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Old January 19th 04, 10:24 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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Default "What HiFi" - can it be trusted?

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:32:32 +0000
Don Pearce wrote:

Try 400 and 401 Hz then - far more obvious.


You do not hear a tone at 1Hz in these circumstances - you hear beats.
These are very different. There is no tone, there is no need for any
non-linearity that might generate a tone. You are simply hearing
pressure peaks moving in and out of phase.


Its the same effect though. I agree 1 Hz isnt really a tone, but it is a
signal.

Or are you suggesting that the pressure peaks DONT move in and outr of
phase in the 400/450 case?

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