(08-11-2013, 02:11 PM)Shannon Wrote: I'm thinking it's likely that you're resisting these through stonewalling. Refusing to allow any effect at all. That's extremely rare. You do understand that the subs are not trying to control you, right? You're not giving up control to the sub, you're just cooperating with them subconsciously.
I'll open by telling you that I appreciate the troubleshooting help. I know it is difficult to do this sort of thing from afar.
I don't think the subs are trying to control me. I don't have any fear about any of the subjects I've tried so far- I honestly don't know what there would be to be afraid of.
Prior to coming to your subs, I used an alpha man sub and a posture sub from a competitor. I thought the posture sub might have helped but it could have just been the placebo because every 10 minutes or so, VLC would report that it was replaying the Posture mp3 file, reminding me to check my posture. I check it throughout the day now but it may just have finally become a habit.
Quote:Have you altered the files at all? Recompressed them, changed them?
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Quote:Are you playing them through something that's auto-adjusting them and stripping out the ultrasonics? You said you're getting positives on a check of the ambient audio by pitch. Maybe post a spectral analysis of the audio file from Audacity and we'll see if it matches what it's supposed to look like.
I haven't done anything to the files. I'm relatively sure that they are fine (see attached.) I can hear the high pitched noise if I position my ear near the tweeter. My kids notice it immediately when they come in the room and ask me to turn it off because they find it unpleasant.
I have Windows Media Player set not to update any media, though I have used VLC as well at work so that Media Player can continue to be used for other things.
I've dropped them onto tracks in REAPER and repeated them for 6+ hours but the ReaFIR plugin clearly shows high frequency audio. The master channel clearly shows level, as does the mixer that is receiving this audio and feeding my powered speakers (well, it was until Friday when I switched over to other speakers).
On a potentially unrelated note, I found myself strangely energized today. I got up and cut the grass, took a shower and then spent basically the whole day cleaning one thing after another in the house. This is very unusual for me. I might straighten one room up under normal circumstances but today I went all day long. This evening, I literally had to force myself to stop cleaning, sit down and start winding down so that maybe I can sleep.
Could be unrelated, but maybe it is related.
