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Poll Question: Where's your cut-off point?
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2011 at 20:05
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

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It means that you can hear frequencies which normally only teenagers can hear ... apparently you managed to protect your hearing more than most people.Smile


Ironic given listening habits, but I am still quite young.
I'll wait to see how bad I am at 40, I expect to be deaf LOL


If not even Mr. Townsend from The Who is still deaf, I don't think you will ever be, Brian. Now, stop playing internet tough guy, we all know you only listen to radio Disney at a reasonable volume.LOL
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I'm 46 and I think I can hear all of those it's just at the higher frequencies I get sort of a crackle effect (a speaker artifact?).  I had an episode of tinnitus not too long ago and it sounded like it was raining softly outside when it wasn't.  The crackle was similar to that.


Edited by Slartibartfast - November 09 2011 at 20:11
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

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It means that you can hear frequencies which normally only teenagers can hear ... apparently you managed to protect your hearing more than most people.Smile


Whoa, that's very nice. Now in addition to perfect sight I know I have perfect hearing too. And I never even put extra effort into preserving them (except sunglassesCool).
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I think the test would be more useful if the test frequencies had content rather than being just tones.  Anyway, I'm going to stay home today and clean my guns. Tongue
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Can't hear at 14 and I'm 46.
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My cutoff was around 15 kHz.  I'm 34.
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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

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It means that you can hear frequencies which normally only teenagers can hear ... apparently you managed to protect your hearing more than most people.Smile


Interesting... One of my students had the phone ring tone version of this thing last year and was irritating other students with it. I could never hear it, so it didn't bother me.
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14KHz was the first I couldn't hear.
I'm 53, and spend years playing in, and working with very loud bands.
Plus, and ear infection as a child didn't help.
Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
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15 and I am deaf - too much loud metal
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I think the test would be more useful if the test frequencies had content rather than being just tones.  Anyway, I'm going to stay home today and clean my guns. Tongue

What you describe as "content" would involve a broad spectrum of frequencies ... as soon as you use something other than a sine wave you get a whole bunch of overtones. Which in this case would almost invariably be above the threshold of hearing as well as recording digitally (22KHz). 

EDIT: In other words: In order to sound like more than just tones, the higher frequency sounds would have to contain lower frequencies, too, which in turn would make it impossible for you to say for sure whether you can hear the higher frequencies.


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Here's an interesting page showing various frequencies and their effects - haven't listened to the samples yet though, since I'm posting this from work:
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"EQ by numbers" is a little too formulaic for me - unless you're recording the same instruments in the same setup time after time then the specific EQ settings/requirements rarely be the same twice - but the general ideas are ones I also use when needed.
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Didn’t take the test, but here’s my herring’s range: In the eastern North Atlantic, herring’s range extends from the Baltic Sea to the Northern Bay of Biscay, and around Iceland.
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I said, "it's ten to six!"
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All I can hear is a guy in a German accent saying, "Hans, the sausages!" over and over again. Confused
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Points: 2866 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2011 at 00:22
Couldn't hear 19kHz. I'm 18.

Edited by Sheavy - December 19 2011 at 00:22
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