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Regular readers of this column, or those of you who accidentally skim the first line while flicking to Jargon Buster, will recall that in Issue 597 I was complaining about noisy pipes in my block of flats. That problem has been fixed thanks to Dave the plumber, but now I have a new audio dilemma: my home is too quiet at night.

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