Re: [ARSCLIST] Early HiFi, was: Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?

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From: Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:01:43 -0700
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steven c wrote:

Yes...but the 8KHz that cuts off is one octave...and is probably not the
fundamental tone of any musical instrument. If it is present, it adds to
the sound of things like cymbals (and possibly stringed instruments?).
It would be interesting to use sharp high-pass filtering to cut out
everything below 8KHz and see/hear what remained...

8 KHz adds to 'everything'. The timbre of a piano is one of the most difficult qualities to reproduce. In fact, we are well aware of it in practice; 8 KHz is not far beyond the cutoff of AM radio and I trust we all know the losses of quality on AM.

You're right that it does not affect the fundamentals, but it sure alters the overtones.

Mike
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References:
- [ARSCLIST] Early HiFi, was: Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?
  - From: George Brock-Nannestad
- Re: [ARSCLIST] Early HiFi, was: Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?
  - From: steven c
- Re: [ARSCLIST] Early HiFi, was: Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?
  - From: phillip holmes
- Re: [ARSCLIST] Early HiFi, was: Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?
  - From: steven c

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