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In Reply to: But why? posted by tlyyra on April 19, 2007 at 17:12:27:
Those make for a good read. I think this is an interesting subject that has obvious and important implications for speaker design. The evidence, at least in these well-referenced and to all accounts solid research papers, seems indeed to indicate that inclusion of above-22kHz high frequency information in the audible bandwith, even when imperceptible as such, produces neurophysiological responses in the brain and a psychological effect in the listener that amounts to a subtle sensation of pleasure and subjective satisfaction - in other words, perhaps the listener happiness that we all strive for through all that gizmo swapping and system tweaking upstream?That would also explain why the sound of the speaker models I mentioned is found extraordinarily pleasing in prolonged listening tests, whereas for example some studio monitors (which usually stay within the sub-22kHz range) appear "detached" and subjectively "uninvolving" even when their respective performance capabilities would otherwise be equally or more impressive in key respects and based on superior engineering solutions. (I know, there are just too many other variables involved, too.)
Thanks for responding.
TL
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