Originally Posted By: 2x6spds
Perhaps it's because a brain and 2 ears are far more than a microphone. 1400cc's of the most advanced processor in the universe (that we know of) and a pair of those funny, curlicued, cartilagenous wave form accumulators may discern a bit more than a mere microphone and an oscilloscope.

That's a pretty far distortion of Alan's quote, and top of that a total inversion of his meaning. He said that a microphone is not two ears and a brain, after complaints about combing effects of the two tweeters in the VP150. His point was that the human hearing system could not detect something so easily measured.

Just because the brain can perform some tasks quicker than current computers doesn't make it superior in every imaginable way. So much of the apparent speed of our sensory system is because of shortcuts. That's why optical (and aural) illusions are possible, and why the senses are so fallible.

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