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In Reply to: How many love deep extended bass and have the equipment to do it? posted by tubesforever on September 11, 2006 at 20:13:33:
The most common definition I've seen through the years is:
1st octave, 20-40 Hz, low bass
2nd octave, 40-80 Hz, mid bass
3rd octave, 80-160 Hz, upper bassTherefore, listening to an acoustic string bass (42 Hz common tuning for the open E string) is actually mid bass and above. True low bass is the realm of bass drum, organ, synthesizer, occasional piano, etc.
Not that many speakers/rooms will produce +/- 2dB below 40 HZ. Manufacturer's specs are often optimistic in this regard. A friend recently went through the exercise of optimizing his sub-woofers in his acoustically designed room using a real time analyzer. Low bass variations of +/- 5 to 10dB were not uncommon and sometimes position change (of the analyzer) of only a few inches altered the bass response reading by several dB.
Even for those fortunate to own speakers/rooms with reasonably flat response below 40Hz, how much meaningful music software is available with information in this range?
For all this, I agree with tubes that listening to a well recorded string bass can be a real pleasure. And, as I said below, a speaker with a response to at least 40 Hz is basic for me.
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