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What Is Your Hearing Frequency Range?

wacomme

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I have some Adam T5V monitors that measure reasonably well down to 40Hz. I thought I might need a subwoofer, but subs that go below 40Hz are somewhat pricey ($400+). Then I thought, can I even hear that low? So I used REW on the Tones Generator screen and sent different frequencies to my ears. Well, I can hear down to about 35Hz (perhaps lower, but it might be my monitors and not my ears), and up to 13,000KHz - nothing higher. I didn't try this test using headphones; I'll have to try that method next, just desktop monitors in an open room with about a max 75dB setting.

So, my range is about 35 - 13,000 Hz. I'm age 60.

What is your range?
 

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I probably peter out around 11k now. I'm 67. I've never really "heard" the lowest bass as much as felt it, if that makes sense. I know I can kind of hear 35Hz, maybe 30Hz, from a friend playing dub-step, and watching his spectral display software. Depending on the music, there may not be much below 40Hz. Dub-step, and electronic music in general is kind of an exception.
 

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59 years old, lower limit 16Hz, higher limit 12kHz
 

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I probably peter out around 11k now. I'm 67. I've never really "heard" the lowest bass as much as felt it, if that makes sense. I know I can kind of hear 35Hz, maybe 30Hz, from a friend playing dub-step, and watching his spectral display software. Depending on the music, there may not be much below 40Hz. Dub-step, and electronic music in general is kind of an exception.
Same here. Although not dubstep anymore, mostly bass emphasised/"bassified" Future Beats [neo-soul/R&B/hip-hop/dub/batida]. Speakers doing ok to 38-40 Hz nut subwoofer sort of solidifies it.
 

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monitors that measure reasonably well down to 40Hz. I thought I might need a subwoofer, but subs that go below 40Hz are somewhat pricey ($400+). Then I thought, can I even hear that low? So I used REW on the Tones Generator screen and sent different frequencies to my ears. Well, I can hear down to about 35Hz (perhaps lower, but it might be my monitors and not my ears), and up to 13,000KHz - nothing higher. I didn't try this test using headphones; I'll have to try that method next, just desktop monitors in an open room with about a max 75dB setting.

So, my range is about 35 - 13,000 Hz. I'm age 60.

What is your range?
I'm 70 and a few years ago I could hear upto 14kHz. Though now it is down to 9kHz. :( Music and stuff doesn't seem to sound much different though.

I can still hear bass much the same as I ever could. Down to about 12Hz - I just re-tested that with REW using a subwoofer. I reckon that you could hear below 20Hz if your speakers would play that low.

Would it be worth you getting a sub? Well I wouldn't be without mine, they seem to add a whole lot extra for some content. But depends on the music you play. If you come into some money unexpectedly then consider it - won't be a waste I assure you. :)
 

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Ignoring playback volume, 15Hz to 19KHz are the absolute limits of what I can detect. Practically speaking, I would say 18Hz to 17KHz.
 

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There is precious little in most music above 10kHz, even 8kHz. Cymbals give a little "air" up there. Few headphones go much above 10kHz, practically speaking.
 

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Normal hearing for lows but steep roll off at 2k. Using my hearing aids for correction sounds unnatural. Still enjoying music without assisted aid. I'm 81 years old.
 

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High frequency hearing tests have lots of uncontrolled variables:
a] frequency response of loudspeaker or headphones.
b] volume!
if you turn the way up, you might be hearing background noise, distortion or cone breakup.
 
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