Didier Stevens

Friday 30 October 2026

“A Ring Tone That I Cannot Hear” – Twenty Years Later

Filed under: Uncategorized — Didier Stevens @ 13:50

My first post for this blog was in June 2006, 20 years ago: A Ring Tone That I Cannot Hear.

Back then, I tested my hearing with Audacity, and I could hear a tone up to 14 kHz.

20 years later, I do the test again, and I can hear a tone up to 8 kHz.

It’s no surprise that my hearing declined over the years, that happens to everybody.

What did surprise me, or better said, what impressed me, is that a free and open-source tool like Audacity still exists after 20 years, and that I can just issue the exact same commands as 20 years ago!

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