I feel like chiming in on this one
Obviously the statement about violin highest frequency 600 Hz is totally wrong. Maybe the misconception comes form the fact that the highest "FREE" note you can play on a violin is E5, the fourth string and is around 600 Hz indeed.
The highest "FUNDAMENTAL" note a violin can produce is around 4K, same of the piano for that matter.
As many have noted it's the harmonics that you lose if freq response is not sufficient.
One thing missing from this discussion: the harmonics are what make up the "timbre" of an instruments. So what you are really missing if you don't have enough high frequency is the "quality" of the sound, what makes a violin sound as a violin and different from a flute or whatever.
Having said that the vast majority of readers of this forum would not be able to hear anything above say 12 / 13 K Hertz. So any discussion about 100k etc is snake oil.
Obviously the statement about violin highest frequency 600 Hz is totally wrong. Maybe the misconception comes form the fact that the highest "FREE" note you can play on a violin is E5, the fourth string and is around 600 Hz indeed.
The highest "FUNDAMENTAL" note a violin can produce is around 4K, same of the piano for that matter.
As many have noted it's the harmonics that you lose if freq response is not sufficient.
One thing missing from this discussion: the harmonics are what make up the "timbre" of an instruments. So what you are really missing if you don't have enough high frequency is the "quality" of the sound, what makes a violin sound as a violin and different from a flute or whatever.
Having said that the vast majority of readers of this forum would not be able to hear anything above say 12 / 13 K Hertz. So any discussion about 100k etc is snake oil.