Julf wrote: 
> Again, the "9th harmonic" is a totally arbitrary limit that results in a
> *visually* nice square wave. For *sound*, what matters is *audible*
> harmonics. There is no point in feeding the amp frequencies above 20 kHz
> or so.

Hi Julf!

Well, I have to agree that there is no point.

If you can believe the specs, my amp is -0.5dB at 200,000Hz, my tweeters
-6dB at 40,000Hz & my 62 year old ears are hanging in there, maybe
SOMETHING (i.e. -?dB) at 15,000Hz at best (although I did catch the top
tone on a sweep test the other week which surprised me - it came
immediately after a spoken intro so it was definitely the highest one (&
a very thin "whistle") but I don't know exactly what frequency it was.

Anyway, I'm sure that I've NEVER been able to hear above 20,000Hz even
as a teenager before bit started falling off.

I was however under the impression that some amplifiers don't like
ultrasonic frequencies & that sticking them in can induce non-linearity
audible as IM distortion. Is this not correct?

Dave :)


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