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...product of the low bass extension times the high frequency extension should be 400,000. So 20 to 20,0000 does it, and you can try other combinations to see where they should be.
Just one possibility...
Steve
finding a $400,000 system not quite as good as his budget system and having the guts to write about it in his column. I would call that the 400,000 rule.
Cheers
Bill
Me being a dealer makes you leery?? It gets worse... I'm a manufacturer too.
Tough question really, because you want all aspects to be just right.
I would probably go with treble, even though I'm a bass player. Treble can really affect the higher ranges and depth of numerous instruments (and vocals). I want to hear all the little details and nuances of well-recorded music, and good treble will bring these out.
.., so the average person might have to spend more time and money on bass management than on treble or midrange management. Remember that all things might require a bit of management, Mr. Manager. As far as the importance of good bass performance vs. good treble performance goes, I'd say it is impossible to say. You need both things to be good if you want to hear the music.
IMO...you are better off with not as much bass than muddy or bloated bass.
Really good tweeters can be quite amazing from an imaging standpoint in some very reasonably priced speakers.
You don't want your highs harsh...then listening can become fatiguing.
So for low to mid budget systems I'd focus on the mids to highs and then work on getting the bass.
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I used to be a bass nut until I got a pair of Clearfield Continentals, by Von Schweikert.
I still love the bass from my Dynaudios but now, I really enjoy the clear and awesome mids of the CFs and can tolerate not having deep thumping bass as long as it's there and the notes are clear and distinct as they are with the CFs and I guess to some extent, the rest of my gear.
Bass and treble are equally important to get the music right.
Bill
IMO.........
I think part of getting the bass right is getting its harmonics right, all the way up to the top of the frequency range....... And conversely, the treble will sound "bright" if the bass isn't linear........ People often don't realize that "bright" sound is often caused by non-linearities (dynamic compression) in the bass.
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There is no "more" important
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my two cents...
I believe that bass is the most difficult to get right. Treble is the most annoying if it's wrong, and the midrange is the most important to get right...but they are all important.
The Midrange is most important ! BOSE 901's !!...
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BASS...For the type of music I listen to - hard rock & blues. That is not to say that "top end air" and "midrange tonality" are not important, but without the proper foundation (bass), everthing else pointless. Mid-range is where the music "lives", but it is also the easiest thing to get right. I can't remember the last time I heard a speaker that had shitty mid-range.
........I was a vegetarian for 15 minutes... until the main course.
and each will affect your perception of the other.
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
...for me, it's bass because I listen to a lot of rock.
The foundation is very important.
If it were classical, I would be more concerned with the upper mid/lower treble where the strings reside.
but if the mids aren't done right, then (to me, subjectively) it doesn't matter... I personally like bottom without overhang or muddiness. Same with the treble- extended without harshness or edge (there's that subjective thing again!)...
"If the audio industry built gear that sounded as good as it did 50 years ago, there would NEVER be a need to re-issued anything!"
... says the vintage Altec fan :-)
all the best,
mrh
Depends on which aspects of the music you gravitate towards. For myself, it is very important to get the bass right, and I am not attentive to treble when I am evaluating a system.
I'm a bassist, love bass, know what low freq's are supposed to sound like, and go for speakers that play lowest. Treble takes a back seat to almighty bass in my book. Klipsch Fortes rule my roost with their 32hz bottom, 98dB sensitivity, and it all adds up to the best sound I can procure for hundreds rather than thousands.
Freedom is the right to discipline yourself.
I'll take peaky bass over peaky treble, rolled off treble over rolled off bass (with 80hz and 10,000 f3s being "rolled off"), and any number of other recombinants.
It's not that simple.
Bass is supposed to sound big. 6.5" is not a woofer size.
bass is more problematic OR because it's lower in priority?
thanks for interest.
H.F.N.
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may the bridges I burn light the way....
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