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Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing?

Have you ever had a hearing test done to determine your actual hearing curve? It is my understanding that the average human hearing range is essentially an arc that tails off at high and low frequencies, but isn't necessarily a smooth line. It might be possible to tune a system to compensate for dips or peaks in ones personal hearing. It might sound terrible to everyone else, but perfect for you.

Has anyone ever tried or thought about this concept? I wonder how similar the hearing curve is for people that commonly enjoy a particular system above all else.
mceljo
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...it might actually be more likely to be successful with a more typical room eq device.
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somec59
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I try to have my stereo match my curtains
learsfool
1,206 posts
 
Interesting posts. Another factor that has not been mentioned is that science has proven that the brain registers audio signals beyond what the ear can hear, so I am pretty dubious about tuning a system to your personal hearing, as our perceptions of music are not limited to what the ear hears alone. Basically, I am in agreement with both Elizabeth and Almarg here.
mceljo OP
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As a point of clarification, I'm not suggesting large scale adjustments, it might be within the range of what my receiver does when run in direct vs. stereo where there is obviously some internal processing going on. It seems that everyone is thinking about a much more significant change than I intended. Many claim improvements with the change of a cable, so it shouldn't take a significant adjustment in an EQ to make a nice difference.
elizabeth
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IT HAS been done. AND discarded. TONE CONTROLS.
Tone controls used to be 'required' then they got banned. NO self respenting audiophile would allow tone controls anymore. (Whether because every one else is that way, or because all the companies have forced the issue). almost no one has tone controls.... the standard way to modify the sound to suite one's own ears.
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