On 6/9/2010 11:47 AM, Krypsis wrote:
> On 10/06/2010 7:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 6/9/2010 11:23 AM, Krypsis wrote:
>>> On 10/06/2010 6:42 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 6/9/2010 9:50 AM, Kajikit wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:41:36 -0400, >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/8/2010 9:41 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>>>>>>> "Nancy > wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:xaCPn.24674$U64.5654@hurricane...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You know there is something they call Mosquito, along those lines,
>>>>>>>> it's a high pitched sound they have used in areas where young
>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>> congregate ... supposedly adults can't hear it but it drives
>>>>>>>> the younger people nuts. They leave the area. Higher frequencies
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> the first to go as you age, they say.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've heard of that mosquito thing, but never heard it. Hmmm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good summation here and some test tones:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://journal.plasticmind.com/ears/...ure-a-youngun/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting. I can clearly hear all the way up to 17khz and they make
>>>>> my ears hurt! I can't hear the 18khz tone. I just turned 39 and I have
>>>>> never liked loud music or loud noises...
>>>>
>>>> If you have a good set of speakers you might be able to hear the high
>>>> frequency tones - however, most people won't be able to play the high
>>>> tones - their crappy computer sound system won't have the
>>>> capability. On
>>>> my system, only the 12 KHz sounds like it might have a chance to be a
>>>> pure sine wave tone - the rest is all harmonic distortion and digital
>>>> distortions.
>>>
>>> I tossed out my HiFi speakers long ago. No point having speakers that
>>> can reach 20KHz when you don't even hear beyond 10KHz.
>>>
>>> Krypsis
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What you say does make sense but good speakers will always sound better
>> than crappy speakers even if you do have some hearing loss. OTOH, we're
>> talking about the frequency response of the ears. You might still be
>> able to hear above 10 KHz but you'd need more sound energy to perceive
>> it. I think that people with a hearing loss would find that a boost in
>> the higher frequencies clears things up. Get an equalizer.
>
> Dramatic rolloff above 5KHz in the right ear, above 7KHz in the left
> ear! No matter how good the speakers, I'm still not going to hear the
> high frequencies.
> Also, I have an equaliser and it's out in the shed with what remains of
> my HiFi equipment.
>
> When you have LoFi ears, HiFi equipment is a waste.

Bah! Your fancy schmancy equipment is way too HiFi! These days I use a
telephone receiver to listen to music - pretty soon I'm ditching that
and using a big seashell I found!

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> Krypsis
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