Malcos Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 http://www.eminent-tech.com/music/multimediatest.html My speakers and ears passed all of these tests. This guy must be well old to not be even able to hear 15khz lol. My speakers are really good at bass frequencies so the 30hz tone was clear as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 This seriously needs to be like the number one thing people listen to before they start mixing. If only I would have known years ago. ;_; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengin Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Ah, neat. I was looking for something like this to test my speakers and headphones. Is there a test out there that tests every frequency from say 30Hz to say 20KHz at a constant volume to see where your speakers/headphones lack strength at reproducing sound? Or just a chart comparing different headphones/speakers (someone found something for ipod headphones and some sennheisers, but didn't give a reference or a page with other company's products)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My parents can't hear 15khz, but they're only in their 50s. My speakers couldn't play 30hz, but they're just $99 Tascams... my headphones easily reproduce everything. Pretty cool site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekofrog Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My headphones got them all and with great clarity. Man, that last one was a bitch on my ears though. Make it stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenPi Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 hmm the only one I could barely hear on my headphones was the 30 hz one. I guess my headphones are pretty good. Definitely heard the highest freq one, and the volume was pretty low, so I guess they have a good high range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 p-p-perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escariot Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hooray for shitty $20 wal-mart headphones that picked everything up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analoq Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hooray for shitty $20 wal-mart headphones that picked everything up! I guess my headphones are pretty good. My headphones got them all and with great clarity. These tests are for speakers. Headphones have no acoustics, they won't have problems with frequency range. Just because your headphones passed these tests does NOT mean they're any good. My speakers couldn't play 30hz, but they're just $99 Tascams. Near-field monitors shouldn't pass the 30hz test. Only subwoofers can accurately respond to the 20-40hz range. My Mackie's stop at 50hz. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 These tests are for speakers. Headphones have no acoustics, they won't have problems with frequency range. Just because your headphones passed these tests does NOT mean they're any good. people use speakers to make music?!!? lolwtfbbqetc. Originally I did it with my headphones as well, and then I did it with my speaker setup where I again, heard everything....although there's 'probably a setting I shouldn't have on or some crap like that. oh wellz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweex Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My speakers/sub woofer checked out perfectly with this test: Using 2 Yamaha HS50M Powered Monitors and a KRK RP-10S Rokit Powered Sub. The 30hz sound got my windows rattling Malcos, this is an awesome post. Thanks a ton!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenwarlord Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 30, 50 and 15000 Hz all had no effect on my speakers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 My computer that I'm on right now has 45$ Logitech speakers and they picked up everything. :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengin Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've got the Logitech X-540's with a 3 year-old laptop's built-in soundcard and could pick everything up cleanly. Granted, the 30Hz was a little weak, but I was also on 5% of the volume on windows and only halfway up on the speaker's volume control. Everything else was a good volume. Not too shabby for $60 with shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've got Fostex PM1 nearfields, advertised as having a 50 - 20,000 range but I can hear a faint rumble at the 30 Hz tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smenelian Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 My headphones pick up everything, but I can't hear much of the 15khz tone unless I turn the volume knob at about 2 o' clock. I can hear all the rest at significantly lower volumes. Maybe I'm going deaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyBoy Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I can't hear 15khz also maybe I'm going deaf too.. and another thing, I have EMU-1616M sound card and the sounds seems buzzing from it; in the other hand my internal SoundMax sound card are getting all the sounds right. I don't know why?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Past a certain age (different for different people, but usually around 40s) your ability to hear higher frequencies drops off substantially. There was a news story a year or so ago about a convenience store owner using this to his advantage to chase off loitering teenagers -- he put on a loud high freq. noise on the speakers. We tested it out at work one time -- my 55-year-old coworker couldn't believe I could hear it (and be driven crazy by it) from halfway across the building. He still plays it sometimes to piss me off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholestien Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 does anyone ever feel like they can hear 16-20khz frequencys?. i swear to god I can. >_> I can only describe it as a 'presence" , i realized it when I was cutting and removing the frequencys, what bothers me the most is that none of my headphones can pick it up. it seems to only work on my speakers, whats even weirder is, I'm not even sure my speakers can pick up frequencys beyond 16khz. :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholestien Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 also can someone explain this to me, I'm having a difficult time understanding, I did the test with the noise, not the one on the page but a similar one from a different website, it was to see if your speakers had proper center etc, my speakers did, but, When I disabled the right channel, It seemed that the sound was "lowered in pitch", and vice versa, when I turned off the left channel, it was raised in pitch, I did this, I moved my head back and fourth, it sounded like the noise was getting lower to higher and I'm wondering if this is supposed to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Wulvik Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 does anyone ever feel like they can hear 16-20khz frequencys?. i swear to god I can. >_> I can only describe it as a 'presence" , i realized it when I was cutting and removing the frequencys, what bothers me the most is that none of my headphones can pick it up. it seems to only work on my speakers, whats even weirder is, I'm not even sure my speakers can pick up frequencys beyond 16khz. :S You're not alone, I hear frequencies all up to 21 kHz, wich is kinda neat and annoying. It's neat because it means my ears work good, but it's annoying as I'm even able to hear some annoying sounds, like ultra-sound devices. (Those who are supposed to scare away mice and rats. I doubt that they really scare away any animals, but they sure annoy me....there's lots of these noisy shits where I work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 We made a little square wave function generator with a 555 timer in my electrical engineering class, and attatched a little speaker to it to see how high of frequencies we could hear. Most people dropped out around 15-16kHz, but I made it up to 19.6. I'm not sure if it dropped out from there because of the speaker itself or my hearing, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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