Can You Hear That? 17Jan18

Being an audio snob I've oft asserted my hearing was good. So, to test the theory I could go to see Dr Yoho or I could do it myself for free - probably not as accurate, but cheaper. Went cheaper and used FreeHearingTest on mac. I discovered basically what I felt - I can hear bass well but begin to roll off @ ~12.8KHz and can't hear well at all above 14.8KHz - not bad for an old dude. I tested a couple of times and did both ears individually without much difference - the chart from Google Sheets is a decent summary. So, I can hear the adjustments being made by my SonarWorks software to flatten my headphones below 100Hz and from 12K-16K a bit - though too, to compensate for the hearing loss I do have, I should amplify these upper frequencies a bit - "age adjustments." I also tested way low and can hear well down even to ~10Hz. I found the "average" person's age-related hearing loss (see last chart) and I seem much better off thus far. Cool. I retested, with Kala too - whom Yoho has measured for modest hearing loss... the graphs are not what the average sexagenarians face - I can hear lower and higher than Kala but we both can hear humans well. I do have tinnitus and have for 5 years or more probably - weird they are not more related.

I did just score on the fabulously priced Massdrop Sennheiser HD650s and a set of custom balanced cables for them. Shipping is in March via this scheme but the price is worth the wait.