Bought an expensive headphone / hi-fi system recently? Why not put your listening to a test or have some challenge on your sound listening skill. Take on the Philips Golden Ears Challenge or have some fun with it.
I'm currently at the final stage and stuck at the frequency band part. This challenge requires me to identify the modified sound on which part of the band has changed. There are 18 answers to choose from and it's hard to differentiate between 2 close band (e.g. To choose either 8k or 16k which sound similar).
Seriously, I'm not a sound engineer and identify the frequency band does not really improve my day to day listening because I hate using the equalizer. Rather, having to modify the music listening experience using equalizer in the software/hardware, I am better using a good quality headphone or hi-fi system.
In the end, it's Silver Ears for me. I might come back another day to finish the challenge, but I won't probably spending too much time on it or cheat my way through just for the Golden Ears title.
PS: By the way, my blog wasn't all about headphone/earphone/hi-fi system, so taking the challenge is mainly just for fun. My tools for the challenge are Creative Aurvana Live, Cmoy amp and a laptop.
Update: I just received my Golder Ear title after beating frequency challenge with a "workaround" I have written below.
I'm currently at the final stage and stuck at the frequency band part. This challenge requires me to identify the modified sound on which part of the band has changed. There are 18 answers to choose from and it's hard to differentiate between 2 close band (e.g. To choose either 8k or 16k which sound similar).
Seriously, I'm not a sound engineer and identify the frequency band does not really improve my day to day listening because I hate using the equalizer. Rather, having to modify the music listening experience using equalizer in the software/hardware, I am better using a good quality headphone or hi-fi system.
In the end, it's Silver Ears for me. I might come back another day to finish the challenge, but I won't probably spending too much time on it or cheat my way through just for the Golden Ears title.
PS: By the way, my blog wasn't all about headphone/earphone/hi-fi system, so taking the challenge is mainly just for fun. My tools for the challenge are Creative Aurvana Live, Cmoy amp and a laptop.
Update: I just received my Golder Ear title after beating frequency challenge with a "workaround" I have written below.
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