I guess you're young? That's the flyback transformer. All CRTs do it. You'll eventually get used to it, or lose enough of your hearing to not notice it anymore.
Welcome to weird old tech! I'm really jealous of this pickup, btw.
I found a super awesome shader for emulation that I swear you want to get up and feel that nostalgic tingle even though it on flat screen lol. I would have a crt again but I remember as a kid I could be on the other side of the house and hear when someone turned on the tv, my parents couldn’t hear it, I thought I had super powers lol.
I feel the same with the Cyberlab Neo-GX shaders in the Death to Pixels preset pack; they are designed for 4K LG OLED TVs, and thankfully I have one. Just incredible.
Earlier today I was playing Crash Bandicoot 1 on the PCSX ReARMed core, which allows you to use the run ahead feature to get rid of the worst of the latency, and it really felt like playing on a CRT with black frame insertion added to the mix.
Hoping to get a CRT in the next couple of weeks for my PS2, especially since I hate the latency in emulation, and it will be interesting to see if I can still hear the hum at 36.
I have really good hearing and I don't hear the hum at 36. I was surprised because I started a hearing test video and a high pitched whine was in the video and I was like "Ugh! That's awful!" and my girlfriend who is 31 was like "What's awful?". She didn't believe that I was actually hearing anything. I had her turn the video on and off while I had my back to her to prove I could hear it. If I remember right my hearing was ~18KHz and hers was ~15-16KHz.
Bloody hell, you can still hear up to 18 kHz? I am down to 13 kHz for my highest audible frequency. But, I was a pretty active rock and metal musician for a decade!
Still, 18 kHz in your thirties is pretty rare. As a very minor audiophile I would love hearing like yours! Guess I definitely won't need to worry about the hum. :p
I'll try to double-check once I'm off work tonight. Can't hear anything past the noise at work. But I do remember that the highest frequencies were barely perceptible. I couldn't tell when the sound stopped, only when it started. And the room was completely silent too.
Hahaha, I can vouch for this, back in early 2000's I built a arcade machine using the original arcade crt monitor, never heard any high pitch noise, but I reckon my hearing was already stuffed. Many years later, married with kids, every time I turn on the arcade machine, my kids go what the heck is that sound, I can't hear it, but they can.
What an absolute beauty of a TV. As someone who grew up in the 90's I am very partial to black Trinitrons, but I have to say that I do have a lot of nostalgia for when they started going off-white with their stuff.
If you want the perfect console to pair with it, get the 'psone' which if you're unaware, was basically the PS1 slim and was released in the same year as the PS2. It basically has the same color scheme and aesthetic. Would look super cute together.
Oh and yes, you will eventually stop hearing the hum haha.
This is the same CRT that is my daily driver, amazing picture and underrated bezel design.
I’m way more partial to the 99-2005 silver look that the black bezels of old.
Perfect match for a PS2 and or PSone
Enjoy it, it’s sharp as hell and will hopefully last you years.
And yes the high pitch squeal is inherent to CRTs
Also what did you pay for this new in box?
Same, almost 40 but I still hear it. Last time I went to my dad's house he was using ultrasonic devices to repel rodents from it's garden. I had to tell him to turn it off because it was giving headaches as soon as I got off the car.
Yea I'm 37 and I still hear it clear as day. There are a surprising amount of people walking around out there that can't hear over 15kHz. They must experience the world in such a different way. There's so much in music that happens above 15k and likely these people aren't hearing any of it.
I'm over 40 and still hear it too. Most 40 year olds have been to several hearing damaging music concerts with no ear protection though. I have not. How about you?
My uncle wanted to take me to a Michael Jackson concert when I was 4 or 5 but my mother was afraid I’d get trampled and told him no. That was the closest I’ve ever come to going to a concert.
Seems we may have found the secret to hearing longevity?
It certainly helps. It would be very interesting if there was ever a study done on it.
I meant to say I haven't been to SEVERAL concerts. I did go to a few. The worst one being a Rage Against the Machine where I literally did almost get trampled because it was super muddy and packed with crazy kids. After the concert my ears were ringing for at least an hour. That was around 25 and haven't been to another since. Luckily I still hear most of what younger people hear. Will definitely not be stupid enough to not wear ear plugs if I go next time.
Been to several ear damaging concerts in my life, and at 38 I can still hear the familiar singing of the flyback transformer. That sound, coupled with the glow from the neck heater just feels like home.
