[Nrbelex]

Check this out. In response to a story about kids being able to hear sounds adults cannot, the above test was created. Very cool. Unfortunately, I only go up to 19,000 Hz. How high can you go? Does it really matter for music listening?

~ Brett

EDIT:

Because of the concerns, I recreated in Audacity under no special settings:

... the tones below. There's very little crackling (some since the LAME encoder is having trouble with this strange stuff) but Audacity seems to be refusing to go above 20,000Hz...

10KHz
11KHz
12KHz
13KHz
14KHz
15KHz
16KHz
17KHz
18KHz
19KHz
20KHz

Good luck!

P.S. The tones sound different when played in Audacity pre-export and after so I still can't attest to their veracity. The best thing to do is download (free) Audacity yourself and try it out with the easy "Tone Generator".

 

[003]

I can hear up to 21,000Hz. At 22,000Hz I can't hear anything.

 

[Abbadon]

I can only hear up to 17khz. Does this mean I have defective hearing?

 

[skyline889]

I think something is wrong with his tests, I can hear up to 25khz at normal volumes, isn't supposed to be impossible to hear frequencies this high? How did he record these sounds?

 

[slinger1182]

Hmm, can definitely go upto 21KHz.

 

[003]

You mean the little clicks at the beginning and end?

 

[Duggeh]

I think 19,000. But it becomes difficult to tell after that because of second order harmonics, you can tbe sure if youre hearing the tone itself.

 

[dragulagu]

Funny, but I don't know about the value of this test, I went to 21000hz, simply because my phones max (for the moment) are that much. Could hear it clearly, soon I'll have phones with a range of 25000, so I'll try again. Could also hear both samples, which had both a really annoying sound. Anyway, I don't think I have audiosensitive ears, still , funny test.

 

[skyline889]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 003 You mean the little clicks at the beginning and end?

No, the annoying high pitch "eeeeeeeeeeeeee". Did he record it at above average listening levels?

 

[pawlowski6132]

Pretty cool!!

38: 14khz max

My son is 4 standing right next to me and he was reliably up to 19khz. He started acting up after that.

 

[003]

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyline889 No, the annoying high pitch "eeeeeeeeeeeeee". Did he record it at above average listening levels?

Not sure but even if he did it shouldn't make a difference. Mabey you just have really good hearing.

 

[WhiteShadow]

I am 16, I can hear up to 25,000 Hz.

 

[Skylab]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 003 You mean the little clicks at the beginning and end?

I hope that was a joke...it's the tone in between the clicks you are supposed to be able to hear!

I can hear the 19kHz tone, I can sort of hear the 20kHz one, and I can;t hear the 21kHz at all. Not bad for 40 year old ears though!

 

[spinali]

If you have a Mac, download the shareware ToneGen - a wonderful tool that lets you test your hearing along the whole range. I think it might be on other platforms, as well.

 

[WhiteShadow]

Does the volume matter?

I can hear up to 17,000 Hz at a low volume, but I can hear it all if I crank the volume.