"u must be an alien from another planet. I have worked extensively with the House Hearing Institute. They have performed more detailed hearing tests on more human beings than any group in the world. No males over 50 have ever heard over 10.5 KHz. No one. Over 94% cannot hear over 8.2 kHz. "
Well, I am not from another planet, but I am not familiar with the stats so can't say. My test may not have been perfect and I last did it a couple years back. Can you provide a reference to the research?
Even in the case of 8.2K, you still would hear most of the music produced by most any common instrument according to charts I have seen indicating such things, including a significant portion of the treble/upper midrange. The ability to hear "air" would be diminished even further I suppose.
I would agree that this hobby is snakeoil ridden, but I can also state positively without personal doubt that I am able to hear differences with many subtle tweaks including ICs and power.
I also agree that hearing up to 20khz, as I have measured when young, can be a mixed blessing. A lot of noise occurs there and not a lot of music. That could work to ones detriment in terms of musical enjoyment. I know I enjoy the sound of music more than ever as I get older.
Wouldn't be interesting if audio critics and reviewers had their hearing ability quantitatively certified and published before publishing their opinions? What about also if the general public could similarly if desired? That might help match up like-eared listeners and critics. The landscape of high end audio would probably look a lot different, probably for the better.
Well, I am not from another planet, but I am not familiar with the stats so can't say. My test may not have been perfect and I last did it a couple years back. Can you provide a reference to the research?
Even in the case of 8.2K, you still would hear most of the music produced by most any common instrument according to charts I have seen indicating such things, including a significant portion of the treble/upper midrange. The ability to hear "air" would be diminished even further I suppose.
I would agree that this hobby is snakeoil ridden, but I can also state positively without personal doubt that I am able to hear differences with many subtle tweaks including ICs and power.
I also agree that hearing up to 20khz, as I have measured when young, can be a mixed blessing. A lot of noise occurs there and not a lot of music. That could work to ones detriment in terms of musical enjoyment. I know I enjoy the sound of music more than ever as I get older.
Wouldn't be interesting if audio critics and reviewers had their hearing ability quantitatively certified and published before publishing their opinions? What about also if the general public could similarly if desired? That might help match up like-eared listeners and critics. The landscape of high end audio would probably look a lot different, probably for the better.