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Re: [Phys-l] an all-too-predictable blackout

Auditory quality is very subjective. It is also conflated with inaccurate memory and the deterioration of my own auditory sensory apparatus. I.e. 45-55 year old ears judging cell phones compared to 5-25 year old ears on an old black Ma Bell rotary. Yes my brain receives worse auditory signals in my usage of new technology. Is this all due to the quality of the phones? Most decidedly NO! To many variables; but I do suspect that the speakers were better in my old rotary than in my cell phone; but perhaps it is more the connections that our better. By better I do not mean flat frequency response over the human 18 year-old auditory range.

Etc. etc. afterall, I did partly label my post as being in part nostalgia

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 10:42 AM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] an all-too-predictable blackout


On 2011, Sep 09, , at 06:43, Rauber, Joel wrote:



One small comment; the phones themselves are of lower quality IMO,
compared to the days when you rented your rotary phone from Ma Bell.
I.e. I don't see the sound quality has having improved and the old
black Ma Bell phones were built like tanks that never broke.

Just engaging in a bit of nostalgia.

Joel Rauber
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Correct, the 'phone was rented, so if they "broke", it was obvious
someone had used it as a missile and was charged. I'm surprised the
audio isn't higher fi. What's increased bandwidth for?

bc thinks the increase was for more signals instead of better ones
(more profit?)


p.s. can't comment on the fidelity, as I became deaf during the time of
the breakup of the monopoly.
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