Yanny or Laurel?

[Chojin]

It sounds like yarry to me.

 

[james.miller]

The original recording might say Laurel but the artifacts in the original recording are enough that even just isolating the mid-high frequency range is enough to hear 'yanny'. The audio sample doing the rounds has boosted treble which is enough for people to hear it. I'd suggest the people who can't hear it have an issue somewhere.

 

[terley]

Both, depends on the quality of the speakers you are using and the volume you have it at.

 

[Hiijinx]

I hear Yuri, cannot even begin to hear anymore of L in it. :/

 

[Mark A]

Laurel

 

[DazQ87]

Very strange, when I heard it on the radio in the gym it was clearly yanny, but when I listen to it on my PC with headphones its Laurel.

 

[Rikk82]

Very strange, when I heard it on the radio in the gym it was clearly yanny, but when I listen to it on my PC with headphones its Laurel.

I've had that too.

Clearly it depends on the quality of the speaker emitting the sound.

 

[Whitewater]

The first time played through my laptop speakers it sounded like "yanny", then it changed to "Laurel" through my headphones and now it sounds like "Laurel" through my laptop speakers

 

[CREATIVE!11]

Listening on pair of sennheisers onboard motherboard it's Laurel.

But the way this illusion works i'm assuming is dividing the different sounds into low / high so certain speakers headphones etc that have a different frequency response curve will cause it to sound different. Hence people hearing different things.

Cheap small speakers often don't represent bass frequencies clearly, that's why small cheap in ear headphones etc sound tinny. And that's why people hear "Yanny" when the bass/lower frequencies are not clear.

 

[esoteric]

I hear Laurel.

 

[muon]

Laurel and I can't seen any confusion. You might be be able to argue something simillar, but Yanny isn't even close.

 

[ianh]

Both are said at the same time - Initially I could hear only Yanni but then if I concentrated I could hear both names simultaneously and now all I can hear is Laurel.

Apparently Yanni is in a higher pitch and Laurel is in a low pitch. I also found this which plays both names but split apart so you can hear what both sound like -

 

[Pocah]

I find it depends WHAT you listen to it on. I listened to it on my monitor speakers and it was clearly Yanny. But on my TV it was equally clearly Laurel.

 

[Freakbro]

At least I now have an excuse for singing all the wrong lyrics to songs all these years.....

 

[Rroff]

But the way this illusion works i'm assuming is dividing the different sounds into low / high so certain speakers headphones etc that have a different frequency response curve will cause it to sound different. Hence people hearing different things.

Not just that though - my dad was playing it on the speakers over and over on his PC while him and my mum were debating it because they each hear it differently and that was the first I knew about it.

Though that definitely is part of what it is.

 

[MooMoo444]

I heard Yanny the very first second, now is Laurel only. I put the first one down to not making sense of the sound.

 

[Nitefly]

Very interesting - I listened to it in my lounge on three different devices with my girlfriend. Both agreed it was deffo yanny. Now in the bedroom, it's laurel. Sent girlfriend downstairs to the lounge and now she can only hear laurel!! I'm stumped.

 

[Irish_Tom]

I hear Laurel, my wife hears Yanny.

Clearly our brains are wired differently because she was wrong about the blue/gold dress as well.

 

[muon]

The fact of the matter is that the dress was actually blue and black, and the computer is reading laurel.

Therefore I am interpreting things as intended.

 

[Mark A]

We need a poll.

I tried messing with the bass and treble on my amp and it still sounds like Laurel to me.