Just took one of those online tone-generator tests on the lappy through my Senn HD280's. About what I'd feared, things start getting quieter at 13k, I have total silence (other than the constant peel of tinnitus) from 17k up.
I guess since, if what I've read is accurate, the great old tape formats couldn't catch anything higher than 16k or so, I can still hear enough to record and mix.
My question: if I can't hear a frequency, should I leave it flat, or should I low-pass, to eliminate any nastiness, which I would be totally helpless to address? Does a recording ever really need adjustment above 16k?
I guess since, if what I've read is accurate, the great old tape formats couldn't catch anything higher than 16k or so, I can still hear enough to record and mix.
My question: if I can't hear a frequency, should I leave it flat, or should I low-pass, to eliminate any nastiness, which I would be totally helpless to address? Does a recording ever really need adjustment above 16k?