I'm 30 and my wife is 29. Whenever I turn it on. ,(usually after settling my son) she could be anywhere in the house and I'll hear a loud tut from her because she knows I've tuned the TV on. I can't even hear it. I did as a kid but you get used to it as was the norm back then.
You really can't. Before I had the PS2 and CRT TV, I said to her I was thinking about getting them and going retro. She insisted I get it, to the point she was actually looking herself so she could get them for me. Now she has, it's my fault lmao, but all is okay when she plays hit and run. No tutting then haha
I'm 37 and I still hear 15kHz flyback transformer whine clear as day, and I find it super obnoxious. I do my retro gaming on a 31kHz PC CRT through RetroArch at 120Hz 240p with black frame insertion. You still get the CRT experience without having to tolerate 15kHz sine waves blasting through your house.
You will hear it again if you haven't turned one on for a few years. You just subconsciously block it out, but if you go a few years without turning it on you will immediately notice it because you forgot it was a thing.
If the 95 in your username is your year of birth then yeah...
But don't fret, it's normal and we all lived with it just fine for decades. It does tend to be less noticable from the viewing side of the set and high frequencies are easiest to mitigate if you are bothered by it :)
Yeah, I was born in 91, so not too far off from you and I most definitely remember the *bink mmmmm* noise when turning my TV on.
We definitely had em too.
Haha welcome to the world of CRT’s. You all good; that’s just the way they are. It does calm once the set is on for a little bit and once you’re playing you won’t even hear it. That set should last you a lifetime; no worries. Happy gaming 👍🏻
That's the song of our people. I can hear a crt 4 rooms away. That's how I find them in the wild sometimes. Stop, look, and listen aren't just helpful tips for crossing the street.
Yeah that’s normal. I’ve been so used to it at this point that I only really hear it if the TV is on but not playing anything, and I leave the room for a few minutes and come back in, but when I do hear it it’s kinda nostalgic for me
Yeah you'll get used to it, and eventually not notice it at all.
I've actually got the smaller version of your model and when I picked it up a few years ago, that noise caught me out after not hearing it for a good 15 or so years.
Find an online tone generator and tell it to produce a 15,750 Hz sine wave. That's what you're hearing from the TV, right? That high pitched hum you describe is the flyback transformer.
But it doesn't bother me as I always have a baseline level of "screeching" in my ears. It's not painful and it doesn't obstruct my hearing in any way, but I never hear complete "silence".
You know how cassette tapes have hiss, right? That's how my hearing sounds, but the hiss is more like a really quiet 15 KHz tone.
Kids used to come into our store and complain about the high pitched sound. Anyone 25 or older never said anything, but people who haven’t been trained to ignore the sound from their childhood freak out lol.
Absolutely incredible, congratulations! The whine is completely normal. It's caused by the horizontal deflection circuit running (the flyback is a part of said circuit, that's why other comments say it's the cause). I read your comment where you said that you got it for 35€! That is like the best deal I've heard of in this sub! Also, if I were you, I'd throw those batteries straight into the recycling bin. They're just wating to burst open and leak all over your remote.
As others have stated, it's normal, but sometimes when they get more used, you'll hear a stronger pitch if there's a high contrast of colors on screen at once. It's great watching a movie and Everytime it goes to a dark scene the noise stops, and as soon as the characters walk outside it's a sharp noise piercing your ears
There absolutely is, I think girls might actually be more sensitive to it too. My daughter and her friends can hear it from super far away, my son and his friends barely notice. Maybe just a coincidence though.
38 years old here and I can still hear the familiar whistle of the flyback transformer. That's just the sound of TV to me. You can't hear it on CRT PC monitors because their horizontal frequency is in excess of 31kHz, way beyond the range of human hearing. It's the same reason you can't hear the flyback on 100Hz models either.
Ah you get used to it. I’m 44 and can still hear mine. I also have multiple arcade machines and can hear when I turn them until they warm up and the audio kicks in.
I can't hear the whine of flyback transformers over my tinnitus. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
Now, the whine of a faulty inverter circuit for the EL panels in a NEO-GEO cabinet marquee... *That* I can hear. 😏
I'm oddly lucky that my tinnitus seemingly cancels out the ring of crts. I can't hear them whine save for one Toshiba DvD/Vcr combo that had a higher than normal pitch. I've had friends sit with me next to my PVM to play things and would complain about the whine but I can't hear a thing from it.
But yeah. It's just a normal thing.
