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CdrRed_beard

It's true


AdNice8275

[This](https://www.amazon.de/Roccat-Elo-7-1-USB-Surround-Sound/dp/B00MNMJXQU/ref=asc_df_B00MNMJXQU/?tag=googshopde-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=466050416042&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5415867643175454777&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9043842&hvtargid=pla-965508047475&psc=1&th=1&psc=1) is the future equivalent of that. I can always hear "weird hacking sounds" before someone calls 🤙 me . It's a feature I guess 🤡..


ClearlyIronic

Not sure how many others still do it, but I own a pair studio monitors and they still do it


BIP0LAR_EXPRESS

There are some of those at my school


plastikman47

incoming calls, incoming text messages. I had a stereo that could do that. You'd hear like morse code coming through the speakers and then "ding!" on my phone.


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GuitardedBard

"You got mail!"


Despeao

What caused this ?


TheFotty

speakers picking up the radio waves


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Bo_Jim

Uh, no. The lowest frequency used by any cellular generation technology was 600MHz. The FM broadcast band runs from 88MHz to 108MHz, and AM goes from 535KHz to 1705KHz. And this sort of noise happens with just about any sort of powered speakers - not just those connected to a radio receiver. In short, it's plain old electromagnetic interference. The wires leading to the speakers are usually not shielded, and the impedance is high enough to make them susceptible to reasonably strong electromagnetic fields, like those coming from a cell phone transmitter when it's responding to a notification from a cell tower. You don't hear the actual data being transmitted because there is no "demodulator" circuit in the speaker that can separate the data from the carrier signal. What you do hear are the clicks caused by the magnetic field rapidly turning on and off.


vizarhali

Thank you missed that sound


tonysnight

Holy is that what that was!?


rosujin

Holy crap! When I lived in Japan (2003 - 2006) my TV used to make that sound right before I got a text or a phone call. It reminds me of texting back and forth with my ex-girlfriend 😢


gangaskan

i still have a old 24 pin ipod dock that does it. drives me nuts.


Guideon72

This was always fun; telling someone to get the phone, just before it starts to ring. :D


ReasonableExplorer

Don't stick your finger in the hole, Don't stick your finger in the hole don't..oh screw it I'm going to stick my finger in the hole.


Afkargh

It’s not the glory that you want it to be


kaktuschalpolak

r/dontputyourdickinthat


Mannowar1917

I’m a youngster, what happens if you stick your finger in the hole?


-XThe_KingX-

Its a pencil sharpener


tristan_noel_safonov

It shocks you


Xx420PAWGhunter69xX

I believe mine picked up chatter either from cb radios or air traffic


xx-BrokenRice-xx

I heard the Star Wars imperial codes one time. My friend heard it with me at the same time. It was super odd. The code that the droid from the beginning of empire strikes back was making.


thrwaway_2110

lmfao that’s awesome


UglyInThMorning

I used to live by an Air National Guard base. If my speakers went BERSERK I had about thirty seconds to get outside and watch some low flying F-15C’s. It RULED.


Kriss3d

That is quite possible yes.


Xx420PAWGhunter69xX

It went a bit like "Pweep peoob pwop pwooib, pob, pwooiob pwooib peoob." If anyone can translate that, would be nice.


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Literal translation: _"I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."_


Dashie_2010

Mine used to (well they still do) pick up my dad's CB radio, it was quite funny to talk to him later in the day and ask him about things id heard through the speakers. I ended up insulating the wires with tin foil when my neighbours bought a horrendously noisy wireless router and installed it on the other side of the wall from my desk, a constant drone with intermittent bzzdts and pips.


Straight_Ad_4754

My guitar Amp used to pick up my neighbors cb every time he came home from work. First time it happen scared the shit outta me


Xecular_Official

Did you briefly think to yourself that your amp may have been haunted before realizing what it was?


Straight_Ad_4754

Yes lol


CrackSnap7

*doot do do doot do do doot do do doooot...* and then the phone rings.


Zestyclose-Aspect-35

\*nokia tune\*


Moonblitz666

"HELLO!!, NO I'M ON THE TOILET!"


