I know there are offline apps that run upward of $60+ but I don't need one that bad.
I've thought about this for years now (lots of loud guitar playing and concerts for me), scares me for sure, procrastinating like a SOB!I don't even want to know the damage that going to shows, riding motorcycles and firing mortars has done to my hearing.
None at my last check, but it has been awhile.
I haven't seen a new DR plugin for Foobar yet.
As far as hearing, I'm thinking about taking a self made test (maybe someone like @HomerJAU or @Sonik Wiz) already have something like this?
But I'm thinking of taking a song I know well that has lots of upper range material and pixie dust and doing Low-High pass filtering on them, to separate out to 1Khz ranges at different points and then listen on headphones and see at what point I can start to hear something - 15K, 12K, 10K, 8...
As far as hearing, I'm thinking about taking a self made test (maybe someone like @HomerJAU or @Sonik Wiz) already have something like this?
That Audio Check website is awesome! And it's a new one to me. Thanks!I once downloaded a 30-second 20Hz-20kHz "sweep" file from AudioCheck.net that let you pinpoint fairly precisely where your hearing cut out. (I think mine dropped off somewhere between 10 and 12k, and that was three or four years ago.)
I can't attach it to this post, and I can no longer even remember how to use it (!). But you can probably find something similar on their site. (I'm thinking "Blind Tests.")
https://www.audiocheck.net/testtones_index.phphttps://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_index.phphttps://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_index.php
Edit: here we go; this seems to be the latest version:
https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php
OK, took the test, I started hearing the tone at about 14K, better than what I thought, but probably not so good eitherI once downloaded a 30-second 20Hz-20kHz "sweep" file from AudioCheck.net that let you pinpoint fairly precisely where your hearing cut out. (I think mine dropped off somewhere between 10 and 12k, and that was three or four years ago.)
I can't attach it to this post, and I can no longer even remember how to use it (!). But you can probably find something similar on their site. (I'm thinking "Blind Tests.")
https://www.audiocheck.net/testtones_index.phphttps://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_index.phphttps://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_index.php
Edit: here we go; this seems to be the latest version:
https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php
OK, took the test, I started hearing the tone at about 14K, better than what I thought, but probably not so good either
I'd like to know what a youngster like @sjcorne can hear with that test (if he was so inclined to reveal it?) He's mentioned some titles recently that he felt were too bright on the upper range, and I thought were fine, so maybe he can hear what I can't?That seems to be right around where my hearing kicks in, too, Pup (much to my amazement). And really, I think that's okay.
We all came up thinking that our ideal for hi-fi sound reproduction was a flat curve from 20Hz to 20kHz, which is the theoretical range of human hearing for a young person with great ears. But the reality is that the range of acoustic instruments (excluding some cymbals, maybe?--I donno) tops out at 10k, anyway. I donno about electronic instruments. Sure, overtones out of the range of hearing may affect how we hear the actual "tones," too. And if we're not hearing the attack and decay of certain notes at their actual levels, then that also changes our perception of the character of the music. But even if you lost your ability to hear the spectrum above 8k, you wouldn't be missing much.
I'd like to know what a youngster like @sjcorne can hear with that test (if he was so inclined to reveal it?) He's mentioned some titles recently that he felt were too bright on the upper range, and I thought were fine, so maybe he can hear what I can't?
Yup, thought soThe tone started at relatively low volume at 18k for me, then got much louder at 17k.
I'm curious what titles sjcorne thought were bright sounding...I'd like to check them out....I've got good response to 16k myself...especially if I haven't been drinking in a while
Holy SHITE!!!I once downloaded a 30-second 20Hz-20kHz "sweep" file from AudioCheck.net that let you pinpoint fairly precisely where your hearing cut out. (I think mine dropped off somewhere between 10 and 12k, and that was three or four years ago.)
I can't attach it to this post, and I can no longer even remember how to use it (!). But you can probably find something similar on their site. (I'm thinking "Blind Tests.")
https://www.audiocheck.net/testtones_index.phphttps://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_index.phphttps://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_index.php
Edit: here we go; this seems to be the latest version:
https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php
I'm lucky that however my ears have aged they have done so equally. To be deaf in one ear would definitely make surround sound enjoyment a dead pleasure.
Enter your email address to join: