[Noisebridge-discuss] why a sine wave?

[dpc]

Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> writes:

> Why do we prefer a single tone to one that contains harmonics? What is
> it about a pure tone that sounds better to us?

i'm not sure that this is a 'true' statement. 

i find a pure tone to be a little weird compared w/ one played on an
actual instrument. eg, 440hz vs 'a' on a piano because of the
sympathetic harmonics.

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