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- Murdats, on 03/05/2009, -4/+558all of these are unreliable without controlled equipment. just because a file says 20khz doesn't mean the hardware is creating 20khz
- inactive, on 03/04/2009, -2/+391*****! My speaker is not working again.
- HopeForTomorrow, on 03/05/2009, -2/+276I was freaking out because I couldn't hear any of the frequencies.
Then I realized I left my computer on mute. - steve9924, on 03/04/2009, -6/+235I got all the way to 17kHz, then couldn;t hear anything at all for 18kHz
- dittonara, on 03/05/2009, -1/+176OH GOOOOOD FOR YOU!!
- Stumble02, on 03/05/2009, -1/+175I kept turning up my speaker trying to hear 15 kHz, when my roommate walked in from his room two doors away wondering what the hell I was doing in here. Damn him and his amazing hearing :(
- xCIone, on 04/15/2009, -4/+174I cant hear 17 kHz
- snareguy17, on 03/05/2009, -9/+135Drummer of 17 years and heard the 22kHz. That definitely just made my night.
- Stumble02, on 03/05/2009, -0/+107Thanks for rubbing it in
- kaffein, on 03/05/2009, -1/+94A) It depends if your monitors can produce the frequency.
B) The files should be lossless or wav/aiff, as mp3 removes a lot of frequency content, more depending on the encode bitrate.
Kind of a flawed test. :P - joeboy70, on 03/04/2009, -1/+89I couldn't hear above 14khz :(
- AirZurk, on 03/05/2009, -1/+87show-offs.
- midbc, on 03/05/2009, -0/+77i could hear to 17 KHz but my cat went ***** when i had it cranked on 22 KHz
she sat up looked at the computer speakers all freaked out and then high tailed it out of the room
cat repellent +1 - PiggtailGirl, on 03/05/2009, -0/+76This isn't damaging my hearing, is it?
- nomonkey, on 03/05/2009, -0/+73That's not bad for 70.
- discofrisko, on 03/05/2009, -0/+73what?
- TheEngineer2008, on 03/04/2009, -7/+79I heard the 21 kHz but not the 22.
- kevman459, on 03/05/2009, -0/+72It could be the quality of your speakers too. I could hear 16kHz fine on my headphones, but not on my laptop speakers.
- Gizza, on 03/05/2009, -1/+7115kHz is hardly amazing hearing.
- inactive, on 03/05/2009, -0/+69Well, I kept playing them, and I was convinced my speakers crapped out at 17k.
Then my girl yelled at me to shut the bloody squealing off. - McMaster88, on 03/05/2009, -0/+67keep in mind that the odds of you speakers having the ability to produce anything above 17k is low.
- chocula78, on 03/05/2009, -1/+59And how was it?
I HOPE IT WAS ***** GOOD BECAUSE IT'S USELESS NOW, ISN'T IT???!!!!! - Larssonk22, on 03/04/2009, -4/+59I could hear all of them. 21 and 22 were very faint though
@joeboy70 damn! - geoboy, on 03/05/2009, -6/+54The fact that these files are encoded as MP3s makes this thing a complete joke. Yeah, let's use a lossy format that works to compress data by eliminating sounds most people can't hear to encode audio of high pitched frequencies that most people can't hear! Brilliant!
- robopuppy, on 03/05/2009, -5/+52just came on here to digg you
- retral, on 03/05/2009, -1/+44Keep in mind that it's entirely possible that your computer speakers aren't producing any sound (or the right frequency) above a certain range.
- greenroom628, on 03/05/2009, -1/+44playing punk guitar for years without hearing protection has taken its toll -- i can't hear 12khz and above.
my dog sitting next to me was complaining, though... - bizkit00, on 03/05/2009, -0/+42You have what is called a "Lagrangian Dip" in your hearing around the 20,000 hertz mark... just kidding I made that up.
- opmike, on 03/05/2009, -0/+40I think he said something about engineering.
- ahwang, on 03/05/2009, -0/+39oh diggers. i hope you're right. otherwise i'm ***** deaf.
