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Note the lack of citation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtones

I don't know about the physics of the speaker itself generating the overtone (in cabinet), but it could certainly resonate a wine glass in the room, for example.

Yes, overtones exist, and yes, overtones affect the sound, and yes, if you filtered the sound to remove overtones in the audible range then it would sound different. However, if you remove overtones outside the audible range then it will not make an audible difference (this is what xiphmont was saying in TFA).

So no, your wikipedia link is not a citation for the claim that cmer made.

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