Does Shelved Bass Help With 3D Effect?


3D is a house of cards. For me it entailed speaker position, FFRC cables (I'm on a crazy budget) and Bugle Boy tubes in my linestage. Up until then I had nothing even close to 3D, but suddenly with those three things organised I've got amazing holography. My question is this: Once you have all your ducks in a row, how much of holography is down to the shelved bass that happens with tubes? Solid state always seems to put the bass (wonderfully) in your face. I realise that solid state can do holography too, just wondering if shelved bass is the reason tubes have a reputation for 3D?
uberdine
IMO, No. I can swap out a pair of tubes that improves the bass in my system and lose nearly all of my 3D.

So in my system it does not have anything to do with the bass presentation.
Not sure either what shelved bass means.I think the bass sounds more natural with tubed components,more like live music.If you have the right tube compliment of course.As you put it,when you get "all your ducks in a row" it's wonderful!
I have never heard of shelved bass. What is it?

"I think the bass sounds more natural with tubed components,more like live music."

Sometimes and to a point, but if you want it all it takes expensive solid state with the right speaker.
I took it quite literally . As in to say as long as the speaker was positioned where it was the tubes and everything else came into play. Who knows we will have to wait.
I too do not fully understand what shelved bass is but since I have heard systems that have a large 3D soundstage with and without great bass, IMO, the two are not related.