Test your hearing, and your headphones too!

[Graphicism]

*Warning, turn your amp down*

Ultrasonic ringtones test

Test your own hearing 30 Hz to 16 KHz

This ones cool because it goes the lower end too which tests your cans more than your ears, 45 Hz sounded really deep, however 30 Hz was almost silent.

 

[flamerz]

But most of all, test your sound card with this. If you have a bad sound card, you'll hear it no matter how bad your hearing is.

Edit: Unless you're deaf or near deaf.

 

[skyline889]

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Originally Posted by flamerz /img/forum/go_quote.gif But most of all, test your sound card with this. If you have a bad sound card, you'll hear it no matter how bad your hearing is. Edit: Unless you're deaf or near deaf.

Err?

 

[flamerz]

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Originally Posted by skyline889 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Err?

Take my onboard sound for example. I doubt it plays anything below 100 Hz, so all sounds deeper than that just sound like 100 Hz. I can easily hear it.

 

[3x331m]

The ringtone test results estimated that I'm about 20 years old.

It looks like I still have some hearing left...

 

[Zuerst]

Weird, for me the 19.9k sounds lower than 18.8k and the 21.1k sounds lower than 19.9k???

Can't hear a thing with 22.4k...

EDIT: hmmm... i used the thing on the second link to set my eq and it sounds kinda cool...

 

[Graphicism]

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Originally Posted by Zuerst /img/forum/go_quote.gif Weird, for me the 19.9k sounds lower than 18.8k and the 21.1k sounds lower than 19.9k??? Can't hear at thing with 22.4k...

... You can hear 21.1k? Apparently your not human! 22.4k is no sound at all.

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Originally Posted by flamerz /img/forum/go_quote.gif But most of all, test your sound card with this. If you have a bad sound card, you'll hear it no matter how bad your hearing is. Edit: Unless you're deaf or near deaf.

As long as it's a well recorded MP3 it shouldn't matter?

 

[flamerz]

Nah. I know for a fact that my source on the computer is absolutely horrible. I've tried something like this before to see how bad it was.

 

[brn80]

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Originally Posted by Graphicism /img/forum/go_quote.gif however 30 Hz was almost silent.

Mine's reverberating, in a most addictive and pleasant way... I'm such a basshead?

 

[ilovesocks]

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Originally Posted by Zuerst /img/forum/go_quote.gif Weird, for me the 19.9k sounds lower than 18.8k and the 21.1k sounds lower than 19.9k???

Same here. I think it's lower-order harmonics of the sound - you're not hearing the actual pitch. Something like that. I can definitely hear the 18.8k one, though. This is on my TBAAM -> KSC75.

 

[Zuerst]

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Originally Posted by ilovesocks /img/forum/go_quote.gif Same here. I think it's lower-order harmonics of the sound - you're not hearing the actual pitch. Something like that. I can definitely hear the 18.8k one, though. This is on my TBAAM -> KSC75.

Hmmm... I thought harmonic undertones are just theoretical?

Only really dealt with harmonic overtones that are integer multiple of the fundamental in classes and labs.

 

[Hermitt]

I'm 49 and I could clearly hear the 21.1k ringtone through my senn rs-65 wireless headphones, but nothing from the 22.4k nomatter how loud i turned it up

 

[chesebert]

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Originally Posted by Graphicism /img/forum/go_quote.gif *Warning, turn your amp down* Ultrasonic ringtones test Test your own hearing 30 Hz to 16 KHz This ones cool because it goes the lower end too which tests your cans more than your ears, 45 Hz sounded really deep, however 30 Hz was almost silent.

I would let a trained professional, ie doctor, do the test. They give you a report that's very interesting.

 

[laxx]

yea. my parent's friend was giving it out to everyone in my family a few years back. i was a college rebel and refused to go with the family.

this past wednesday, they were over for dinner and he brought up headphones.

"Er, I like headphones," i said.

He reply's, "So have you heard the K1000's yet? Any Stax? How about some electrostatic speakers?"

I thought for a second, gathered my thoughts, and out came the words, "Can I be your son?"

My dad wasn't too happy with this.

yea, guess who's going to his house for a hearing test?

 

[Dr. Vortex]

According to the ringtone test I can't hear anything above 10kHz.

Or then again it could be caused by really bad onboard audio that goes practically silent on any sounds above 10kHz. Maybe M-Audio Audiophile USB will change this once it arrives.