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Just realized the effect of bass on clarity

Posted by ph5y on April 13, 2017 at 13:28:25:
If a small speaker can't do bass it will do one of two things:
a) pump out a lot of harmonic distortion smearing the midrange
b) attenuate the bass to a point where the music sounds unnatural and midrange timbres are wrong
c) A little of both
Old news I know, and an argument for subwoofers for those who cannot afford good floor-standers or are in love with speakers that can't do bass.