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Re: Interesting audio puzzle
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:18:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Frank Filz wrote:
> Over the weekend I experienced a puzzing thing with my home stereo
> system.
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> My stereo system includes a powered subwoofer, which started humming
> when I stepped or stood in various places in my apartment. The stereo
> was on, but the CD playing was paused at the time. At first I thought
> the noise was a neighbor, but I quickly realized that it was
> synchronized with my steps, and then experimentation showed several
> locations where I could step or stand to cause the effect. Some
> locations only aroused a short tone in conjunction with placing my foot
> down in a spot, but many locations resulted in the tone continuing while
> I stood on a spot.
> Any thoughts? Any ideas for experiments to try to understand it better
> (unfortunately I don't have an osciliscope to monitor the subwoofer).
Umm, did you verify this with two people in the room? One moving about,
one sitting still. It could be that the noise wasn't changing, but as you
moved about the room, you were moving in and out of zones where the noise
was audible.
Sounds a bit farfetched, but so do the other explanations.
Steve
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| (...) No it was just me, but the "hot" spots were definitely on the floor. In some I could rock very slightly and turn on/off the sound. They were also within a few feet of the subwoofer so it seems like there would have to be some real complex wave (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Over the weekend I experienced a puzzing thing with my home stereo system. My stereo system includes a powered subwoofer, which started humming when I stepped or stood in various places in my apartment. The stereo was on, but the CD playing was (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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