This is why I very much dislike "audiophiles"..

[Swerd]

OK. I'll give you that one. Now, any studies that prove that different cilia (not hairs) detect different freqs?

I recall reading that years ago. Here's one site that I found quickly just now. I don't have proof for you, though, just some supporting statements.

Here's another Auditory system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's been well documented that the shorter cilia react to higher frequencies and the longer cilia react to lower frequencies. In most people without hearing defects, age leads to the death of hair cells with the shortest cilia. They react to the highest sound frequencies. Hair cells with longer cilia continue to live in most people.

 

[mtrycrafts]

that part actually could be true... sometimes i hear old tv's making really high pitched tones that nobody else seems to be able to hear. i had an old 20" crt tv that was junk, i never used it because i could see the screen flickering and it made a really high pitched noise. my mom said the tv looked fine and didnt hear any noise from it. some people have better vision than other and some have better hearing than others and some have both. but 25khz? no, i dont think so

To add to my post to monkish on this, there is an oscillator in there that what some hear or rather the transformer in that oscillator. Each image has two frames interlaced. There are 525 lines in the US TV standards. So, 262.5 lines x 60 frames a second is 15,750 and that is what is heard.

 

[slipperybidness]

Here's another Auditory system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's been well documented that the shorter cilia react to higher frequencies and the longer cilia react to lower frequencies. In most people without hearing defects, age leads to the death of hair cells with the shortest cilia. They react to the highest sound frequencies. Hair cells with longer cilia continue to live in most people.

Interesting. Guess I learned something new. I knew that the high freqs are the first to go, but never thought about it in-depth as to why.

 

[tomagardner]

The middle and inner ear are fascinating. The middle ear ossicles are set up to amplify the sound from the tympanic membrane.