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Does the audio an instrument emits above 20 KHz affect how the instrument sounds?
As most of what we hear of other people's instruments is from a recording, most of this becomes moot anyway.
If you're in the room listening, you're still not hearing what the mic hears. Just try ...
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Does the audio an instrument emits above 20 KHz affect how the instrument sounds?
There's some evidence that ultrasonic frequencies are in fact audible!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic_hearing
But I think most arguments for reproducing frequencies above 20Kz come from the ...
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Does the audio an instrument emits above 20 KHz affect how the instrument sounds?
Simple answer, most likely not - to humans.
There must be many, many sounds out there that are sounds, but are inaudible to humans. Most, it figures, we are unaware of, for obvious reasons. Dog ...
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Does the audio an instrument emits above 20 KHz affect how the instrument sounds?
I find the question VERY theoretical. The given frequency range is just the extension of the sequence of harmonics, which will surely be influenced by any constructional modifications you may attempt ...
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Does the audio an instrument emits above 20 KHz affect how the instrument sounds?
As far as I know up to this point there is exactly 0 scientific indication that any human will perceive music differently due to ultrasonic sound content, no matter what turntable producers want to ...
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Studio monitors: Should we break them in and why?
You have no choice about whether to 'break in' any piece of equipment, other than not using it at all! The only question is whether you listen to them while it's happening (or, apparently, according ...
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Studio monitors: Should we break them in and why?
I've found with higher end audio gear and studio monitors , with speaker break in you get more enhanced bass and mids, I sanity checked this with producer friends, it can take as much as 24 hours but ...
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