From: waiting@the.exit.invalid
"Bill Graham" wrote in
news:KLOdnQ37puGpQBfRnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@giganews.com:
> I don't deny that the music contains these higher
> frequencies, but what I question is, what good are they if
> one can't hear them?
You may not be able to 'hear' a harmonic the freq of which is
~18KHz, but you WILL hear the difference it makes in the overall
sound of the **complex** harmonic structure you perceive as a
"single note".
Whether /you/ can tell the note comes from a Selmer saxophone or
a kazoo is another matter.
> IOW, if I can't hear any frequencies
> above, say, 15 KHz, then I won't be able to tell the
> difference between a Hi-Fi system that copies to 20 KHz,
> and one that only copies to 15 KHz.....Isn't that true?
No.
> So,
> any money I spend on equipment that copies over 15 KHz is
> wasted...
No. OK, maybe - for YOU.
> My cats will be able to hear it, but they would
> be happier with a $1.00 pull toy, or a fresh can of cat
> food. The way it is now, I can't tell a TV sound from a
> live one, so what good is a 20 to 20 KHz sound system to
> me? The harmonics may be there, but I can't hear them, so
> the music sounds just as good to me on a much poorer
> system.
I never disputed your /individual/ inability to tell the
difference, just your cloudy views on the matter.
Nonetheless, 20 years ago when I got my ProAcs the difference
between them and the speakers that came with my VERY good Sony
MHT-3500 mini-system was MUCH more perceptible than it is today,
but I can /still/ hear *A* difference, even though a simple test
with computer hardware (using Sennheiser headphones - and I have
a real stereo hooked up to the sound card anyway, not a pair of
˝" 'speakers') tells me my hearing cuts off around 6KHz.
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