JAKE'S EHPRA 2.0

[Jake2015]

I got a reply from Shannon - So I'm copying and pasting here so that it helps anyone and everyone reading my journal

Shannon, How loud should you play the silent speaker test mp3 please?

I have a mac book pro 2015 laptop. I did play this at the volume id normally want to play the silent track and it worked without any hiccups.

For the past 8 days I've played the silent track again without any issue.

I used frequensee and it showed that my signal was around 19KHZ and about -50 to -30db from speaker to my ears and further behind.

Today however I played the track at full volume as I was away from my laptop and wanted to make sure if reached my ears. When I sat down at the laptop I then could hear crackling.

When I played the free silent testing mp3, at this loud volume (full volume both on my laptop and my iTunes player), then I could hear crackling very very low and only if I bring my ears to the speakers of the laptop. My apartment is super quiet and this is why I could hear this but its only when Im sat at the laptop.

Is there any issue with my laptop therefore playing silent tracks? i hope not now

Play it at the same levels of audio you would anything else.

All you need to do is calibrate.

Thanks Shannon

Im using iTunes player which came pre-installed onto my mac book pro.

Ive turned the volume lower and the crackling has gone, but I'm worried that the volume is too low, especially for when I'm not sat at the laptop. I walk around my room and leave the laptop at the table that I'm sat at to get to the sink (same room).

So using frequensee this is what I got at the laptop itself. (see image attached)

What do you think?

The issue I have is whether this volume will reach me if I'm not sat around the laptop, so shall I use frequensee with the phone held next to my ear and walk around my apartment and see if how the graph changes? and if so what should I be looking for?

thanks

Play the trickling stream track. Set it, while you are sitting at your computer, to a comfortable volume. Now go to every point in the room, and listen. Just listen. And then to other areas where you will commonly be.

If you do that, you'll find that you can hear it at surprising distances from your laptop. I can hear it playing on my phone, in my bedroom, through the master bedroom, through the bathroom that leads to the hallway, down the hallway and in the living room in my house. And that's at the standard volume I use at night.

The subconscious is MUCH more sensitive to volume than the conscious mind is. I have done experiments where I played a test track only phone at a volume of 1/15 (minimum volume possible), with a lifeproof case on my phone. It still gets results. Not very far from the phone, probably within about 6 feet or about 2 meters, but they are still there. And consciously, for me to hear anything even from an audible track at that point, I need to have the speaker right up to my ear!

Just relax. Calibrate as instructed, then reduce the volume until there are no crackles if necessary, and you're done.