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In Reply to: Why some of us prefer speakers with limited bass response… posted by millen on May 21, 2003 at 15:15:47:
Above: In-room response of full range loudspeaker (JMlabs Mezzo-Utopia) showing the power band in-room bass suckouts created by room effects
"I’ve found that with speakers that are full-range or almost full-range, I tend to listen at lower average levels."That makes sense. Large, full-range speakers are more sensitive to input power than small speakers and simply play louder.
Furthermore, this (bass) sensitivity helps to re-create the envelopment and power that we experience at bass frequencies from live performance.
Room effects can mess up a speaker's bass response. Speaker's that measure flat on-axis (in an anechoic chamber) don't measure flat in-room. The suckouts caused by room effects often weaken the power range of bass frequencies (~80Hz - 250Hz). These effects seem to be more severe for less sensitive speakers necessitating really, really high playback levels to compensate for the recessed bass created by bass cancellations.
In the link below, notice the roughness of the in-room bass response (of several types of commercial speakers), notice the deep nulls and the peaks that occur in-room.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Why some of us prefer speakers with limited bass response… - layman 13:55:18 05/22/03 (1)
- Thanks...this is a good article..nt - millen 14:39:41 05/22/03 (0)
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