16 khz hurts my ears on high volumes, my left ear can hear up to 18 khz but it gets really hard to notice past 17200 hz or so. I’m almost 25, so it’s not that surprising. It’s definitely true, high-pitched sounds with a 32000 hz sample rate sound distorted to me, but beyond 44.1 khz everything sounds the same, even 96 khz or 192 khz audio. At the same time I have a very hard time telling the difference between 128 kbps and lossless, I tested it yesterday and couldn’t, I might be able to depending on the song or setup, but I doubt it.
16 khz hurts my ears on high volumes, my left ear can hear up to 18 khz but it gets really hard to notice past 17200 hz or so. I’m almost 25, so it’s not that surprising. It’s definitely true, high-pitched sounds with a 32000 hz sample rate sound distorted to me, but beyond 44.1 khz everything sounds the same, even 96 khz or 192 khz audio. At the same time I have a very hard time telling the difference between 128 kbps and lossless, I tested it yesterday and couldn’t, I might be able to depending on the song or setup, but I doubt it.