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Highest frequency: typical values for audio

Half of audio in the catalog have highest frequency below 20,000 Hz, and 80% fall between 20,000 Hz and 40,000 Hz (1,342 models with data).

Median20,000 Hz
Median 202620,000 Hz
Typical range20,000 Hz – 40,000 Hz
Models1,342
Distribution

How highest frequency is distributed

023146369492517,50022,50027,50032,50037,50042,50047,50017,500–20,000: 5320,000–22,500: 92522,500–25,000: 2825,000–27,500: 2627,500–30,000: 1030,000–32,500: 2032,500–35,000: 335,000–37,500: 2237,500–40,000: 740,000–42,500: 20542,500–45,000: 345,000–47,500: 547,500–50,000: 35Median 20,000 Hz
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Highest frequency20,000 Hz20,000 Hz20,000 Hz24,750 Hz40,000 Hz

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median highest frequency by year

0 Hz6,250 Hz12,500 Hz18,750 Hz25,000 Hz2020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest highest frequency

1 HifiMan Mini Shangri-La
HifiMan · 2024
Mini Shangri-La
90,000 Hz
2 Sony MDR-MV1
Sony · 2023
MDR-MV1
80,000 Hz
3 Sony MDR-M1
Sony · 2024
MDR-M1
80,000 Hz
4 HifiMan Susvara Unveiled
HifiMan · 2024
Susvara Unveiled
75,000 Hz
5 HifiMan Arya Unveiled
HifiMan · 2026
Arya Unveiled
65,000 Hz
6 HifiMan HE1000 Unveiled
HifiMan · 2024
HE1000 Unveiled
65,000 Hz
7 HifiMan HE600
HifiMan · 2025
HE600
65,000 Hz
8 HifiMan HE1000SE
HifiMan · 2022
HE1000SE
65,000 Hz
9 HifiMan HE1000
HifiMan · 2026
HE1000
23 h
65,000 Hz
10 HifiMan Arya Organic
HifiMan · 2025
Arya Organic
65,000 Hz
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