:( - iamthenoise, on 03/05/2009, -0/+36i couldn't hear anything past 12........but after trying everything after 12 a few times each with my speakers up full, i have a MASSIVE headache.
not only am i deaf, but theres a secret world of sound that can cause me pain. im 29 and a musician. i am ftl. - yacks, on 03/05/2009, -0/+35still doesn't mean that your speakers are still duplicating that frequency.
- kaasenwyn, on 03/05/2009, -2/+37WELL GOOD FOR YOU!!!
- turleh, on 03/05/2009, -0/+31Monitors = Studio Speakers. Monitors usually have a flat frequency response across the range in order to "monitor" the sound accurately. Cost a lot more too :)
- steve9924, on 03/05/2009, -0/+31umm.. thats what hearing loss *IS*
- kyle212, on 03/05/2009, -1/+28I play air guitar and I couldn't hear a thing
- tbhurst, on 03/05/2009, -3/+26What's that?
- one1plus1one, on 03/05/2009, -3/+24I heard the humming, buzzing sounds of everything up until 21 KHZ, loud and clear.
But then 22 KHZ goes suddenly, completely silent for me.
It's frustrating -- because I feel like if I just concentrate and try harder I can pick it up. But I can't!
I know the frequency is there because my visual-graphic equilizer is displaying it when I play back the file, but my ears just can't tune in.
I guess that's a little bit of what it feels like to be deaf. Imagine that: I'm frustrated and seriously bugged just because I can't hear the last one: 22KHZ. But the deaf miss entire conversations, and music... Their frustration sometimes must be a million times worse, until they learn to accept it I guess, and then enter their own rich culture of visual sign language.
But man is that frustrating not to be able to hear a sound you know is there. - idavidtang, on 03/05/2009, -1/+22That's odd, mine shows the power light but I can't hear anything.
- woog315, on 03/05/2009, -0/+20I used 3 different sets of headphones to test this, and I could hear all the way to 22 with one set, to 20 with another, and only to 16 with my cheap set. This test has more to do with your equipment than your actual hearing. You'd have to used standardized equipment to get meaningful results from this.
- taysing, on 03/05/2009, -0/+18I could barely hear anything above 16 and I'm 18! AGHH!
- elliotplainer, on 03/05/2009, -0/+17I'm 17 nd can't hear 17kHz... ugh oh :S
- Jabrams2, on 03/04/2009, -2/+19the 19 kHz is the last I can hear. Is that good or bad? (I always knew blasting music in my headphones would come back and haunt me)
- Chris_F, on 03/05/2009, -0/+1720 years old and 19KHz is my limit. Used to be 21KHz+ a few years ago.
Also, after playing the 17KHz+ over a few times at full volume, my ears are now ringing and I have temporary hearing loss, even though it sounds very soft. - Broschati, on 03/05/2009, -2/+17Heard 19, but it was more of a blip than anything else.
Honestly, it's really hard to tell if I'm hearing something, or if I just know that I pressed the button and simply wanted to hear something. - Brainrazer, on 03/05/2009, -2/+16Here's what I noticed -- I can't *hear* them all, but I can tell when each is playing. Even if I eliminate the beginning and end blip, I can tell I can hear something, but couldn't say it's higher or lower than what I previously heard. It kind of makes my eardrums muffle, and therefore i know they're picking up something.
- ausoff2, on 03/05/2009, -1/+15ipods. Just sayin.
- sqrt2, on 03/05/2009, -1/+15I can hear all the way to 22kHz. I'm 20 years old and I'm always careful to watch the volume when using headphones.
My dad served on an aircraft carrier and even using military ear protection (ear plugs AND earmuffs) still suffered hearing damage from the jet engine noise. I'll see if he can do this test later, should be interesting to have an actual measurement of the damage. - AndrewJC, on 03/05/2009, -0/+13Remember that the quality of your speakers will make a difference, too. Most laptop speakers and cheap headphones won't be able to produce the high frequencies nearly as accurately as they should.
- i23Photography, on 03/05/2009, -2/+15Thanks for telling us. You almost had us worried!
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