>
> Before you ask why our reproduction equipment doesn't need to have
> 160kHz bandwith, I'll say I don't know the whole answer, although a lot
> of high end audio equipment does have extended frequency response.
>
The late Michael Gerzon described it to me this way: We cannot hear past
20kHz, but we can hear the phase-shifts caused by variations in sound beyond
our threshold of hearing. (this is also a key reason why LP's, uh, sound
better too).
AG-(tarnished)-Ears
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