In Reply to: RE: Dacs with a great bass. posted by Tom Schuman on April 9, 2015 at 10:24:19:
The problem is when you listen to an album that is supposed to have rock boom and the loudspeakers (panels and single drivers) that can't reproduce it means it is likely not reproducing bass in classical symphonies either but is being ignored by the listener. There are good rock recordings and for that matter good recordings of dubstep and other synthesizer based music which have no dynamic or frequency based limitations (with the disadvantage of not being related to real instruments).
Still the synth music and bass never seems satisfying on panels or single drivers to me. Nor is it satisfying in pop/rock music when it is applied. I can accept the trade-offs mind you because of the advantages offered by some of them - but only up to a price point. When I have to pay $10k-$20k+ for a speaker that sounds incredibly lightweight with the likes of Noisia or mainstream stuff like Tiesto or even Sarah McLachlan's Remix album with Delerium then it's a problem. Adding subs don't help the midbass or upper bass.
We need to stop putting our musical tastes above what other listeners desire. Bass is overrated because rock and dubstep/trance sucks doesn't help the guy who happens to like rock and or dubstep/trance and wants to feel the bass in his chest at moderately high to very high volume levels.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Dacs with a great bass. - RGA 18:51:19 04/09/15 (2)
- RE: Dacs with a great bass. - Tom Schuman 01:27:47 04/10/15 (1)
- RE: Dacs with a great bass. - Crazy Dave 09:52:33 04/10/15 (0)