On 27/02/11 00:51, Pat Farrell wrote: > On 02/26/2011 05:49 PM, Kal Rubinson wrote: >> OTOH, our auditory system has evolved for the signal >> detection skills needed for survival. These include distinguishing a >> significant signal from the background and localizing it. Notice how >> you can recognize a familiar voice on the limited bandwidth of a >> telephone link? > > This leads to my belief, not backed up by science, that as humans, we > needed to detect the direction of the lion/cheetah before it got too > close to us, and that made proper phase detection critical to avoid > being lunch. > > Yet the usual measurements of hi-fi focuses instead on frequency.
Good point, well made! R. -- "Feed that ego and you starve the soul" - Colonel J.D. Wilkes http://www.theshackshakers.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
