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Old 01-30-2012, 09:28 PM   #16
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Well I did a test.
I turned it on and put my ear right up against the back of the KT and no hiss sound.

However after that I did the same and pressed a page turn whilst my ear was pressed against the back of the KT, I heard a faint hiss noise for about a half second as the page turned.
If makes this VERY quiet hiss noise every time I do a page turn, but I have to have my ear right up against the KT to hear it.
That's what I meant, I should have said to flip the page.
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When I went to the store to return my Nook I checked out the demonstration Kobo Touch they had there. I'm sure that looked great... a grown man standing in the middle of the isle with an e-reader up to his head.

There was some hiss but it was very soft. Whereas with my old Nook, it had a whine and squeal. When I do decide to get another e-reader, I'll be looking at a Kobo.
Thanks for the visual
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Old 01-31-2012, 12:52 AM   #18
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Same applies to me. I have mine in a cover and I didn't actually take it out, but I couldn't hear anything at all.
Mine is also in a cover, but I took it out for the test and still didn't hear anything.
So the only way I'm going to hear it is if I press it against me ear, so it's a non-issue for me..

My son, who's 11 (and most likely has better hearing) also uses my ereader, I'll ask him if her hears anything, I'm curious now...
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Mine is also in a cover, but I took it out for the test and still didn't hear anything.
So the only way I'm going to hear it is if I press it against me ear, so it's a non-issue for me..

My son, who's 11 (and most likely has better hearing) also uses my ereader, I'll ask him if her hears anything, I'm curious now...
I took mine out of its cover and tried turning pages back and forth and couldn't hear anything at all. Could be my antique hearing apparatus, but if there is a sound it must be pretty faint.
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I know I have a rather acute sense of hearing - I hear my TV "hiss" in standbye, I could always perceive my PDA "humming" when reading in bed... I hear a lot of sounds other people don't hear.

But until now I hadn't realized the Kobo was making a sound when turning the pages, which it actually does. The sound is very soft, though, so it has to be really quiet in order to hear it - or I have to press my ear to the back of the Kobo.

Kind of reminds me of the sound of a page turning mixed with white noise. Very appropriate for an eReader in my ears.
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