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Hi-res audio folk to introduce new rules and weed out impure noises

Sil

You shouldn't be so sure of yourself, the science understanding hearing is a an evolving one, and is made incredibly more complex than just wave propagations by the brain. Psychoacoustics is in its infancy, and it is still awaiting for its first studies with large population samples.

But It is a fact for example that most young people can discern higher frequency than older ones, and that one looses frequency sensitivity as one becomes older. It is a also a fact that many people physically feel low frequencies, which may or may not enhance their hearing experience.

In the same way, do not assume that because you are unable to tell two colour aparts other people can't (hint: true tetracromats).

Also please don't put gold-cable hi-fi fanatics and professionals in the same bag.

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