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Old 09-18-2022, 04:20 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives View Post
Not even close. I did return a GPU once for coil whine, and whatever sound the Libra is making is 10x quieter than that. My ears are able to hear up to ~17 kHz test tones, but coil whine isn't usually a super high pitch AFAIK. This is a case of low amplitude, not high frequency, I think.
Frequency depends on the device, and it can often be higher frequency than people like John or I could hear.

Unfortunately the annoyance of coil whine has been replaced by the annoyance of tinnitus... and you can't switch that off
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