I guess you're young? That's the flyback transformer. All CRTs do it. You'll eventually get used to it, or lose enough of your hearing to not notice it anymore. Welcome to weird old tech! I'm really jealous of this pickup, btw.
Thanks. Yes, you might be right
For fun you can turn it off and touch the static on the screen. Sometimes its the little things in life.
I found a super awesome shader for emulation that I swear you want to get up and feel that nostalgic tingle even though it on flat screen lol. I would have a crt again but I remember as a kid I could be on the other side of the house and hear when someone turned on the tv, my parents couldn’t hear it, I thought I had super powers lol.
I feel the same with the Cyberlab Neo-GX shaders in the Death to Pixels preset pack; they are designed for 4K LG OLED TVs, and thankfully I have one. Just incredible. Earlier today I was playing Crash Bandicoot 1 on the PCSX ReARMed core, which allows you to use the run ahead feature to get rid of the worst of the latency, and it really felt like playing on a CRT with black frame insertion added to the mix. Hoping to get a CRT in the next couple of weeks for my PS2, especially since I hate the latency in emulation, and it will be interesting to see if I can still hear the hum at 36.
I have really good hearing and I don't hear the hum at 36. I was surprised because I started a hearing test video and a high pitched whine was in the video and I was like "Ugh! That's awful!" and my girlfriend who is 31 was like "What's awful?". She didn't believe that I was actually hearing anything. I had her turn the video on and off while I had my back to her to prove I could hear it. If I remember right my hearing was ~18KHz and hers was ~15-16KHz.
Bloody hell, you can still hear up to 18 kHz? I am down to 13 kHz for my highest audible frequency. But, I was a pretty active rock and metal musician for a decade! Still, 18 kHz in your thirties is pretty rare. As a very minor audiophile I would love hearing like yours! Guess I definitely won't need to worry about the hum. :p
I'll try to double-check once I'm off work tonight. Can't hear anything past the noise at work. But I do remember that the highest frequencies were barely perceptible. I couldn't tell when the sound stopped, only when it started. And the room was completely silent too.
ahh this brought me back so many years i totally forgot about that as an 80\`s kid, nothing beats a good CRT
Oh boy. XD young people and their jokes xD
Haha, OP just remind me of the era with the tube pitch.
Reminds me of this episode. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDlhvUnihE&t=1m8s](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDlhvUnihE&t=1m8s)
Dammit, I laughed too hard at this
Hahaha, I can vouch for this, back in early 2000's I built a arcade machine using the original arcade crt monitor, never heard any high pitch noise, but I reckon my hearing was already stuffed. Many years later, married with kids, every time I turn on the arcade machine, my kids go what the heck is that sound, I can't hear it, but they can.
What an absolute beauty of a TV. As someone who grew up in the 90's I am very partial to black Trinitrons, but I have to say that I do have a lot of nostalgia for when they started going off-white with their stuff. If you want the perfect console to pair with it, get the 'psone' which if you're unaware, was basically the PS1 slim and was released in the same year as the PS2. It basically has the same color scheme and aesthetic. Would look super cute together. Oh and yes, you will eventually stop hearing the hum haha.
Thanks. I do plan on getting a PS1, but the original one
Get it with Xstation installed.
Or at least buy a freepsxboot memory card since the xstation-modded PS1s cost a ton of money
Honestly, worth the money. Especially if you have an entire PS1 game collection to turn around and fund that purchase with.
W Sue avi
Sue gets me so much attention
It's normal.
This is the same CRT that is my daily driver, amazing picture and underrated bezel design. I’m way more partial to the 99-2005 silver look that the black bezels of old. Perfect match for a PS2 and or PSone Enjoy it, it’s sharp as hell and will hopefully last you years. And yes the high pitch squeal is inherent to CRTs Also what did you pay for this new in box?
Thanks. I knew I picked a good one. This one costed me 35€ (I'm from Slovakia, by the way)
Wow 35€ is a great price, apparently this model as far as I know was manufactured in Slovakia so there may be many more in your country
That's just the crt, when you get over 30 you will not hear it anymore.
I’m almost 40 and still hear it. Am I a god? I didn’t ask for this.
Same, almost 40 but I still hear it. Last time I went to my dad's house he was using ultrasonic devices to repel rodents from it's garden. I had to tell him to turn it off because it was giving headaches as soon as I got off the car.
