But the ear’s cilia has now (just recently) been found to ’function’ (detect sound) at a motional level, of less than the width of an atom.
And that is one single aspect of a very complex system.
We can easily hear in a single tone, at an accuracy in timing, of arrival to the ears (each ear)..... of less than 1/100 000th of a second.
This also supposes that there is zero jitter in the model and results.
Where lots of jitter and distortion is involved.
Then add in VERY complex harmonics (which music is) and time to discern time to listen, time to think.... for a resolutional capacity for the human ear, that exceeds that hundred thousandth of a second of discernment ..likely by a factor of 10, even.
So no, it’s not all that simple.
Some aspects of some human created testing gear can be a one trick pony in some single ways, but overall, the human ear is the highest resolution device known to humanity for hearing discernment.
And that is one single aspect of a very complex system.
We can easily hear in a single tone, at an accuracy in timing, of arrival to the ears (each ear)..... of less than 1/100 000th of a second.
This also supposes that there is zero jitter in the model and results.
Where lots of jitter and distortion is involved.
Then add in VERY complex harmonics (which music is) and time to discern time to listen, time to think.... for a resolutional capacity for the human ear, that exceeds that hundred thousandth of a second of discernment ..likely by a factor of 10, even.
So no, it’s not all that simple.
Some aspects of some human created testing gear can be a one trick pony in some single ways, but overall, the human ear is the highest resolution device known to humanity for hearing discernment.