• anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca
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    1 day ago

    Depends; I’m a lot older now and deaf (but have tinnitus, yay) in one ear, but I could hear the flyback whine of old TVs. I can hear the odd switching regulator still, but most these days are switching waaaaay above even the best human hearing range.

    50/60Hz buzz should be fairly rare these days except for some high power cases or some really poorly designed electronics.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      21 hours ago

      I could hear the flyback whine of old TVs

      Man, I hated that sound. A lot of computer monitors had it too before they switched to LED/LCD displays.