That's so true.It seems impossible with technology so far to record a cymbal "correctly". I've never heard a cymbal recorded that sounded the same as the cymbal. And how would you play it back?They usually quote the human hearing as being 20Hz to 20KHz, but there were some studies that said more than 1/2 of a cymbal's sound energy was over 100KHz! And there have been other studies that suggest that while we cannot hear that high, vibrations over 100KHz have a big affect on how we emotionally perceive the sound - how it makes us feel.
Yes I also read about those same studies and I found that information to be very interesting, especially the part about how vibrations over 100KHz have a big affect on how we emotionally perceive the sound. And I believe it too.
In the end, all I know is that I really dig what they're saying to me.