Some digital filters create audible artifacts that precede the signal

Evidence

Interestingly, particular methods of digital filtering are particularly bad in this respect because they result in time domain artifacts that precede the main signal in their output. These artifacts are easily unmasked and so become subjectively disturbing. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2414

Categorization

• QUESTION: Which specific digital filter methods create pre-echo artifacts? Worth chasing for practical audio engineering.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2414
• XREF: connects to: Narrow-band filters smear signal onset despite resolving harmonics; Real filters affect frequencies up to an octave from their cutoff point; The human hearing system compromises between frequency and time resolution, unlike ideal filters (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Narrow-band filters smear signal onset despite resolving harmonics #expands (0.95)
• Real filters affect frequencies up to an octave from their cutoff point #complicates (0.80)
• An all-pass filter alters phase and timing but not amplitude #qualifies (0.80) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 481
• The human hearing system compromises between frequency and time resolution, unlike ideal filters #exemplifies (0.75)