"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in message
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> isw <isw@witzend.com> hath wroth:
>
>>> I beg to differ. There's no mixing happening in the air. compression
>>> of air is very linear (Boyles Law or PV=constant).
>>
>>In general, that's true, but take a look at what happens in the throats
>>of high-powered horn loudspeakers. You can find info in e.g. "Acoustics"
>>by Beranek.
>>
>>Isaac
>
> What am I suppose to look for? I appreciate your recommended research
> project, but frankly, I don't care what happens inside a high powered
> horn loudspeaker. I prefer to stay fairly on topic about the original
> allegation that mixing somehow occurs in open air, which is not true.
>
> Incidentally, if mixing did occur in open air or inside the ear, you
> would not be able to comfortably listen to hi-fi music, as all you
> would hear would be intermodulation products.
>
Yes everything would become ultra sonici