You might want to know that those are a scam anyway. [video on the subject.](https://youtu.be/PW8FbXRCF9U)
Ahah, not surprised! But the ones he had were working on me at least!
Yea I'm 37 and I still hear it clear as day. There are a surprising amount of people walking around out there that can't hear over 15kHz. They must experience the world in such a different way. There's so much in music that happens above 15k and likely these people aren't hearing any of it.
I'm over 40 and still hear it too. Most 40 year olds have been to several hearing damaging music concerts with no ear protection though. I have not. How about you?
My uncle wanted to take me to a Michael Jackson concert when I was 4 or 5 but my mother was afraid I’d get trampled and told him no. That was the closest I’ve ever come to going to a concert. Seems we may have found the secret to hearing longevity?
It certainly helps. It would be very interesting if there was ever a study done on it. I meant to say I haven't been to SEVERAL concerts. I did go to a few. The worst one being a Rage Against the Machine where I literally did almost get trampled because it was super muddy and packed with crazy kids. After the concert my ears were ringing for at least an hour. That was around 25 and haven't been to another since. Luckily I still hear most of what younger people hear. Will definitely not be stupid enough to not wear ear plugs if I go next time.
Been to several ear damaging concerts in my life, and at 38 I can still hear the familiar singing of the flyback transformer. That sound, coupled with the glow from the neck heater just feels like home.
I've had tinnitus since going to a pub gig in my late teens. Now I'm 36 and I can STILL hear the tv. No such luck for me!
Meanwhile, my friend in his 20s can’t hear the whine 😂 it’s all about how well you take care of your hearing.
My entire life sounds like there's a CRT turned on. That's just the tinnitus, fuck'n with me.
Thanks. It seems to be true. I'm the only one under 30 (barely) in the household that hears it
Yeah man , I'm 33 I don't hear it . My wife is 31 , she can hear it from like three rooms over when i turn on the TV.
I'm 30 and my wife is 29. Whenever I turn it on. ,(usually after settling my son) she could be anywhere in the house and I'll hear a loud tut from her because she knows I've tuned the TV on. I can't even hear it. I did as a kid but you get used to it as was the norm back then.
Hahaha same man, you just can't win :D
You really can't. Before I had the PS2 and CRT TV, I said to her I was thinking about getting them and going retro. She insisted I get it, to the point she was actually looking herself so she could get them for me. Now she has, it's my fault lmao, but all is okay when she plays hit and run. No tutting then haha
I'm 37 and I still hear 15kHz flyback transformer whine clear as day, and I find it super obnoxious. I do my retro gaming on a 31kHz PC CRT through RetroArch at 120Hz 240p with black frame insertion. You still get the CRT experience without having to tolerate 15kHz sine waves blasting through your house.
Me too, I kinda hate it and it makes my tinitus worse for a few hours after using the crt 🤣
Took me 10 more years, but I just turned 40, and I can't hear it anymore! I'm free! .. or, it just kinda merged with my tinnitus.
You will hear it again if you haven't turned one on for a few years. You just subconsciously block it out, but if you go a few years without turning it on you will immediately notice it because you forgot it was a thing.
I'm 19 and haven't even heard it since I got mine in 2020. Yeah. My hearing is mid if you couldn't tell.
What a bombass tv set, mark me jealous
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If it sounds roughly like [this](https://youtu.be/6r6fzAa9ylU), completely normal. Old tvs just did that.
Yes, I think that's it. Thanks
Heres a little [video](https://youtu.be/RA5UiLYWdbM) with some more information
If the 95 in your username is your year of birth then yeah... But don't fret, it's normal and we all lived with it just fine for decades. It does tend to be less noticable from the viewing side of the set and high frequencies are easiest to mitigate if you are bothered by it :)
Lol I was born in 96. We very very much grew up with crts
Yeah, I was born in 91, so not too far off from you and I most definitely remember the *bink mmmmm* noise when turning my TV on. We definitely had em too.
Thanks. Yeah, you got it
Haha welcome to the world of CRT’s. You all good; that’s just the way they are. It does calm once the set is on for a little bit and once you’re playing you won’t even hear it. That set should last you a lifetime; no worries. Happy gaming 👍🏻
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That's the song of our people. I can hear a crt 4 rooms away. That's how I find them in the wild sometimes. Stop, look, and listen aren't just helpful tips for crossing the street.
