Jeff07971 wrote: > The commonly held belief (and entirely reasonable) is that we can only > "hear" up to 17 (or so) Khz the 22 Khz (or so) limit is only about 1/4 > octave or 25% "safety" factor against the average. > > I wouldn't want to use a safety rope with 125% breaking strain on the > average mass of a human or in a plane where wing strength was 125% of > actual load would you ?
Ropes and digital filter margins are not quite the same thing. 25% might or might not be an adequate safety margin - it all depends on the circumstances. 1/4 octave is ample margin with modern filter technology. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106621 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
