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Why the obsession with the lowest octave

From what is written in these forums and elsewhere see the following for instance. Scroll down to the chart showing the even lowest instruments in this example recording rolling off very steeply at 40 Hz. www.homerecordingconnection It would appear that there is really very little to be heard between 20 and 40 Hz. Yet having true "full range" speakers is often the test of a great speaker. Does anyone beside me think that there is little to be gained by stretching the speakers bass performance below 30-40 cycles? My own speakers make no apologies for going down to only 28 Hz and they are big floor standers JM Lab Electra 936s. Mechans  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-20-11

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 01-20-11   The same could be said for the highest octave. as for me, i ...   Unsound 01-20-11: Stanwal My tweeter goes out to 60,000 Hz [I'll take their word for it] and there is no music out there either. Good subs make a difference even when there is no music supposedly below the range of the main speakers; once you hear it you will miss it when it is gone. I sometimes forget to switch on my subs; I don't notice it right away but gradually realize something is missing. An actual 28 Hz speaker is a rare bird indeed, I don't think the JM 1036 really goes that low if I remember the HIFI + test. Stanwal  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-20-11   Mechans - quality of the bass is more important than extensi ...   Kijanki 01-20-11   Stan all due respect but i had used a test tone cd which di ...   Mechans 01-20-11   Mine goes to eleven! i'd agree that quality of bass, and ...   Jax2 01-20-11   The 1036 is a bigger and more expensive speaker. the 3 db do ...   Stanwal 01-20-11   It feels soooo good!   Rodge827 01-20-11   The male fantasy/obsession with bass reproduction is directl ...   Elizabeth 01-20-11   Because part of the music occurs there normally with a good ...   Mapman 01-20-11   From a different perspective. talking about treble say from ...   Uru975 01-20-11   Often one will chose to not worry about it initially then ta ...   Mapman 01-20-11   Well, in defense of my sex i can say that women only like th ...   Samujohn 01-20-11   My speakers go below zero down to -10hz thanks to the quad o ...   Audiofeil 01-20-11   Even though my speakers are said to go to 30hz, i have often ...   Mitch2 01-20-11   My focal 836v speakers are rated for 40hz to 28khz +/- 3db w ...   Mceljo 01-20-11   Sit mid hall or balcony and you won't experience the viscera ...   Tvad 01-20-11   Tvad nailed it like he often does. if its meant to be there ...   Chadnliz 01-20-11   You do catch a lot of low bass in a large building/auditori ...   Hifihvn 01-20-11   Most people here who are listening to deep bass are actually ...   Shadorne 01-20-11   My main speakers don't go low enough, but sometimes i do tur ...   Hifihvn 01-20-11   Feel me and he nailed it , sounds like more of his distortio ...   Lithojoe 01-21-11   Lithojoe - seeing the word "bloviate" reminded me ...   Mceljo 01-21-11   this word was one of the few contributions to our culture b ...   Stanwal 01-21-11   ' yeah, i'm going with what tvad said. i have a set of infi ...   Mitch4t 01-21-11   Great post, mitch4t. i've heard it said that a lot of the i ...   Drubin 01-21-11   Its human nature's hard wiring of the brain. think about it ...   Buconero117 01-21-11   Reaching down to the lowest octave creates a realism in mus ...   Rrog 01-21-11   If one can get deeper bass without any tradeoff of other qua ...   Larryi 01-21-11   To ignore the range from 20 to 40 hz is to deny the fact tha ...   Dan_ed 01-21-11   Electronica artists have the freedom to create music without ...   Bizango1 01-21-11   Interesting thread, some like low bass and others do not.... ...   Larryken 01-21-11   The logic involved in intentionally limiting frequency exten ...   Douglas_schroeder 01-21-11   one need only attend a single show, look around at a dealer ...   Jax2 01-21-11   Why the obsession? i'd guess that a big part of it is peopl ...   Martykl 01-21-11   "sit mid hall or balcony and you won't experience the v ...   Mapman 01-21-11   "when you hear the rumble, t-rex may be near, and that ...   Mapman 01-21-11   "electronica artists have the freedom to create music w ...   Mapman 01-21-11   "some like low bass and others do not" i'll go ou ...   Mapman 01-21-11   Remind me never to post a picture of my gallo reference avs ...   Dcrugby 01-21-11   A couple of responses mention lower overtones. this is not ...   Pryso 01-21-11   "removal of the lowest source frequencies (requiring th ...   Mapman 01-21-11   When i had my nelson-reed 1204s [4 12" drivers a side] ...   Stanwal 01-21-11   Its fundamental   Stringreen 01-21-11   From wikipedia: "a distortion is the alteration of the ...   Mapman 01-21-11   understood. carnegie is a fine hall for good reasons. imagin ...   Tvad 01-21-11   "imagine the impact of the tympani had you been sitting ...   Mapman 01-21-11   I confess i was being naughty. (8^q... but i do love the upp ...   Elizabeth 01-21-11   "my idea of really bad low frequency is driving, then h ...   Mapman 01-21-11   Btw, despite all appearances otherwise, let me make it clear ...   Mapman 01-21-11   As a card-carrying male i agree with elizabeth, i'm happy to ...   Hack

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