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Post by Ethan Winer on Dec 20, 2016 20:26:18 GMT
This was never about bass range. I was talking about whether people can tell where the bass notes are coming from, if they can localize the bass source. If they can, the presence of stereo bass information means two subwoofers are required for faithful reproduction of the full soundstage. Everything that Arny said. But I'll add this: There's a logic error in your quote above: If you're talking about subwoofers then you are indeed talking about the bass range. Most subs are active only below 80 Hz, though sometimes you'll see a crossover as high as 100 Hz. But bass instruments have content well above 100 Hz, and most of their clarity is well above 100 Hz. |
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Post by Hexspa on Dec 20, 2016 22:21:43 GMT
I'll add this - it's funny about speakers. If you do a low pass sweep over some music, even small speakers will sound exactly like subs; for instance my mixcube.
I've been fooled many times listening to the low end of a mix thinking I was listening to my full-range system when it was actually just the mix cube.
Bass is just different. Sound gets progressively more localizable as it's frequency increases.
That's all there is to it.
-m
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Post by arnyk on Dec 21, 2016 15:35:05 GMT
I'll add this - it's funny about speakers. If you do a low pass sweep over some music, even small speakers will sound exactly like subs; for instance my mixcube. I've been fooled many times listening to the low end of a mix thinking I was listening to my full-range system when it was actually just the mix cube. Bass is just different. Sound gets progressively more localizable as it's frequency increases. That's all there is to it. -m As you say: "...some music...". Other music (and drama) is the opposite. Localizing a clean 20 Hz (which many people have never experienced in their lives) is IME utterly non-localizable. Of course just getting a 20 Hz that has not been audibly contaminated by the speakers, the recording and the room is avery non trivial. For example, most musical instruments (acoustic and electric bass, pipe organs) that can put out sound below 40 Hz produce more harmonics than fundamental. |
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