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Re: OT: very high freq ring tone

Subject: Re: OT: very high freq ring tone
From: "Aaron Ximm" aaron_gmail
Date: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:36 pm (PDT)
Fwiw,

I've seen articles calling this story into question -- the biggest red flag=
s
being, almost all the audio codecs used for ringtones have low pass filters
waaaaay below frequencies that would supposedly be inaudible to 25-35 yr ol=
d
teachers(!)... and the relatively low quality of the speakers in the phones
as well.

Someone suggested the true duplicity here was not "secret ringtones" but a
bunch of straight-faced pranksters spinning this story to wide-eyed
reporters... :)

 best,
 aaron

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