Since relocating recently I’ve found I’m picking up that irritating mobile phone noise on my HiFi- that familiar tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-tick fzzzzzzzz every few minutes. Switched all phones off and it still occurs. I know there are various ways to guard against interference but what puzzles me is where is it coming from if our phones are switched off? Could it be the neighbours phone or some other device? Any mobile phone/tech experts out there can advise?
ATM : Mobile phone interference on the HiFi
I’m all for experimental music and things that a lot of people will witheringly call ‘pretentious’. I own a 17 CD Henry Cow Box set. I listen to Autechre’s NTS Sessions a lot. I own a copy of STUMM433 (Google it). This, however is pure Nathan Barley. Released by Johnny Trunk, inspired by his neighbour who goes by the name of Futurecrime (of course). Apparently this is ASMR and people “get off on it”. I quote: “If one weren’t told otherwise, the recordings may well resemble close-miked documentation of insects, some esoteric ritual, or a game of backgammon sped up, but closer inspection reveals sequences of these flurries that are possibly identifiable as furious delete keying or hammering a return button. And this is where it gets interesting, as each recording reveals to the listener the idiosyncrasies of each keyboard and its custom parts which, like custom built cars, use a huge spectra of parts both vintage and bespoke to achieve the users’ dream build and preferred levels of tactility and clickiness.”
