Interested to know if anyone else checked. I can't hear past 17kHz. Surprisingly my 16 year old son also said that once it goes above 17kHz he can't hear anything. My wife is the same (frequency wise not age :biggrin: )
insider9 said:That's like some species of bats :bravo:
Are your sure you don't have other superpowers?
MajorFubar said:insider9 said:That's like some species of bats :bravo:
Are your sure you don't have other superpowers?
lol sadly not, and it was a very long time ago when I was still young, thin, and had hair. These days the only thing I hear at about 15-16kHz is a tinitus whistle in my left ear, normally inaudible but noticeable in silence. But whereas in the old days the whistle from the TV went when I turned the telly off, this is permanent.
That would annoy me if the notes didn't harmonise well.tonky said:I get my tinitus in glorious stereo
tonky
nick8858 said:Most interesting. Renders 99% of Hi Res tracks completely useless
insider9 said:nick8858 said:Most interesting. Renders 99% of Hi Res tracks completely useless
Not sure what you mean...
If so it would also apply to all other music, unless I'm mistaken
Dynamic range yes, but don't think frequency range is any different. It's the same music irrespective of format.Gazzip said:insider9 said:nick8858 said:Most interesting. Renders 99% of Hi Res tracks completely useless
Not sure what you mean...
If so it would also apply to all other music, unless I'm mistaken
I think nick8858 it refering to the fact that standard redbook CD exceeds the frequency range of human hearing. Ergo why buy anything higher res than an ordinary CD. If yes then this has been dealt with on various other threads and there are apparently different/better masters used for some hi res/SACD releases which have a better dynamic range. Apparently.
insider9 said:Dynamic range yes, but don't think frequency range is any different. It's the same music irrespective of format.Gazzip said:insider9 said:nick8858 said:Most interesting. Renders 99% of Hi Res tracks completely useless
Not sure what you mean...
If so it would also apply to all other music, unless I'm mistaken
I think nick8858 it refering to the fact that standard redbook CD exceeds the frequency range of human hearing. Ergo why buy anything higher res than an ordinary CD. If yes then this has been dealt with on various other threads and there are apparently different/better masters used for some hi res/SACD releases which have a better dynamic range. Apparently.
Fair enough. I've not actually realised that SACD go that high. Thanks for clarification, Gazzip.Gazzip said:insider9 said:Dynamic range yes, but don't think frequency range is any different. It's the same music irrespective of format.Gazzip said:insider9 said:nick8858 said:Most interesting. Renders 99% of Hi Res tracks completely useless
Not sure what you mean...
If so it would also apply to all other music, unless I'm mistaken
I think nick8858 it refering to the fact that standard redbook CD exceeds the frequency range of human hearing. Ergo why buy anything higher res than an ordinary CD. If yes then this has been dealt with on various other threads and there are apparently different/better masters used for some hi res/SACD releases which have a better dynamic range. Apparently.
The frequency response of an SACD can theoretically extend to 100kHz I think, although practicality limits the format to 50kHz... Redbook only goes to 20kHz. I suspect that this is what nick 8858 is refering to in the context of "how high does your hearing go"...
MrReaper182 said:Don't know. I can not tell the difference between A 24 bit flac file in 96k Hz and a 24 bit flac file in 192k Hz.
nick8858 said:Most interesting. Renders 99% of Hi Res tracks completely useless
ID. said:you do know that's the sampling rate rather than how high a frequency is reproduced