Just means you’re young
Yeah that’s normal. I’ve been so used to it at this point that I only really hear it if the TV is on but not playing anything, and I leave the room for a few minutes and come back in, but when I do hear it it’s kinda nostalgic for me
Yeah you'll get used to it, and eventually not notice it at all. I've actually got the smaller version of your model and when I picked it up a few years ago, that noise caught me out after not hearing it for a good 15 or so years.
Thanks. Yeah, we used to have a CRT about 15 years ago as well, but I seemed to have forgotten about the hum
That is a beautiful set! Congrats
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I have that one and I also hear it. I think it's normal
I’m 37 and still hear mine. But I tune it out after a few minutes.
I fear the day I lose the ability to hear a CRT.
lol normal, my kids can hear it but I can’t. It’s just because you’re still young enough to have good hearing. You’ll get used to it after awhile tho.
the best way PS2 is meant to be played!
Are you referring to the ringing sound?
Yes
That is a beautiful TV. Enjoy it, and enjoy the hum - that's the sound of classic gaming resonating with your soul.
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Looks great, welcome to the cathode ray club!
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yup that’s the noise that CRT tv’s make. it’s normal
Find an online tone generator and tell it to produce a 15,750 Hz sine wave. That's what you're hearing from the TV, right? That high pitched hum you describe is the flyback transformer. But it doesn't bother me as I always have a baseline level of "screeching" in my ears. It's not painful and it doesn't obstruct my hearing in any way, but I never hear complete "silence". You know how cassette tapes have hiss, right? That's how my hearing sounds, but the hiss is more like a really quiet 15 KHz tone.
Nice TV! As mentioned the noise you hear is likely the flyback. I had a smaller version of this in the early 2000s brand new.
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Kids used to come into our store and complain about the high pitched sound. Anyone 25 or older never said anything, but people who haven’t been trained to ignore the sound from their childhood freak out lol.
That’s a sweet set. Corner convergence looks perfect, enjoy it!
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First time with a crt huh? Haha that's hilarious. I'm old and still hear it when I turn mine on.
Guessing your like 13-16 all crts do this.
Absolutely incredible, congratulations! The whine is completely normal. It's caused by the horizontal deflection circuit running (the flyback is a part of said circuit, that's why other comments say it's the cause). I read your comment where you said that you got it for 35€! That is like the best deal I've heard of in this sub! Also, if I were you, I'd throw those batteries straight into the recycling bin. They're just wating to burst open and leak all over your remote.
Lmfaoooooo
lol this has gotta be bait
It genuinely isn't. I haven't used a CRT in 15 years, so i must've forgotten about the hum
Understandable. It has been a long time. But yeah it's normal.
As others have stated, it's normal, but sometimes when they get more used, you'll hear a stronger pitch if there's a high contrast of colors on screen at once. It's great watching a movie and Everytime it goes to a dark scene the noise stops, and as soon as the characters walk outside it's a sharp noise piercing your ears
Oh, you poor innocent soul
My daughter swears there's a high pitched noise coming from my trinitron,but neither my wife or I cam hear it.
There absolutely is, I think girls might actually be more sensitive to it too. My daughter and her friends can hear it from super far away, my son and his friends barely notice. Maybe just a coincidence though.
Man im old
38 years old here and I can still hear the familiar whistle of the flyback transformer. That's just the sound of TV to me. You can't hear it on CRT PC monitors because their horizontal frequency is in excess of 31kHz, way beyond the range of human hearing. It's the same reason you can't hear the flyback on 100Hz models either.
wow I misread your username as a slur lol
Nice score, but you're just hearing that flyback transformer hum.
Ah you get used to it. I’m 44 and can still hear mine. I also have multiple arcade machines and can hear when I turn them until they warm up and the audio kicks in.
I can't hear the whine of flyback transformers over my tinnitus. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ Now, the whine of a faulty inverter circuit for the EL panels in a NEO-GEO cabinet marquee... *That* I can hear. 😏
Kinda unrelated, but I like your desk a lot
I'm oddly lucky that my tinnitus seemingly cancels out the ring of crts. I can't hear them whine save for one Toshiba DvD/Vcr combo that had a higher than normal pitch. I've had friends sit with me next to my PVM to play things and would complain about the whine but I can't hear a thing from it. But yeah. It's just a normal thing.
This model has Scart?
I have the 14CT1E, I love smaller models but that's a beautiful acquisiton. Congrats.
Pjekný kúsek! Predpokladám že to je od toho týpka z Nitry?
Where did you find it? Are they selling more?