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You might need to restart for the java to be completely installed completely hyungryul, I did.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by threEchelon
When you do this test. Make sure that the volume in the program and your computer volume are maxed out. Also, it's best to calibrate the program with an SPL meter, use an equalized phone, and listen in a dead quite environment.
Btw, if you're not calibrating with an SPL meter than you might as well throw your test results in the recycle bin.
What he said above is right... buy a SPL meter from Radio Shack, but if you can't afford to do it this way, here is some input back from their tech support regarding not hearing the test tone for system calibration. Bottom line, just max your volume and the slider on the test site as the tones are very quiet and what you really need is a quiet place, and the best signal to noise ratio possible.
The other tip I have is to use the manual version of the test to really try to nail down where your hearing threshold is with a specific frequency. You might be surprised to see a gap at 3K or 8K and then back to good hearing until you get up into the 14-16-18K range.
I wrote the following to tech support:
"The 24 frequency test did not have a tone for the calibration phase of the test, so it did not work. You should check it out and find out why it doesn't emit a test tone as your other less complicated tests do.
thanks"
Tech support wrote back:
"If you can hear SLM-based calibration
signal then most likely you do not hear
AURAL calibration tone since it is too
low. You have to adjust volume slider
in Windows Mixer such that our Volume
calibration is almost at MAX level. This
will provide the best S/N ratio. In order
to use this test your sound card should
have good quality and minimum S/N on the
order of 70-80 dB."
Best regards,
Digital Recordings
http://www.digital-recordings.com
This ends the tech support comment from the website. The last thing to think about is the article about hearing loss listed in the opening post. The truth is that our hearing organs are marvelous examples of engineering. But they are far more sensitive and fragile than we realize. We should carefully monitor our listening levels so that we do not damage the best upgrade of all which is the ability to hear.
If this post has only accomlished that, then it has been successful.
Happy listening!
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Originally Posted by threEchelon
When you do this test. Make sure that the volume in the program and your computer volume are maxed out. Also, it's best to calibrate the program with an SPL meter, use an equalized phone, and listen in a dead quite environment.
Btw, if you're not calibrating with an SPL meter than you might as well throw your test results in the recycle bin.
What he said above is right... buy a SPL meter from Radio Shack, but if you can't afford to do it this way, here is some input back from their tech support regarding not hearing the test tone for system calibration. Bottom line, just max your volume and the slider on the test site as the tones are very quiet and what you really need is a quiet place, and the best signal to noise ratio possible.
The other tip I have is to use the manual version of the test to really try to nail down where your hearing threshold is with a specific frequency. You might be surprised to see a gap at 3K or 8K and then back to good hearing until you get up into the 14-16-18K range.
I wrote the following to tech support:
"The 24 frequency test did not have a tone for the calibration phase of the test, so it did not work. You should check it out and find out why it doesn't emit a test tone as your other less complicated tests do.
thanks"
Tech support wrote back:
"If you can hear SLM-based calibration
signal then most likely you do not hear
AURAL calibration tone since it is too
low. You have to adjust volume slider
in Windows Mixer such that our Volume
calibration is almost at MAX level. This
will provide the best S/N ratio. In order
to use this test your sound card should
have good quality and minimum S/N on the
order of 70-80 dB."
Best regards,
Digital Recordings
http://www.digital-recordings.com
This ends the tech support comment from the website. The last thing to think about is the article about hearing loss listed in the opening post. The truth is that our hearing organs are marvelous examples of engineering. But they are far more sensitive and fragile than we realize. We should carefully monitor our listening levels so that we do not damage the best upgrade of all which is the ability to hear.
If this post has only accomlished that, then it has been successful.
Happy listening!
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