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Your audiogram and your preferred sound

Is there a correlation between your audiogram results and your preferred sound?

I recently had my hearing checked by an audiologist. To my surprise, it was better than I expected. In fact, the audiogram results for both ears were quite flat suggesting that I hear tones across most all audible frequencies at the same audible levels.

So, I started thinking. All this talk of warm and bright sounding equipment, is this really a factor of the limits of our own hearing abilities? Do you know of any high end equipment reviewers that publish their audiograms in combination with their reviews?

I'm curious to hear the experiences of those who have had an audiologist test their hearing.
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01-21-14: Pgawan2b
Thanks for the responses. I recognize there are a lot of factors involved. I was just curious to see what others thought. Perhaps as we age, our ability to sense pressure increases which offsets our hearing of the frequencies?

Actually there may be some science behind that. It is well proven that humans ability to hear, especially in the higher frequencies, fades as we age. I suspect that is why many pieces of high end gear sound bright to me. In general, the emphasized treble region probably increases sales for aging audiophiles.
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