The Absurdity of it All

@kevn    

I have a couple of tracks I listen to for mids.

Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep

He has a deep voice normally, but it's particularly deep on this track. The upper register of his voice is what I listen to. I listen for how open it is.

Sade - Pearls 

She has a wide range in her singing on this track. Starts dark and rich and goes to some lovely highs. I listen for how clearly the middle part of that comes through

Rockers HiFi - Going Under

Like most electronic music, it has some extremes. Singer again has a dark register. I listen for how well the upper range of his voice comes through.

Bill Charlap - Stardust

Shirley Horns voice has a ton of air in this recording. I listen for how well it "floats" above the instruments.

And, of course, anything Ben Webster :)

Oh, and its the main version of Going Under on the K&D sessions...

jasonbourne52  You can hear a pin drop.  Wow!  That is proof to you, I presume, that you have perfect hearing.  Go get a test.  You will be surprised at the middle frequencies you do not hear, much less the ones above about 200 cps that a dropped pin makes;  however, we can just turn the volume up a whole lot and hear stuff that is normally silent to us. even if with a highly different frequency curve than a baby, or young teen.  I bet if you ask a bunch of tweens if they use a ringtone out of teh frequency of adults, you will find some a=who can demonstrate this to you.  This ring allows them to check messages in class, without allowing the teacher to hear it.

I was listening to a Milstein recording last night. I swear I heard a rosin particle fall off of his bow and hit the floor. 

Frank

Hearing, or, loss of hearing, I can testify, is indeed real, and, a huge loss of ones god given happeeenissseses...
Proof:
I can’t hear all the girls whistling at me (my hearing was much better in the 60’s, 70’s, a decent run in the 80’s)