Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:ag4 From: ag4@pucc-h (Angus Greiswald the fourth) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: CD Musings (sampling rates) Message-ID: <1678@pucc-h> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 16:34:11 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1678 Posted: Wed Jan 16 16:34:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 02:22:21 EST References: <147@lcuxc.UUCP> Organization: your service Lines: 23 > ... However, that is not the > problem. The problem is that, frankly, 22 kHz may not be adequate for *true* > high fidelity reproduction. Although the medical texts state that Homo > Sapiens can hear frequencies between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, these figures refer to > the Fundamental frequencies ... Since the third harmonic of a 14 kHz cymbal > or bell note is 42 kHz, 22 kHz is nowhere near adequate for proper > reproduction. I'm not exactly a professional in this area, so I have some questions: 1. What is so special about a harmonic that it could be heard @ 42kHz whilst a Fundamental couldn't? Does the Harmonic affect the lower frequencies in some way through interaction? 2. How many amplifiers have you seen that even claim to respond to frequencies above 40kHz (much less 20kHz)? -- "It's only talk!" Jeff Lewis vvvvvvvvvvvv {decvax|ucbvax|allegra|seismo|harpo|teklabs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!lewie ^^^^^^^^^^^^