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I can hear up to the next to last one out of my right ear, and I'm 40. I don't think my computer speakers will output that last one, but I though I might have heard a bit of noise.

You are one deaf dude, OP, if you can't hear over the 16.7. Better get those ears checked.

 
Originally posted by: lyssword
i'm 20yr old, if I turn volume on 20- 50% in headphones I can clearly hear the 21.1khz, but there is no even clicking noise (at start and end) on 22.4, its likely my headphones cant even support such high fequency
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You're most likely not hearing 21.1KHz.. but instead, a harmonic below it. Your headphones probably can't play back that frequency.
 
14.1
40 y/o

I have tinnitus (ringing in the ears...) all the freqs above 14.1 match the ringtone in my ears!!! :shocked:
 
16.7 on the first page.
Start hearding at 18 and end at 57 on MS Dawn's logsweep
(Question here - Tone is same volume in both ears most of the time. However, from 48-52 seconds the sound has a back and forth "stereo effect" as it fades in and out of left ear. Switched headphones around to verify it's the ear, not the speakers. Instead of falling off in a linear fashion can hearing be damaged at say 14kHz, but be ok at 16 before falling off again?)

I drive around a lot with the window down, wonder if that has anything to do with it. Or if Brits lose their hearing in the right ear first.

33 years age
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard
Maxell NC-11 headphones
 
Originally posted by: Savij
Once again, this is a better test of your speakers than your ears.
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Indeed. I was able to hear them all with my home speakers. I'm stumped.. I'm pretty sure my ears aren't really that good...
 
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
I can hear up to the next to last one out of my right ear, and I'm 40. I don't think my computer speakers will output that last one, but I though I might have heard a bit of noise.

You are one deaf dude, OP, if you can't hear over the 16.7. Better get those ears checked.
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Better get that sound card checked. If you can 'hear' those frequencies, something or everything in your chain sucks. I suppose that's a crude yet interesting test for your system's subharmonic/intermodulatory distortion. If it produces an audible sound over 18kHz it's doing something wrong.
 
For those that may be hearing anomalies in the sweep - it's 24/96 WMA 440kbps.

I've uploaded the original.

try this

To fully realize this material without distortion requires a straight through DAC capable of 24/96 playback. 🙂

EDIT: It had to be shortened to 30 seconds (same range obviously) in order to be of manageable size.
 
Using MS Dawn's sweep:
Philips Aurilium->KSC75

I heard it from around 20s to the end. Due to a noisy amp stage (I don't have my dedicated one, ATM), I can't say for sure what second I start hearing it.

Edit: using the newer, uncompressed, sweep downsampled to 48kHz in FB2K (16-bit, no dither), I clearly began hearing it at 8 seconds, and that part of it iss much clearer than the other file.

I'm 23.
 
18.8 at age 36 using Sennhieser 451's at medium volume.
It is DAMN annoying, 19.9 barely audible if I crank it all the way up.

Not bad considering I usually cut 20 aluminum mouldings a day with a Ryobi miter saw, using only wet tissues covering my ears.:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
For those that may be hearing anomalies in the sweep - it's 24/96 WMA 440kbps.

I've uploaded the original.

try this

To fully realize this material without distortion requires a straight through DAC capable of 24/96 playback. 🙂

EDIT: It had to be shortened to 30 seconds (same range obviously) in order to be of manageable size.
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i heard up to 29 seconds or so and started hearing at 8 seconds, im not sure how low the HD280 pros go down to.
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
For those that may be hearing anomalies in the sweep - it's 24/96 WMA 440kbps.

I've uploaded the original.

try this

To fully realize this material without distortion requires a straight through DAC capable of 24/96 playback. 🙂

EDIT: It had to be shortened to 30 seconds (same range obviously) in order to be of manageable size.
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It says error downloading codec for me 🙁

 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
For those that may be hearing anomalies in the sweep - it's 24/96 WMA 440kbps.

I've uploaded the original.

try this

To fully realize this material without distortion requires a straight through DAC capable of 24/96 playback. 🙂

EDIT: It had to be shortened to 30 seconds (same range obviously) in order to be of manageable size.
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I tried the original clip at home with altec lansing speakers. It got rid of all the extraneous noise at the low end, but for the first 10-15s I can hear the transition between each frequency, in fact the speaker jumping as it changes from 1hz to 2hz, 2hz to 3hz, etc. is louder than the sound you are trying to create during the first 10s. Shortly after that it shakes my computer table a lot.

There is wierd noise in the last 1.5s on this PC as well (but not the first 58s), kind of like the sound when adjusting the tuner on an AM radio.

The new sweep has these anomalies for about the last 5s instead of the last 1.5s.
 
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
They should make a shocker phone!

They have these collars for training dogs to stop barking. They have probes connected to a very efficient inverter that can produce high voltage pulses >6kV.

Why not retractable ones on the phone so when it rings it shocks the user? Unlike vibrate it would be totally inaudible. (but most people would twitch hehe) Hacking would actually become fun again as the next Kevin Mitnick would have a way to surreptitiously crank the shocker to the max and watch in hysterics as the person called walks funny or screams! :laugh:

EDIT:

Here's a 60 second long log sweep covering 1 Hz to 22,000 Hz. It was recorded at -3dB to allow for headroom.
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I got from 15-59. Had to turn down the volume really low in the middle cause it was so loud all the way to the end. Im using some cheap phillips headphones.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
It says error downloading codec for me 🙁
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Is your audio board capable of native 24/96 playback AND supported by directsound? If not WMP won't know what to do and try to find a codec to convert it.

 
It starts getting quieter in the 16khz range, and by 18 I can't hear anything.. I know it's not my Sony MDR-v600's giving out, so it's gotta be my SB Audigy 1. Not surprising.
 
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