[Gllug] MP3 player recomendations

[Caroline Ford]

On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 10:52 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Nix wrote:
> > Ah, that's probably the difference. Last time I tested it (three years
> > ago, aged 28) I could hear up to 25kHz. This is quite a drop from days
> 
> While not really caring about the intricacies of audiophilia (I live in
> London near a main road, it's never quiet enough to even hear the hiss
> from my amp, let alone artifacts ;) I am rather curious to know what my
> frequency response is. I don't have a baseline from my youth, but I can
> easily still hear a CRT TV, which (if I understand what it is I'm
> hearing correctly) is about 15kHz.
> 
> Sure I could just fire up some sound editor and generate tones, but I'd
> prefer a little tool specifically designed for the task which steps up
> the frequency slowly so I can find the cutoff more easily. Anyone know
> of such a beast?
> 

You'd probably be limited by your speakers/headphones. Audiologists have
a special tool - not sure where you'd find one - ebay?

Caroline

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