The Book of Audacity

Appendix C. Seven Myths of Digital Audio

There are a number of persistent, silly audio myths that refuse to die. The funny part is that a few blind listening tests would disprove them, or as the old geek saying goes, “One experiment is worth a thousand arguments.” Here are my favorites.

The Myth of the Golden Ear

Some audiophiles love to obsess over specs and are convinced that, yes, they too can hear super-high frequencies just like bats, and the super-low frequencies just like whatever animal hears super-low frequencies, and they need every last possible hertz, and it must be filtered through special organic electricity or their listening experience ...