RE: Mis conceptions that lead to terms like "tuneful bass"

Posted by BigguyinATL (M) on February 22, 2012 at 08:59:35

In Reply to: What exactly is... posted by Bill the K on February 20, 2012 at 21:22:26:

The common musical scale and instruments all produce fundamentals down to 250Hz or below. (See link) Most of us in the audio reproduction world would call those frequency BASS frequencies. While many of us - and loudspeaker designers use woofer's to offer that range and higher. Some - would define the bass-midrange transition as low as 125Hz. Psycho-Acoustically, it might make sense to make the transition as high as 500Hz - where the critical bandwidth of human perception switches from constant bandwidths to constant percentage bandwidths. The wavelength - in normal sized playback environments - of these frequency are pretty long, however - the range affected by driver configuration and location - and speaker location with-in the room. Some designers believe satellite loudspeakers should ideally crossover as as high a 125-200Hz. Letting the woofer- subwoofer handle frequencies as high a 250Hz. I have had decent success with sidewall located subwoofers transitioning to mini-monitors or line sources based on 2 inch drivers at 150-200Hz. Then it is easier to tune the room so you get "tuneful base"

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius

http://www.listenhear.co.uk/general_acoustics.htm (Open in New Window)

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Topic - What exactly is... - Bill the K 21:22:26 02/20/12 (18)

RE: What exactly is... - Presto 15:56:53 02/22/12 (6)

RE: What exactly is... - b.l.zeebub 12:10:10 02/23/12 (4)

It's the exact opposite of - Presto 15:23:51 02/23/12 (3)

RE: It's the exact opposite of - b.l.zeebub 03:44:19 02/24/12 (2)

So, you have better phrase of the same meaning? (nt) - Stale 15:43:11 02/24/12 (1)

RE: So, you have better phrase of the same meaning? (nt) - Presto 09:55:17 03/01/12 (0)

RE: What exactly is... - Bill the K 17:02:53 02/22/12 (0)

RE: Mis conceptions that lead to terms like "tuneful bass" - BigguyinATL 08:59:35 02/22/12 (2)

RE: Mis conceptions of a mis conception (nt) - Pro Sound Guy 11:50:46 02/22/12 (0)

RE: Mis conceptions that lead to terms like "tuneful bass" - soulfood 09:56:29 02/22/12 (0)

RE: What exactly is... - Pro Sound Guy 13:28:02 02/21/12 (0)

"Tuneful" = pitch-accurate and properly damped - caspian@peak.org 10:27:50 02/21/12 (1)

RE: "Tuneful" = pitch-accurate and properly damped - michaelhigh 22:25:48 02/22/12 (0)

Willingness to learn. - soulfood 07:40:45 02/21/12 (0)

Simply put - kavakidd 23:32:07 02/20/12 (3)

In some cases - G Squared 06:53:23 02/21/12 (2)

RE: In some cases - Bill the K 09:20:04 02/21/12 (1)

RE: In some cases - b.l.zeebub 11:13:40 02/21/12 (0)

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RE: Mis conceptions that lead to terms like "tuneful bass" - BigguyinATL 08:59:35 02/22/12 (2)

RE: Mis conceptions of a mis conception (nt) - Pro Sound Guy 11:50:46 02/22/12 (0)

RE: Mis conceptions that lead to terms like "tuneful bass" - soulfood 09:56:29 02/22/12 (0)

RE: Mis conceptions that lead to terms like "tuneful bass"

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