audibility

To test the audibility of pure second-order distortion I have written a Foobar plugin which simulates a quadratic transfer function. On the configuration dialog of the plugin, you can set the desired level of the second harmonic in 24 steps between -150dB and -12dB and also turn it off...

I've searched this and not found a thread elsewhere. In another forum, someone posted this: (https://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/threads/harbeth-techtalk-to-stimulate-discussion.80476/page-2#post-101241) And they go on to interpret it as: the curves appear to suggest that the JND [Just...

Strong statements like "no distortion is always better" are posted very often and I wanted to know what most people think about that. Is that really a clear, 100% slamdunk statement or there is some gray-area in there and we should be a bit more careful/reserved with the no-distortion 'stick'...

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/theres-a-spike-in-android-apps-that-covertly-listen-for-inaudible-sounds-in-ads/ Clearly no audiophiles would be taken in by this. The 'inaudible' portion is the 18-20khz range that the article wrongly asserts is inaudible to most people. Maybe an...