Help! Treble Trouble!

@OP When your wife listens to the system, what does she hear?

If it all sounds fine to her, perhaps get an audiogram done. What you're hearing is a depression in the 3-6K range which is a common area of hearing loss for people who listen to music.

You are hearing a lack of the fundamentals of the instruments - eg hi hats around 3-4K.

It's quite possible to be missing those fundamentals and still be able to hear the overtones, which is consistent with what you say about the system still having air and your ability to hear higher frequencies.

But if your wife things the frequency balance of the system is wrong, then it's back to the equipment and I'm afraid you have me stumped there.

@thecarpathian - are you sure it’s not your hearing? Did you test recently?

Avoidance maybe from pride or fear is unwise. Sooner diagnosis may allow correction or from getting worse.

Are there jumpers on the speakers?

that would be my first guess 

if there are jumpers, remove the jumpers and plug cables into the tweeter posts and see if you get highs then

@yoyoyaya ,

My sweetheart is 1200 miles away. Next time I have a family member over, I’ll ask them what they hear.

My 3-4k hearing is fine. Just tested it loud and clear. 

Did discover something interesting.

If you’re familiar with the Beatles ’I Will’, from ’The White Album’, Ringo is hitting something that makes a sound like a hollow coconut. It’s also the last sound you hear at the end of the song. I play it on ’The White Album’ it’s as prominent as can be.

If I play it on their ’Love Songs’ album, it’s as if it doesn’t exist in the song, like it was never there. Figure that one out.

@bthrb4u ,

No jumpers.