Traveling Waves vs. Bandpass Filters (Rahul Sarpeshkar )

Subject: Traveling Waves vs. Bandpass Filters
From:    Rahul Sarpeshkar  <rahul(at)GARDEN.PCMP.CALTECH.EDU>
Date:    Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:44:47 -0800

Can anyone point me to some good work that may shed light on the
following questions:

Do creatures that have traveling-wave mechanisms for hearing, hear
better than those that use simple electromechanical resonant filters?
For example, are the thresholds of hearing significantly higher in
creatures that do not use traveling-wave mechanisms?

-Thanks
-Cheers

Rahul