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When you look at J Lo from behind...

...it's having the drum (usually) or bass guitar sound like it does in real life.

When I think of good solid state bass reproduction, I think of a sharp transient attack, followed by the bloom and decay of the bass drum sound.

"Tight" is like the drum head is torqued down some - it can mean "overdamped".

Back in the early 1980s, Dave Gruisin's direct-to-disk "Discovered Again" with the cut "Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow" was the big demo disc because it had the most realistic, tightest drum sounds anyone had heard at the time.

I have it now on CD and it's still impressive.

Then when I think of good tubed bass reproduction, it's less about the quick attack and more about the bloom and decay of the note with the ambient sound of the drum in three dimensions.

The ss bass is tighter, more attack oriented, but the tubes can sound more realistic because of the decay and spatial characteristics.

Hope this helps.


Edits: 10/13/11
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