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Kanonathena Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

How to describe the "electric sound" you hear in earphones

0If you bought a pair of bad earphones or you'd used them for a long time, you can often hear the unpleasant jarring sound in them.02br
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0There are many words to describe the unpleasant sound you get from bad earphones. 02br 02br 00light static, a buzz, mild humming, severe interference, a high-frequency squeal, a piercing squelch, et cetera02br 02br 00Try unplugging it and plugging it back in -- or rotate its input jack. 0-

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  • 0There are many words to describe the unpleasant sound you get from bad earphones.
  • 02br 02br 00light static, a buzz, mild humming, severe interference, a high-frequency squeal, a piercing squelch, et cetera02br 02br 00Try unplugging it and plugging it back in -- or rotate its input jack.
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0There are many words to describe the unpleasant sound you get from bad earphones. It really depends on how severe the sound seems.02br
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00light static, a buzz, mild humming, severe interference, a high-frequency squeal, a piercing squelch, et cetera02br
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00Try unplugging it and plugging it back in -- or rotate its input jack. Sometimes, buzzing
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0 Most frequently: static0-
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0 It seems these are well represented in connection with earphones: 02br
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00 Google hits: 02br
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00 226,000 for 'earphones 01b00static02b00'02br
00 60,500 for 'earphones "01b00white noise02b00"'0-
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0 In my opinion "white noise" is quite a technical word: however, it describes perfectly the problem.0-
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0So can I just say "I can hear mild white noise in my right earphone from the ipod I just bought"?02br
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00How would you describe the situation to the salesman?0-
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0 If you hear pings and pongs, it's static. 02br
00 If you shear shhhhhhhhhhh, it's white noise. 02br
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00 And yes, white noise 01b00is02b00 technical:02br
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0 It's technical but it is commonly used to describe static/hissing/background noise, whether that is technically correct or not! 0-
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0 white noise is often referring to the background noise or systematical error happens when taking measurements using a machine, it can be real noise, or just disturbing signals(e.g.the randomly distributed signal vibrating around the x-axis) in the readout.02br
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