get.amped wrote: > Surprisingly, not all sub-woofers are created equal :rolleyes: > > I have found that the ones intended for home theater low frequency > effects are rarely appropriate for music reproduction. They rumble and > shake most impressively, but don't have the same tight, punchy bass that > I get from my Quads. > > There are subs specifically designed for music that provide nice > reinforcement in the 30-60Hz range that many monitor/bookshelf sized > speakers struggle to reproduce well.
Yes, I know there are different kinds, but I have never really given it any thought in this case. I just implicitly assumed it was my annoying neighbor's choice of music, or whatever one should call that roaring stuff. But actually, when I think about it, he seems to use his sub mostly for gaming, so it's probably safe to assume that it's one of the cheaper and shakier varieties. And explosions are seldom particularly musical. I have decent floorstanders, which go down to 30 Hz, but they could be more controlled at the bottom end. That probably mostly depends on room modes, speaker placement and so on. But still. It would be interesting to try out a high class sub, or perhaps even multiple ones, tuned to perfection for precisely my livingroom. Hmm. Something to consider for my future (bigger and hopefully more soundproof) apartment. Best Regards, Gandhi not often enough well recorded and mastered cds *|* dbpoweramp with accuraterip *|* flac *|* fanless asrock z77e-itx intel i5-3570t *|* ubuntu 12.04.1 lts 32-bit *|* lms 7.8.0 *|* brutefirdrc 3.0 *|* transporter (balanced out) *|* thule ia252b *|* audio physic scorpio *|* no fancy cables. *+* also some booms. *+* harmony 525s for them all, including waking the server from s3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gandhi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101723 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