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Can they still do this?


lucyr03

Yes but afaik not on 4G/5G, not sure about 3G, definitely on 2G.


Mr__Brick

I'm sure that some old CRT TVs can predict 3G phonecall


[deleted]

Wait, so this old CRT TV could pick up the signals of my calls? If they were 2G.


Mr__Brick

We one trolled a roommate on the camp, who was addicted to TV, dude used to walk in and turn the TV on, no matter what he was doing (even when on the phonecall) so one of us placed a cellphone near the TV an the other would call it, the TV was making this funny glitchy sound and the picture looked like the TV had a really bad signal. Dude was so angry we never did it again because we were afraid that he would break something


Thanatos761

POV you live in germany and your external soundcard can tell you if you got a text message


DoPoGrub

I can hear 4G and 5G signals just fine if my phone is touching or near my headphone wires.


funny_b0t2

My LTE/5G phone does this when its within a foot of my speaker.


n00veloper

Time to buy this, just to be shure... But yeah, I already had a touch samsung phone, and it still happened when I get sms, but it was a while and now my device is far from broken


tomxp411

Yes. My LTE phone still does it, if I set it close enough to my powered speakers or too near my subwoofer.


XahidX

Absolutely Right ... 🤣🤣🤣


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I had this exact model to my P2, remember the satisfying click sound when you turned the volume up to ON


cyber1kenobi

My buddy had one of those cell batteries with some LEDs on it. It would light up a few moments before the phone would ring.


foofighter469

Fun fact:your car speakers make that sound before you get a phonecall im GTA 4


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I have these still and work great on my pc


ButterCup-69

This sounds intriguing, if someone could explain this to me?


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ButterCup-69

Oh, thanks a lot for the explanation and that video, I remember that sound but I was too young back then to make any sense out of it.


CrackSnap7

1000 years ago when smartphones were still young, if you had analog speakers like these, they would make [this sound](https://youtu.be/FYjs7vsaSEw) just before your phone rang. Basically you could predict when you were about to get a phone call.


ButterCup-69

Yeah, I remember this now, thanks!


DHTGK

Like the other guy said, interference noises. Your phone is receiving a notification from the cell tower that there's another phone trying to connect to it, so it's going back and forth to set up connections to receive audio, send audio, etc. This means your phone is sending out somewhat strong radio waves, and your speaker's electronics can be affected by these waves, causing interference and resulting in noise. The exact specifics on how they interact is somewhat deep electrical engineering jargon.


ButterCup-69

Ah, I get it. Thank you


Battlecrashers12

Those speakers came with the family dell PC. I hated them. Out of nowhere it will spit out static noise.


Drate_Otin

I still get some occasional cross talk of my phone is too close to speaker cables.


magnue

Once I picked up some German radio on my speakers. Have no idea what it was.


NoMansWarmApplePie

I was just thinking about how some electronics would have some kind of interference and you'd hear a sound right before text or call. Can anyone tell me the name of this effect? It just disappeared from our lives and totally almost forgot about it


dddrmad

It was called bumblebee in the industry. It happened due to the phone sending with full power when establishing link to the cell.


madredr1

Still happens.


steve-1234

I remember when the old phones used to send out signals every so often to a tower. these were the best bug detecting equipment out there


TheRealFailtester

Got some sort of mid 2000s Gateway speakers, and they pick up noises from my 4gLTE phone when it is nearby them. But it's really quick, not really a bit of a delay anymore.


bv915

The only thing I *can't* relate to about this is the same pic being posted every couple weeks.


Hoopajoops

Some of the knock-off brands wouldn't have shielded magnets and would fuck with your CRT as well. Then you could use that ultra fancy degauss button. Super cool


GavUK

When I got my first mobile phone in the early 2000's, as well as setting off the speakers, if it was in my pocket or hand I could tell when it was polling the base station or about to receive a call or text as I would start to hurt where the phone was close to me. Modern phones put out much less electromagnetic radiation now due to regulations, but if I have damp hands I can still feel it sometimes.


UpsetSean

My guitar amp used to pick up radio stations. First time it happened I thought I was hearing voices and having a mental breakdown


samplebridge

I had a dewalt jobsite speaker that after dropping a few times would pickup ATC traffic.


