.

yeah i know what you mean, it seems to vary between makes and types though, lcd's, plasmas and tft's isnt as bad as crt's and tube tv's. i could hardly use the displays at my previous school as gave me a massive headache after just a few minutes, and let's just say it wasnt really helping that they were flickering like crazy

[Jen]

i found this site to see how much i could hear, think my speakers is f-d up after 19khz though, they give a weird sound that doesnt seem too high pitched to me

edit: forgot the link , 10-22khz

woah haha, i can only hear up to 19 faintly. anything 20 and over i hear nothing at all haha.

Yay, I can hear all of them. =)

[Steevo]

I can hear up to 24Khz there is another site that tests this.



But here is the most important test.

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/hearing.html

[celica47]

yeah iam at -65 dbs at 375Hz

[Consynx]

my bass hearing is fuxored

[mzztoyota]

lol, we had a party today with a bunch of children, a few teens, and a bunch of adults. I came on here and used the first link to see if their could hear it, the noise was freaking the kids out, they were covering their ears like "stop it! stop it! stop it!"...but the adults couldn't hear except for this one 34 year old guy...odd? He must have some really good hearing...

[ra65_22re]

im going to burn this to a cd and just play it in my car.

[jess_i_74]

The reason you probably can't hear bass is because your speakers cannot play bass that low .