In Reply to: RE: The elephant in the room is... posted by Bill Fitzmaurice on August 28, 2014 at 15:02:15:
A big ten-four on that!
If "audiophiles" would actually open a book (not to be confused with a magazine or brochure) and learn about the harmonic structure of various instruments, they'd learn that most of what they're hearing when they listen to the very low tones on, say, a tuba or bass violin (string bass) or pipe organ, are the first couple of overtones, not the fundamental. The first overtone (second harmonic) is almost always at a much higher level than the fundamental.
This is one of the reasons why I keep recommending Harry Olson's "Music, Physics and Engineering". It's a treasure trove of knowledge needed to gain a basic understanding of sound, musical instrument sound characteristics, how sound behaves in rooms, and more.
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