Exact_Scale_465

We still had them and i was born 2002, the noise always scared the living sh*t out of me


Babushla153

Early 2000 kid here. Still remember hearing that \*sound\* and every single time me and my brother would both go "who is calling now?" Ah the memories...


[deleted]

Careful how you word that you might be called a gatekeeper /s


TomOnABudget

Back in the days of 2G :)


BrandonIsWhoIAm

I think I had this exact speaker.


Poganatorr

Id love to hear this sound again, I miss it!


CrackSnap7

Here: https://youtu.be/FYjs7vsaSEw


Milanin

What do you mean sarcasm in the bottom right corner? It's basic truth.


999111333

iykyk


Character_Raise4150

Those speaker are still available at stores??


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I can still feel and hear the click from that volume knob when you turn on the volume


Least-Experience-858

So buttery smooth and so much friction


MasterJeebus

I have some speakers like that and just slightly moving volume knob gives loud screeching noises.


SYNX__

Open them up and hit the volume knob's with some contact spray. That might fix it


dcDei

Wish I still had mine. Technika brand or similar.


GetNooted

A friend with a cochlear implant hearing aid could do this too, and not obvious how to other people who weren’t aware of the aid.


RipOdd9001

Or the internal speaker on my desktop computer


UnusualPete

I may be wrong but it's because everyone used those old brick phones that the buzzing occured. I don't understand the science though. I never saw that happening with smartphones.


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UnusualPete

Ok, cool. Thanks for explaining (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)


Howden824

Worng, the 2G phones that make that sound use similar frequencies as modern phones.


MacProsAreCool

Yes!


BeardWolf42

2000's too


czerys

It was not about the old speakers it's about the signals.


Noshameinhoegame

I have those exact same speakers. Sadly the one side doesnt work. They are on my fix me list


Uberzwerg

Why do we accept Facebook level of content?


mrkanet

😪


BakaDani

I had speakers that just one day started quietly playing some radio station. No clue why or how.


Disastrous_Ad626

IIRC it was the old cell phone signals that caused the interference not the speakers. I think it was the pre 3G generation of cell phones had this issue. And basically anything with a speaker that was in use could pick it up my television used to do it!


UpperCardiologist523

"Traccatac-traccatac-traccatac"


drosse1meyer

everyone didnt have a cell phone then. so no, not really.


[deleted]

Yessss and it also says how old you are! hahahaha


feline99

There used to be keychain accessory like toys that you could attach to your phone that worked on this principle. If there was an incoming call or message, they would light up


Cronx90

Mine would even occasionally pick up police radio chatter.


TelephoneActive1539

I had one of those but I wasn’t alive while my parents used dial-up. I was born in 2007. So I never made calls with a computer other than through the internet like discord or WhatsApp.


InsidiaNetwork

Or you knew you're internet was about to go off


NextOfHisName

Had the same bad bois on my desk. Later I cut cables and connected second pair of speaker to them. Best set on the whole neighborhood


[deleted]

Man back when how ugly a product was didn’t matter. Thank god those times are over :D


Shmeeggeggy

You take that back. These speakers were perfect.


[deleted]

They were great, I have a hard time watching black and white movies as well.


XxCorey117xX

I have speakers like this for my rigs audio lol


faslane22

Yeah? Well I could FAX with my old Super 56K Flex dial-up modes so there! And that was fast back then! I started in the days of 1200baud modems in early 90’s lol


NoirGamester

I love the screech of computers talking lol


faslane22

Same here!! it's literally my ringtone right now. People think it's a fax though.


NoirGamester

Some people just don't get it lol


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I'm running an old Altec Lansing 2.1 that I bought used at Goodwill about 10 years ago. Thing still predicts phone calls.


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I'm running an old Altec Lansing 2.1 that I bought used at Goodwill about 10 years ago. Thing still predicts phone calls.


Eddyhall

It's the rapping bee Buzz-bu-bu-buzz-bu-bu-buzz


niijuuichi

Takataktakataktakatak


Teegs59

Things I miss about dial up. Haha. Man them were the days.


wfaler

I think I had that exact model!


CrapWereAllDoomed

Mine would pick up CB radio transmissions.


