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miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
It rolls off after 16k (like most adults)...
...but the really neat thing is that the ringing in my left ear is 180 degrees out of phase with the ringing in my right ear, so when I sum to mono...it cancels out.
...but the really neat thing is that the ringing in my left ear is 180 degrees out of phase with the ringing in my right ear, so when I sum to mono...it cancels out.
Steenamaroo
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damn you miroslav 
i was totally doin my gullible face until i got the the mono summing part.
i was totally doin my gullible face until i got the the mono summing part.
Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
Dude, why so angry? My ears are far from perfect. I was simply saying that it made sense to me, Mr. "Boohoo...I posted 25 minutes ago and nobody's answering me...boohoo". Go change your diapers and come back to join the conversation.
Look, if you want to go out into the countryside and listen to caterpillars eating leaves, or witness grizzled shepherds inducing their dogs to go left or right by the application of a whistle which has NO DISCERNIBLE FUNCTION to the normally-hearing members of the human species, then that's your affair. I come from a country where one is NOT left twiddling one's thumbs for twenty-five whole minutes before someone has the common decency to acknowledge one's existence. I suppose it's too much to expect, to have a question acknowledged on a website by strangers, within a reasonable time period, I expect.
Steenamaroo
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*open's popcorn and pours a guinness*
smoke em if u got em folks.
smoke em if u got em folks.
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RAMI
Guest
Look, if you want to go out into the countryside and listen to caterpillars eating leaves, or witness grizzled shepherds inducing their dogs to go left or right by the application of a whistle which has NO DISCERNIBLE FUNCTION to the normally-hearing members of the human species, then that's your affair. I come from a country where one is NOT left twiddling one's thumbs for twenty-five whole minutes before someone has the common decency to acknowledge one's existence. I suppose it's too much to expect, to have a question acknowledged on a website by strangers, within a reasonable time period, I expect.
Sorry, I can't hear you. Your girlish whining is so high-pitched I can't make out a word you're saying.
Boohoo..........................
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I was going to answer you 10 seconds after you posted...but then decided to let the suspense build...............
.................for effect.
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sjjohnston
New member
About 14k on a good day.
Lest people freak (or freq) out about this too much, don't get thrown off by all those thousands in the hertz count. Frequency ranges, as a practical matter, work logarithmically.
The accepted maximum range of human hearing is a tad under 10 octaves (20.48k is 10 octaves above 20 Hz). If your hearing gives out at, say, 14.4k, you can "only" hear 9 octaves plus a minor 5th. In other words, someone with excellent hearing can hear a range of 120 semitones, and you're limited to 114.
Lest people freak (or freq) out about this too much, don't get thrown off by all those thousands in the hertz count. Frequency ranges, as a practical matter, work logarithmically.
The accepted maximum range of human hearing is a tad under 10 octaves (20.48k is 10 octaves above 20 Hz). If your hearing gives out at, say, 14.4k, you can "only" hear 9 octaves plus a minor 5th. In other words, someone with excellent hearing can hear a range of 120 semitones, and you're limited to 114.
Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
Sorry, I can't hear you. Your girlish whining is so high-pitched I can't make out a word you're saying.
Boohoo..........................
Eeeeeee... eeeee... eeeeee..... eee... eeeeeee.... eee...ee.....eeeeee.....eeee....
Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
Added to that, the human brain is an incredible instrument, too. From the frequencies it actually hears, the brain synthesises the upper harmonics that it should be hearing, so you can still appreciate music in pretty much its full range, even though the actual frequency response of your lug'oles may be compromised.
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Flawsious
New member
The blame should honestly be on ones own self for not wearing ear protection while play live or listening to live bands. It takes awhile to get used to but the benefits far out weigh premature hearing loss.
ido1957
9K Gold Member
Get off my lawn!
Steenamaroo
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sure, it's bad practice, but 14.5k at 48 years old is hardly premature is it?
Shadow_7
New member
Check the specs on your speakers. Most of the conventional PC speakers cut out at about 16kHz.
I've recently tested mine near 17kHz, but I don't have any monitors at the moment to produce, much less test frequencies higher than that.
I've recently tested mine near 17kHz, but I don't have any monitors at the moment to produce, much less test frequencies higher than that.
Steenamaroo
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duno who that's directed at but i tested on senn hd280s and mackie hr624s.
i was gona suggest this to the OP, but i figure if he has two sig gens at work, he might be working somewhere with monitors too.
i was gona suggest this to the OP, but i figure if he has two sig gens at work, he might be working somewhere with monitors too.
Eleanor Fudd
Member
I don't know how to express it in Khz., but I can hear bats communicating with one another at 400 yards.
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Last test was just shy of 22kHz in the right and just less (around 21.5) in the left.
This is why I can't use ribbon tweeters... And why VDO whine drives me absolutely batty to this day (although there are fewer and fewer recordings with it thanks to LCD/LED/Plasma technology).
This is why I can't use ribbon tweeters... And why VDO whine drives me absolutely batty to this day (although there are fewer and fewer recordings with it thanks to LCD/LED/Plasma technology).
c7sus
Disenfranchised Member
There are pages and pages of discussion on these forums about the quality of equipment, frequency response of microphones and everything else, but how many people here have tested the most important piece of equipment that we all possess?
A few years ago, I tested the frequency range of my own hearing (as I have access to a signal generator), not under controlled conditions but just as a general curiosity, and was shocked to discover that my hearing pretty much disappears above 14.5kHz. I blame a life of rock and roll and a succession of amps that deafened the West, but mostly I blame drummers and a Siouxsie and the Banshees gig in 1980 which left me profoundly deaf for a day.
What's your hearing range, honestly?
Most folks begin losing the upper end of the audible range in their teens, and this is considered normal.
When my kid was in middle school his classmates were getting their yucks with cellphone ringtones that the kids could hear but the teacher couldn't.
As for my own personal range, I can't say because I can't hear it over the tinnitus.
I can still hear cymbals and keys clanking on a keyring.
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
Awesome! You've looked after your ears well!
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
Though it might sometimes appear to be the case, there are not a whole mess of people monitoring every post 24 hours a day, ready to pounce on a request for information. The forum isn't a call centre. People come and go at random. They respond when something interests them, or when they can contribute something useful. There is no obligation on anyone to respond to anything, and it is possible (and not uncommon) for a thread to go unresponded to for days before it gets hit with a comment.
Here is an example:https://homerecording.com/bbs/equipment-forums/microphones/bluebird-blue-spark-322409/
They're not hard to find.
This is not the place for the seekers of instant gratification!
Your ears are an important tool, and if you are in this business, which depends on your ears, it is important to look after them.
However and generally, hearing loss is progressive with age, and there is not a huge amount that can be done about it.