BoredErica
Addicted to Fun and Learning
I dunno how I managed to get slightly above average lol. It was very hard since I couldn't quickly switch back between two tracks later in the track, so I just tried to hear for distortion in the first 3-5 seconds of the test track over and over. Past -12db I was already struggling a lot. It's also interesting to see how Count Arthur's bell curve differs. Theirs is for full range speaker and I'm testing with 1 LS50 Meta, and it makes me wonder if the differences are more to random variation, full range speakers being more revealing somehow, or listener demographics.
I always thought my hearing abilities were below average because I don't notice big differences between most speakers (excluding super duper bad ones or ones clearly missing a lot of bass/etc). I think I can hear differences level matched by ear with an a/b switch but I usually struggle more than I anticipated even when I know preference score differs a lot. It's hard for me to relate to people who hear big differences in cables because if anything my bias usually trends towards not hearing a difference or there being a difference but being quite small when it comes to swapping speakers/other gear. If I suffer from placebo my placebo almost never goes that far.