"Probably"? So now you are just speculating?
Yes I am. Hence the word "probably"
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Even if yours ears can't hear 15kHz there is still bone conduction. Can give a headache that one, hence the "speculation". Or you can even
hear with your tongue (apparently). So yes, "can't hear a 15kHz wave" does not mean that you are 100% 'safe' from its effects
You won't actually hear THD lower than 0.5% even on a good day at frequencies your ear is most sensitive to, not to mention 10 kHz...
If you listen to an average level of 110 dB, your 15 kHz content is likely only 70 dB or probably even less. Any harmonics will be at least another 50 dB down from that. No way you’ll hear any of it, even if you had bat ears.
Sorry guys, your numbers (0.5% and -50dB) are quite optimistic and quite wrong. 0.1% (-60dB) is actually
audible. Well proven multiple times.
And that is just the H2, which is the "least audible" HD. Other studies show that higher Hs are audible at progressively lower levels. Something like H3/H4/H5/.. being audible at -65/70/75/... Archimago also has a DBT study showing -75dB THD to be audible. Google those yourselves, I did enough 'work'.
Well, yes and no. Sound definitely is, with light you get into the whole wave/particle thing.
don't think quantum physics is relevant in audio but be my guest.
People writing music/sound theory seem to think that the sound/light analogy is good enough for them. They use "tone color" as a synonym for
timbre, hence my usage of the "colored" terminology.
So what color is it on the oscilloscope? Blue? Red?
That would be the 'color' crooked. For your eyes' pleasure, here's a 50Hz wave crooked by it's harmonics (see the wave's top). That wave is objectively/measurably crooked (or 'tone colored'). Whether you can subjectively hear that, is a question for your ears alone.
P.S.
kind of tired of this thread. If you have some proof please post, I nicely asked for it. Otherwise, the all-knowing-tone together with your very wrong assumptions/numbers about HD audibility do not impress much.