The little things that annoy you

[Pogle]

See? If you hadn't been going on, we'd have heard that, Big Nose.




This could get out of hand

Oh, it's blessed are the MEEK! Oh, I'm glad they're getting something, they have a hell of a time.


I do hope so...

[DaveB]

Oh, it's blessed are the MEEK! Oh, I'm glad they're getting something, they have a hell of a time.


I do hope so...

Well, blessed is just about everyone with a vested interest in the status quo, as far as I can tell, Reg.

[NotAllThere]

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[Pogle]

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[singhr]

the way they pump up the volume during ad breaks on TV.

The taste of Youngs ordinary now they've moved the brewery up to Bedfordshire.

[DaveB]

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[Pogle]

the way they pump up the volume during ad breaks on TV.
The taste of Youngs ordinary now they've moved the brewery up to Bedfordshire.

I thought that was due to the compression of the signal and not a deliberate attempt to increase the volume

[Scary]

I thought that was due to the compression of the signal and not a deliberate attempt to increase the volume

Yes, it's from compression, but I'm sure it's quite deliberate.

[DaveB]

I thought that was due to the compression of the signal and not a deliberate attempt to increase the volume

The adverts are more compressed so have a narrower dynamic range of sound.

If you imagine a dB meter which ranges from 0-8. Ideally you'd set the sound so that speech peaks at 6. In between though are a lot of quieter bits. And the odd louder bit.

Now if you compress the dynamic range you set it so, for example, the needle will never fall below 5 or go above 6. Anything louder than 6 will be brought down. Anything quieter than 5 will be turned up. And to all of us it sounds louder. Mainly because, averaged over the whole range, it is. But the actual peak sound, the loudest noise, is no higher and so the companies can say they're played out at the same level.

[Amiga500]

People who yawn without covering their mouths, if you see this try and throw a peanut in their gob.

People who cough without covering their traps.

People who refuse to take their rucksacks off on the tube, then hiss and tut about the lack of space.

The fact Tom Tom's can take over 5 minutes to start up and can be very unreliable for such an important piece of equipment.

Chancers who ignore queues and try and stroll to the front as though one doesn't exist (the French are notorious for this behaviour).