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It depends on the speakers you hear it on, and how full your hearing range is.
On my TV's it's clearly laurel.
I heard it play from someone's cell phone, that had no bass, and it was Yanni.

Either way, it's using up far too much of the internet.
 
HecticArt said:
It depends on the speakers you hear it on, and how full your hearing range is.
On my TV's it's clearly laurel.
I heard it play from someone's cell phone, that had no bass, and it was Yanni.

Either way, it's using up far too much of the internet.
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So on your TV speakers (built in? component? soundbar?) you don't hear a long "e" at the end of the word? You hear something that rhymes with "dull"?
 
This one is much easier than that stupid dress where I could only see the one color scheme no matter how hard I tried. I can hear both depending on the register I'm listening for.
 
memebag said:
So on your TV speakers (built in? component? soundbar?) you don't hear a long "e" at the end of the word? You hear something that rhymes with "dull"?
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My wife and I were watching the news last night on TV, playing through the home theater speakers. At first, we watched the story about this, and said nothing. Then she said "all I hear is Laurel"; and I said, "that's funny, all I hear is Yanni (actually, more like Yeahnee)". Prior to that, neither of us had seen the story.
Here's some discussion about it.
Laurel or Yanny? What science has to say - CNN
 
At home and on my cell I hear Laurel.

Quick update, I just tried my work computer and I hear Laurel also.
 
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JHDK said:
This one is much easier than that stupid dress where I could only see the one color scheme no matter how hard I tried. I can hear both depending on the register I'm listening for.
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Everybody knows that dress was black and blue.
 
Also, on the news story we watched, I believe they said that those who can hear the higher registers (which contains the overlayed sound) are more likely to hear Yanni. I think that's what the guy in the CNN article said.

Between my wife and I, she clearly has reduced high frequency perception, and I have super hearing.
 
Clearly without a doubt laurel. The rest of you are a part of some sort of conspiracy clearly or have been taken over by alien body snatchers.


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JHDK said:
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Scotch:
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Thanks for the compliment on the wife, but your dickishness almost made me scrap posting the solution to all this. The following article by a linguist, contains pitch-shifted versions of the audio. I clearly hear the difference, I imagine all of you will too.
A Linguist Explains Why 'Laurel' Sounds Like 'Yanny'
 
memebag said:
So on your TV speakers (built in? component? soundbar?) you don't hear a long "e" at the end of the word? You hear something that rhymes with "dull"?
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Please see below.
HecticArt said:
It depends on the speakers you hear it on, and how full your hearing range is.
On my TV's it's clearly laurel.
I heard it play from someone's cell phone, that had no bass, and it was Yanni.

Either way, it's using up far too much of the internet.
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Re-quoted for emphasis.
HecticArt said:
Either way, it's using up far too much of the internet.
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HecticArt said:
It depends on the speakers you hear it on, and how full your hearing range is.
On my TV's it's clearly laurel.
I heard it play from someone's cell phone, that had no bass, and it was Yanni.
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The playback argument doesn't hold water:
- Groups of people listening to the same source are hearing different things;
- Plenty of people who've listened on relatively full-range systems have reported different results from you;
- The explanation is in the post I made by the linguist;
- You need to listen to the pitch-shifted samples - you'll find that you hear both results from the same source, depending on the pitch.
 
memebag said:
I don't care about bandwidth. I'm trying to understand how it sounds to other people. Anyone who hears "laurel", does it rhyme with "dull"? Or does it rhyme with "knee"?
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It is laurel clear as day. No possibility to mistake it for anything else.


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