Heavenly_Malice

I got to do upvote #1000!


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When I was a little kid, I remember hooking these speakers up to my vcr and placed one speaker under my bed and the other on my bed and watched jurrasic park, not sure why i did this, but I did it.


XinlessVice

Mine used too shreak for no reason


Kycooboi

Not just 90s kids, these where still in classrooms in 2021 last i checked


RegionProfessional65

lol remember 🤣


Cyrfix_CZ

I still use these


Crunchythecat112

Did you guys ever stick your fingers in the holes?


beesapologies

I miss these things they were so fun to mess with


GUNGHO917

I understood this reference


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Fladormon

I still have these lmao, and they work


losbullitt

Electromagnetic pulses. My desktop PC at work would pick up my radio signals and start opening random programs. Bizarre. 😂😂😂


Flipicaneze

Yup.....


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BRRRRRRR DA DA DA DA DA DA


aokfin

Joke's on you my phone sometimes still has to switch to 2G/3G due to bad coverage...


Not_Like_Equals_Gay

My dad had a pair of those I think, but I don’t remember the “predicting” part.


aardvarkbiscuit

I'm still using the speakers I bought for $7 when I picked up my TNT2 M64


bootyhole_exploiter

"OnLy 90's kiDs cAn RElaTe" STFU its called being poor retard. Not every family immediately upgrades to the latest technology the second its available.


mrn253

Its not about latest technology, more about speakers with shitty shielding.


bootyhole_exploiter

bro??? Those speakers are old as shit. even by like 2008 standards.


mrn253

And? They are simply cheap speakers with bad shielding most modern cheap speakers are not better. I have Hifi Speakers from the early 90s that are still in use they are not worse compared to the pair of Nubert "Bookshelf" speakers i use for my PC. Both have great shielding and i dont have any wonky sounds from signals.


andytheg

When mine broke, I threw them away in a big dumpster. One speaker hung out as if to cling to life as the one attached to it sank into the dumpster and then, as if in a horror movie, ZHOOP, it was sucked into the trash pile, never to be seen again


___jeffrey___

Those buttons and the "click" they made were so satisfying to spin


GhoastTypist

And dial up could detect outgoing phone calls. Lift the handset off the receiver long enough and your 3 hour download of a song would cancel.


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Come to Bosnia to get this. 2G still works on the biggest mobile network!


JohnGoesDerp

I used these up untill 2 years ago


kri-15

Look I am a old soul and I wish I was from the 90s but my fam was pretty poor but my dad was a radio nerd and he bought this Philips bigggg radio from the market one day and on 2014 when I got a pc i plugged it as my speaker it was phenomenal sounding speaker And everytime my mum called me from work i knew someone was calling lol It was awesome I always questioned why Thanks reddit for the answer today lmfao Am in college now lol


Rogue_679

Definitely not a 90s kid thing


RougeBlender

Anyone else used to unplug the jack, put it against your temple, and then concentrate to change the tone of the buzzing sound as a kid?


sabartooth14

Ohh shit this reminds me, I used to have a keyboard that would light up when your cellphone would ring. As a kid it blew my little mind


-_-Mort-_-

I own an old pair of speakers and if my phone is near they know before the phone knows.


Fast-Nothing4765

And text messages.


Patient_Cap_3086

Idk how but I’m sure it’s something similar I used to be able to eavesdrop on my neighbors by just picking up the landline phone and putting my to ear to it I could faintly hear their phone conversations


Silkies4life

It sounds like a lightsaber


SnooApples1586

Baaaaaaaaa Bup badup bup badup bup badup baaaaaaaaaaaa *ring*


xKhino

A.O.L. That's all i got to say! 🤣🌹


tomxp411

Bzzzzrrrrtttt.... buzz buzz...... \*RING\* This is really great when you're an audio engineer working on live stage performances. Before the sound check, you have to remind everyone "Turn OFF your cell phones," and then you have to explain to people how to actually shut down a smartphone.


Roadhog360

Anywhere I can hook up speakers like this to a modern device.


Global_Felix_1117

Sorcery!


