I have some hearing loss due to being exposed to loud noises most of my life. When I started playing drums I noticed that I don’t hear any cymbals in recorded music for the most part. I don’t hear any cymbals in this song for example but I know there is a crash on the first beat after every little snare fill. Can you hear it? Mainly curious.
I hear cymbals but i dont Specifically know what a crash cymbal is so i dont know if the cymbals im hearing are that. Over all yeah i hear a cymbal.
I hear a crash cymbal right before he sings.
I hear it clearly.
As you age, it’s normal to lose the ability to hear high frequencies, but in your case it seems more than just that.
I remember being at my parents place and their tv had some problem and was making this very annoying high pitch and I was the only one who could hear it. They thought I was crazy and I thought I was turning into a dog, but it was just the age difference…
I have tinnitus too, it’s so annoying, Also different frequencies in each ear and also a low tone, more like a low rumble, that seems to apply pressure in my skull. It’s difficult to explain… But fortunately I manage to ignore it. From times to times I listen these high notes that react to sound. For instance, if a car passes by the tinnitus sound goes up.
I can hear sound until 16Khz.
The CULT is great. Great and fun song too.
Definitely, just picked up the sonic temple box set, born into this, hidden city, weapon of choice all on vinyl.
Met wolf child and band when they opened up on the and justice for all tour.
Several cult lp’s are 45rpm, improved sound .
Anything on the Electric album would be good. Simple. 4/4. Good stuff.
Yes I hear the cymbal.
Here’s a test for high frequency hearing, it’s a sine wave sweep from 22kHz to 8kHz with guy talking over it so you know where the frequency sweep is at the moment. I’m 37 and I still hear up to 16K which ain’t too bad.
I go from nothing at 15k to ouch at 14k… i did it on my phone though Sitting on the crapper 
so i dont know how accurate that is.
So, whats average? Just anything between 8 and 22?
Hahaha! I see what you did there. . . almost tricked me into listening to another shitty song from The Cult. Not falling for that one!
I am 44 years old (and more words)
humans are typically supposed to be able to hear from 20hz - 20,000hz. your speakers might not be rendering the audio. you’d want to look at the speaker’s specs in the manual or whatever.
That test has audio digitally generated as a sine wave going down from 22kHz to 8kHz. Or as others suggested, you can do the same manually in various online “tone gererator” websites.
If you don’t hear a certain frequency with that test, it might be due to:
- your hearing range
- something with your playback system
- speakers
For what it’s worth, I tested myself and my wife with that test on 3 different headphones, for example, and she starts hearing at 20-19kHz, while I’m around 16kHz.
Typically human hearing range is 20 Hz to 20 kHz, and it degrades with age, and the first thing to go is the sensitivity to high frequencies. It might get worsened with prolonged exposure to loud environments, eardrum damage, infections, etc…
I heard the crash cymbal. With the audio test I was getting worried as it the number got lower I was thinking when am I gonna hear it! I hear nothing until 13k which is very audible, I just turned 50 last month.
“Cymbals eat guitars” -
Lou Reed
I can hear it though its kinda muffled. I remembrr reading the higher frequencies get cut off on lower quality mp3s, do the cd or flac versions make any difference for you?