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This Frequency or pitch is measured in cycles per second. A cycle is one complete vibration, consisting of a pressure followed by a rarefaction. Each cycle causes your ear drum to bend in, then out. Low frequencies are referred to as "bass" and high frequencies as "treble...
...very low bass--tones in the 20 to 50 cps (cycles-per-second) region--gives body, depth, and majesty to music. Such tones are produced by the biggest organ pipes and bass drums, for instance...
...ability to produce sounds without distortion. A system which is completely faithful to the frequencies and relative intensities of the sounds played through it is nevertheless unbearable to listen to if it produces any appreciable distortion. On the oher hand, a system on which violins sound like flutes and bass drums disappear entirely, but which is entirely free from intermodulation distortion, will be very listenable...
...first system is noted for the manner in which violins and bass drums played on it sound like real violins and bass drums (even though they both come from the same place). This is hi-fi without stereo...
...second system is noted for the way the violins come from the listener's left, as they would in a concert hall, and the bass drums from the left-of-center rear. But with this system one notices that violins sound like flutes and bass drums are hardly audible. This stereo without...