Question for those in the know about how music is recorded.
Suppose we have a hypothetical tone that has a 1 kHz fundamental and a -30dB 2nd harmonic. If my math is right [dB = 10*log (1 + x)], then the -30dB 2nd harmonic is 1/1000th as strong as the fundamental. Is recording tech sensitive enough to capture that without noise/distortion?
I ask in relation to the never-ending debate and puzzling about THD and tube amps. I'm wondering whether some of the low level harmonics get lost in the recording process but then an approximation of the same low level harmonics can be "put back" by the amp.
cheers and thanks, Derek