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This statement is false.

What really happens is masking occurs from lower harmonics being louder than the higher orders.

Lower ordered harmonics definitely add a coloration! Audiophile words like 'warmth' and 'bloom' describe this coloration, which is not objectionable unless it gets really profound. But don't fool yourself! The lower ordered harmonics are audible, and are not 'filtered out'. Wherever you got that is simply incorrect.

So its more accurate to say 'This means that what you are hearing, as long as you don't push the amp too hard, is effectively nearly pure because the lower ordered harmonics are not objectionable and mask the higher orders.'




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