WarpMyMind

Does anyone know how to ramp up the frequency of the files to say 15.5 khz?

Not sure what you mean about 'ramping up' the frequency of the files.

If I assume for a second you mean the mp3 encoding frequency, you can change it to anything you like using any common sound editing package (I use Cooledit pro 2000). The thing is though, it won't make any difference to the sound quality because all the upper frequency is lost when EMG encodes the files to 11025Hz 16bit stereo (to make the downloads small).

If you are desperate for CD quality files, you might ask EMG directly to supply them. I would put good money on him retaining an original copy as 44.1Khz stereo .wav or similar (which would be massive files).

If that wasn't what you meant, please clarify!

Ok, if the sound is at 100dB, you are either going to hear it- and immediately turn it down- or not hear it at all.

With that kind of volume there is no in between, so I think whatever site you got that from was wrong.