Hearing or listening skills - or are they the same? Mine is still better than most, probably less good than it was ten years ago, and not as good as I wish it was. I think JA, and perhaps some of the reviewers have actually engaged in formal hearing tests in the recent past. I haven't. I have an ad hoc test that comes out of discussions when auditioning components: what do I hear vs. what the salesperson hears. It's really more of a game, I guess, but a harmless one. Though I'm sure it isn't true, I keep hoping that like muscles the complex hearing apparatus gets stronger and better with proper use.

Don't go riding with guys who have loud exhaust systems on their bikes.

Cheers.

I can still hear flyback transformers on certain TV's. If I remember correctly that is >15KHz.

When I had a physical last Fall in preparation for some travelling as well as for renewing my driver's licence, I was told from an "informal" hearing test that I have some hearing loss. I wasn't told the exact nature of my problem, but that has to be determined with more formal testing. I wonder if my hearing is "average" for my age range (50-60) and what my stereo system must sound like to others?....