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Reply #151 –
A little above 15 kHz. I'll be 48 years old in 3 months.

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Reply #152 –
I am very worried...when I first took this test upon it being posted I was somewhere between 18 and 17 for the right and 17 for the left ear. Now I am struggling to hear 16 in both ears...and I am 21 :S

I think its time to go back and see a hearing specialist :S :S

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Reply #153 –
Quote from: Trainwreck56 on
I am very worried...when I first took this test upon it being posted I was somewhere between 18 and 17 for the right and 17 for the left ear. Now I am struggling to hear 16 in both ears...and I am 21 :S

I think its time to go back and see a hearing specialist :S :S

If you are woried, by all means see a hearing specialist.
Just keep in mind, this test is in no way acurate.

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Reply #154 –
17k today, im only 19   

ive tested my hearing on numorus occasions before, and its usually between 17 and 18

edit: took a shower and cleaned out my ears, heard 18 solidly
My $.02, may not be in the right currency

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Reply #155 –
A little above 19 kHz. I'm  32 years old

I used a Sound Blaster X-FI Xtrem Music --> Amp. Denon PMA1500R --> Sennheiser HD 590 headphones.

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Reply #156 –
Let's see on this test I percieved the sine tone between 17 and 18 kHz. I am 21 years old btw. 

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A little above 19 kHz. I'm 32 years old


That's impressive. 
budding I.T professional

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Reply #157 –
I'm 52 and start hearing something at about 14 kHz.

Quote from: MichaelW on
I, as the definite low scorer on this test so far, console myself with the thought that the diff between me and a super-sharp teen is just one octave. More realistically, two harmonics on the top note on the piano. Any idea how much difference this would make to the timbre of the sound? For obvious reasons, this is one I can't test for myself.


The top note of the piano has it's first (lowest) partial slightly over 5 kHz. The third partial of that note would be above 15 kHz. But the amplitude of the higher partials in the top octave is very low. The third partial of the top note of the piano just isn't there.

However. The overall timbre of the piano is built up of a lot of things other then the sound from the strings. Sounds from the action, hammers and keys as they are played, several different types of noise from the dampers, metallic sounding duplex strings (a kind of resonating strings), longitudinal frequencies is the bass strings etc etc. These sounds are very important to the piano timbre, as we perceive it.

Still I don't think there is much information above 12-15 kHz in the overall piano timbre to worry about it. Practically none, I would say without having anything else than an educated guess to base it on.

At least I'm telling myself that, since I work professionally as a pianotechnician. 

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Reply #158 –
@soundberg
Thank you for the reassurance. 

As the harpsichord is notoriously difficult for some lossy codecs, do you happen to know if it has more energy in the high frequencies? Some of the few that I've heard live have sounded downright rattly.

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Reply #159 –
I start hearing the sound at 17k, I'm 24 years old. Is this good or bad? At which frequency should a healthy, young person start hearing the tone?

ps - oh, okay, so 20Hz to 20KHz should be the ideal? Does anyone hear 20K?

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Reply #160 –
What you hear in this test is the combined limit of your ears, your headphones and the equipment driving your headphones. It's not scientific proof that you have an upper frequency hearing limit as suggested by the test.

Cheers, Slipstreem. 

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Reply #161 –
Quote from: MichaelW on
As the harpsichord is notoriously difficult for some lossy codecs, do you happen to know if it has more energy in the high frequencies? Some of the few that I've heard live have sounded downright rattly.




It does, Woodinville has summed up it nicely, zie the bottom of: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/audio_formats.html
TheWellTemperedComputer.com

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Reply #162 –
20k at 19yo, with average headphones and a RealTek onboard sound card (:|)

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Reply #163 –
I can hear the tone at 19k, am 22 years old.
"I never thought I'd see this much candy in one mission!"

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Reply #164 –
Quote from: Roseval on
Quote from: MichaelW on
As the harpsichord is notoriously difficult for some lossy codecs, do you happen to know if it has more energy in the high frequencies? Some of the few that I've heard live have sounded downright rattly.

It does, Woodinville has summed up it nicely, zie the bottom of: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/audio_formats.html


I didn't know the that harpsichord was difficult to encode, interesting. Is there some samples?

As you may know the harpsichord is basically a plucked string instrument. The plucking (the attack of the note) generates a lot of high frequencies, I would say. I'm not sure that the same can be said of the decay part of the note, not generally. The bass strings in a piano also has a lot of high partials.

If this is going off topic I humbly accept appropriate correction.

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Reply #165 –
Quote from: Roseval on
Quote from: MichaelW on
As the harpsichord is notoriously difficult for some lossy codecs, do you happen to know if it has more energy in the high frequencies? Some of the few that I've heard live have sounded downright rattly.
 

