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Poll Results: Can you hear sound over 20kHz?

 
  • 25% (92)
    Yes
  • 74% (272)
    No
364 Total Votes  
post #196 of 499
2/23/12 at 9:40pm


 

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Originally Posted by bigshot View Post


Our ears do, but a lot of stereos don't. The difference between a good stereo and a great one is relative balances in the core frequencies, not the sound in the upper stratosphere.


Oh, now it makes sense

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post #197 of 499
2/23/12 at 9:56pm

I heard em all, but I feel annoyed now and feel like I have headache... Maybe it's because I haven't slept? 

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post #198 of 499
2/23/12 at 9:58pm
Probably
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post #199 of 499
2/24/12 at 10:32am
If you crank the volume up to try and hear sound you really can't hear, you'll give yourself a headache.

This thread has got to be the single biggest source of irreversable hearing damage on the planet. Stupids flock to it like moths to a flame.
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post #200 of 499
2/24/12 at 10:33am

I didn't turn up the volume, just saying.

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post #201 of 499
2/24/12 at 4:15pm

If the tones gave you a headache, you have the volume way too high.

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post #202 of 499
2/24/12 at 5:35pm

I had my volume even lower than usual. Well it was 9 in the morning and I didn't sleep when I did the test ;) . I currently have vacation so my sleeping rhythym is fu***** up and today I will fix it.

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post #203 of 499
2/25/12 at 4:53am
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Originally Posted by bigshot View Post

If the tones gave you a headache, you have the volume way too high.

Or the annoying high pitched noise is annoying.

Something doesn't need to be loud for it to cause a headache...
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post #204 of 499
2/25/12 at 5:22am

I can hear pretty high up 19-23khz(got that from playing test tones previously, not exactly accurate. Frankly I agree, its not really a advantage, though it does help me find problems with my mechanical designs. Otherwise, its a bit annoying when you could hear high pitch electrical noise(from my air conditioner and sometimes computers)

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post #205 of 499
2/25/12 at 1:59pm
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Originally Posted by Lord Crow View Post

Or the annoying high pitched noise is annoying.
Something doesn't need to be loud for it to cause a headache...

Police use bullhorns blasting out super high frequencies at high volumes to induce headaches in rioters. It works real good.
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post #206 of 499
2/25/12 at 11:02pm

I found that Demon Days by Gorillaz uses the upper frequencies, if you pay attention at the end

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post #207 of 499
2/26/12 at 7:17am

Using this hotfix I can hear the same in my browser as I did in foobar with ASIO, i.e. I can only hear up to 19khz. 

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post #208 of 499
2/26/12 at 11:35pm
headphones rated till 50k hz.....wonder if cd music is recorded at such levels.
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post #209 of 499
2/26/12 at 11:47pm

nope, just 20k, but audio DVD and sacd support much more

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post #210 of 499
2/27/12 at 12:01am

 

I usually transform into a bat and sit on a gargoyle in my listening room, but it's annoying when I have to revert to human form all the time to skip tracks or adjust the volume.

 

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