Can't hear the high notes

During a song, a (usually guitar) solo comes in, and during some higher notes played, I can't hear it quite well as the rest of the music. This doesn't happen when I listen on headphones, only on my speakers or in the car.

Does anyone know the proper settings to adjust to be able to hear the higher notes? (ex. bass / mid / treble / SL / Loudness). Thanks.

Well they're CDs that are put onto my iPod, which is how I play most of my music. The problem seems to happen in my car most of the time, and yes, it's usually with more recent albums (Dream Theater, The Mars Volta, etc...).

In my car, the settings are-

bass - 1
mid - 2
treble - 2
The ranges can go from -6 to 6.

Sometimes I adjust the 'loudness' level depending on the band.


Edited by darkshade - September 07 2011 at 20:48

I worried about losing my hearing almost 2 years ago, so I always try to listen at 'safe' levels.
The mid and low ends of the music sound perfectly fine. High ends sound good up until really high notes come in, and this is usually from a guitar or singer. Keyboard and horns making high notes usually sound fine, I think.

I mean, I know when you get older, it becomes harder to hear higher pitched sounds, but c'mon.

It could be the iPod, I don't like carrying around CDs in my car for fear of damage, and for convenience. I will bring my CDs and iPod and compare; maybe try and see if there is a big difference. But I listen to my iPod through the speakers in my room, and it's usually not as bad.

Vompatti wrote: Can you still hear the sound of crickets (in your car or elsewhere)?

I can hear crickets just fine. 

I've got some similar problems and i think it's because i got older, it's obvious, i don't hear trebles the way i was used to do when i was younger...But maybe you're still young 

oups!!!!!

I barely heard the 18kHz (on the second listen). (24)

It's good enough for me. I don't care much about high sounds.

Edited by Vompatti - October 23 2011 at 14:39

As a warning to you people using that link that plays the different frequencies...YOUR SPEAKERS MAY NOT RECREATE SOME OF THE PITCHES!!! Do no walk around thinking your hearing is destroyed because your potentially garbage speakers won't create anything above 17 kHz.  My desktop speakers stopped after 17 kHz, with my very nice headphones I heard up to 20 kHz.  Also you would need a frequency response graph to truly see if that is accurate/if your speakers/headphones are on par with what is required for accurate results.  

Edited by himtroy - October 26 2011 at 12:26