In Reply to: Re: posted by Dan Banquer on July 29, 2002 at 05:28:39:
You are absolutely correct but there is much more to it. Double bass begin to be converted into “audio bass†at the electronics level and then just “finally got killed†at a loudspeaker. The majority of audio electronics can’t preserve the harmonics stricture of original signal. The measurement of the static harmonic distortions is totally irrelevant (in the way how it usually done and interpreted). In a bass reproduction the harmonic dynamics become super critical. Practically none of known to me amplifiers can properly roll out to a note preserving an appropriate stricture of the process. Mostly they go very sharp trying to reach the pitch, flatting the parabola, and, as a result, they strip harmonics, original “dynamic or dynamics†and some other important parameters that all together sent to a listener a message “fake†and made Dr. Gismo crying about the lack of tone in Audio. When we introduce a speaker with it's mechanical limitations, barbarically over-engineered crossovers, fundamentally improperly operating drivers, enclosure’s “help†and the timing limitations we totally lost the musical benefits of bass and convert it into a melodic fart. In addition there is a years-and-years-lasting marketing propaganda which infects the sick audiophile brains with an idea what kind of the "audio bass" should be consider "fashionable and appropriateâ€. I have a good tradition to invite each 6-month a heavy core audiophile and to let them to listen some music. If after the listening they look at me like I am idiot and they saying: “Romy, your have very shitty bass†then I secretly treat thier commnets as a highest possible compliment. Proper bass reproduction is unfortunately totally unknown in the “common audioâ€â€¦Rgs,
Romy the Cat
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