Woofers pumping


On two occasions I have noticed the woofers of one speaker moving 1/2 inch excursions. Both times the SPL was peaks of 93 dB.

System is CD player, preamp, amps.

This has happened with two different amplifiers.

I spoke with the tech at B&W and he didn't have an answer.

tomcarr

Finally got around to swapping L and R at the preamp outputs.

Lo and behold the pumping motion also swapped from the R speaker to the L speaker.

I always listen with grill covers off.

If I left them on I would never have noticed.

On the extremely rare occasion when it happens, I just turn the volume down.

Hello @atmasphere !

I don't think it's  the pre or the source because I've had  two different preamps, and two different sources, and it has happened with both configurations.

It only happens when listening to two songs, out of the thousands of songs I listen to.

I'm of the opinion that there is some subsonic bass buried in those specific recordings.

Thanks to all for your opinions!