[jaddie]

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Take your LP and using a good capture card, transfer it to digital audio.
Burn a CD of it.
Bring the CD into iTunes and convert it to AAC 256 VBR.
Set up a switchbox and preamp where you can balance all three line levels (LP, CD, AAC) and switch between them.
Let me know what you find out.
 
I guarantee you it will surprise you.

I second that guarantee.

 

[fatcat28037]

 

[Snow_Fox]

So interesting.. on my Senn 598's I can hear up to 17.4 clearly and 18 starts to drop off.
Meanwhile on my ES7's I can hear right up to 20 before it cuts off admittedly it's harder to hear.

 

 

[streetdragon]

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So interesting.. on my Senn 598's I can hear up to 17.4 clearly and 18 starts to drop off.
Meanwhile on my ES7's I can hear right up to 20 before it cuts off admittedly it's harder to hear.

 

that's odd i can hear up to 17.5, now im not sure if its my headphones or my ears

 

[Snow_Fox]

Well as there is a computer fan going and other noises, I assume a fainter sound would be harder to hear.  No telling for sure though.

 

[dhruvmeena96]

The blind test here :

http://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_frequency.php

i scored 80%

 

[njam]

The blind test here :
http://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_frequency.php

i scored 80%

Up until 16k i was at 100%. After that it was just a guessing game for me.

I checked my hearing with SweepGen and I can't hear anything past 16.4kHz
http://www.satsignal.eu/software/audio.html#SweepGen

 

[dhruvmeena96]

Up until 16k i was at 100%. After that it was just a guessing game for me.

I checked my hearing with SweepGen and I can't hear anything past 16.4kHz
http://www.satsignal.eu/software/audio.html#SweepGen

Mine is 17.2kHz...after that...

Some weirdness in ear...but no sound

 

[christianmc]

I surprisingly haven't seen Nyquist brought up in this thread yet. That aside, the frequency range of most modern music also relies heavily on genre. Modern pop with acoustic instruments (eq, drum set, bass, guitars, vocals, etc) isn't going to have much perceptible note information about 5k or 10k.

 

[bigshot]

If we’re talking about music and not thresholds of human hearing, if you can do 10kHz well, that last octave doesn’t matter that much. By 15, nothing matters any more.

 

[dhruvmeena96]

If you can do 10kHz well, that last octave doesn’t matter that much. By 15, nothing matters any more.

Last octave matters

While making iem and testing it
I noticed this slight cymbal decay like feeling which was after 10kHz
Comparing Knowles WBFK to SWFK to dual SWFK tweeters crossed at 9.8kHz, to produce over 10kHz


But after 16kHz....nothing matters at all.

Cannot hear no more

 

[christianmc]

If we’re talking about music and not thresholds of human hearing, if you can do 10kHz well, that last octave doesn’t matter that much. By 15, nothing matters any more.

Mostly agree. Fidelity and air exist above 10k, but not for everyone.

 

[chennaxin95]

on the other hand do we know how low can human generally hear?

 

[bigshot]

I would guess it's possible to discern pitch down to somewhere around 40-50Hz. Beyond that, sub bass is felt more than heard. We can discern sonic vibrations down to about 10-12Hz.

 

[pinnahertz]

I would guess it's possible to discern pitch down to somewhere around 40-50Hz. Beyond that, sub bass is felt more than heard. We can discern sonic vibrations down to about 10-12Hz.

Discerning pitch and reliably detecting a sound presence are really different things, though. Hearing at low frequencies is oddly non-linear, with sensitivity falling with a smooth roll-off curve with frequency, but then also falling nonlinearly with decreasing SPL. The roll-off curve flattens somewhat with higher SPL, steepens with lower SPL.

A number of years ago I heard a demo of the first Eminent Technology fan subwoofer and 3 things stood out: 1, that I actually could hear 5-10Hz if SPL was high enough, 2, that recorded material in that range even existed, and 3 what happens to a hotel room suspended ceiling when you produce 105dBSPL at 5Hz is messy.