Youtubers will Youtube.
Phone mics, (and even most SPL-meters) have a relatively high self-noise, making them incapable of recording broadband noise below roughly 30dBA.
A lot of environments have a higher broadband noise as well - AC, many forced convection ventilation systems, or simply city noise through less than stellar sound isolation also yield a background noise level that is relatively high. People in such environments will not perceive a broadband low level addition to that background noise much, or even at all. People in quieter environments however will have a different baseline.
Thus the perception of the Studio noise levels, even before we get into personal hearing acuity or preferences, was always going to be subjective.
I was quite blunt in my critisism of the thread based on what I felt was an exaggerated title, but be that as it may, the actual discussion has been surprisingly balanced. This thread is obviously for those who, for whatever reason, care about noise at these levels. And if you don’t, well that doesn’t invalidate the experience of those who do.
The Studio Macs have a robust cooling system for electronics that have a (by desktop standards) very modest power draw. There was every reason to expect these systems to be significantly quieter than the MacBook Pros, and thus be surprised if they aren’t. At the end of the day this discussion is for the benefit of the users of the systems and Apple, pinpointing an area where they might improve the peception of their product with something as simple as a modified fan curve.
Phone mics, (and even most SPL-meters) have a relatively high self-noise, making them incapable of recording broadband noise below roughly 30dBA.
A lot of environments have a higher broadband noise as well - AC, many forced convection ventilation systems, or simply city noise through less than stellar sound isolation also yield a background noise level that is relatively high. People in such environments will not perceive a broadband low level addition to that background noise much, or even at all. People in quieter environments however will have a different baseline.
Thus the perception of the Studio noise levels, even before we get into personal hearing acuity or preferences, was always going to be subjective.
I was quite blunt in my critisism of the thread based on what I felt was an exaggerated title, but be that as it may, the actual discussion has been surprisingly balanced. This thread is obviously for those who, for whatever reason, care about noise at these levels. And if you don’t, well that doesn’t invalidate the experience of those who do.
The Studio Macs have a robust cooling system for electronics that have a (by desktop standards) very modest power draw. There was every reason to expect these systems to be significantly quieter than the MacBook Pros, and thus be surprised if they aren’t. At the end of the day this discussion is for the benefit of the users of the systems and Apple, pinpointing an area where they might improve the peception of their product with something as simple as a modified fan curve.
