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In Reply to: Re: I can do that... posted by Paul Folbrecht on December 27, 2006 at 12:11:23:
"I have never bought the "yummy 2nd-order harmonics" argument as explaining SETs' realism before because blind listening tests have shown up to 3% 2nd order HD to be inaudible, and no SET is producing that much when mated intelligently to speakers, except on transients."It is true that with simple sine waves 2% of even ordered harmonics would be next to inaudible. With a full spectrum of music it is another matter!
What has been shown about even-ordered harmonics is not that we cannot hear them, but that we do not find them *objectionable*. We can definitely hear them- here are some terms that describe even-ordered harmonic distortion in ascending order of distortion present:
warmth
bloom
rich/richness
loose (as in bass)
muddyOne problem with our vernacular is real music has inherent built-in warmth as a function of the way a musician wants it to sound.
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Follow Ups
- Re: I can do that... - Ralph 14:12:26 12/27/06 (1)
- Ralph, TYVM. - jeffreybehr 15:44:11 12/27/06 (0)
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