Testing the frequencies you can hear.

[Revelation]

There are audio sound tests at different Hertz that you can check out on Spotify, Tidal and other music steam services. I went to Audio Line Up Test tones. I was able to hear down to 30 Hz but I was disappointed on how high I could hear.

How about you?
I am wondering what higher kHz frequency's should you be able to hear to really judge speakers and headphones.

 

[lovinthehd]

Fairly typical to lose high frequency hearing as you age unfortunately, particularly for males IIRC (let alone the abuses you may subject your ears to over the years....). I haven't wanted to check for a while, it ain't what it used to be I'm still pretty good down to 20hz, tho. Doubt much north of 12-14 kHz, tho. Indeed there are a variety of self testing you can do these days....

 

[VoidX]

It's mostly dependent on age and sex. You're born with a hearing range of about 20 Hz to 20 kHz. It's really hard to lose hearing on the low end, it's most likely your sub that can't do it, but the high-end decreases by age, and it's faster for males. I'm only 25, and my hearing tops out at 17 kHz, which is normal for a male of my age, and is the same as my mother's hearing limits. Adult males usually hear up to around 14 kHz.

 

[Pogre]

I can definitely hear down to ~20 hz but I know for a fact my hearing of higher frequencies has declined with age and abuse. By how much? I'm not sure if I wanna know so I haven't really done any testing to find out.

 

[Pogre]

it's most likely your sub that can't do it

That or it might not be interacting with the room very well. Like I said above I can definitely hear/feel a 20 hz signal when my subs are well positioned and dialed in.

 

[cpp]

well I'm 69 and I can barely hear 13,000Hz on a good day

 

[davidscott]

Yep I have a Stereophile test cd and I couldn't hear anything at 20kz.And that was 5 or 6 years ago. Probably would be lucky to hear the 10kz these days. I will have to try it again.

 

[Verdinut]

There are audio sound tests at different Hertz that you can check out on Spotify, Tidal and other music steam services. I went to Audio Line Up Test tones. I was able to hear down to 30 Hz but I was disappointed on how high I could hear.

How about you?
I am wondering what higher kHz frequency's should you be able to hear to really judge speakers and headphones.

Well, if you can't hear above a certain frequency, let's say 13 kHz, what the speakers or headphones will output above that frequency is irrelevant. You can't hear it.

 

[lovinthehd]

Well, if you can't hear above a certain frequency, let's say 13 kHz, what the speakers or headphones will output above that frequency is irrelevant. You can't hear it.

OTOH not a lot of content up there either.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Here’s some fun!

Free Online Audio Tests, Test Tones and Tone Generators

Tests your audio equipment, speakers, room acoustics and hearing. Audio signals and test tones playable online. High resolution sound test files available for free download.

www.audiocheck.net

 

[mtrycrafts]

One caution. be very careful with the frequencies in the tweeter range. Very easy to blow a tweeter this way.

 

[Trell]

One caution. be very careful with the frequencies in the tweeter range. Very easy to blow a tweeter this way.

Especially relevant for older dudes that commonly have hearing defects in higher frequencies. One should set a not too loud volume level in the mid range where one can be expected to hear fairly well, and not increase it during the test.

 

[Pogre]

Especially relevant for older dudes that commonly have hearing defects in higher frequencies. One should set a not too loud volume level in the mid range where one can be expected to hear fairly well, and not increase it during the test.

"I can hear up to 17 kHz! ...when I turn the volume all the way to 11."

 

[PENG]

"I can hear up to 17 kHz! ...when I turn the volume all the way to 11."

That's pretty good I would say.

Funny people on forums would argue forever about hearing or not the differences between well designed amp claiming differences in distortions and/or frequency responses, even damping factors. Those of us experienced in measuring speakers with REW and seeing detailed measurements on AH and ASR know full well many of those can't even hear much above 12 kHz, let alone a few dB difference here and there. When are they going to wake up and realize its the source contents, the speakers and the room, I mean most of the time..

 

[Trell]

There is also this online tone generator I've used to get a fairly good sense of how high FR I can hear. Care should be taken to not play it too loud.

Online Tone Generator - generate pure tones of any frequency

www.szynalski.com

 

[Trell]

On ASR the member pkane has written a Windows program for testing hearing. I've not used it myself and below is the link to his thread about the program.

Beta Test: Earful -- a hearing test App

Based on the discussion and a poll earlier, I'm starting a new thread to beta-test Earful. An app designed to measure the lower threshold of audibility for a range of frequencies. https://distortaudio.org/earful.html The app is free to use. Some instructions on how to use it are at the above...

www.audiosciencereview.com

A direct link to the download page that has instructions.

Earful - Audiophile Hearing Test App | Distort documentation

Earful v1.0 is the initial beta release of this software. Use at your own risk!

distortaudio.org