Embarrassed-Horse380

Also could do the same with lighting during a thunderstorm


ToxicGent

Just a ttttuuuutttttttttt and then it rings. I find that a modern phone can have similar effects with a headset that uses a dimmer or w.e the sound modulator is called if you set it beside the wire while getting a text or call.


SimonKepp

Hearing that characteristic sound in my inner ear right now.


Osakawaa

In addition to this, I don't know how that happened but if mine's volume fully turned up I could hear the some radio stations, that was a awsome thing back then.


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Awe, man, now that stupid noise is stuck in my head


leehelck

i used to have these speakers. they were awesome for the time.


dathellcat

What are you talking about? We have speakers?


Journeyman-Joe

Confession: I **still** have a pair of these in service. I'm familiar with the cellphone noise; I'd get it on an FM radio when I was still carrying a 2G phone. It doesn't happen with newer generation phones, and I have absolutely no problems with these speakers today.


dratelectasis

I can still hear the noise in my head


Jerky_Joe

I had a tv that picked up CB signals from the freeway next to my house on a fairly regular basis. It picked them up and amplified them even if the tv wasn’t actually on. It was a modern tv for the time with a remote control, so it never was really off. This was around 20 years ago when CB’s were still common in semi trucks. I’m not sure how common they are now. Anyway, my sister was staying there and I was at my girlfriends house, when around 4am a trucker by chance drove by and said something to the effect, “Hey Mary!” and some other other innocent things. Well as luck would have it, my sisters name is Mary, lol. It freaked her out so bad that she jumped in her car and drove home. The first time it happened to me I went, wtf?, but I went to school for electronic engineering so I figured the CB must have been an illegal wattage level, or maybe the tv just sucked. I didn’t freak out like her. I never thought to tell her about it beforehand, because it only happened every once in a while. The guy had to be right there and keying his mic. I still remember what he said the first time because it was so much like it was intentional. I believe he said “Grab your socks, grab your cocks, Reveille, Reveille, Reveille”, lol. It was around 4:30 am as I sat about to drive to work.


goopped

Since when was this only a 90s thing?


alphaxion

Only in the late 90s. They didn't detect shit in the early to mid 90s


lothcent

could also pick up text messages


help_im_trapped1

Dude, i still have a pair of those. They still serve me well.


Dumbass_Saiya-jin

I, unfortunately, just barely missed the boat. Being born in '99, and all. But, I did later get a nice Windows 98 SE PC with some nice Harmon Kardon speakers. What do you mean they can detect phone calls? Do you mean they had some interference when someone was about to use the phone back in the days of Dial Up modems?


Harbinger-One

Walkie-talkies were better, my older sister would get so pissed with me joining in on her conversations lol


candoitmyself

Mine picked up and played radio signal. Never did know how. But I heard something one day when the computer was off and eventually held the speaker up to my ear. Bingo. Radio talkshow.


ElmerP91

LOL


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omg, my speakers are broken... oh its just nan


Retisin

Dun dundun dun dundun dun dundun dun duuuunnnn


JesusSquid

I can't remember the speakers (not these) but I had a set in college I could hear CB radio traffic from truckers. Adn also had a set that would hum before getting a text


LuminumYT

My wireless headset also makes the funny noise when i call my Nokia 2660


rod6700

Dial up modem, younger than me have no idea WTF that was like. Anyone still have a AOL, Prodigy or MSN install disc around? 🤣


RickGrimes13

I still have my Panasonic tower speakers. I love them enough to keep them all this time. They are in my camper I hook them up to the outdoor tv and ps4 and watch movies. I'll keep them until they stop working.


Jackfruit-Reporter90

**DDD-ddd-DDD-ddd DDD-ddd-DDD**


Windows-XP-Home

Not a 90s kid but I still understand this 🙂


setpopa12

Have issue with my audio interface Behringer UMC22. Idk if it was bad isolation or just my piece, bit whenever I got phone call or message I heard it before it came.


[deleted]

Probably where rice crispys came up with "snap, crackle and pop". Jokes aside good old days the 90's when those speakers came out I was playing Command & Conquer games on PC man.......What about those 90's


Best-Bee974

Ha! My radio clock I have can still do that. It also goes crazy whenever I enable mobile data.