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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: monitor whine
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Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 12:59:20 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul  6 12:59:20 1985
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Actually, here in the U.S. the flyback is even more likely to
be heard since it's about 3 Khz lower.  I've heard
stories of people quieting down noisy flybacks by coating them
with caulking--but I have no idea if this works or if it might
have undesirable safety or other side-effects.  As monitors
age previously quiet units sometimes start the whine.

They drive me crazy, too.  I also hear ultrasonic motion detectors
(the sound sources for which are often left on all day while only
the alarm is switched on and off) and some dog whistles (you don't
really "hear" the latter, but you "feel" it in a very uncomfortable
fashion.  Makes me wonder what it sounds like to a creature more 
attuned to that frequency range.)

One cure, as noted earlier, is lots of very loud rock music over a 
period of time, or lots of plane flights, ideally near the
engines when possible.  Simple human aging also, supposedly, reduces
high-frequency response just in the normal course of things.

--Lauren--