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Literature conflating frequency discrimination and FM detection data produces serious confusion

Literature conflating frequency discrimination and FM detection data produces serious confusion

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Sep 20, 20261 min read

Literature conflating frequency discrimination and FM detection data produces serious confusion

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  • Dissonance depends on proportional separation falling inside the critical bandwidth, not absolute frequency difference
  • Each open-end reflection filters out high frequencies until the fundamental remains
  • Frequency-difference and frequency-modulation thresholds must not be conflated in the literature