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Old 01-08-2006, 06:17 PM
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Test your ears
Not sure if you guys have seen this test:

http://www.klippel.de/aura/default.html
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Old 01-08-2006, 06:49 PM
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interesting. my threshhold is -30 dB...
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Old 01-08-2006, 07:42 PM
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I did not make it that far, but then I had a 4 year old (mine), a 5 year old, a 7 year old and some older ones running around and playing . The music samples also did not blend it well with my nieces loud leap frog game. We are babysitting my sister's little ones.
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Old 01-08-2006, 07:50 PM
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*cough* excuses *cough*

j/k
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:07 PM
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*cough* excuses *cough*

j/k
You found me out... I will sell all my stuff and go get Audiobahn stuff next week




Wait till you have little ones around .

You can actually see my little one's hand in my sig next to the sub.
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:08 PM
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-36 here...
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:10 PM
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Very nice!
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:19 PM
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Don cheated.
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:26 PM
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Don't be jealous .

Congrats again Don .
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:27 PM
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I have a feeling that when I get the house all quieted down I could hit the 40's......................... .


Yeah right .
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:37 PM
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-30 for me as well.
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by nismos14
-30 for me as well.
i feel better now
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Old 01-08-2006, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by AscendantMax
Don cheated.

Yea I used Both ears and listened.
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Originally Posted by 1996blackmax
Don't be jealous .

Congrats again Don .

Thank ya sir, those damn haters.
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Old 01-09-2006, 10:01 AM
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-12 but my speakers suck. Atleast I am in the majority.
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:00 PM
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FTW?
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:02 PM
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and yes that was one shot one kill no double listening
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:03 PM
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-12 but my speakers suck. Atleast I am in the majority.

I did it on the laptop in the garage. You sir should not be tuning ANY systems.
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:12 PM
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I did it on the laptop in the garage. You sir should not be tuning ANY systems.
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:22 PM
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i didnt know how to do the link directly from the website..i just copied as a jpeg (the quality decreased ofcourse..some lines arent even visible)..and pasted it BELOW



thats from years of no abuse to my ears...BUT it was pretty hard at 42 db..until it went back up from some reason.
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:27 PM
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-24..........
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:31 PM
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freak... im alll over the place!
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:31 PM
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lowest i went was -30 but it took a few tries
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Old 01-09-2006, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by PandaXpress
i didnt know how to do the link directly from the website..i just copied as a jpeg (the quality decreased ofcourse..some lines arent even visible)..and pasted it BELOW



thats from years of no abuse to my ears...BUT it was pretty hard at 42 db..until it went back up from some reason.
hmm mine stopped. looks like you got a continuation, even a line in the jpeg...
Damnit at least i beat somebody
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Old 01-09-2006, 05:39 PM
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I was -18... I would think thats pretty good for listening on a laptop that only has 1 speaker. IBM thinkpads dont exactly have the best speakers
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Old 01-09-2006, 05:49 PM
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then my ears must really suck. I'm running altec lansing's THX certified 5021 speakers connected to a Sound Blaster Audigy sound card...

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Old 01-09-2006, 05:59 PM
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I have the cheapest computer speakers Dell had .
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Old 01-09-2006, 06:00 PM
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is it decreasing until 42..then random selection from there?
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Old 01-09-2006, 06:09 PM
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-21db on a cheap walmart 2.1 system.
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Old 01-09-2006, 06:11 PM
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-18 to -24...of course that is with a $10 headset...

If anyone wants to make a headset recomendation to me please let me know! this thing blows!
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Old 01-09-2006, 06:35 PM
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lol. EXCUSES! i did this with walgreens speakers for 15 bucks.
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Old 01-09-2006, 07:04 PM
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bah you just guessed correctly.
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