This invention is a circuit that actuates a loudspeaker at input
frequencies above a predetermined threshold and mutes the loudspeaker at
input frequencies below the threshold. The circuit includes a comparator
that generates a pulse train proportional in frequency to an input audio
signal. The pulse train is then coupled to a flip flop array. The flip
flop array is controlled by a clock having a specified frequency and duty
cycle. The clock, in conjunction with the particular number of flip
flops, creates a time window in which pulses may pass. The output of the
flip flop array is coupled to an enable input of an audio amplifier. When
the frequency of the pulse train is great enough to allow a number of
pulses equal to or greater than the number of flip flops to pass within
the window, the loudspeaker is actuated. Below this frequency, the
loudspeaker is muted.