Absolutely, @the_jordan, that shows how one good thing beats many okay ones in life too.

Seriously, you unplug it most days?

Remember when my friend patched up an old motorcycle carburetor by sound alone? He didn't have a meter or a guide. He just turned the screws until the engine hummed smoothly, going by the rumble and feel. His uncle taught him that trick years ago, back when tools were simple. Now, folks just hook up a computer and stare at numbers. He says that kind of hands-on know-how is fading fast.

Honestly that's the opposite of my experience. Quiet rooms make it way easier to figure out where a sound comes from. Your brain isn't fighting a bunch of other noise so it can actually place the crunch or the click. The real problem is in a loud open office where ten people are typing and talking, that's when a single sound gets totally lost.

Actually it's more about material expansion than precision.