[natdempk]

Yes, I know enough to know I can sweep a sine wave, but I also know enough to know it’s more complicated than that. There are various curves that affect the perception of sound volume at different frequencies, like the response of the headphones, the varying response curve of frequency perception at different volumes, the inherent differing volume response curve in your brain/ears that is the basis for stuff like LUFS. I was wondering if there is a correct way to do this that corrects for all these different effects, or something professional you can do or pay for to get this measured correctly.

[h2odragon]

AFAIK "professional/medical" tests like 8 bands and may have put a decibel meter to their equipment this month. or not.

some professional audio engineers have some special recordings they listen to on everything and use a faith based or at least difficult to quantify internal process to come up with the "right" sound. I'm more in that end of the spectrum.

[natdempk]

Ah okay, I'm surprised there isn't something more precise and scientific out there. Interesting to know that the theoretical gold standard I would really want might not even exist.

Edit: I stand corrected, as the poster below mention (I can't reply), I'd want an audiogram from a professional. Thanks!

[mh-]

You want an Audiogram from a professional. There are definitely medical facilities that can do this to a sufficient degree of accuracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiogram