I followed the thread about MBritts profiles where everybody freaked out over the quality of the sounds. But some including me were disappointed and found the profiles way too dark and low mid pronounced. I was wondering how somebody could like the profiles. Surely, the used guitar and the monitoring equipment must be one key. But there could be another.
A few weeks I had an very painful outer ear infection. After it was gone a few problems still remained and I had to see the doctor again. He didn't find anything, so it must be something else. This time he did a heraing test. The results I already knew. I have a drop at 4000 hz.
At the same time a bought myself 2 new active speaker (Yamaha DBR-12). The speaker sounded quite good with cd music, but the KPA really sucked.
Then I remembered my defective hearing and I tried to compensate the loss at 4000 hz by enhancing this frequency with an equalizer in the X slot. I boosted 4000 hz up to 8 db. You know what? I seem to like most of MBritts profiles.
What I want to point out with this thread is, that we try to compare a sound and comment on it, not knowing how others are able to hear it. The drop at 4000 hz is normal for people who are working in loud environments (many musician) and also for aging people.
In order to judge the comments of others it may be helpful to know how the audiogram of somebody looks like.
There are very helpful hearing test apps for mobile phones. Maybe everybody should give it a try. I compared the test with the one from the doctor and they both are identical.
What do you think about it?