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In Reply to: Re: Does anything more than 20Hz-20KhZ matter? posted by Bill Fitzmaurice on November 17, 2005 at 06:24:22:
So, I'm just a musician, what do I know? But I have spent time in a sound lab, I know what sounds like what.For the low end, yes, there are sounds we feel rather than realy hear. I't kinda cool to feel the T-Rex walking in Jurassic Park. But I don't want to ride around in some punk kids car with the sub thumping away like a kid kicking the back of the car seat. Those subs may produce low notes, but they ring forever, and don't sound like the kick drum in the studio.
On the high end, that same kid that has been listening at 130 db for a few years probably can't hear over 9khz-10khz anyway, maybe less.
Actually, for most music, you can filter out anything over 16khz and not affect the sound a bit.
And most people confuse loud peaky bass in the 80-150 hz range for real bass in the 40hz range.
Here are some real numbers... the low E string of an electric bass or string bass is 41 hz. But if you listen to a real string bass, that low E does not sound nearly as loud as the A string above it even if you pluck both strings as hard. The speaker of most bass amps does not produce a very good 41 hz either. Bass drum has a lot of energy as far down as 30 hz.
Nobody listens to pipe organ music anymore. I'll bet they sell a whopping 2 doz organ CD's a year now.
Realistically, speakers that are flat from 50hz-14khz are pretty good.
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