It does, Woodinville has summed up it nicely, zie the bottom of: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/audio_formats.html


Thank you, @Roseval. I also found the following post of interest:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=588119

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Reply #166 –
17khrtz, 20 years old.

I also work in the live sound industry so yah, my hearing isn't what it used to be.

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Reply #167 –
Interesting post.

Between 19-18 khz. 22 years old. I can detect the change with my two ears.

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Reply #168 –
Quote from: MichaelW on
Quote from: JRace on

Ummm...you all realize that this test is horrible inacurate?
Can your speakers properly output 20kHz and are they calbrated (referenced to 1Khz @ 0dB HL)?
--This is considered the Audiological standard.

I think everyone is fairly clear that this test is, like the subject says, simple. But it's a useful quick and dirty guide to what can be heard on one's own equipment.

I see people beating up on themselves because they can only hear 15KHz. I, as the definite low scorer on this test so far, console myself with the thought that the diff between me and a super-sharp teen is just one octave. More realistically, two harmonics on the top note on the piano. Any idea how much difference this would make to the timbre of the sound? For obvious reasons, this is one I can't test for myself.


I know I've come to this a little late but I might have you beat in the low scorer category  . I'm 48 and can hear nothing - even at 12 khz- in any of the samples I downloaded. I used what are probably basic headphones(Sennh. HD 457s) & still get nothing but that erratic high-pitched humm I always hear(tinnitus-I assume).  I'll try for the same consolation you mention but I love listening to my music and will always be wondering "What am I not Hearing?"

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Reply #169 –
20 Khz (not 22 Khz like I have posted hours before). 20 years old. These last years I cared a lot of my ears but when I are 13-14 old expose my ears to extreme loudness on my headphones (80-90 dB    [if not more]). I'm gone to two rock concerts this year, the last one of Scorpions on September.
My soundcard was set to 44 Hz and I made the mistaken of play the 48 Khz sample, after I noticied this make the test again with the 44.1 Khz sample and I can hear the 20 Khz sound but it's very quiet compared to the signal of 19 Khz. Anyway I don't have an equipament that can reproduce sounds above of 20 Khz (how I don't noticied this before?), so why I hear the sound at 22 Khz? It is not a question at all, I have read some posts above and  the answer to it.
Sorry by the mistake and by my bad english.
Sorry for my bad english.

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Reply #170 –
I can hear 17 kHz at normal listening levels and between 19 and 18 if I turn the volume on my headphone amp up a bit.
 

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Reply #171 –
18khz. I'm 37. So pleased after abusing my ears for years

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Reply #172 –
Quote from: greynol on
If you heard a steadily decreasing tone beginning at the "two" when the guy says, "twenty-two kilohertz," then your results are not only good, they are exceptional.


You just made my day     

22khz, both files, tested on 3 different computers with completely different audio setup.
I'm 17 though, so I guess it shouldn't be too odd, but still,      .


BTW, I personally take a lot of care when it comes to loud noises; so, I'll get a couple friends(who listen to extremely high volumes) on the morning and have them do the test, will post the results if anything interesting.

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Reply #173 –
Quote from: Thaorius on
You just made my day     

22khz, both files, tested on 3 different computers with completely different audio setup.
I'm 17 though, so I guess it shouldn't be too odd, but still,      .


Huh - all these youthful posters make for depressing reading 
13kHz... @ 51
30 years of wind noise from riding bikes too fast I suppose!

Edit:
Just tried the low range test on in ear phones (V-moda Vibes) & get down to 20Hz, so it's not all bad...

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Reply #174 –
48 yrs old:

hearing starts just before "13k" from the downloaded 44.1 .wav file , played by foobar2k (not using a  resampler), over an integrated Dell 'soundcard" (devices is listed as "SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC'), 'puter running XP Pro,  Koss TD61 headphones , in a room that gets considerable ambient street noise. I hear the tone first in my right ear, then my left.

I tried the 48 kHz  but the initial voice over broke up, suggesting it wasn't playing back correctly.

I'm going to retry on my MAudio 2496 at home, with better headphones and quieter room, but I'm not too surprised -- I seem to be in the 'normal' range for my age, also being a musician who played loud rock and listened to same, and noting too the voice over still sounds like it has lots of sibilants to me. 

Still, for my future I wonder about the state of hearing-aid technology -- is it good enough to 'restore' extended high-frequency hearing , or does it focus on just the 'vocal' midrange?


Oh, and BTW, the ABX part of the website doesn't seem to work -- it won't return my 'scores'.  Anyone else seeing that?  I'm using Firefox.